Siesta Scripture Memory Team 2015: Verse 15!

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!

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  1. 2401
    Robin Shackleford says:

    Robin Shackleford, Hendersonville, TN
    He answered, ” ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’, and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ “. Luke 10:27. NIV

  2. 2402
    Stacey Emmott says:

    Stacey Emmott Psalm 25:9-10 NIV
    He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way. All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful for those who keep the demands of his covenant.

  3. 2403
    Brenda says:

    Brenda, Ottawa, Canada

    The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

    Psalm 27:1 KJV

  4. 2404
    Deanna says:

    Deanna, Harwood, MD
    Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters” Colossians 3:23 (NIV)

  5. 2405
    Teri says:

    Portland Oregon
    Philippians 1:6 for I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.

  6. 2406
    Judi says:

    Alberta. Canada

    Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart and you will find rest for your souls.

    NAS

  7. 2407
    Liz Millinor says:

    Liz Millinor
    St Johns, FL

    These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭6‬:‭6-7‬ NIV)

  8. 2408
    Carol DePriest says:

    Psalm 25:5 NLT

    Lead me by your truth and teach me,
    for you are the God who saves me.
    All day long I put my hope in you.

  9. 2409
    Sandy Woffard says:

    Sandy Woffard, Rio Rancho, NM

    Colossians 3:12-14 NKJV Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.

  10. 2410
    Candice says:

    Candice from Houston, Texas – “he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.” Psalm 23:3 NIV

  11. 2411
    Misty Choat says:

    2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV
    “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.”

    Misty Choat
    Claremore, OK

  12. 2412
    Linda Gammon says:

    Linda Gammon, Blue Springs, MO
    Colossians 1:9 NKJV
    For this reason we also, since the day we heard it,
    do not cease to pray for you,
    and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

  13. 2413
    Ellen Brown says:

    Ellen Olmstedville, NY
    1 Thessalonians 5:18
    Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus

  14. 2414
    Miriam Nikkila says:

    Kearney NE
    Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; His greatness no one can fathom.
    One generation will commend Your works to another; they will tell of Your mighty acts. Psalm 145:3-4 NIV

  15. 2415
    Paige Woodard Mitchell says:

    Paige Woodard Mitchell
    Minden, LA

    “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
    Romans 8:38-39 (NIV)

  16. 2416
    Carolyn says:

    Carolyn, Granbury, Tx – Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. 2 Corinthians 4:16 NASB

  17. 2417
    Lori says:

    Lori, Granbury, Tx – Commit your activities to the Lord, and your plans will be achieved. Proverbs 16:3 HCSB

  18. 2418
    Linda N says:

    Linda in Chester, VA

    Because of Christ and our faith in him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God’s presence.
    E phesians 3:12(NLT)

  19. 2419
    Rebecca Crocker says:

    Rebecca, Akron OH
    “The Lord is indeed going before you – He will be with you; He will not fail you or abandon you. Do not be afraid or discouraged!” Deuteronomy 31:8, NET

  20. 2420
    Candis Oswalt says:

    Candis Oswalt South Bend IN Running behind due to vacation and VBS but God is getting me back on line. Here is my 8/1/15 verse O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar Psalm 42:6 KJV

  21. 2421
    Diane Currie says:

    Diane Currie, Schertz Texas – Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 NIV

  22. 2422
    Sherry Lee says:

    Sherry Lee, Owensboro, KY
    Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.
    Ephesians 3:20

  23. 2423
    Tracie Johnson says:

    Tracie Johnson, Taylorville, IL

    Matthew 22:37 KJV
    Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

  24. 2424
    Kelly Mabe says:

    “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.”
    Deuteronomy 6:5 NKJVERSION

    Brashear, TX Kelly Mabe

  25. 2425
    Cindy Barnfield says:

    Cindy Barnfield – Cypress, TX
    Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
    Philippians 4:8 NIV

  26. 2426
    Nancy Garringer says:

    Nancy Redkey, IN

    Whoever conceals their sin does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy. Proverbs 28:13. NIV

  27. 2427
    Shelly Wilson says:

    Shelly Wilson, Fort Worth, TX

    Psalms‬ ‭56‬:‭3-4‬ (HCSB) – When I am afraid, I will trust in You. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not fear. What can man do to me?

  28. 2428
    Stephanie says:

    Stephanie, Pawleys Island, SC

    I said, “My foot is slipping.” But LORD, your faithful love kept me from falling.
    Psalm 94:18 (NIRV)

  29. 2429
    Rita Quinlan says:

    Rita – Alva, Florida

    “Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.”

    Colossians 4:2 – NLT

  30. 2430
    Laura Naiser says:

    Laura Naiser, Georgetown, TX

    to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

    Ephesians 3:21, NIV

  31. 2431

    Morgan Roberts
    Brandon, MS
    “Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this:” Jeremiah 3:21 NLT

  32. 2432
    Tara G. says:

    Tara G.
    Sherwood, AR

    For Good has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

    2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)

  33. 2433
    Erika Powell says:

    Erika Powell -Celebration FL

    “In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”
    ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭3:6‬ ‭ESV‬‬

  34. 2434
    Christy says:

    Christy
    Fayetteville,AR
    2 Corinthians 3:17 NIV
    “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”

  35. 2435
    Karen Peelman says:

    Karen
    Flower Mound, TX

    But if I say, “I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.

    Jeremiah 20:9 NIV

  36. 2436
    Natalie says:

    But that is not the way you learned Christ. Eph 4:20 ESV

  37. 2437
    Elizabeth Schroeder says:

    Whitesboro, TX

    “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” I John 1:9 (NIV)

  38. 2438
    Diane says:

    Diane – Spring, Texas:

    “My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” (1 John 2:1) ESV

  39. 2439
    Jennifer Hart, Texas says:

    Then Jehoshaphat said, “But before you do anything, ask God for guidance.”

    2 Chronicles 18:4 (MSG)

  40. 2440
    Sylvia S. says:

    Sylvia S.
    Collinsville, IL

    Romans 8:26-27 (NASB)
    Our Victory in Christ
    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; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

  41. 2441
    Lucinda Culver says:

    Lucinda Culver, Wichita KS
    They will not be ashamed in the time of evil; And in the days of famine They will have abundance.
    Psalm 37:19. NASB

  42. 2442
    Kelly B says:

    Kelly B from Jefferson City, MO:

    Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. (‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭4‬:‭16‬ NIV)

  43. 2443
    Barrett says:

    Barrett, Plano TX

    We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, one that a great king of Israel built and finished.

    Ezra 5:11

  44. 2444
    RaeLeen Ellis says:

    RaeLeen – Bloomington Indiana:

    Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

    Eph 4:29 (NIV)

  45. 2445
    Carol Kirby says:

    For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[ neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39 NIV

  46. 2446
    Janet Harrison says:

    Roanoke, TX

    “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 everlasting.” Psalm 139:23-24 NIV

  47. 2447
    Susan says:

    Susan, Atlanta, GA
    You shall not fear them, for it is the Lord your God who fights for you. Deuteronomy 3:22 ESV

  48. 2448
    Micki Elaine says:

    Micki Elaine, Atlanta, Tx.

    So Christ has really set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and do not get tied up again in slavery to the law.

    Galatians 5:1 NLT

  49. 2449
    Micki Elaine says:

    Micki Elaine, Atlanta, Tx.

    Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.

    Psalm 51:12 NIV

  50. 2450
    Marie says:

    Marie from Post Falls, Idaho –

    “Most assuredly I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life.” – John 6:47 (NKJV)

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