If you are unable to watch the video, here is Beth’s message:
Hey girls! You have to know I really love you if I’m going to get on here with all this sunscreen, and with all this sweat, and in the middle of all this beach goings on. But I do love you and want to keep my commitment to you and to the Lord Jesus, and make sure that you know I am still with you in the scripture memory.
I am still memorizing out of the book of Ephesians and I’m in the most interesting verse in Ephesians 4:20. Right before it in verse 19, Paul is talking about the fact that there are people that give themselves over to the flesh. They give themselves over to greed, to callousness of heart, and to every kind of impurity. But he says something in verse 20 that I think is so profound. Ephesians 4:20 says, “But that is not the way you learned Christ.” And I thought about all the opportunities we have for that verse, when someone’s been unloving to us, unkind, or we really want so much to be ugly back to somebody. We’re reminded over and over again “but that is not the way we learned Christ.” That is not what He taught us to do.
I cannot think of a limit to the opportunities that we would have to tuck that verse in our hearts, to be able to say I know better than this. This is not the way I learned Christ. When I depart into the flesh, when I know that I am in an area, maybe even a gray area, maybe it’s not all the way in the ditch, just a gray area. But I can say to myself that’s not the way I learned Christ. I know how I learned Christ. I know what He calls for from me.
Beth, Houston TX
Ephesians 4:20 (ESV) But that is not the way you learned Christ.
We learned Christ in the love and grace and mercy of God the Father who gave Him in our behalf. I’m just crazy about you. Stay with it. It is August 1st and it is a glorious time to celebrate what God has already done in 2015! Have a great day everybody and make sure to put in your verses!
Stacey Mills, Warner Robins, GA
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:21 NIV
Sarah, Montrose, CO:
And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
Matthew 6:27 (ESV)
Laura in Aurora, MO
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7 NIV
Laura,
love this verse Ii needed to be reminded of this verse again.
This verse has helped me so much with my walk with Him in the passed.
This week I am going bring this
verse out again and carry it with me .. Thanks, Dianne
Nathalie Van Hoorebeke, Birmingham, UK
“Teach me Your way, O Lord,
that I may walk
and live in Your truth;
direct and unite my heart
[solely, reverently] to fear and
honor Your name.
Ps 86:11 Amp
Laura Hagedorn, Rib Mountain, WI., Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. – Psalm 20:7 (NIV)
Karri Haber, WY
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 1 Corinthians 6:12 NKJV
Nancy
Denver
“There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard.” Ps 19:3
Janice in Abbeville, AL
“Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us.”
Spam 62:8 (NKJV)
Linda Marty
Colorado Springs, CO
Isaiah 41:13 NIV
For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, “Do not fear; I will help you”
Colleen – Phoenix, AZ – Psalms 143:10 (HCSB)
Teach me to do Your will, for you are my God.
May Your gracious spirit lead me on level ground.
Melissa Sacramento, CA
“Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy: to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to you and peace.”
1 Thessalonians 1:1
Independence, MO
2 Samuel 22 : 31 As for God, His way is perfect;
The word of the Lord is proven;
He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
Robin, Knoxville
That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet that is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed and am convinced that He is able to guard that which I have entrusted to Him until that day. 2 Tim 1:12 NIV
Tracy Pratz, Las Cruces NM
Matthew 6:34 NIV
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
April Hughes, Escondido, Ca. “…from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named…”Ephesians 3:15 ESV
Becky Cleveland,TN
Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
Joshua 1:9
Sarah, St. Louis, MO
“…that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you, that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.”
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 NKJV
“But when we are judged, we are disciplined by The Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.” (1 Corinthians 11:32)
Tami in Fall City, WA
“Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. See if there is any offensive way in me; lead e in the everlasting way.”
Psalm 139:23-24 HCSB
Catlett, VA
Psalm 19:7 (NIV)
The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul;
The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
Redfield, AR
Psalms 19:14 (NIV)
[14] May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing* in your sight,
O LORD, my Rock* and my Redeemer.
Martie Carter, Belton, Texas
The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.
James 3:17 NASB
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Isaiah 40:22
It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers , who stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
Sherry from Perry, Georgia
“And the Lord, He is the One who goes before you.
He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed.”
Deuteronomy 31:8 (NKJV)
Gloria Huffman
Freeport, FL
God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea.
Psalm 46:1-2 NIV
Deborah Mott, Bradenton, FL. Ephesians 6:11New American Standard Bible (NASB)
11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
Dianne Wade Maineville, Ohio
Ephesianes 6 : 15 niv
and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes
from the gospel of peace.
Susan Canham, Bismarck ND
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
-Ephesians 4:30 NKJV
Marianna Behrends, San Angelo, TX
This I declare about the LORD: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him. Psalm 91:2 NLT
michelle in franklin, tn –
Matthew 11:28 (HCSB)
“Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
But that is not the way you learned Christ! Eph 4:20. ESV
Jana, Quitaque, Texas
James 1:13-15 NIV
When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, not does he tempt anyone; but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
Barb Wisconsin
When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.
Psalm 91:15 ESV
Liz Allen, Wooster, OH
“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.”
-Romans 8:18, ESV
Kay Richmond, Va
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. John 15:15 NIV Spanish – Ya no los llamo siervos, porque el siervo no esta al tanto de lo que hace su amo; los he amado amigos, porque todo lo que a mi Padre le oi decir se lo he dado a conocer a ustedes.
Beth Hurst, Ypsilanti, MI.
“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.” Philippians 4:8 NIV
Noel Carlton Clarksburg Md,
Romans 12:21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
(NIV)
Chula Vista, CA
“Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.” Ephesians 4:29 NAS
Meredith from Columbus, Ohio: Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. -Matthew 6:34 (NIV)
Linda Jewell
Sedona, Arizona
Ephesians 5:10 NLT
Carefully determine what pleases the Lord.
Kerry Babb, Houston, TX
“But that is not the way you learned Christ.”
Ephesians 4:20 (ESV)
Carol Stainbrook, Kimberling City, MO
“That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil-this is the gift of God.” Eccliastes 3:13 NIV
1John 3:1
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we
should be called children of God! And that is what we are!
The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
Kerry, Nederland TX
Praise the Lord! How joyful are those who fear the Lord and delight in obeying His commands. Their children will be successful everywhere, and an entire generation of godly people will be blessed.
Psalm 112:1-2 NLT
Debbie Baker
Las Vegas. NV
And he said, “Lord, I believe.” And he worshipped Him.
John 9:38 NIV
Colossians 3:2 NIV “set your minds on what is above not on what is on the earth”
Melissa Robertson, Sulphur, LA
“Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every impurity, and they are full of greed.”
Ephesians 4:19 (NIV)
Connie Rose, Moss Bluff, LA
“Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every impurity, and they are full of greed.”
Ephesians 4:19 (NIV)
Peggy, Corpus Christi, TX
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 ESV
Psalm 119:114 You are my hiding place and my shield;I hope in your word.
ESV