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!
Charlotte
Philadelphia, MS
If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.
Romans 12:18
ESV
Romans 12:18
Kaylee Schlabach – Tampa, Fl
“But when you pray, go into your [most] private room, and, closing the door, pray to your Father, Who is in secret; and your Father, Who sees in secret, will reward you in the open.
Matthew 6:6 Amplified
Debbie LeBlanc, Rockledge,Fl
Colossians 4:2 Devote yourselves to prayer, watchful and thankful.
Ruth, Modesto, CA
That is why, for Christ’s sake I delight in weakness,in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:10 NIV
Bethany Sullivan from Converse, IN
1 Thessalonians 1:5
For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.
“But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess.”
1 Peter 3:15 NET
Leah Eller, San Antonio, TX – “And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Phillipians 4:7 ESV
Pam, Tryon, NC
“March on, my soul, be strong.” Judges 5:21 NIV
Joyce, Corvallis, OR
“Whatever you do, do your work heartly, as for the Lord rather than man.” NASB
Janice Thacker, Sumner, IL. Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Lori, Austin, Tx
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”
James 1:22 NIV
There is no one righteous, not even one.
Romans 3:10
“You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.” 1 Corinthians 6:20
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23
and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.
Ephesians 6:15 ESV
Dawn, Silver Spring, MD
Psalm 90:17 (ESV):
“Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us,
and establish the work of our hands upon us;
yes, establish the work of our hands!”
Lea Ann Frank from Hales Corners, WI
Psalm 77:14 ~ “You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples.”
Katie Houston, TX – “Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Matthew 6:34 (HCSB)
Sandee Tseng, Santa Monica CA
“I will give thanks to Your name for Your unfailing love and faithfulness, because Your promises are backed by all the honor of Your name.” – Psalm 138:2 (NLT)
Bonnie O’Shields, Dacusville, SC
Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.
James 1:15 HCSB
Kerri Eyler, Woodsboro, MD Man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart. 1Samuel 16:7 NIV
Isaiah 48:17 NIV
“I am the Lord your God,
Who teaches you what is best for you,
Who directs you in the way you should go.”
Maddy Clemens, Los Angeles
Show me your ways O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; on you I wait all the day. Psalm 25:4-5 NKJV
“The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever. The decrees of the LORD are firm, and all of them are righteous.”
Psalm 19:9, NIV
Emily in Puyallup, WA
Angie W., Federal Way, WA and Ennis, MT
Do not fear, only believe. Mark 5:36 ESV
Julie in Rancho Cucamonga
Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my sojourning.
(Psalm 119:54 ESV)
Leah
Fort Worth, TX
“He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.”
Proverbs 21:21 KJV
Carol, Farmers Branch, TX
I Timothy 2:5, NKJV
For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,
Natalie, San Diego, CA
Unless Your law had been my delight,
I would then have perished in my affliction. Psalm 119:92 (NKJV)
“Live carefree before God; he is most careful with you.”
1Pt. 5:7 MSG
Lynda Staton Keo, AR #15
You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
Philippians 2:5 NLT
Kristetta, Pineville, LA. My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, James 1:19 (NIV)
Marsha R. Lexington Park, MD
People were overwhelmed with amazement.
“He has done everything well,” they said.
“He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
Mark 7:37 NIV
Britt Felix, Tucson, AZ
Romans 12:1-2 NIV
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Emily Lawyer
Arlington, VA
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry. James 1:19 (NLT)
Martha Parrish, Irving, TX
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
Matthew 6:27
NIV
Ya’ll are so precious! Melissa, Vicksburg, MS “Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you.” 1 Thess 4:11 NIV
Muriel in Ontario
Ephesians 4:2(NLT)
Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.
Shari Valdez, Long Beach, California
Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. Psalms 5:1-3. (KJV)
Dori Wooldridge from Indiana
Psalm37:6-8
“…He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. Be still before The Lord and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry put their wicked schemes. Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret-it leads only to evil.”
1 Peter 5:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. NIV
Onda Jenks, Morgantown, WV- “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.” (Rev. 3:7 ESV)
Kathy Walden, Knightstown, IN
If you love me you will obey what I command. John 14:15 NIV
Dawn-Goliad, TX
“The Lord will fight for you, & you have only to be still.
Exoxo 14:14
Dawn-Goliad, TX
“The Lord will fight for you, & you have only to be still.
Exodus 14:14
Tanya, from Lorton, VA,
Psalm 121:5-6 HCSB
The Lord protects you; the Lord is a shelter right by your side.
6 The sun will not strike you by day, or the moon by night.
And afteryou have suffered a little while, the God of all grace who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen and establish you. I Peter 5:10
Addy Cianciotto, Dickinson, TX “Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.” Pr 16:24 NIV
Gabby Cianciotto, Dickinson, TX “Give thanks in all circumstances for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thess 5:17 ESV
Jennie Marie Knoll – DeWitt, AR
Philippians 4:8-9 (NASB) Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell of these things. 9 The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace all be with you.