Hi! I am Sherry McClure and I am so happy to be memorizing Scripture with you!
The Psalms have been an anchor for me this year and I felt that it would be a good idea to memorize several verses from the Psalms to keep my mind focused on the Lord. My verses right now are Psalms 84:1-12:
“For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. For the Lord is a sun and shield, the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly. O Lord, of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you.”
These verses help me remember that if I feel that something is being withheld from me, it is not good for me! What relief to know that the Lord doesn’t withhold anything good from those who are following him. These verses also make me want to trust Him more and have the blessing of freedom, knowing He is good, faithful, and for me. It makes me want to be in His presence more than anywhere else. He is good and His ways are good!
Don’t give up, my SSMT friends! You can do it!
Mary C.
Hazel Green, AL
Psalm 25:17 NIV
“Relieve the troubles of my heart and free me from my anguish.”
Kristen Jeuick, Rockville, VA: for He guards the course of the just and protects the way of His faithful ones. Prov. 2:8 NIV
Karlys, LaPlace, LA
As it is written, “He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor, his righteousness endures forever.” 2 Corinthians 9:9
…praying for all your staff, paid & volunteers, and your families. May HE allow Harvey to be a spiritual marker for each of you. May HE comfort you with HIS Peace. May HE give you courage.
Connie Windham
Picayune, MS
May the Lord show mercy to household of Onesiphorous
because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain s.
2 Timothy 1:16
“And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.”
Revelation 5:9 NIV
Deb from Aledo, IL
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Matthew 5:7 KJV
Lou Ann Smith, McAllen,TX
For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations. Psalm 100:5 ESV
Cara from Melbourne, Australia
“I became righteous through faith in Christ, For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith.”
Philippians 3v9b
version NLT
Marcy from Vincennes, IN
I sought the Lord , and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.
Psalm 34:4 NIV
Lark from Greenville, SC. “Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm,for God can be trusted to keep his promise.” Hebrews 10:23, NLT.
Heather Louisville, KY
“I will meditate on your majestic, glorious splendor and your wonderful miracles.”
Psalm 145:5 (NLT)
Sharon from the United States
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)
Adrienne, Clarksville, TN “Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your Presence?” Psalm 139:7 (NIV)
Brienne, Clarksville, TN “And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV)
Kristie, Montgomery, TX: “Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep a watch over the door of my lips.” Psalm 141:3 NIV
The Lord’s bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, 25with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, 2 timothy 2:24-25 NASB
17 & 18
Turn Yourself to me, and have mercy on me, For I am desolate and afflicted. Psalm 25:16 NKJV
Carol, Fort Worth, TX
No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
1 Corinthians 10:13
Eva, Knoxville,TN – “Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.” Colossians 3:23 NLT
Sharon, Barrington
“Your love O Lord, reaches to the heavens. Your faithfulness stretches to the skies. ” Psalm 36:5 Nlt
Lori Senter from San Antonio, Texas : “It is not for you to know the times or the dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:7-8 NIV
Lydia
Alabama
For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:9 (NLT)
Terri Tripp from Winchester, VA
“With this in mind, we constantly pray for you that our God may count you worthy of His calling and that by His power He may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith.”
2 Thessalonians 1:11 NIV
Susan from North Charleston, SC
“Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble.”
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 NLT
Linda Gammon Blue Springs, MO
Psalm 19:7 NKJV
The law of the Lord is perfect,
converting the soul;
The testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple;
Lora – Kernersville, NC – “Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody.” Romans 12:17
Heather Morgan from Waxahachie
Matthew 10:8 NLT
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure those with leprosy, and cast out demons. Give as freely as you have received.
Kelley from Houston Tx
I’ve thrown myself headlong into your arms— I’m celebrating your rescue. I’m singing at the top of my lungs, I’m so full of answered prayers. Psalm 13:5-6 (MSG)
Emily Davis, Loveland, CO. “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1 (NASB)
Deb Davis, Loveland, CO. “Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.” Philippians 4:5 (NKJV)
I’m a little delayed with my verse due to Harvey’s arrival last week. 🙁
My verse:
Isaiah 63: 9 In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the angel of His presence saved them; In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them, and He lifted them and carried them all the days of old. (NAS)
Marie from Frederick, MD
Ephesians 5:17 MSG
Don’t live carelessly, unthinkingly. Make sure you understand what the Master wants.
Ps 23 NIV
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing .
Becky Douglas, Houston , TX:
“How precious to me are your thoughts, O God. How vast the sum of them. ”
Psalm 139:17 NIV
Suzy Adams, Wheelersburg, OH – Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.I John 3:18 Also I think I forgot the 15th of August so – My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my soul. Psalm 108:1
Romans 1:16 ESV
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jews first and also o the Greek.
Sally, from Sturgis, MI
For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created
us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the
good things He planned for us long ago.
Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)
Ephesians 2:8 & 9, NIV, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast.”
San Antonio, TX. And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
John 17:3
Martie Carter, Belton, Texas
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6: 22-23
Melisa from MT
Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV)
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”
Cindy Cannon, Brighton, IL – But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment what brought us peace was on Him and by His wounds we are healed. Isaiah 53:5 (ESV)
Rita – Alva, Florida
“Create in me a clean heart, Oh God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”
Psalm 51:10 – NLT
Carol Burns from Pflugerville, TX
“If you keep from desecrating the Sabbath, fron doing whatever you want on My holy day; if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy day of the Lord honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, seeking your own pleasure or talking too much…” Isaiah 58:13 (HCSB)
Frances
Orange, TX
…and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:19 ESV
rhonda
gilmer
Jude 17(NKJV)
But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Nancy Casper, WY
“But I did not want to do anything without your consent,
so that any favor you will do will be spontaneous
and not forced.” Philemon 14 NIV
For our sake, He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Cor.5:21 (NRSV)
Kathryn, Oceanside CA, “He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters.” Psalm 23:2 KJV
Jen Niehus – Peyton, CO
“For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.” Psalm 91:11 ESV
Betty Stephens, Austin, Texas “And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.” Romans 8:30 NIV