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!
Cornelius, NC…… Isaiah 41:10a ( KJV) ” Fear thou not, for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God “
He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in The Lord – Psalm 112:7 NIV
jackie Brantley
Rockledge, FL
“Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and by His vast strength.”
Ephesians 6:10 HCSB
San Diego, Ca
If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstacy but do not have love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.
1 Corinthians 13:1 MSG
Kim De Sha, Louisville, KY. He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.” Luke 17:6, NIV
Sharon Gaudet, Rochester,NH: “And to man He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.'” Job 28:28(NASB)
Peggy, Yorktown, Va
When you fast do not look somber as the hypocrites do for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. I tell you the truth they have received their reward in full. But when you fast put oil on your head and wash your face so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting but only to your father who is unseen and when your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. Matt 6:16-18 (Sorry very late, but I have a good excuse I was on a mission trip 🙂
Juley Metcalf, Spicewood, TX:
Psalm 34:8 (NIV) “Taste and see that the Lord is good;
blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.”
Jennifer R. Houston, TX “Teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 (NIV)
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: ” Who should i send? Who will go for us?”
Isaiah 6:8a
Lauren from Steinbach, Manitoba:
“Whatever is: true, honourable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, worthy of praise…think about these things.” – Philippians 4:8 (ESV)
Tamara, Austin, TX
Matthew 5:14. NIV
You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
Beth Howard, Missoula, Montana
Matthew 6:10-13 ‘Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.‘Give us this day our daily bread. ‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. ‘And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’
Proverbs 31:30 (ESV)
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
Tori Mays
Elmer, La
Beth D, Madison, MS
The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. Psalm 23:1 NIV84
Connie, London, England
No one is like You Lord; You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
Jeremiah 10:6 (NIV)
cindy b Alton NH Jeremiah 17:11 like a bird that hatches eggs she has not laid, so are those who get their wealth by unjust means. Sooner or later they will lose their riches and at the end of their lives will become poor old fools. ESV
Billie, Cincinnati, OH
Ezekiel 36:26
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
Jodi, Sweetwater, TN – Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.- Proverbs 31:30 NIV
1st 2 verses are for July 31st:
Daniel 2:20-22 (NIV)
20. Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever;
Wisdom and power are his.
21. He changes times and seasons,
He sets up kings and deposes them.
He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
22. He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him
Julie Wagner, Nederland, TX
“Better a patient person than a warrior; one with self control than one who takes a city. ”
Proverbs 16:32
Lynda from Dallas.
Ps. 91:1 NASB
“HE WHO DWELLS IN THE SHELTER OF THE MOST HIGH WILL ABIDE IN THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY.”
Marsha Middleton Lee’s Summit, MO
For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, Ephesians 2:14 NKJ
Michelle Brownell, Sturgis MI
For this God is our God for ever and ever;
he will be our guide even to the end.
Psalm 48:14 NIV
Jennifer S., Harleysville, PA
“In your unfailing love, silence my enemies; destroy all my foes, for I am your servant. ”
Psalm 143:12 NIV
Sophia S. Harleysville, PA.
“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.”
James 1:5 NIV
Gabriella S. Harleysville, PA
“Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.”
Psalm 139:23 NIV
For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.
Romans 14:8 ESV
15 Luke 6:31 NLT
Do you others as you would like them to do to you.
Stacey B., Fayetteville, GA
“That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God”
– Colossians 1:10 (ESV)
“My choice is you, God, first and only. And now I find I’m your choice! You set me up with a house and yard. And then you made me your heir!” Psalm 16:5-6 MSG
Kim Fishers, IN “Not that we are competent in ourselves, but our competence comes from God.” 2 Corinthians 3:5
Carol M
Canton, Mi
Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
James 2:22
James 1:6. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. (NKJ)
Heather – Fort Worth, TX
“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.”
Psalm 1:1-2 ESV
Sacramento, CA
My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to you-
I, whom you have redeemed.
Psalm 71:23 NIV
Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
James 1:15 Life Application NIV
Nikki Gack, Park Rapids, MN
Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
Psalm 51:12 NIV
Ann, St. Louis (MO)
2 Corinthians 3:17, NIV
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
Missy
Humble, Texas
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Ps. 34:18 KJV
Jennifer Olmstead
Janesville, Wisconsin
Psalm 145:13b [NIV]
The LORD is trust-worthy in all He promises; and IS faithful in all that He does.
Poorna Diaz, Reston, Va.: “What would be an adequate thanksgiving to offer God for all the joy we experience before him because of you? We do what we can, praying away, night and day, asking for the bonus of seeing your faces again and doing what we can to help when your faith falters.” 1 Thessalonians 3.9-10 MSG
Liz ftom Hilliard, Oh:
“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.”
Colossians 3:23, ESV
“Celebrate always, pray constantly, and give thanks to God no matter what circumstances you find yourself in.
Thessalonians 5:16-18. NIV
Lisa from Waycross, GA
Donna from Albany, GA
“He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together” Col. 1:17 (NASB)
Ellen, Moneta VA
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. -Colossians 4:6 (NIV 1984)
June Greenstreet
Bradford Ontario
“Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.”
Philippians 2:17-18 ESV
Karen Collier from the Eastern Shore of Maryland
“Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” Colossians 3:2 (NIV)
Melissa weseloh, St. Louis, MO
Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.
Proverbs 31:25 (esv)
Kim Hernandez, Roswell,ga
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another , God abides in us and His love is perfected in us. 1 John 4:12ESV