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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Rhonda Burrough, Katy TX
Hold on to what you have so that no one will take your crown.
Revelation 3:11 The Message
I Commit – Gay Beck, Plain City, Ohio
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
5 For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
Psalm 100:4-5 (NIV)
Patrice from Crestwood, KY
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. Isaiah 43:18 NIV
Cathy from Suwanee, GA
“Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.” Phil 4:7 NLT
Courtney Bethany from Toledo, Ohio “and to our beloved sister Apphia and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house.” Philemon 2 ESV
Susan from OP Kansas: “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. Lamentations 3:24-26 ESV
Chelsea from Lima, Ohio
Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in.
James 2:2 NIV
Tilley from Franklin, TN:
O Lord, I give my life to you.
Psalm 25:1 NLT
Dallas Tausch from Helotes, TX
“Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.”
3 John 1:2 NIV
Matthew 5:1-3 (KJV) and seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: and he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Allie Love from Fairway, Kansas
“It is by grace you have been saved, through faith- and this is not from yourselves, but is a gift from God- not through works, so that no one may boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV
Natalie, from Damascus, MD: “All this has come upon us; But we have not forgotten You, Nor have we dealt falsely with Your covenant.” (Psalm 44:17, NKJV)
Julie from McAllen, TX
I tell you, on the day of judgement people will give account for every careless word they speak. Matthew 12:36 ESV
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
Psalm 32:8 (NASB)
Patience Nason, Citrus Heights, CA
“Make every effort to come to me soon, for Demas has deserted me, because he loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia. Titus to Dalmatia.” 2 Timothy 4:9-10 HCSB
Rachel from St. Louis, MO: “And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,” Philippians 1:9 ESV
Amy Morton, Queen Creek, AZ – “May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion!” Psalms 20:2 ESV
Christi Bruecher from Houston, TX
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.
1 John 5:3 (ESV)
Beth Crocker, Wisconsin “And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lordʼs glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.”2 Corinthians 3:18 NIV
Molly, Cypress TX
But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you. Psalm 5:11 ESV
Deliver me from my enemies, O God: protect me from those who rise up against me. NIV
Margot from Round Rock, TX
Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.
Philippians 4:5 NIV
Amanda from Sherman, TX
Psalm 25:1 KJV
“Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.”
Joanne Lim from Houston, Texas…”And over all theses things put on love which binds them altogether in perfect unity” Col 3:14 NIV
Rebecca Gemes from Columbus, Georgia:
“His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.”
2 Peter 1:3-4 ESV
Rachael Davis
Perrysburg, OH
Isaiah 40:3-4 NIV
A voice of one calling: “In the wilderness, prepare the way for our Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain.
Mauri Grace from Queen City, Texas:
“She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.” – Proverbs 31:25 (NLT)
Hannah from Cumming, GA: “Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also. 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 Timothy 1:4-6 NIV
Christy Kirby from Plano, TX:
It does not, therefore, depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy. Romans 9:16
Rockton, IL
The Lord is my light and my salvation;whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life, of whom shall i be afraid?
Psalm 27:1
Psalm 71:3 NIV
Ranch PALOS VERDES, CA
Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. 2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV
Tanya from Birmingham, AL
But the Spitit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23
Courtney, Panama City, Florida– “when the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and foes who will stumble and fall” Psalm 27:2 (NIV)
Andrea, Berkeley Springs, WV
O lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done marvelous things, things planned long ago.
{saiah 25:1 NIV
Raleigh,NC
“And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,” Philippians 1:9 ESV
Michelle, from Washington
“Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.”
Colossians 4:6 NIV
Samantha, Bude, Mississippi
“Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” Romans 5:3-5 ESV
Lori Altenbern, Cheyenne, WY
I trust in you, my God! Do not let me be disgraced, or let my enemies rejoice in my defeat. Psalm 25:2
Stacie from Amberg, Germany. You know when I sit and when I rise. You perceive my thoughts from afar. Psalm 139:2 NIV
You know my downsitting and my uprising. You understand my thought afar off. Psalm 139:2 (amp)
Wanda
Osborn Mo
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,
says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil,
to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11
NKJV
Sherri – Corpus Christi, Tx
“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Hebrews 12:2 (NIV)
Judy, Columbia, SC
“Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you;
He will never let the righteous be shaken.” Psalm 55:22 NIV
Grace Dickerson, Clearwater Kansas
Psalm 18:13
The Lord thundered from Heaven; the Most High gave a mighty shout.
Stacy Roznovak, Taylor, TX
“He will not fear evil tidings; His heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.” Psalm 112:7 (NASB)
Suzanne Breazeale from Philadelphia, Mississippi: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 14:27 KJV
Amanda from Cooper, TX
Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t retaliate with insults when people insult you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God has called you to do and he will grant you his blessing. 1 John 3:9 NLT
Meant to type 1 Peter 3:9
Lynn, St. Petersburg FL
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
Paula Hale, Brownwood, Tx
“The empty-headed treat life as a plaything; the perceptive grasp its meaning and make a go of it.”
Proverbs 15:21 MSG