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!
Ann, SC
For we are the temple of the Living God. As God has said: I will live with them and walk among them and I will be their God and they will be my people. 2 Cor 6:16 NIV
Rachael from Union, Maine (memorizing Matthew 5) 33 “Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.’ 34 But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne; 35 nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 36 Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black. 37 But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one. Matthew 5:33-37
(John bore witness about him and cried out “this was he of whom I said, ‘he who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me'”). John 1:15 (ESV)
Phyllis Winn
Gilmer, Tx
2 Corinthians 5:21 NIV
“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”
Midlothian Tx
Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking in anything.
James 1:4 NIV
“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most high, will rest in the shadow of the Almighty”
Psalm 91:1
NIV
Rebecca
Birmingham, AL
Olda, Huntsville
. “He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding;”.
Daniel 2:21 (ESV)
Lynn P., Fairview, OK — Not to us, Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.
~Psalm 115:1
Pat S., Lago Vista, TX
“The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.” Isaiah 50:4 NIV.
Penny Miller, Lapel, IN “A man’s heart plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps.”
Proverbs 16:9 NKJV
Betty Mullaney, Brown City, Michigan Psalm 27:13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. (Sorry for being a day late!)
Bettina Dowell; Lorton, VA; “To this end I labor, struggling with all His energy, which so powerfully works in me.” Colossians 1:29 NIV84
Kathy from Bethlehem Pennsylvania
Psalm 118:8 – 9
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust people. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust princes…
New living translation
DeAnne, Talmage, KS “In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.” Psalm 5:3 NIV
Lou, Jenison MI
I John 4:15. “Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.” NASB
Karen Redmond, Saint Petersburg, Florida
The Lord is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear Him.-Psalm 103:13, NLT
Judy, Satellite Beach, FL
But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.
Micah 7:7 (NIV)
“Do not be anxious about anything, but I’m everything, 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.”
Phil. 4:6,7 (NIV)
Vickie Henderson
Russellville, Ar
Psalm 18:32
HCSB
“God-He clothes me with strength and makes my way perfect.”
Gina – Olathe, KS
Phillipians 3:14 NAS
“I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus”
Lana, Bryant, AR, “Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.” Psalm 143: NIV
Kristie, Montgomery, TX
But that is not the way you learned Christ. Ephesians 4:20 ESV
Philippians 1:9-11 ESV “And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.”
Cambridge, Mn
We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed. 2 Corinthians 4:9 NLT
Kim Beechem from Idabel, OK–
Colossians 1:11 (ESV) May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy,
Allison H.
Wilmington, NC
“Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.”
Romans 12:15 (NKJV)
Dee Dee Fernandina Beach, Forida
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:21 ESV
Amy, Murfreesboro,TN
John 16:24,NIV
Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.
Winder,GA Colossians 3:15 (NASV) “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts to which you were called in one body and be thankful. “
Janet Poore, Paola, KS
“For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Romans 10:13 HSC
2 Corinthians 4:16-17 (ESV)
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, out inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.
Mary Lupo, Novi, MI
“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ-to the glory and praise of God” Philippians 1: 9 – 11 NIV
Charmaine, Miami, FL — “Though you have not seen him, you love him, and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an expressible and glorious joy,” 1 Peter 1:8 NIV
Nanette Sword, Saint Cloud, FL
“…that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”
Romans 10:9 NKJV
Scarlett N., Savannah, GA:
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.”
2 Timothy 1:7 (NLT)
Lisa Walden – Grand Prairie Tx
1 Peter 1:6 NIV
[6] In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.
Edmond. OK
This God–his way is perfect; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him. 2 Samuel 22:31 ESV
Ellen from Bad Axe Michigan: Psalm 90:12 NIV Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
jen B, Santa Maria, CA-
Psalm 92:3 (NASB) With the ten-stringed lute and with the harp, With resounding music upon the lyre.
Jen Pond
Iron River, MI
Hosea 14:9 (NLT)
Let those who are wise
understand these things.
Let those with discernment
listen carefully.
The paths of the LORD
are true and right,
and righteous people live
by walking in them.
But in those paths
sinners tumble and fall.
Debbie Levin
Cannon Falls MN
“And the One sitting on the throne said, ‘Look, I am making all things new!’ And then He said to me, ‘Write this down, for what I tell you is trustworthy and true.'”
Rev. 21:5 NLT
Laura J. Katy, TX
Psalm 40:5 NIV
Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders you have done. The things you planned for us no one can recount to you; were I to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare.
20 That is not what you learned about Christ! … 23 Your hearts and minds must be made completely new 24 and you must put on the new self, which is created in God’s likeness and reveals itself in the true life that is upright and holy.
Good News Catholic Bible
Vanessa from Victoria, Texas
“If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand.”
Daniel 3:17 NIV
Jerrie- Longview, TX
Exodus 14:14-(NIV)
The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
1Cor 6:19-20
Beverly H, Lexington, KY
Direct my footsteps according to Your Word and let no iniquity have dominion over me. Ps 119:133 NKJV
Mansfield, Oh
“You are my private garden, my treasure, my bride, a secluded spring, a hidden fountain.”
Song of Songs 4:12 NLT
Sandy – Dodge City, KS
Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 3:3 (NIV)
Beth Crocker, Madison, WI “But that is not the way you learned Christ.” Ephesians 4:20 ESV