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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!
Jo, Columbia, Missouri
Psalm 116:10-14
“I trusted in the Lord when I said, “I am greatly afflicted”; in my alarm I said, “Everyone is a liar.” What shall I return to the Lord for all his goodness to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord. I will fulfill my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.”
Psalm 116:10-14 NIV
Joy – Georgetown, TX “His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness.” 2 Peter 1:3 NIV
Sarah Ungerer, Queretaro, Mexico
But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.
Psalm 13:5 (NIV)
Richmond, VA
“Lead me by your truth and teach me,
for you are the God that saves me.
All day long I put my hope in you.”
PSALM 25:5 (NLT)
James 1:2-4 (NIV)
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
Heather, Hempstead Texas
Praise the Lord.
I will extol the Lord with all my heart
in the council of the upright and in the assembly.
Great are the works of the Lord;
they are pondered by all who delight in them.
Glorious and majestic are his deeds,and his righteousness endures forever. Psalm 111:1-3 (NIV)
1 Corinthians 14:15
What then? I will pray with my spirit, and I will also pray with my mind [understanding], I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind [understanding].
While we look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal
2 Corinthians 4:18 KJV
Becky, Edmonton, Canada
But that is not the way you learned Christ. Ephesians 4:20 ESV
brenda rowland, mint hill, nc. 8/1/15
Psa. 119:133 NKJV
Direct my steps by Your word,
And let no iniquity have
Dominion over me.
Evan Stratton, Charlotte NC
And if you be unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will service, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15 RSV
Susan, Blacksburg, Virginia
“Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.”
2 Peter 3:9 (NIV)
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
Angela Dhans, Brooksville, fl.
You see,God did not give us a
cowardly spirit but a powerful, loving,
disciplined spirit.
( The Voice )
Pam Worcester, Glen Elder, KS
Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.
Philippians 2:14-15 (ESV)
Barb Willard, Lenexa, KS, Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14, ESV
Anna, Cincinnati, OH
“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captive and release from darkness the prisoners…” Isaiah 61:1 (NIV)
Ephesians 6:10 (NIV)
“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.”
Kim Freeman Fort Worth Texas 2 Samuel 22:29 NIV
You, Lord are my lamp; The Lord turns my darkness into light.
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” (Ps 51:10 ESV)
Carrie Guion, Wentzville, Mo.
That is why the Lord says, “Turn to me now, while there is still time. Give me your hearts. Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Joel 2:12 NLT
Candie – Waterloo, Iowa
“Every word of God proves true;
he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.” Proverbs 30:5 (ESV)
Cyndi Patterson, Bloomdale, OH
“Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him all you peoples. For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord.”
Psalm 117
NIV
Ephesians 6:16 ESV
In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;
Donna
Vickie, Spokane, WA.
Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on
the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 3:3 NIV
Jeanette Dahm Lake Oswego, OR Eph. 3:20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, ….
Kim, Richmond, TX, “But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.” 2 Peter 1:9( NIV)
Claudia in Franklin, TN
“For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost” Luke 19:10 NIV
Ellen Hollenshead, Albuquerque, NM. All you inhabitants of the world, you who dwell on the earth, when a signal is raised on the mountains, look! When a trumpet is blown, hear! Isaiah 18:3, ESV.
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Deb Hansard, E Tennessee
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. KJV
Brittney Zimprich, Ellensburg, WA
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
“The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world.”
–John 1:9 (RSVCE)
Marlena Cantrell, Alabaster, AL
“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” Lamentations 3:22-24 ESV
Cecilia, Pflugerville, TX
Ephesians 4:30 NIV
“And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.”
Felicia Gonzales, Hayward, CA
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. {NKJV}
Duvall, WA
Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. Jeremiah 33:3 NIV
Beth Lewis, Story City, Iowa
“But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,”
Jude 20, NKJ
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Luke 10:19 KJVLite
Francine Thacker, Burnet, Tx
He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. Psalm 91:4
Nance, Newmarket, ON Canada
“I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are it’s temple.”
Rev 21:22
NLT
Peggyann Calderwood
Crestview, Florida
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.”
Colossians 3:16a NKJV
Always Remember Jesus Loves You
Kelly, CA
“The Lord gives strength to his people;
the Lord blesses his people with peace.” Psalm29:11 NIV
Linda Spahr in Lusby, MD
You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word.
Psalm 119:114 NIV
Crystal, Andrews, NC – II Timothy 2:23 “Have nothing to do with foolish ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.” ESV
Vicki
Murfreesboro, Tn
Psalm 55:22 (HCSB)
“Cast your burden on the Lord, and He will support you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.”
Janice Stumpff – Topeka, KS
3 John 1:4 NIV
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
I Chronicles 29:14 NIV
But who am I, and who are my people,
that we should be able to give as generously as this?
Everything comes from you,
and we have given you only what comes from your hand.
Cheri Cochran from Frisco, Texas
Romans 8:3 ESV – ““For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh,…”
Alissa; Lexington, SC:
“Do everything in love.” 1 Corinthians 16:14 (NIV)
Tracy
Lake St. Louis, Missouri
Seek the LORD and his strength;
Seek his presence continually!
Psalm 105:4
ESV