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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!
crystal. Livonia. Michigan
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing one another in love”
Ephesians 4:2. Niv
-thanks so much for the teaching on Ephesians, mama Beth. Encouraged my heart in amazing ways! Love it and am using it for my memory work the rest of the year!
Connie, Dallas, TX
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.” 1 Cor. 13:4-5
Kim, Laguna Niguel, CA
The eyes of the LORD are in every place,
keeping watch on the evil and the good.
Proverbs 15:3 ESV
Leslie Warnick
Oakland MD
Isaiah 43:1 ESV
But now this says the Lord,
he who created you, O Jacob
he who formed you, O Isreal:
Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name,
You are mine.
Teresa, Walla Walla, Matthew 6:32b-33 NLT “Your heavenly Father already knows all your needs, and He will give you all you need from day to day if you live for Him and make the Kingdom of God your primary concern.”
Susan Jezek, St. Petersburg, Florida
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 NRSV
La Plata, MD
“Jesus said to him, ‘If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.'”
Mark 9:23 NKJV
Psalm 46:4 (NKJV)
“There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.”
Carolyn
Wheaton, IL
Stacey DiGrazia, Elgin, Ill.
“You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.”
Isaiah 26:3 NIV
Phoebe Cunningham, Tucson, AZ
“For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. ” 1 Corinthians 13:9-10 ESV
Kelly Davis, Danville VA. Luke 1:45 NIV
Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished.
Deanna Ellis, Lexington, SC
“For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to your goodness knowledge;” 2 Peter 1:5 (NIV)
Amanda Gozur, Albuquerque, NM
“Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.” Isaiah 26:8 (NIV)
Debbie from Holbrook, New York
Isaiah 54:10
“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 revived,”
says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
Nancy Bradshaw, Melbourne, Florida
“Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”
1 John 3:18 NIV
“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40:31 NIV, Dawn Lucy, Attalla. AL
Lori, McKinney, Tx
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, (Psalm 139:9 NIV)
Whitney Holder, Wilmington, NC. “James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad: Greetings.”
James 1:1 NKJV
Andrea Cox, Howe, TX
2 Corinthians 4:8 NIV
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
Linda, Las Vegas
Yet I am always with You, You hold me by my right hand.
Psalm 73:23 NIV
Mary, Atlanta, GA – Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:16-17 (NIV)
Joshua 1:5 (NCV) No one will be able to defeat you all your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forget you.
Susan Smith, Helena, MT
Romans 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Turn my eyes from worthless things, and give me life through your word. Psalm 119:39 NLT
Christy Jones, Summit, MS; “But that is not the way you learned Christ.” Ephesians 4:20 ESV
You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near. Don’t grumble against each other, brothers, or you will be judged. The judge is standing at the door! James 5:8-9 NIV
Kim Walters, Denver CO, “That, however, is not the way of life you learned” Eph 4:20
Amanda Teske, Chandler AZ
Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.
Romans 12:13 ESV
Dawn Atwood, Colleyville, TX
“We pray that you’ll have the strength to stick it out over the long haul—not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glory-strength God gives. It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy.
COLOSSIANS 1:11, MSG
Jamie Cormier, Lufkin Texas
“Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
Psalm 37:4, ESV
“But that is not the way you learned Christ!” Ephesians 4:20 ESV. Becky , Houston TX
Anne-Marie Munich – Germany
Ps 25.14 ESV “The friendship of the LORD is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.” In some versions, “secret” is used instead of “friendship”
Brandy Trahan, Port Neches, TX 77651
“And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 4:7 NIV
Finally , brothers, 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
janene Ford, Henley, MO
“This is my command – – be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:9 (NLT)
Jill. Plano, TX
The Message:
James 1,4
Let it (Faith) do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.
Carrie Lyons Homer Glen, IL
Acts 17:28 (NLT) For in Him we live and move and exist. As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
Martha, Cocoa, FL
NIV Isaiah 65:24
” Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear. “
“Be tolerant with one another and forgive one another whenever any of you has a complaint against someone else. You must forgive one another just as the Lord has forgiven you.”
Colossians 3:13 GNB
Sue, houston hebrews 12:14 Niv
Make every effort to live in peace with all men/women and to be holy:
Without holiness no one will see the Lord.
See to it that no one misses the grace of God
and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble
and defile many.
Karen, Sturgis, MI, “What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such a faith save him?” James 2:14 NIV
Judy Rowland Louisville, KY Job 19:25 NIV84
“I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end He will stand upon the earth.”
Lisa Wiesman from Huntsville TX
Ps. 84:10 NKJV “For a day in Your court is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than dwell in the Tents of wickedness.”
Debbie, Colorado Springs
Ephesians 4:20 (ESV)
But that is not the way you learned Christ.
Margie Snyder, Groveland FL
Romans 15:4 (NET)
For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.
Heather Smith
Nashville, TN
I prove myself by my purity, my understanding, my patience, my kindness, by the Holy Spirit within me, and by my sincere love.”
-2 Corinthians 6:6 NLT
Carolyn O., Cypress, Tx
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:7 NIV
Pamela Hardin
Pickerington, Ohio
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7 (NLT)
Sherry McCurrie; Russellville, AR
This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.
James 1:19-20 NASB
Denise Wilkin
The Woodlands, Texas
Romans 12:1
“Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.”
HNV