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!
Jennifer Wilson, Brentwood, CA
“People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” I Samuel 16:7b (NIV)
Eph 4:20-21 (NLT) “But that isn’t what you learned about Christ. 21 Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him”
Sherree Hunsberger
Lilburn, GA
Ephesians 4:31(ESV)
“Let all bitterness and wrath and angry and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
San Juan Capistrano, CA
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it; Psalm 24:1 (NIV)
Ali C., Pleasanton, CA- “Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!” Matthew 7:9-11 ESV
Robin Wickman, Merriman, NE – “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”
3 John 1:2 KJV
Keely Hagan, Sturgis, KY
1 Peter 5:10 (NIV) “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.”
Melany Ethridge
Van Alstyne, TX
1 John 3:16 (NIV)
And this is how we know what love is, that Jesus Christ laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
Nicole Corey
Missoula MT
“So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.”
Galatians 4:7 ESV
Mary Kay Williams
Redding , CA
I have forgotten to post my verses but I am continuing to memorize. This is a few for catch up.
Colossians 3:5-7. NIV
Put to death therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.
Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived.
Davina Denny Novato, CA 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 I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV
Hailey Boone, Wilmington, NC. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 119:105 NASB
Janine – Corona, CA
“There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the LORD.” Proverbs 21:30 (NIV)
Oh, what utter peace to know that GOD is in control, and that nothing in this crazy, messed up world can succeed against Him. Amen! And praise the LORD!
There, in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice in everything you have put your hand to, because the Lord your God has blessed you. Deuteronomy 12:7
Nicola Evans Oceanside Ca
1 Samuel 16:7 NIV
7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
Mary Alice Dulweber
Dallas, Texas
But that is not the way you learned Christ.
Ephesians 4:20 ESV
Rebecca in Durham: Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him, endured the cross . . . Hebrews 12:2 (NIV)
Michelle Lyon, Fort Collins, CO
“For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing!”
Galatians 2:19-21 NRSV
Angela, Cullman, AL
But that is not the way you learned Christ.
Ephesians 4:20 ESV
Robin Ivey, Meridian, MS
“Give all your worries to him (God), because he cares for you.”
I Peter 5:7
New Century Version
Martha McElhaney Ooltewah, TN
1 Thessalonians 5: 18 HCSB
Give thanks in everything for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Jen Dakin, Churchville, VA. “Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it.” Psalm 119:35 (ESV)
Krista Ripley WV
Pro 14:1 kjv
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
Robin Greenwood,IN
V5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
V6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.
Proverbs 3:5&6 NKJV
Becca, Monterey CA.
“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.” ~ Colossians 3:1 NIV
Imelda, Toledo, OH
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10:10 (KJ)
Raine M. Sherman Oaks, CA
9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. John 15:9 NIV
Paula, OKC, OK: Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? James 3:11 NIV
Eva, Knoxville, TN – What do workers gain from their toil? Ecclesiastes 3:9 NIV
Stephanie Morris, Norman OK
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.” Matthew 7:13-14 NKJ
Laura Stiehl in Bedford, TX (so sorry this is late!)
For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body. As a result, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. 2 Corinthians 4:11-12 (NET)
Kim G., Colonial Heights, VA
“But that is not the way you learned Christ.”
Ephesians 4:20 (ESV)
Terri, Orange TX
“For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.”
I Thessalonians 5:5-6 ESV
Keron, Boise, Idaho
Be not far from me,
for trouble is near,
and there is none to help.
Psalm 22:11 ESV
Judy Madison, Beaumont, California
Psalm 143:8 NASB
Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; for I trust in You. Teach me the way in which I should walk; for to You I lift up my soul.
Debbie Hernandez; Atascocita, Texas
Hebrews 4:16 (NIV) “Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”
Donna Stephens, Wylie, Texas
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
1 John 5:11-12 NIV
“The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”
Proverbs 12:18 NIV
Lynn Hertzberg
Humble, TX
John 11:25-26 (ESV)
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.
Do you believe this?
Debbie B., Marietta GA
Revelation 22:20
He who is the faithful witness to all these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon!”
19 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
James 1:19
Esv
College station tx
“Commit your works to the Lord, And your plans will be established.” Proverbs 16:3 NASB
Ann Ft Lauderdale, FL
Carrie, Pierceland,SK Canada
Ephesians 4:20 ESV
But that is not the way you learned Christ!
Elmwood, Tennessee
“Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.” Psalm 34:19 (NKJV)
Kathryn Luedtke, Sherwood Park, AB
As for man, his days are like grass,
he flourishes like a flower of the field;
the wind blows over it and it is gone,
and its place remembers it no more.
PS. 103:15-16
Sandra, Rock Hill, SC
He stilled the storm with a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.
Psalm 107:29 NIV
8/1 – Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Susan Brown, Mandeville, LA
John 14:3 “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.”
NIV
Jeanne Warner Robins, GA
Aug 1st:
Psalms 9:1 NIV
I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
Regina Coleman, Salado, TX
Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28 (NLT)