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!
Oops! wrong one!
Andrea*B
Jeff City, MO
“Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” MArk 5:19
Terri, Pleasant Hope, MO
And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
Colossians 1:10 (NIV84)
Shannon Houston, TX
Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear.
Isaiah 65: 24 ESV
Mickey, Gilbert AZ
And the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7 NIV
1 Thessalonians 5:18 Good News Bible
Be thankful in all circumstances. This is what God wants from you in union with Christ Jesus.
Cynthia, Missouri
In him we obtained an inheritance, having been predestined, according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will. Eph 1:15 ESV
Martha Blacklock
Lubbock, TX
Proverbs 3:5 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.”
NIV
Lynne, Jackson, Alabama
“In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;”
Romans 8:26 (NASB)
Susan Clements, Seale, AL
“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1 NIV
Sharon, Barrington
“Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.” Ephesians 6:11 NIV
Matthew 6:33 (ESV). But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be added to you.
Wendy Bashor, Lone Butte, BC – Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. Ephesians 4:29 ESV
Melissa Evans, Lexington, KY
“For I am The Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear, I will help you.” Isaiah 41:13 NIV
Rachel- Cumming, GA
He is not afraid of receiving bad news;
his faith is strong, and he trusts in the Lord.
Psalm 112:7 (GNB)
Michaela
Loganville, GA
Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
Psalm 55:22 NIV
Barbara Q – West Point, GA
1 Peter 5:7 NIV. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
Melia
Loganville, GA
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.
Proverbs 12:4 NIV
Miranda
Loganville, GA
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16 NIV
Tammy Smith Grayson La.
Ephesians 4:20
But that is not the way you learned Christ .
Pammela W. from Albuquerque, NM
“Rise up; this matter is in your hands. We will support you, so take courage and do it.”
Ezra 10:4 (NIV)
Nitsa, Eugene, OR. “The LORD will keep you from all harm. He will watch over your life.” Psalm 121:7 NIV
Kimberly Barrett, Camden, Arkansas
when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. 1 Peter 3:2, 3 NIV
Penny – Loganville, GA
I John 5:15 – “And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.”
NASB
You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. -Matthew 5:14 (NIV)
Romanos 12:13
Ayuden a los hermanos necesitados. Practiquen la hospitalidad.
Claire, Boone, NC
I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:5 NIV
Columbus, OH
“For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.”
Romans 8:29 & 30, NASB
Sarah-Brookhaven, MS
“And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.” Ezekiel 36:27 ESV
Toni Sidler, Argyle TX
Ephesians 5:15-16, NASB. Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time because the days are evil.
Pam Campbellsburg In..Proverbs 16:24 Pleasent words are like hondycomb,Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.. NKJV NSFL
The Lord is near to all who call on him. Psalm 145:18
Lisa, West Columbia, TX
“He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.”
Psalm 91:15 (NIV)
Abby Smith in Troy, OH
“Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.” 2 Thessalonians 3:16 (NIV)
Renee Hall, Jacksonville, Florida
“With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith.”
2 Thess. 1:11
Carla Kaney, Adel, Iowa,
“T hen you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:32 NIV
Melissa Fancher, Marble, AR –
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. (NIV)
Psalm 139:23-24
Lauren Fancher, Marble, AR –
Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.
Proverbs 16:18 (NIV)
Joelle Abilene TX
Continuing Psalm 121
“He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.”
Psalm 121: 3-4 (NIV)
Cheryl Dulaney, Lafayette, LA
Psalms 33:4 NLT
For the word of the LORD holds true, and we can trust everything He does.
Lois, Southbury, CT
From the fullness of His grace we have all received one blessing after another.
John 1:16 niv
Lyn, Tulsa, OK
For He says: “In an acceptable time I have heard you. And in the day of salvation I have helped you.”
Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. I Corinthians 6:2 (NKJV)
Rita Ford, The Woodlands, Texas. “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1 (NIV)
Elizabeth Thompson, Florence, AL “Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.”
Romans 12:15 NASB
Brianna from Jonesboro, AR
Brothers, each person should remain with God in whatever situation he was called.
1 Corinthians 7:25 HCSB
Sarah Miller, Melbourne, Florida “Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.” Isaiah 54:10 (NIV)
Elaine, New Orleans, LA
Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. Proverbs 16:18 (NIV)
Cathy, Rhinebeck, NY
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.
John 15:9 (NIV)
Paula, Houston, Tx
“The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.”
Exodus 15:2 ESV
Jane from Calgary, AB
“Have you ever in your life commanded the morning,
And caused the dawn to know its place,” Job 38:23 (NASB)
Donna Lange, Mobile, AL
Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
2 Thessalonians 1:11 (KJV)