Hey, Everybody! Let’s get some traction on this 2017 Scripture memory action! It’s time for Verse 2! This is the post where you’ll leave your comment with your Scripture entry.
Remember, you get to choose your own verse according to what you need most or what presently lands on your heart with the power of the Holy Spirit. I am committing to memorize the one-chapter, 25-verse Book of Philemon this SSMT year so at times my verse will seem a little random and be an incomplete sentence. Like today. Grin. That can be a challenge for an English teacher by trade.
I’ll always recommend another Scripture that I think makes a fabulous memory verse in case you are having trouble deciding on one. Remember that we strictly limit the comments to our SSMT verse-entries so the entire comment thread is a spectacular stack of little more than Scripture. It becomes such a help to many who are not even part of SSMT but searching for comfort for their aching souls or strength for their faith. Lots of people realize along the way that they can come to these posts and find powerful Scriptures. The majority of people don’t yet know how relevant the Bible can be or how to search the Scriptures for verses that speak to their needs. They don’t realize many of these verses even exist. Our enormous privilege is to put these verses on easy-access display for them and help bridge them over to open Bibles and, if they desire, to the incalculable gain of studying it in-depth.
So that’s enough from BM-Big Mouth. Here’s my entry and below it, you’ll find the verse I’m recommending this time around to those who are drawing a blank.
Beth Moore from Houston, Texas: “and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house.” Philemon 2 ESV
Recommended verse if you need one:
“And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,” Philippians 1:9 ESV
I love you guys! Stay with it!
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Patricia, Carrizo Springs, TX
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Proverbs 28:19 KJV
Vicky, from Phoenix, AZ: You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. – Isaiah 26:3 (ESV)
Cecilia, from Fort Worth,TX
Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” John 20:29 NKJV
See, I’m doing a new thing. Now it springs up, do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness, and streams in the dessert. Isaiah 43:19 NIV
Spring, TX “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.”
â€â€Proverbs‬ â€19:21‬ â€NIV‬‬
Gayla Stephens
Cedartown, Ga
“Then I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne
a scroll with writing on both sides and
sealed with seven seals.”
Revelation 5:1 NIV
Lisa Riley from Sussex, WI
You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. Psalm 139:2 (NIV)
Janine from Nashville:
“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christʼs power may rest on me.”
â€â€2 Corinthians‬ â€12:9‬ â€NIV‬‬
Let me hear of Your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting You. Show me where to walk, for I give myself to You. Psalm 143:8 (NLT)
Valarie from Dayton,TN: “If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels but do not have love I have become a noisy gong or clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and know all mysteries and knowledge and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains but do not have love I am nothing.” 1Cor 13:1-2 NASB
From Cashmere, Washington
“Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.”
â€â€Colossians‬ â€3:2‬ â€NIV‬‬
Jennifer M mommiejennm from Greensburg, Louisiana
For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. Malachi 3:6 KJV
Claudia Clawson, Lexington Kentucky. ” but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on this law he meditates both day and night. ” Paslm 1:2, ESV
Kathy-South Dakota
Avoid Godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly.
2Timothy 2:17 ESV
Anita G. from Westerville,Ohio
“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit,of joints and marrow and discerning of the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”
Hebrews 4:12 English Standard Version(ESV)
Susie Johnson from Bloomington, IN “I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me.”
â€â€Psalm‬ â€25:2‬ â€NIV‬‬
Bekah from Kansas City, MO
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” Colossians 3:23-24, NIV
Gretchen Cunningham from Dallas, TX: “You must put away every kind of bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and evil, slanderous talk. Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.”
â€â€Ephesians‬ â€4:31-32‬ â€NET‬‬
Sherrie Lynn, Collierville, TN
“and never return evil for evil or insult for insult [avoid scolding, berating, and any kind of abuse], but on the contrary, give a blessing [pray for one another’s well-being, contentment, and protection]; for you have been called for this very purpose, that you might inherit a blessing [from God that brings well-being, happiness, and protection].”
â€â€1 PETER‬ â€3:9‬ â€AMP‬‬
Abbey from Waco, Texas
“Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit.” Psalm 32:2 NIV
Patti Lechner from Grovetown, GA: “As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy. I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands” 2 Tim. 1:4-6, ESV
*working on Ephesians chapter 4
“There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope[b] at your calling— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all.” –Eph. 4:4-7
Ashley Asselta from Waco, Texas: “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 1:2 ESV
Carol from Bryan, TX: “Yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God.” Romans 4:20 NASB
Meghan from Redmond, OR: “The Lord himself goes before you and be with you; he will never leave you or forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” Deut. 31:8 (NIV)
The Lord is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made. Ps 145:13
Sara, Round Rock, TX
1 Peter 4:8
Above ALL, love each other DEEPLY because love covers over a multitude of sins. NIV
Susan Canham, Bismarck ND
“30 And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.”
-John 20:30-31 NKJV
Linda W. from Tomball, TX
“The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and He helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise Him.” Psalm 28:7 NIV
Cyndi from Columbiaville, Michigan: “Through the Lord ’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.”
Lamentations 3:22â€-‬23 NKJV
Edna Grace C. from Torrance, CA
3 Your adornment must not be merely external–braiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or putting on dresses; 4 but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.
1 Peter 3: 3-4 NASB
Stephanie Parker from Pensacola, Florida “I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me.” â€â€Psalm‬ â€25:2‬ â€NIV‬‬
Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 NIV
Natalie Malec, Grand Prairie, TX
“Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him.”
â€â€Psalms‬ â€62:5‬ â€NLT‬‬
Kylee Lee, Las Vegas, NV “For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.”
â€â€Psalms‬ â€27:5‬ â€NKJV‬‬
Jennifer from Baytown, TX Psalm 103:2-4 (NLT)
“Let all that I am praise the Lord;
may I never forget the good things he does for me.
He forgives all my sins
and heals all my diseases.
He redeems me from death
and crowns me with love and tender mercies.”
Ashley from Chico, California
My son, if you receive my words
and treasure up my commandments with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding; yes, if you call out for insight
and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver
and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God. For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; Proverbs 2:1-6 ESV
Cindy Crowder from Sisters Or: I have hidden your word in my heart that i might not sin against you. Psalm 119:11 NIV
Lindsay, Cleveland, MS “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” John 14:27 NIV
2 Thes 3:3 “But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one” NIV
Lisa In Montgomery, TX
Don’t copy the behaviors and customs of this world, but let God transform you by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you which is good and pleasing and perfect. Rom. 12:2. NLT
Michelle Adams from Manchester,MD: ” Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His love endures forever.” Psalm 136:1 NIV
You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.Psalm 63:1
Susan, Wynne
Make me know Your ways, O Lord;
Teach me Your paths.
Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
For You I wait all the day. Psalm 25:4-5 (NASB)
Katrina Warner from Los Angeles, California ”
My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad.” Psalm 34:2 ESV
Vicki from Des Arc, Arkansas
I commit! “You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord” Leviticus 19:18
I commit!
“My soul waits in silence for God only;From Him is my salvation.
He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken. ”
Psalm 62:1 & 2 New American Standard
Jen – Albany, OR
Then I heard the Lord asking, “Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?” I said, “Here I am. Send me.”
Isaiah 6:8 NLT
Kathy Looper, Visalia California
Mark 6:4 KJV
“But Jesus said unto them, a prophet is not without honor, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
Heather from Pickering, ON
“Find rest O my soul, in God alone;
my hope comes from him.
He alone is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.”
Psalm 62:5,6 NIV