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!
Samantha Zumbro, Golden, CO
“My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.” James 1:19-20 NIV
Anne Boone, Chesterfield, MI But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”— 1 Corinthians 2:9
Kelly Stoneham – Sinking Spring, PA
You are my refuge and my shield; your word is my source of hope.
Psalms 119:114 (NLT)
Kristel from Russellville, AR
But you did not learn Christ in this way
Ephesians 4:20 NASB
Joy West Monroe, LA
“But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His son, purifies us from all sin.” 1 John 1:6 NIV
Glennell
Buda, TX
Psalm 119:114 (ESV)
You are my hiding place and my shield;
I hope in your word.
Bonnie Mink Hendersonville, TN ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my spirit ,’ says the Lord almighty. Zechariah 4:6b
Annette, Richmond, TX Psalm 119: 114 NET
You are my hiding place and my shield. I find hope in your word.
Dana McKinney , Starkville, MS “Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” James 1:4 NIV
Letha. Cullman, AL. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Colossians 1:17 ESV
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of My hand. John 10:28(NRSV)
Marleeta, Florence, CO
1 Cor. 13:3 (NASB)
And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.
Elizabeth. Cullman, AL. Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Colossians 3:12 NIV
Diane S., Macungie, PA
“We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”
Hebrews 6:19-20 NIV
Stacey M.
Clayton, NC
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,
Ephesians 3:20 ESV
Nancy, Chattanooga,TN
James 1:2-3 (NIV)
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perserverance.”
Susan Sarver, St. George UT
Moreover, keep Your servant from willful sins; do not let them rule over me. Then I will be innocent and cleansed from blatant rebellion. Psalm 19:13 HCSB
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Psalm 37:4-5. (KJV)
Jenni Neal, Dunn, NC
“Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.”
Psalms 62:8 KJV
Sugar Land, TX Romans 11:34 Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?
Liz, Round Rock, TX
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you, a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.
Ephesians 1:17 NASB
Johannah, Alexandria, LA
“For from his fullness we have all received grace upon grace.”
John 1:16 esv
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourself. Do what it says.
James 1:22 NIV
Cara- Stillwater, OK: No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you. (Joshua 1:5 NASB)
Cheryl A. from Dunn, NC
“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Isaiah 26:3
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind
The curtain.
Hebrews6:19. NIV
Joni, Port Neches, Tx. “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future,nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39, NIV84
Cheryl – Concord, NC
“Instead,
let the spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.”
Ephesians 4.23 NLT
Bette from Danville,Pa
Matthew 6:34 MSG
Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.
1 Corinthians 10:13 MSG
No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; he’ll never let you be pushed past your limit; he’ll always be there to help you come through it.
Luanne Neely, Marshall, TX
Everyone will hate you because of Me. But not a hair on your head will perish. Stand firm, and you will win life. Luke 21:17-18, NIV
Melody
Myrtle Beach, SC
“Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:7 NLT
Karen Benson, New Prague, MN
“Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge.”
Psalm 62:8 (NIV)
Linda from Wake Forest, N.C. says,
“Tor those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.”
(Romans 8:14 NIV)
Amanda, Sherman, TX
Psalm 34:3 KJV
“O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.”
The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
Hebrews 13:6 (NIV)
Shannon in Springfield, MO continuing in James. “But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it. If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.” James 1:25-26 NLT
Veronica- Atlanta, georgia
The Lord will work out his plans for my life-for your loving kindness, Lord, continues forever. dont abandon me- for you made me. Psalms 138:8 Living bible
Jean Crawford – Boring, OR
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.
1 Peter 5:6-7/NIV
Kathy VanAmburg Norwalk IA
“Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.”
Ephesians 5:22 NIV
Karen, Trenton, OH
Ephesians 4:20 (ESV) But that is not the way you learned Christ.
Natalie Macek, from Damascus, MD: “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.” Daniel 1:8, NKJV
Mandi… Edmond, OK…”I am the Lord… Is anything too hard for me?” Jeremiah 32:27 NASB
Jacquie Engbrecht, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
“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.”
Isaiah 41:10 ESV
Ellen, Sarnia, ON
one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
Ephesians 4:5
Karen Coppley Clemmons NC
Psalm 34:17 ESV
When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.
Patti, Clemmons,NC
But I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which hve no hope. 1 Thessalonians. 4:13. KJV
Debbie Berman. Boyd, TX
“This is why you must take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand.” Ephesians 6:13. HCSB
Tammy Cosby/Siloam NC…..Jude 2 Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance. (NIV)
Christy, Cape Girardeau, MO. Training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age. Titus 2:12 (ESV)