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!
Valerie Chamberlain, Austin, Texas. “Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” I Thessalonians 516-18 NIV84
Amy, Hobe Sound,FL “And because you belong to him, the power of the life giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death.” Romans 8:2 NLT
Connie Colston Waxahachir, TX
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 4:16
Columbus, OH. Colossians 3:8 (NIV): “What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish that I may know Christ.”
Miriam, Columbia, SC
For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. Psalm 103:14
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
Philippians 4:13 KJV
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Lisa from Waycross, GA
Donna from Albany, GA
“The Lord gives His people strength; the Lord blesses His people with peace.”
Psalm 29:11 (HCSB)
Kirsten, El Paso, TX:
Romans 12:6-7 NIV
[6] We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; [7] if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach;
Nancy Wilhelm Roswell GA
Oh, that we might know the LORD! Let us press on to know him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring. NLT
Lauralee Courtney
Austin, TX
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 2:5 NIV
Paula, Maine
“My sheep listen to my voice. I know them and they follow me.” John 10:27 NIV
Anissa Mcguire Claremore, ok
“For it was the Lord’s will to crush Him and cause Him to suffer, and though The Lord makes His Life an offering for sin, He will see His offspring and prolong His days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in His Hand.” Isaiah 53:10
LeAnn,Spring,TX
Pslam 46:10 (NIV)
“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
Lisa, Mauldin, SC
strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.
Colossians 1:11-12 (NKJV)
Susan – Statesville, NC
I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.
Psalm 57:2 (NIV)
Leslie G-Warner Robins, GA
Romans 15:13 (NIV)
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 8:22-23 ESV
For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. And not only creation but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
Angi, Pelham, AL
Though shalt not bow down thyfself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me. Exodus 20:5 KJV
Teresa Cianciotto, Dickinson, TX “I will put the fear of me in their hearts so that they will not turn from me.” Jer 32:40 ESV
Tina Schutz, New Hope, MN
…Truly I tell you, if you have faith Asa small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain , “Move from here to there,” and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.
Matthew 17:20 NIV
Gale Fox
Montgomery TX
“Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.'”
Isaiah 30:21 (NIV)
Houston – The Lord does not delay His promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9
Valerie Finch, Warrensburg, MO
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!
Psalm 141:3, ESV
Nikki from San Antonio
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, workout your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
Philippians 2:12-13 ESV
Pattie in Holland, MI
Psalm 115 (NLT)
1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us,
but to your name goes all the glory
for your unfailing love and faithfulness.
Logansport, IN For the Lord God is a sun and a shield; The Lord gives grace and glory; no good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.” keep learning girls. Love you Psalm 84:11 NASB
Sheila Johnson, Beckley, WV
Wait for the Lord, and He will make things right. Proverbs 20:22 NIV
Rachel M, Wesley Chapel, FL
Isaiah 41:10 NIV
So do not fear, for I am with you, do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand
1 Corinthians 10:31
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. (NIV)
Kristen Ottens, Mount Joy, PA
Reanna, Cypree, CA
Philippians 1:6
Bring confident of this that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Dianne-Hendersonville, NC
The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him.
Lamentations 3:25
And after you have suffered a litrle while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen and establish you.
1 Peter 5:10 ESV
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, 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.” Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV)
Michelle V, Hewitt, TX
Because of his love he had already decided to adopt us through Jesus Christ. He freely chose to do this
Ephesians 1:5 GW
Debbie Johnson, Orlando
Ephesians 6:12 (NIV)
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”
Stacie, Collins, MS,
14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. (II Chronicles 7:14 NKJV)
vicki C.,
Lenexa, KS
Psalm 25:14 ESV
The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.
Kathy, High Point, NC
Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you.
Psalm 33:22 ESV
Morgan, Arlington, VA
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future” Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
Natalie, Houston,TX
Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
John 6:29 NIV
Cindi Latson, Madison, MS
“O Lord, in the morning You hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for You and watch.” Psalm 5:3 (ESV)
Lesley
Steamboat Springs, CO
Psalm 84:7 (NIV)
They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.
Laura Blackman, Hebrews 12:13, NIV ” and make straight paths for your feet so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.”
Sissy Youngblood Ruston, Louisiana
And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19 NIV
Heather Morgan
Waxahachie, TX
1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 NIV
Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil.
Judy Pauley, Norfolk, Va.
Psm. 147:14
He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
Joshua 1:9 New King James Version (NKJV)
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Vanessa, Johnson City, TN
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 NIV
Carrie, St. Paul, MN
For they will scarcely brood over the days of their lives, because God keeps them occupied with the joy of their hearts. Ecclesiastes 5:20 (NRSV)
Sarah Rumfield
Tomball, TX
James 1:19-20 NIV
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 angry does not prouduce the righteousness that God desires.