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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Teri Gadsden Alabama. For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. I Corinthians 1:25 NIV
Sharon from Fresno, CA
O Lord, oppose those who oppose me. Fight for those who fight against me.
Psalm 53:1
I have absolutely LOVED “Entrusted”. I have just finished it and wish I had another study to begin right now. I have sort of fallen in love with Paul. :). I have the audio CD’s and #6 ends at 60.6? Okay, I watch your episodes on itbn.com and I heard you say “I am praying for 150,000 women” Then I prayed for the Lord to take over my life and show me how to minister in my current situation (temporarily disabled). HE DID!!! After so many years ‘knowing’ Him but now I am completely in love with Him and Him with me. I have memorized more scripture and learned more and highlighted more than ever before. My ministry is me. Phil 1:12-14, 18-24 has shown me how my disability is helping, ‘growing’, my friends and church family. Thank you, may The Lord bless you.
Julie, Nederland,TX
“…He refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths, for His name’s sake. ”
Psalm 23:3
Rachel from Tucson, AZ
“Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you toward repentance?”
Romans 2:4 NIV
2 Corinthians 5:1 NIV
Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal home in heaven, not built by human hands.
Anne from Spokane, WA
I’m a little late to the challenge, but here are my verses for this month:
“Sing, O barren, you who have not borne! Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who have not labored with child! For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.
“Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; do not spare; lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.
“For you shall expand to the right and to the left, and your descendants will inherit the nations, and make the desolate cities inhabited.
“Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed; neither be disgraced, for you will not be put to shame; for you will forget the shame of your youth, and will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.”
Isaiah 54:1-4 NKJV
Sandra Kent Gwinn MI
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices. Col 3:9 ESV
Shirley from Colorado
“Therefore I tell you, her sins which are many, are forgiven-for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.” Luke 7:47 ESV
John 15:5
“I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. “
Karen from Rochester, MN
Psalm 139: 3-4 NIV84
“You discern my going out and my lying down; you are fmiliar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord.”
Amy, Crown Point, Indiana. “You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.”
Psalm 139:2 ESV
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go” Joshua 1:9 NIV
2 Corinthians 5:1 NIV
Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal home in heaven, not built by human hands.
“Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.”
â€â€2 Corinthians‬ â€7:10‬ â€NIV‬‬
Holly Belt, Spring Hill,TN
Hebrews 11:3, NIV
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what is visible.
Psalms 139: 23-24 (can’t recall the version)
“Search me Oh God and know my heart, test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends You and lead me along the path of everlasting life.”
Kelsi from Waco, Texas: “Who, then, are those who fear the LORD? He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.” Psalm 25:12 NIV
Suzanne from Salem, OR
Proverbs 3:13-14 “Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding, for she is more profitable than silver, and yields better returns than gold.”
Colosssians 1:15
He is the image of the invisible God, the first born of all creation.
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
2 Corinthians 4:17 NIV
Stephanie and daughter Madison, Louisville, KY
Psalm 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
NIV
Psalm 16:11
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there
is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasure forevermore.
Kristen Jeuick from Rockville, VA: I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go. I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. Ps. 32:8 NIV
Lisa Kershaw, Dayton, OH
NIV Proverbs 15:1 “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
Evelyn Griffin from Orlando, FL
“As it is written, ‘No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him” 1 Cor 2:9 (NIV).
Paola Hernandez-Hoffman, St.Petersburg, Fl.
But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.
2 Thessalonians 3:3 ESV
Valerie from Pflugerville, TX
“He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will not be shaken.”
Psalm 62:6, NIV
From Canton Mi. and my daughter Reese’s verse as well – psalm 103:2 – praise the Lord, O my soul and forget not all his benefits
Ann from Austin, TX
“And God is able to make ALL grace abound to you, so that in ALL things at ALL times, having ALL that you need, you will abound in every good work.”
2 Cor 9:18 (NIV)
Marla Brown, Indian Hills, CO … “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 12:1 NIV
Tammi Foster Bethany OK, “My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who persecute me.”
â€â€Psalms‬ â€31:15‬ â€NKJV‬‬
Candis Oswalt South Bend. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.3 John 1:4 KJV
Stacy From Fort Worth,Tx
“Therefore you shall love the Lord your God, and keep his charge, His statutes, His judgments, and his commandments always.”
Deuteronomy 11:1, NKJV
Kathi Nitzsche, Lexington, OH
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ-to the glory and praise of God. Phil. 1:9-11 NIV
Emily from Houston, TX: “The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.” Psalm 145:8 ESV
Denise from West Chester, PA: “If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, Then how can you contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, In which you trusted, they wearied you, Then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan?” Jeremiah 12:5 NKJV
Hap from Ohio
“For God is not a God of disorder but of peace” 1 Cor 14:33a NIV
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulations. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
John 16:33
ESV
Pat Trudell from Orange Park, Fl.
“Lord, I know that people’s lives are not their own; it is not for them to direct their steps.”
(Jeremiah 10:23 NIV)
Deborah Starkey Proctorville, Ohio
Verse 3
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8 ESV
Vicki Reeves, Corpus Christi, Texas. Psalm 118:1 NKJV
Oh, give thanks to The LORD, for He is Good! For His Mercy endures forever.
Angie Werley, Steamboat Springs, CO and daughter Audrey
“For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.”
â€â€Romans‬ â€8:13‬ â€ESV‬‬
Linda, Atlanta, Georgia
Memorizing Psalm 25 ESV
Verse 3 – Indeed none who wait for you shall be put to shame.
They shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.
Laura from Kingwood, TX – “Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.” Romans 12:11 NIV
Don’t worry about anything; instead pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all he has done. Philippians 4:6-8
Psalm 90:14 (NIV)
Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
Jimmy from Hamilton, MT
Psalm 96:1 (NIV)
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord all the earth.
For in Him, bodily, lives the fullness of all that God is. And it is in union with Him that you have been made full. He is the head of every rule and authority. Colossians:2:9-10
Psalm 55:22-New American Standard Bible
Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.