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!
And I said, “Woe to Me! for I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Host!” Isaiah 6:5 ESV
judy Conn, Ashland,KY:”trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6, NIV
“Nor did we seek glory from men, either from you or from others, when we might have made demands as apostles of Christ.”
I Thessalonians 2:6 NKJV
One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation. Romans 10:10
Beverly from Huntsville AL
Sharon Crow, Winchester, VA
“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?”
Romans 8:31 ESV
Michelle O’Banion, Grandview, Tx
“Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding”
Proverbs 9:6
1984 NIV
Marilyn Brown in The Plains, OH says:
” If you love Me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father and He will send you another Counselor to be with you forever- The Spirit of Truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.”
Jn.14:15-18
Michelle- Schertz, TX
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you.
Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.” Psalm 32:8-9
Marilyn Brown in The Plains, OH says:
” If you love Me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father and He will send you another Counselor to be with you forever- The Spirit of Truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.”
Jn.14:15-18 NIV
I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it. And nothing can be taken from it. God does it, that men should fear before Him. Ecclesiastes 3:14 NKJV
Nikki L, Littleton, CO
“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.”
Psalm 19:14 ESV
Laura, Clay Center, KS
Galatians 5:25 (ESV)
If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.
Carol, Keller, TX
“Teach me Your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name.” Psalm 86:11 (NKJV)
Fay, Springfield, MO
Jeremiah 32:17 NIV
Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.
barbara from Malakoff tx
Ephesians 4:27
And do not give the devil a foothold.
I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be given over to the Lord.
1 Samuel 1:27-28
NIV
Kathy, Bryant AR:
Make music to the Lord with the harp,
with the harp and the sound of singing,
Psalm 98:5
Gail Irwin, Thousan Oaks, CA
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen. (1 Peter 5:10-11 NIV)
Dianne in Andover, MN
Romans 12:2 NLT
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
Becky Bigbie, Highland Village, Tx
Therefore, I a prisoner for serving God, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God. Ephesians 4:1 New Living Translation
Shiela Meert, Elkhart IN
“You gave them charge of everything you made, putting all things under their authority – ”
Psalms 8:6 NLT
Adrienne
Jasper, TN
I’m continuing on in 2 Cor 4
“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair” 2 Cor 4:8 NIV
Shelly, Eufaula, AL
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
Psalm 103:15 KJV
“But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood. Therefore He is able to save completely those who come to God through Him because He always lives to intercede for them.”
Hebrews 7:24-25. NIV
Lori Haller, Easton MD. James 1:19-20 My dearly loved brothers, understand this: Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for man’s anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness. James 1:19-20 (HCSB)
corrales,NM MadeleineFor the word of the Lord is faithful and true:He is faithful in all that He does. Psalm 33:4 NIV
Deby New Carlisle, OH
I realized I put the above scripture for a second time!
So here is my new one
Pray without ceasing! 1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV
Ruth Kitchener, ON
Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips. Psalm 141:3 (NIV)
Amy “Better Late Than Never” Guth, Canton, MS
“And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 4:19 ESV
Carol Bruntlett
Albuquerque NM
John 14:27 NIV
Peace I leave with you , my peace I give to you I do not give to you as the world gives Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid .
Nancy A -Versailles, KY
“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” Psalms 73:26 NIV
Andrea, Pottstown
Micah 7:7 NIV
But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my savior, my God will hear me.
Rolanda Hairston Ft. worth, TX
“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in the, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 NLT
Sara Morris Alpharetta, GA
2 Corinthians 3:18 NIV
“And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.”
Lisa, McKinney,TX “for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.”
Philippians 2:13 NIV
Patricia McNeily, Miamisburg, Ohio
Col 3:13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Emily- Warsaw, IN
“Surrender to God All-Powerful! You will find peace and prosperity. Listen to his teachings and take them to heart.” Job 21: 21-22 CEV
Suzy Adams, Wheelersburg, OH – Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.” Matthew 28:18 NIV
2 Corinth 12:10 NASB
Therefore I am well content with weaknesses,
with insults, with distresses, with persecutions,
with difficulties, for Christ’s sake;
for when I am weak, then I am strong.
Lynn Watson, Hurst Texas
Psalm 143:5-6
5)I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done.
6)I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land.
The Lord will fight for you.You must be quiet.Exodus 14:14
Liz Kester
Keller, Texas
“The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.” Proverbs 12:18 NIV
Jennifer, Lancaster Pa
All of this is for your benefit. And as God’s grace reaches more and more people, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory.
2 Corinthinans 4 15 NLT
Shelley, Brigham City, Utah
Hebrews 13:5 ESV
Keep your life free from love of money and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you,”
Martha Stephenson
Olive Branch, MS
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Psalm 23:5
Mandy-Asheboro, NC Psalm 103:11 ESV For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His steadfast love toward those who fear Him. Psalm 103:11
Lisa, Houston, TX
“Both with and in Christ Jesus he raised us up and gave us a place in the heavens.” Ephesians 2:6 NAB
Ellen K. – Chester, VA
Proverbs 12:18 NIV
Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
“Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.”
Col. 4:6 NIV
Diane LeJeune, Fairview, TN
“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 NIV