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!
Leisa Hale, Sheridan, Indiana
2 Corinthians 1:4
NLT
He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.
Barb Faasse, Jenison, MI “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13 NIV
Lori Eagen Windsor Ontario Canada. Trust the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 NLT
Laura Beckom Gilbert Arizona, These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ Colossians 2:17. NIV
Carrie S. Liberty, TX
“…do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:16-18(NIV)
Angie Brown, Taylors, SC
Sacrifice of Body and Mind. 1 [b]I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship. 2 Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect. (NABRE)
Tilley Hawkins, Franklin, TN
“Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don’t try to figure out everything on your own.”
Proverbs 3:5 (MSG)
Cheryl in Fairhope –
“…Because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved” Psalm 16:8 (NIV)
“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
Dawn, Warren MI
Isa.58.11.ESV And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
Holly Cox, Greenwood, SC
““Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”
Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV
“You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.” MATTHEW 21:22 NIV
Diane, Harker Heights, TX: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.” Hebrews 12:1 NLT
april, Seymour, TN “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.””
Joshua 1:9 ESV
Salem, VA
The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And He thrust out the enemy before you and said, Destroy.
Deut 33:27 ESV
Katherine Emerson, Livingston Tx
“May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you.”
Psalm 33:22 NIV
Sara Weick Jonesboro, AR
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 NIV)
Amy, Arlington, VA “Now all glory to God, who is able to keep you from falling away and will bring you with great joy into his glorious presence without a single fault.” Jude1:24 NLT
Sally H., Port Orchard 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
Melissa Rausch Blue Springs, MO
Let us hold tightly to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep Hos promise. Hebrews 10:23 NLT
Pam, Lubbock, TX says:
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. Romans 8:1 NKJV
Darcy, Spokane, WA
“Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; He rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him!” Isaiah 30:18 (NIV)
Jennie
Denham Springs, LA
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
Psalm 23:1 ESV
Clancie Speck, Elizabethtown, KY “Let all those that seek and require You rejoice and be glad in You; let such as love Your salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.”
Psa. 40:16 (AMP)
Abby T., Ferndale, WA:
“For as the soil makes the sprout come up
and a garden causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness
and praise spring up before all nations.”
–Isaiah 61:11 (NIV)
Jessica Sanders, Broken Arrow, OK.
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:1 NIV
Jean
Abilene, TX
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless
Psalm 84:11 NIV
Kathy
St. Louis, MO
“You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.” Psalm 18:28 (NIV’84)
Sandra, Anchorage, Alaska
Psalms 103:2, NLT
Let all that I am praise the LORD;
may I never forget the good things he does for me.
Heather Burch, Simi Valley, CA – For we are God’s masterpiece, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10 NLT
Jeanne Gammon, Renton, WA — “”Do not call to mind the former things, Or ponder things of the past. “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 43:18-19 NASB)
Dianne Clifton , Kingwood, Tx
Psalm 19:14
May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart
be pleasing in your sight. O Lord my Rock and my Redeemer.
Vonda Schwarz, Bertrand, NE, “I will extol the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.” Psalm 34:1 NIV
Lynne G, Mill Creek, WA
[Persecution] will lead to an opportunity for your testimony. So make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves; for I will give you utterance and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute.
Luke 21:13-15 NASB
2 Chronicles 16:9 NIV
For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.
Rachel
Kelowna, BC
Gabriella Houston, Rocklin CA
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. Romans 8:37. Faith Girlz NIV
Sandra Kelly, Laramie, WY
Proverbs 2:1,5 NIV
“My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you…then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.”
Debra S., Ocoee, FL
“Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!”
Psalm 27:14 ESV
Wendy Houston, Rocklin CA
Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. John 15:4 NIV
Deena from Amarillo, TX
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34-35 NIV
Mallory Barker, Celina, Texas
“Let me tell you why you are here. You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You’ve lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage.” Matthew 5:13 The Message
Kathy, Albuquerque, NM
Philippians 4:8 NIV
Finally, brothers, 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.
Kristen, Paramount, CA
“We never give up. Our bodies are gradually dying, but we ourselves are being made stronger each day.”
2 Corinthians 4:16 CEV
Anne Chen, Cerritos, CA “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 3:18 NKJV
Jamie Raborn from Ooltewah, TN
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
[16] Rejoice always, [17] pray continually, [18] give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Linda Hall, Salem, VA “Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest” Matthew 11:28 NIV
Beth – Concord, NC
…indeed, He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord watches over you – the Lord is your shade at your right hand;
Psalm 121:4-5 NIV
Stacie Kilgore, Lee’s Summit, MO
Isaiah 40:8 The grass withereth and the flower fadeth but the word of our God shall stand forever. (KJV)
Renee, Rockford, MI
No one will be able to stand their ground against you as long as you live. For I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will not fail you or abandon you.
Joshua 1:5 (NLT)
Paola Hernandez-Hoffmann, Pinellas Park, Fl
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
Romans 11:33 ESV