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!
Lynn Bennett, new Smyrna Beach, Fl
The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. (Romans 8:6 NIV)’
Colleen, Lyndonville NY
Do not be afraid, you who are treasured by God. Peace to you. Be very strong! Daniel 10:19
Layne Hall, Columbus MS: See, God has come to save me. I will trust in Him and not be afraid. The Lord God is my strength and my song. He has given me victory. Isaiah 12:2 NLT
Holly, Cape May
Proverbs 12:18. “Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.” NIV
Penny Ritter, Vian OK
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 KJV
Jennifer, Michigan
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.
Colossians 3:23
Donna, Crossville, TN
But that is not the way you learned Christ. Eph. 4:20 (ESV)
Becky, Vicksburg, MS
Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart. Psalm 97:11 (NIV).
Isaiah 30:15a
For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, “In returning to Me and rest in Me you shall be saved; in quietness and trust shall be your strength.”
Debbie Nelson
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Cherri, Smyrna, GA: “For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; it is He who will save us.”
Isaiah 33:22 NIV
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:12-13 KJV
Sherri Frey, Hagerstown, Md
“Every plant that my heavenly Father has not plan it will be pulled up by the roots”
Matt 15:13 (NIV)
Erin Hall, Magnolia TX, “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.” (1 Timothy 4:12 NIV)
“Search me God and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.”
Psalm 139:23 NIV
Cheryl, Harleysville PA
The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked. The Lord has His way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet. The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him.
Nahum 1:3,7 NKJV
Sarah W, East Liberty, OH
Do not be misled: Bad company corrupts good character.
1 Corinthians 15:33 (NIV)
“March on, my soul; be strong!” Judges 5:21 NIV
Bethany, Oklahoma
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith” Romans 1:17 ESV
Fort Worth, TX
Ephesians 5:33 ESV
However, let each one if you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
Angie,Markham .
11 The Lord will guide you always;
he will satisfy your needsf in a sun-scorched landg
and will strengthen your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
like a spring whose waters never fail.
Isaiah 58:11
Sheila Oakes
Cary, NC
Isaiah 58:11 NIV
The Lord will guide you always;
He will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
like a spring whose waters never fail.
But that is not the way you learned Christ.
Ephesians 4:20
ESV
Andy Spray – Centreville, VA
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. Psalm 32:8 (NIV)
Margo, Burlington ON
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing one another in love. Eph 4:2 NIV
Marsha from Jupiter, Fl
Psalm 16:4 (NIV)
The sorrows of those will increase who run after other gods.
I will not pour out their libations of blood or take up their names on my lips.
Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor. – Proverbs 21:21 NIV
Kari Turner
Charlottesville, VA
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.”
Hebrews 10:23 ESV
Kelli Gatewood, Avon, IN
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live but Christ lives in me. the life I live in the body I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20(NIV)
Jen Wellman
Camp Hill, PA
1 John 4:11
“Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.”
ESV
Karen, Christy, Cheryl A Cord of Three Strands
Jay, OK
But that is not the way you learned Christ.
Eph.4:20
Alaina // Tyler, TX
Eph 3:17-18 NIV
…so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power together with all the saints, to grasp how long and wide and high and deep is the love of Christ…
Claire Veronie, Tomball, TX
“The Lord preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me.” Psalm 116:6
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. Psalms 27:14 KJV
Gail Hinshaw, Summerville, OR
And one cried to another and said:
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
The whole earth is full of His glory!”
Isaiah 6:3 NKJV
Nicole///Dallas///2 Timothy 1:7 KJV
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
Robin, Leo, IN “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)
Mary Fadel Cordova, MD
“Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless – like chasing the wind.” Ecclesiastes 6:9 (NLT)
Arlington TX
Isaiah 1:18 (TLB)
“Come, let’s talk this over!” says the Lord; “”no matter how deep the stain of your sins, I can take it out and make you as clean as freshly fallen snow. Even if you are stained as red as crimson, I can make you white as wool!”
Jessica, Shelby, NC. “For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-discipline.”
2 Timothy 1:6-7 ESV
Lincoln Park, Michigan
“They share freely and give generously to those in need. Their good deeds will be remembered forever. They will have influence and honor. The wicked will see this and be infuriated. They will grind their teeth in anger; they will slink away, their hopes thwarted.”
Psalms 112:9-10 NLT
Karen Sanders, Burleson, TX “If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray and God will give him life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that he should pray about that.” 1 John 5: 16 NIV
Staunton, IL
“Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God.”
Eph 6:17 NIV
“March on my soul, be strong.” Judges 5:21
Andrea in Independence, KY
Psalm 90:2 (NIV)
Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
Carol O’Keefe, Oak Park, CA
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans8:28 NIV
Phyllis, Ft. Worth, TX.
“For I know the plans I have for you,” says The Lord. “They are plans for good and not disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”
Jeremiah 29:11 NLT
From Tishomingo, OK
The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still. (NIV)
sorry…. That was Exodus 14:14.
Stephanie, Austin, Though you have not seen him, you love him, and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy. 1 Peter 1:8 NIV
You are the BEST Beth!!! Camp Bibby – so sweet and fun!!!
Ruth, Shawnee, KS
Romans 6:4 (NIV) – We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may have a new life.