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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!
Pam White Oak MO. We love him, because he first loved us. 1John 4:19. KJV
Wendi, Simi Valley, CA
In order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the spirit. Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires, but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
Romans 8:4, 5 (NIV)
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”
Romans 12:12 NIV
Linda, Fort Collins, CO
Nancy Dal Pian, Port Charlotte, Florida
Philippians 2:5-7
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
Alisha Hoschton, GA
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
Psalm 32:8 ESV
Hanna Wahlbrink
Lexington, Ky
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)
Pat Jones, Springfield, MO
Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his saints.
Psalm 116:15 (ESV)
Pamela C. Guins, Taylorsville, NC
But blessed are those who trust in the LORD and have made the LORD their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and never stop producing fruit.
Jeremiah 17:7-8 (NLT)
Lamentations 3:25
The Lord is good to those who depend on Him, to those who search for Him.
Barbara Dunton
Midland, Texas
Psalm 103:20 (ESV)
“Bless the LORD, O you his angels you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word. “
Dawn, Pottsville, AR “You are the light of the world-like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.” Matthew 5:14 (NLT)
Amy Storms
Joplin, MO
…we went through fire and water, but you brought us to a place of abundance.
Psalm 66:12 (NIV)
JulieP
Tierra Verde FL
Ephesians 4:3 NET
Making ever effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Fresno, CA
And whatever you do,
whether in word or deed,
do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Colossians 3:17
Anna from Indiana!
She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy. Proverbs 31:20 (NIV)
Cathy, Russellville, AR
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. — Matthew 6:34 NIV
Christine, Greenville, SC
“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.” 2 Corinthians 3:18 NIV
Dee Shera – Jacksonville, Florida
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12 (NIV)
Robin Pitts, Atlanta GA
If it is possible as far as it depends on you live at peace with everyone.
Romans 12:18 (NIV)
Allyson
League City TX
Psalm 86:13 ESV
“For great is Your steadfast love toward me; You have delivered my soul from Sheol.”
Being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Ephesians 4:3. NASB
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 15:1 NIV
Carolyn Deevers, Dardenne Prairie, MO
Colossians 4:2 (NIV)
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
Traci McNally, Evansdale, Iowa
Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
Joshua 1:8 NIV
Vanessa, Corrales NM
For your name sake LORD,preserve my life; in your righteousness bring me out of trouble. Psalm 143:11 NIV
Dana ~ Ashland, Ky
“Let us break their chains,” they cry, “and free ourselves from slavery to God.”
But the one who rules in heaven laughs. The Lord scoffs at them.
Psalm 2:3-4 NLT
Carla, Pierre, SD
And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Colossians 3:14 NIV
Danyelle
Beavercreek, OH
Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you. Jeremiah 32:17 (NIV)
Teri, Campobello SC
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12 (NIV)
Jennifer Brosdahl, Menahga, MN
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you & help you; I will uphold you with my righteous (VICTORIOUS!) right hand.” Isaia 41:10 (NIV)
Karla, Broomfield, CO
Psalm 30:5 NET
For his anger lasts only a brief moment, and his good favor restores one’s life. One may experience sorrow during the night, but joy arrives in the morning.
Wendy P., Milwaukee, WI “He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8 NIV
Charlene
Alabaster, AL
Psalm 103:11 (NKJV)
For as the heavens are high above the earth
So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
Terry, Psalm 143:8, KJV
Cause me to hear Thy lovingkindness in the morning, for in Thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto Thee.
Margie, from Camdenton MO: We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Romans 6:9-10 ESV
Christy MacDonald, St. Clements, Ontario, Canada
“Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.” Psalm 1:1 NIV
Karen from Powell, Ohio
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,
Colossians 3:23 (NIV)
Karen Stark
Tallahassee, FL
Psalm 78:4English Standard Version (ESV)
4 We will not hide them from their children,
but tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,
and the wonders that he has done.
Nedra, Blue Springs, MO “And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance. ” Romans 5:3 NASB
Kathy, Leamington, Ontario, Canada
Psalm 119:105
“Your Word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.” NIV
Jenny, Valrico, FL
“No, O people, the LORD has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.”
Micah 6:8 (NLT)
Beth, Lansing, MI
Acts 20:33 NASB
“I have coveted no one’s silver or gold or clothes.”
Jennifer Tinsley, Indianapolis, IN. “I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression, and smile.” Job 9:27 NIV
Sarah Jackson, Pasadena TX
You discern my going out and my lying down.
You are familiar with all my ways.
Psalm 139:3 NIV
Betty, Austin, Texas
My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When i was woven together in the depths of the earth. Psalm 139:15 NSV
Nancy Gordon
Lafayette, IN
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” John 14:6 NIV
Tammy in Mt Pleasant, SC
Proverbs 3:5-6 (NASB)
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.”
Jennifer Jones from Coweta, OK
Colossians 1:9
” For this reason since the day we heard about you and, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding.”
LeEllen Phillips, Nashville, TN
“Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill His promises to her.”
Luke 1:45
Jodell, Frankfort, Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. Hebrews 13:15 NIV