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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!
Deb McGuire Wayland Iowa
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. ESV
But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.
2 Peter 3:13 NASB
Tammy, Dothan, Al. “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God.” Phil. 4:6 NIV
Michele Gibbons, Waterloo, On., Canada
“When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you. Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.”
Psalm 73:21-24 NIV
Kristy Sanders; Madison, Ms NASB Jeremiah 29:12 “You will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.”
Gay
Round Rock, Tx
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts, see if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 139:23-24
John 15:13-14 NIV greater love has no one than this that he lay his life for his friends. And you are my friend if you do what I command
Connie Tyler, TX. I have given them your world; and the world has hated them because they are not of this world, just as I am not of the world. John 17:14 NKJ
Beth, Andover, MN: “LORD God Almighty! Where is there anyone as mighty as You, LORD? Faithfulness is Your very character.” (Psalm 89:8)
Baebara from WI
15. My bones are not hidden from you,
When I was being made in secret,
fashioned in the depths of the earth.
(Psalm 139:15. NAB)
Shana, Milton, FL
Romans 15:13(NIV)
I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust Him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Brenda Ammons, Byhalia, MS John 10:10 Amplified “The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).”
Jennifer Lane, Grand Rapids MI
Philippians 2:15 NIV
“so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky”
Lynda S. From Brockville, Ontario, Canada
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.”
Galatians 5:1 NIV
Misty, Pflugerville, TX – Deuteronomy 29:29 (NASB) “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and our sons forever, that they may observe all the words of the law.”
Rebecca Holmes, Birmingham, Alabama
“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.”
Matthew 5:14 NIV
Terri Fullerton, Abilene, TX 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Eph 4:3-6, NIV
Sue Middeldorf – Troy, Michigan – “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Phil 4:6 (NIV)
Jamie, Wichita, KS
“And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”
Colossians 3:14 NIV
Adina Berkner, Pittsburgh PA
My bones were not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was formed in the depths of the earth
Psalm 139:15 HCSB
Beth Reid, London, Ontario
Isaiah 44:3-5 ESV
For I will pour water on the thirsty land,
and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring,
and my blessing upon your descendants.
They shall spring up among the grass
like willows by flowing streams.
This one will say, “I am the Lord’s,”
another will call on the name of Jacob,
and another will write on his hand, “The Lord’s,”
and name himself by the name of Israel.
Angelica (Angel) Chilton, Hillsboro, Texas
“Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.”
Matthew 18:19 (NIV)
Judy, Panama City, Fl
1 Corinthians 2:9
Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard,
and which have not entered the heart of man,
all that God has prepared for those who love Him.
Molly-Overland Park, KS. “He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me.” Psalm 18:19 ESV
Melissa Dulaney, Circleville, OH
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7, NIV
Mona Huston, Elm Grove, LA (Bossier City), 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” (Luke 6:38 NIV)
Colleen, Mae Sot, Thailand
So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!
James 3:5 ESV
ann from Mandeville, La
Ephesians 4:32
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Marissa, Seattle, WA
2 Corinthians 1:9-10 (NET)
Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead. He delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on him that he will deliver us yet again…
Debbie Fitzpatrick, Bossier City, LA
So keep up your courage men for I have faith in God that it will happen just as he told me. Acts 27:25 NIV
Kim R. In St. Charles,IL
Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew5:16 KJV
Cindy, Houston, TX
“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.”
Ephesians 4:29 (NIV)
Jackie Moore
Brookville, Ohio
Take delight in the Lord and he will give you your heart’s desires. Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you.
Psalm 37:4-5 (NIV)
LaMonique’ J., Katy, TX: “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” Proverbs 18:21 NKJV
Sandy Hartley, Clatskanie, OR
Proverbs 31:26-28 She openeth her mouth with wisdom and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her. (KJV)
Cheryl Paganelli, Medford,New Jersey: How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings
Psalm 36:7 (ESV)
Florence, Rancho Cordova, CA
“He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.” (NIV)
Isaiah 40:29 (NIV)
Sandy Fry from Bowie, MD
“And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.”
Ephesians 3:19 KJV
Sherri Medford, Abilene, Tx
He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. Psalm 40:2. NIV
Jamie McClary, Columbus OH
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 NASB
Beverly
Midlothian, VA
Psalm 46:1 ESV
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Kayley Hibbert · Camp Point, UP
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 3:17 NIV
Liji oommen
Columbus, OH
Psalm 10:17, 18( NIV)
“You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them and you listen to their cry,
Defending the fatherless and the oppressed, in order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more.”
Malorie Elrod, sharpsburg Ga- Your ways, God, are holy. What god is as great as our God? (Psalm 77:13 NIV)
I too am memorizing a chapter of the Bible: Psalm 139!
My eyes were truly opened to vs.15-16a; I had never recognized the depth of its meaning nor the beauty!!
My #15 verse is Psalm 139:17: “How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them.”
Jan Cleburne, TX “Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” Ephesians 6:11 (NKJV)
Kimberly Balles Rolling Meadows, IL
We must pay careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard so we do not drift away. Hebrews 2:1 NIV
Billie, Yucca Valley, CA
“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.”
Isaiah 26:3 (NIV)
Shelly and Sienna Colorado Springs, CO
July 31, 2015
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 NKJV
Ruthy Stratton, CO
Eph. 4:32 And be kind to one another,tenderhearted, forgiving one another , even as God in Christ forgave you. NKJV