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!
Bonnie, Alexandria, LA
Deuteronomy 4:9 NLT
“But watch out! Be careful never to forget what you yourself have seen. Do not let these memories escape from your mind as long as you live! And be sure to pass them on to your children and grandchildren.”
Kay Martin
Tupelo, MS
“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. Day after day they pour forth speech, night after night they display knowledge.” Psalm 19:1-2 NIV
Ann from Odessa, Fl
But you will not leave in haste or go in flight; for the Lord will go before you, the God of Israel will be your rear guard.”
Isaiah 52:12 NIV
Diana Scott, Romulus MI
Judges 6:12 NIV – God is with you, O mighty warrior!
Kim Cook – Valley, AL.
“Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.” John 15:4 NIV
Amber Ball, Nicholasville, Ky – Romans 15:5 TLB May God who gives patience, steadiness, and encouragement help you to live in compete harmony with each other.
Ephesians 4:20 But that is not the way you learned Christ.
Asheville NC Cry aloud and shout for joy, o inhabitants of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 12:6 (nasb)
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
“do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 4:6-7 ESV
This God is my strong refuge and has made my way blameless
2 Samuel 22:33 ESV
Ella, St. Augustine, FL
“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” ESV
Ella, St. Augustine, FL
“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” Romans 8:31 ESV
Pamela in Rock Island, IL — Eph 4:20 …but that is not the way I learned Christ. – Love it Beth!!
Jessie Y. Jackson, MO. NIV Psalm 143:8 “Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.”
Mary Rosevear McNeal
Roswell, Georgia
“Pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to My Words. Keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body.”
Proverbs 9:20b – 22 (NIV)
Michele Gibbons, Waterloo, ON. Can.
Psalm 73:21-24 (NIV)
When my heart was grieved
and my spirit embittered,
I was senseless and ignorant;
I was a brute beast before you.
Yet I am always with you;
you hold me by my right hand.
You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will take me into glory.
WAYNE,PA
(verse #14)”Lord, you are mine! I promise to obey your words! With all my heart I want your blessings!”Ps 119:57NLT
“Open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in your instructions.” Ps 119:18 NLT
Stephanie from Ennis, Texas. I’m still learning Isaiah 53.
Isaiah 53:8 English Standard Version (ESV)
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away;
and as for his generation, who considered
that he was cut off out of the land of the living,
stricken for the transgression of my people?
He made the things we can see
and the things we can’t see—
such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.
Everything was created through him and for him.
Colossians 1:16b
jann Sanicola Holtsville, New York
Ephesians 2:8-9 NKJV
“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.”
Susan Jasper, TN
Psalm 66:20 (NIV)
Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld His love from me!
Carolyn Dover, Ohio
“Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God.” Psalm 146:5 NIV
Kim S,, Ridgeland, MS —
“Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!”
Psalm 141:3 (ESV)
Buffalo, OH
“To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.”- 1 Peter 2:21 (NIV)
Carol Raley Sandersville,Georgia. NIV
Psalm 15:5
Who lends his money without usury and does not accept a bribe against the innocent
He who dies these things will never be shaken!!!!
Barbara Smith, San Antonio, TX
And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance, character, and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit whom he has given us. Romans 5:2-5 (NIV)
1 Cor 3:7-8 nkjv
So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
Renee Kohagen, Kodak TN – Ephesians 4:20 NLT
But that isn’t what you learned about Christ.
Midge Miller
Snellville, GA
But I will sing of Your strength;
I will sing aloud of Your steadfast love in the morning.
For You have been to me a fortress
and a refuge in the day of my distress.
O my Strength, I will sing praises to You,
for You, O God, are my fortress,
the God who shows me steadfast love.
Psalm 59: 16-17 ESV
Carole From Kingwood Isaiah 26:3New International Version (NIV)3 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.
Julie, Madison, GA
But that isn’t what you learned about Christ. Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from Him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.
Ephesians 4:20-23 NLT
Bobbie Lutz
College Station, TX
Eph 4:20 (ESV)
But that is not the way you learned Christ.
Shannon Pate
Little Rock, Arkansas
Ephesians 4:20 (ESV) “But that is not the way you learned Christ.”
Matthew 5:7-8
“Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.”
“Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.”
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NLT
Melody Williamson
Sevierville, TN
Cindy Webster, Imperial Beach, CA
Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.
1Peter 5:7 (NTL)
Nelda Little, Magnolia, Texas, Joshua 24:24 NKJ
The Lord our God we will serve, and His voice we will obey!
Sallie Russ, Greenwood, SC “So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11 NASB
Claudia from Edmond, OK
“The godly people in the land are my true heroes! I take pleasure in them!” Psalm 16:3 (NLT)
Patti, Tampa, Florida:
The one who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of Living Water flow from deep within him.
John 7:38 (HCSB)
Irene, White Pigeon MI, Galatians 6:7 NCV, Do not be fooled: You cannot cheat God. People harvest only what they plant.
Palm Harbor, Fl
Titus 2:11-14
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self controlled, up right, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
Christina Fort Worth
4 “I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them. (Hosea 14:4 NIV)
Sarah Stephenson, Auburn, AL; “Thus says the Lord: ‘let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, not the rich man glory in his riches; but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows ME, that I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,’ says the Lord.” Jeremiah 9:23-24 (NKJV)
Kristi, Lenoir City, TN
Ephesians 4:20 (ESV) But that is not the way you learned Christ.
Nikki R., Alexandria, LA, “The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous runs into it and is safe.” Proverbs 18:10
The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. 1 Corinthians 7:4a(NIV)
Acts 2:24
(Peter said), ” God released him (Jesus) from the horrors of death and raised him back to life again, for death could not keep him in its grip.”
Patty Pierce
Searcy AR
Ephesians 4:20 ESV
1 thes 5:16-18 ESV
“But that is not the way you learned Christ!—”
Ephesians 4:20 ESV
But we did learn to do the following and that is why God wants me to do both verses this time
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances ; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” 1 Thes. 5:16-18
“Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.”
Galatians 1:10 NIV
Gina Rosamond, Ca
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Romans 12:21 NASB