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!
Caitlin, McKinney, Texas
“The fear of human opinion disables; trusting in God protects you from that.”
Proverbs 29:25, MSG
jackie Siple Rockledge FL
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.”
Psalm 139:13 NIV
Patrice, Midland, TX
Romans 1:16 (NIV)
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile
Dacia Edmonson, Bullard, Texas
To man belong the plans of the heart,
but from the Lord comes the reply of the tongue.
Proverbs 16:1 NIV
Lori Boone, Renton WA
Isaiah 30:15
This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.
Colossians 1:17 NIV And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Missy S, Charlotte, NC
“You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.” James 5:8 (ESV)
Julie F
Ann Arbor, MI
“So teach us to number our days,
That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.”
Psalm 90:12 (NASB)
ESV Revelation 4:8b
“Holy,Holy,Holy, is the Lord God Almighty , who was , and is and is to come.”
“For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.””
Romans 1:17 NASB
Cris – New Lenox, IL
“He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.”
Psalm 23:3 (NIV)
Patti
Brentwood TN
Romans 6:15 esv
What band! Are we too soon because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!
Wendy Buttrey Acworth, Ga
Finally, let the Lord make you strong. Depend on His mighty power. Ephesians 6:10
Patti
Brentwood TN
Romans 6:15 esv
What then! Are we to send because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!
Sandra, Houston, Tx.
17: So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18: may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth, heighth, depth and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.
Eph. 3:17,18 NASB
Patti
Brentwood TN
Romans 6:15 esv
What then! Are we to continue in sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!
Dawn Wells, Fort Worth, TX
“But if any of you lack wisdom, you should pray to God, who will give it to you; because God gives generously and graciously to all.”
James 1:5 GNT
Pati in Macomb,MI
Proverbs 31:26 (NASB)
She opens her mouth in wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
Clifton, VA 2 Corinthians 4: 8-9 (NIV)
“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.”
Christy; Jacksonville Fl “And so from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding. Colossians 1:9 ESV
Melanie Toups
Bridge City, Texas
O LORD, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name; For You have worked wonders, plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness. –Isaiah 25:1 NASB
My daughter and her husband had a baby girl last Thurs., and my son and his wife had a baby boy the very next day! This verse expresses my complete gratitude to Him alone.
Sacramento,CA
Blessed is the man who trusts in the
Lord, whose confidence is in him.
Jeremiah 17:7 NIV
Patrice Mcmurtrey, Crestwood, KY
you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. 1 Corinthians 6:20 NIV
Kim Kobayashi
Monroe, WA
Psalm 18:32 ESV
…the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless.
Nancy, Edmonds Washington
Matthew 5:14 (NIV)
You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
Renee Hui, British Columbia, Cananda
Psalm 31:19 NIV
How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you, that you bestow in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in you.
Betty Clark Ann Arbor MI Psalm 90:12 “Teach us to number our days, that we may gaina heart of wisdom” NIV
Vicki Knott, Greenwood, SC
“I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.” Psalm 130:5 (NIV)
“If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words,
leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.”
Matthew 10:14 NIV
Jules Lane
Foothills of the Rocky Mtns, Colorado
Sorry I’m late posting again… been on “summertime” (code for “what day is today?”) lol.
“For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.” ~ Psalm 103:14 (KJV)
Psalm 118:24 THIS is the day the Lord has made – I will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24
Charlotte in Myrtle Beach,SC
1John 3:1 KJV
Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us,
that we should be called the sons of God:
therefore the world knoweth us not because it knew Him not.
Molly P., Portland, OR. “A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man displays folly.” Proverbs 14:29 NIV
Melody Jefferson Georgia
Ephesians 4:20,29b,32a (MSG)
“But that’s no life for you. You learned Christ. Say only what helps, each word a gift. Be gentle with one another, sensitive.”
I have set the Lord always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
~ Pslam 16:8
Kathleen Partin. Saint Joseph, Michigan
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do , and he will show you which path to take.
NLT.
Patrice in Albuquerque
“Always be humble, gentle, and patient. Show your love by being tolerant of one another.” Ephesians 4:2 (Good News Bible)
Susan, Norfolk, VA. James 2:14 What good is it , my brothers, if someone says he has Faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? ESV
Paula Rutherford–Decatur, Tx (continuing to memorize book of Philippians) Philippians 4:9-10 KJV
“Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.”
Anna, Little Elm, TX
Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the days to come.
Proverbs 31:25 (TLV)
Pat Wagar, Hayward,WI 8-3-15
“Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.” I Thessalonians 5:18 NLT.
Mary Beacham Birmingham AL
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.”
Psalm 136:1 ESV
Carolyn, Conroe, TX
Continuing a passage (this doesn’t work as a stand-alone verse):
“For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor Angels, nor principalities, nor things present, not things to come, nor powers,”
– Romans 8:38 (NASB)
Kim Foley, Arnold, MD
Habukkuk 3:18 (NASB) Yet I will exult in the LORD, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.
Buffalo, NY
“It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don’t use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that’s how freedom grows.
Galatians 5:13 The Message
Carolyn, Terrace BC Canada
Psalm 100:5 NIV
For the Lord is good and His love endures forever;
His faithfulness continues through all generations.
Julia Posel, Munich, Germany. “But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. 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.” (James 1:22-25 NLT)
Dear SSMT team, please forgive me for submitting my Verse 15 belatedly. There is no excuse for it. I have been quite fiercely under attack by the devil in my carnal nature, have lost a bit the proper clear view lately, and then just realized today in service at church that I completely forgot that yesterday was SSMT Verse 15 day. I am so very sorry!! Please do still accept my entry, as I am repositioning myself with the help of God against the forces that are trying to derail me at the moment. He leads us from glory to glory to glory – Victory is ours in Jesus’ Name. God bless you all!
August 1st Josephine M. Kerley
II Chronicles 17:7 and 9 CSB
In the third year of his reign, Jehoshaphat sent his officials to teach in the cities of Judah. They taught throughout Judah, having the book of the Lord’s instruction with them. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.
Stephanie O., Alexandria, VA. “Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:19 NLT
Jamie Wagner, Billings MT
“The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7b, NIV)