Memory Monday

 

Matthew 22:37-40

Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

Exodus 20:1-6

And God spoke all these words: "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me.

You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of their parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations to of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Awesome!  Now that I have those memorized I can start working on the next section:  I haven't even looked at it yet so writing it out again.

Exodus 20:7-11

You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.

Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

Memory Monday for May 19

Quick check in on the memory verses from the CLI course, which is going a bit slow - slow but steady :-)  

Matthew 22:37-40

Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment.  And Tthe second is like it,: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the pProphets hang on these two commandments."

Exodus 17:1-3

And God spoke all these words:
"I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other Gods besides before me"

Not too bad!!  I should be able to off to finish week 2 of the course in the next couple of days, so the next memory verse is adding Exodus 17:4-6.  It is a longer section so I am copying it here to get a bit of a start on it.

Exodus 17:4-6

"You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sins of their parents to the the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Memory Monday checkin

Just a super quick checkin, this last week was insane so I have not been able to focus much on this first verse and certainly have not paid much attention to punctuation.  Let's see how well I did so far - still ignoring punctuation for now...

Matthew 22:37-40

Jesus replied, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is this like it, Love your neighbor as yourself.  All the  prophets and laws Law and the Prophets are based hang on these two commandments.

Not too bad!  I have not yet started on the first week of the CLI course, insane week and all, so I do get another week with this verse!

Back to it!

 It has been several years since I use this blog, and about as many years since I didn't follow through with the CLI courses.  Well, now that I am not homeschooling my kids anymore there is no excuses and it is time to get back to it.  I plan to use this blog as my personal note taker/Bible study tool/memory verse tester, etc, etc.  If you happen to stumble upon this just know that it is meant for my personal use but if you can gain something from it, then join me in growing in the Word.

First task - enroll in the CLI Ethics course - check

Second task - download the Remember Me app and add these verses - check

1. Matthew 22:37-40
2. Exodus 20:1-17
3. Ephesians 6:10-11
4. Galatians 5:22-23

Third task - find a notebook to write out memory verses and start with the first verse - check

Also typing it out here because it is Memory Monday after all!

Matthew 22:37-40 (NIV)

Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all you mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.  All the Law and Prophets hang on these two commandments."

Memory Monday

 

Time to see how I did this week.  I haven't worked on new verses as much as would have liked, mostly worked on these...

Psalm 23

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.

He makes me to lie down in green pastures.

He leads me to beside the still waters.

He restores my soul.

He leads me down  in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil

for you are with me.

Your rod and your staff they comfort me.

You anoint my head with oil,

My cup runs over

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.

You anoint my head with oil,

My cup runs over

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ,  and I no longer live, 

But Christ lives in me.

I live in this body by having faith in Christ

The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God

who loved me and died for me.

2Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if anyone is in Christ 

He is a new creation

The old is gone, the new has come

Galatians 5:22-23

The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness faith, gentleness and self control

There is no law against these things

Against such things there is no law.

Exodus 20:1-4  (should be verses 1-17, but I have only worked on 1-4 so far)

And God spoke all of these words saying

I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

You shall have no other gods before me.

You shall not make for yourself a carved image - not anything in the any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or anything on that is in the earth below beneath, or that is in the waters under the earth.

Memory Monday

I am currently taking classes with Christian Leaders Institute .  One of the classes I was looking at taking includes memorizing some key passages.  I tend to go through these classes at a much faster pace than they are designed so I wanted to start memorizing these passages now and have them ready before I start the class.  It also solves the dilemma of what to memorize next lol

But first, let's see how well I still know Psalm 23

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.

He makes me to lie down in green pastures

He leads me beside the still waters.

He restores my soul.

He leads me down in  the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil for you are with me.

Your rod and your staff they comfort me.

You anoint my head with oil. 

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.

You anoint my head with oil.

My cup runs over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

I still have some verses in the memory app I have been neglecting so I will get back to that.  Then for the class, I need to add these:

Exodus 20:1-17 (the ten commandments)

Matthew 22:37-40 (Jesus's statement of the two greatest commandments)

Galatians 5:22-23 (fruit of the spirit)

Ephesians 6:10-11 (armor of God). But this makes no sense to me.  I think you should memorize the actual armor verses so I am making it verses 10-20.

Yikes! Looks like I have a lot of work to do!

Memory Monday 02/03/2020

Not sure who I should give credit to for this cute Memory Monday graphic, I stumbled across it while looking for a group that practices scripture memorizing similar to what Beth Moore used to do.  Sadly, I could not find such a group so I am on my own.  I am using my old spiral notebook from 2011 so at one time I did have these memorized, but that was 9 years ago so basically I am starting over. 

I am doing this for myself so no rules really apply.  I have the Remember Me app on my phone and I am using a spiral index card book.  To test if I know the verses I will be writing them out here.  Corrections are in red.  By the way, I am not correcting punctuation just the words :-)

The first scripture I memorized came from knowing this as a child.  It was the verse my Grandma spoke over me as a bedtime prayer whenever I spent the night at her house.

Psalm 23 (NKJV)
The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.
He makes me to lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside the still waters.
He restores my soul
He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I will fear no evil, for You are with me.
Your rod and Your staff they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil, my cup runs over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.


The next verses I worked on today from my spiral book are from the Topical Memory System book which I found with my spiral book.  I will probably keep working through the lists in the book.  They are so nicely organized :-)

Live the New Life - Christ the Centre
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;
The old is gone, the new has come.

Galatians 2:20 (NLT)  I am changing this to (NIV) so I have some work to do....
I have been crucified with Christ and I myself no longer live but Christ lives in me.
So I live my life in this earthly body by trusting The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Well, not too bad for not working on these for nearly 9 years. It really is true that memorizing scripture is the hiding them in your heart. They are still there, just need some dusting off and refreshing.

No Other Gods and Memory Monday

So obviously I did not keep up with making posts for this study.  The good news is that I did keep up with doing the homework, with the exception of the last two days, which I intend on finishing tonight before I go to bed.  But first it is time to look ahead...our next study will be an oldie.  We are going back 20 years to one of Beth Moore's first Bible studies.  Jesus The One and Only.  Also I thought it was time to be more diligent about memorizing scripture so I am going to start Memory Monday again, even if it is only me doing it :-)   While I was cleaning up an area that had been neglected for longer than I care to admit to I found my spiral notebook for the memory verses I worked on way back in 2011.  Time to see how well I still know them...LOL who am I kidding, it is time to start all over again!

Memory Monday

First a check to see how I am doing on the last couple weeks of verses. This first one is my Nov 1 verse for SSMT verse #21. 

1Corinthians 10:23
Everything is permissible, but not everything is beneficial.
Everything is permissible, but not everything is constructive.

Psalm 5: 3,8
Listen to my voice in the morning, Lord.
Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly.
Lead me oin the right path,O Lord, or my enemies will conquer me.
Tell me clearly what to do, and show me which way to turn.

Proverbs 16:3
Commit your actions to the Lord
and your plans will succeed.

Galatians 5:16
So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives,
so then  you don't do won't be doing what your sinful nature craves.

Galatians 5:22-23
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives:
love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
There is no law against these things.


Have I mentioned that it is getting easier to memorize verses and that I am still reciting all of the ones since the beginning of the year! Yep, amazing to me as well. But the even more amazing thing is that I am often finding myself pulling verses I have memorized and being able to apply them to a situation or even a conversation.  God puts His Word into our hearts for when we need it most.  In fact, just today I opened my Bible to search for just the right verse to apply to a friend's situation and found two that apply just as well to me. Three memory verses to work on this week...

1Corinthians 6:19-20
Don't you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit,
who lives in you and was given to you by God?
You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you at a high price.
So you should honor God with your body.

Proverbs 15:18
A hothead starts fights; a cool-tempered person tries to stop them.

Psalm 69:1-3
Save me, O God, for the floodwaters are up to my neck.
Deeper and deeper I sink into the mire;
I can't find a foothold to stand on.
I am in deep water and the floods overwhelm me.
I am exhausted from crying for help;
my throat is parched and dry.
my eyes are swollen from weeping,
waiting for my God to help me.



About Memory Monday
I originally found Memory Monday with Joanne at The Simple Wife.  The idea is to memorize a verse during the week and come back to her blog on Mondays to comment about it.  That's it, nothing fancy, just simply an encouragement and reminder to memorize scripture for yourself.  Please join in Memory Monday as a way to be blessed by hiding God's Word in your heart. And also join me in prayer for Joanne as she continues to recover from the stroke she had in January.


About Siesta Scripture Memory Team
This is another program to encourage us to memorize scripture and is hosted by Beth Moore over on her blog  Living Proof Ministries Blog.  This program is set up so that each person who wants to join the Siesta Scripture Memory Team will memorize two verses a month for all of 2011 and post a comment on the LPM blog on the 1st and the 15th of the month.  If you do that all year you get to attend a Celebration with her and the SSMT next January!  I so want to do that, don't you?

Memory Monday

Just a quick check to see how much work I still need to do on last week's verses...

2Corinthians 10:23
Everything is permissible, but not everything is beneficial.
Everything is permissible, but not everything is constructive.

Psalm 5:3,8
Listen to my voice in the morning Lord.
Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly.
Lead me in the right path, O Lord,
or my enemies will conquer me.
Tell me clearly what to do,O Lord.
and show me the path to take and which way to turn.

Proverbs 16:3
Commit your actions to the Lord
and your plans will succeed.



Yikes, need to work on that Psalm verse!

The next verses were also used in the Made to Crave book in Chapter 6 and are about allowing the Holy Spirit to guide us so that we can avoid temptations.  When we let the Holy Spirit do that then we are rewarded with the fruit of the spirit. 

Galatians 5:16
So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives.  Then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves.

Galatians 5:22-23
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives:
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
There is no law against these things.

About Memory Monday
I originally found Memory Monday with Joanne at The Simple Wife.  The idea is to memorize a verse during the week and come back to her blog on Mondays to comment about it.  That's it, nothing fancy, just simply an encouragement and reminder to memorize scripture for yourself.  Please join in Memory Monday as a way to be blessed by hiding God's Word in your heart. And also join me in prayer for Joanne as she continues to recover from the stroke she had in January.


About Siesta Scripture Memory Team
This is another program to encourage us to memorize scripture and is hosted by Beth Moore over on her blog  Living Proof Ministries Blog.  This program is set up so that each person who wants to join the Siesta Scripture Memory Team will memorize two verses a month for all of 2011 and post a comment on the LPM blog on the 1st and the 15th of the month.  If you do that all year you get to attend a Celebration with her and the SSMT next January!  I so want to do that, don't you?

Memory Monday

This past week I found three new verses to add to my memory list, which will put me quite a bit ahead of what I need to do for SSMT!  Wouldn't Beth be thrilled haha!!  These are verses that I have found in going through the first three chapters of Made to Crave.

2 Corinthians 10:23
Everything is permissible - but not everything is beneficial. 
Everything is permissible - but not everything is constructive.

Psalm 5:3,8
Listen to my voice in the morning, Lord.
Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly.
Lead me in the right path, O Lord or my enemies will conquer me.
Tell me clearly what to do and show me which way to turn.

Proverbs 16:3
Commit your actions to the Lord and your plans will succeed.


About Memory Monday
I originally found Memory Monday with Joanne at The Simple Wife.  The idea is to memorize a verse during the week and come back to her blog on Mondays to comment about it.  That's it, nothing fancy, just simply an encouragement and reminder to memorize scripture for yourself.  Please join in Memory Monday as a way to be blessed by hiding God's Word in your heart. And also join me in prayer for Joanne as she continues to recover from the stroke she had in January.


About Siesta Scripture Memory Team
This is another program to encourage us to memorize scripture and is hosted by Beth Moore over on her blog  Living Proof Ministries Blog.  This program is set up so that each person who wants to join the Siesta Scripture Memory Team will memorize two verses a month for all of 2011 and post a comment on the LPM blog on the 1st and the 15th of the month.  If you do that all year you get to attend a Celebration with her and the SSMT next January!  I so want to do that, don't you?

Memory Monday

I have been working a lot this past couple weeks which means I have not been reciting these as much, but let's see how well I know them anyways.

#1 Psalm 23
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
He makes me to lie down in green pastures,
He leads me beside the still waters.
He restores my soul.
He leads me down the paths of righteousness for His names sake.
Yea,though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I will fear no evil for you are with me.
Your rod and your staff they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil, my cup runs over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.



#2 Psalm 121
I raise my eyes towards the mountains.
Where will my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
He will not allow your foot to slip, your protector will not slumber.
Indeed, the protector of Israel does not slumber or sleep.
The Lord protects you, He is likeThe Lord is a shelter right by your side.
The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
The Lord will protect you from all harm. The Lord He will protect your life.
The Lord will protect your coming and going both now and forever.


#3 2Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation.
The old is gone, the new has come.


#4 Galatians 2:20
I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
So I live my life in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God,
who loved me and gave himself for me.

#5 Romans 12:1
And so dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God.
Let them be a living and holy sacrifice, the kind that He will accept.
When you think of what He has done for you, is this too much to ask?


#6 John 14:21
Those who obey my commands commandments are those who love me
and because they love me, I will love them and my Father will love them
and I will reveal myself to each one of them.


#7 Haggai 1:5-7
Now This is what the Lord Almighty says, "Give careful thought to your ways.
You have planted much but have harvested little.
You eat but are not full never have enough.
You drink but are not satisfied never have your fill.
You put on clothes, but are not warm.
You earn wages only to put them in a purse with holes in it."
This is what the Lord Almighty says, "Give careful thought to your ways."

#8 Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink
but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

#9 2Timothy 3:16
All scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true
and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives.  It straightens us out
and teaches us to do what is right.


#10 Joshua 1:8
Study this book of the Law continually, meditate on it day and night
so that you may be sure to obey all that is written in it.
Only then will you succeed.


#11 John 15:7
But If you remain in me and my words remains in you,
you may ask for anything you want and it will be granted.


#12 Philippians 4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything but in everything by prayer and petition
and with thanksgiving present your requests to God.
And the peace of God which transcends all understanding
will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.


#13 Matthew 18:20
For where two or three are gathered together in my name,
there I am there in the midst of them.


#14 Hebrews 10:24-25
And Let us consider how we may spur one another on towards love and good deeds
and let us not give up meeting together as some are in the habit of doing,
but let us encourage one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching.


#15 Matthew 4:19
"Come, follow me" Jesus said "and I will make you fishers of men."


#16 Romans 1:16
I am not ashamed of the gospel for because it is the power of God
for the salvation of all everyone who believes.
First for the Jew, then for the Gentile.


#17 Psalm 91:14
Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love
so that we may sing for joy until to the end of our days lives.


#18 1John 4:7a
Let us love one another, for love comes from God.


#19 Psalm 119:89
Forever, O Lord, your Word is settled in heaven.


#20 Genesis1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

This #20 verse is actually the current SSMT verse that I posted on the Living Proof blog, so I am a little ahead, and I have even been 'craving' more verses to memorize! Praise God for that!  So because I am craving more verses to memorize I am jumping ahead and found this verse while reading Chapter 1 of the Made to Crave book - see the last post for more about that!

1Corinthians 10:23
Everything is permissible - but not everything is beneficial.
Everything is permissible - but not everything is constructive.




About Memory Monday
I originally found Memory Monday with Joanne at The Simple Wife.  The idea is to memorize a verse during the week and come back to her blog on Mondays to comment about it.  That's it, nothing fancy, just simply an encouragement and reminder to memorize scripture for yourself.  Please join in Memory Monday as a way to be blessed by hiding God's Word in your heart. And also join me in prayer for Joanne as she continues to recover from the stroke she had in January.


About Siesta Scripture Memory Team
This is another program to encourage us to memorize scripture and is hosted by Beth Moore over on her blog  Living Proof Ministries Blog.  This program is set up so that each person who wants to join the Siesta Scripture Memory Team will memorize two verses a month for all of 2011 and post a comment on the LPM blog on the 1st and the 15th of the month.  If you do that all year you get to attend a Celebration with her and the SSMT next January!  I so want to do that, don't you?

20 verses

I really miss blogging - really I do.  Of course you would never know it by how much I have actually blogged in the last year or two!  Anyway, here we go again... back to blogging memory verses.  Even though I have not been posting for Memory Monday, I have actually been working on my verses.  In the last few weeks I have been working even harder - I started taking my spiral notebook with me.  Then I started opening it while I had it with me... What a concept!  Did you know that if you take your verses with you and look at them and practice them, it doesn't take long at all to memorize them!  Amazing! 

Every week, Sam's kindergarten class has what his teacher calls a checkup.  It is basically a test to see how well they are doing and what they are retaining.  Memory Monday is my checkup, it will show me which verses I need to work more on. And yes, I do realize that it is actually Tuesday, but I didn't want to put it off another week.

I make the list of verses, then type them out from memory.  After I have typed them all out I go back to my notebook and correct any mistakes in red - let's see how I have been doing with my memory verses for the year.

#1 Psalm 23

The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want.
He makes me to lie down in green pastures,
He leads me beside the still waters.
He restores my soul. He leads me down in the paths of righteousness for His names sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil for you are with me.
Your rod and your staff they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemyenemies.
You anoint my head with oil, my cup runs over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.


#2 Psalm 121
I raise my eyes toward the mountains, where will my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
He will not allow your foot to stumbleslip, your protector will not slumber.
Indeed, the protector of Israel does not slumber or sleep.
The Lord protects you, the Lord is a shelter right by your side.
The sun will not strike you by day or the moon at night.
The Lord will protects you from all harm. He will protects your life.
The Lord will protects your coming and going both now and forever.



#3 2Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation.
The old is gone, the new has come.


#4 Galatians 2:20
I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
So I live my life in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God,
who loved me and gave Himself for me.


#5 Romans 12:1
And so dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God.
Let them be a living and holy sacrifice, the kind He will accept.
When you think of all what He has done for you, is this too much to ask?


#6 John 14:21
Those who obey my commandments are thosethe ones who love me.
And because they love me, I my Father will love them and my Father I will love them,
and I will reveal myself to each one of them.


#7 Haggai 1:5-7
Now This is what the Lord Almighty says, "Give careful thought to your ways.
You have planted much but have harvested little.
You eat but never have enough.
You drink but never have your fill.
You put on clothes but are not warm.
You earn wages only to put them in a purse with holes in it."
This is what the Lord Almighty says, "Give careful thought to your ways."


#8 Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink,
but of living a life of goodness, and peace and joy in Christ Jesus the Holy Spirit.


#9 2Timothy 3:16
All scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true,
and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives.
It straightens us out and is useful to teaches us to do what is right.


#10 Joshua 1:8
Study this book of the law continually.  Meditate on it day and night
so that you may be sure to obey all that is written in it.
Only then will you succeed.


#11 John 15:7
But If you remain in me and my words remain in you
you may ask for anything you want and it will be granted!


#12 Philippians 4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition
and with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
And the peace of God which transcends all understanding will
guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.


#13 Matthew 18:20
For where two or three are gathered together in my name,
there I am there in the midst of them.


#14 Hebrews 10:24-25
And Let us consider how we may spur one another on towards love and good deeds.
And let us not give up meeting together as some are in the habit of doing,
but let us encourage one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching.


#15 Matthew 4:19
"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men."


#16 Romans 1:16
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation
of all everyone who believes. First for the Jew, then for the Gentile.


#17 Psalm 91:14
Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love
so we may sing for joy until the end of our life lives.


#18 1John 4:7a
Let us love one another, for love comes from God.


#19 Psalm 119:89
Forever O Lord, your word is settled in heaven.

Shouldn't have too much trouble with the next verse...
#20 Genesis1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
 
Like I said, it is amazing what happens when you actually practice them - mostly I have been reciting them while driving or jogging laps in the pool. The last three verses are the verses we are memorizing as a family during our family Bible study time. Truly amazes me how quickly kids can memorize verses and what they comprehend!


About Memory Monday
I originally found Memory Monday with Joanne at The Simple Wife.  The idea is to memorize a verse during the week and come back to her blog on Mondays to comment about it.  That's it, nothing fancy, just simply an encouragement and reminder to memorize scripture for yourself.  Please join in Memory Monday as a way to be blessed by hiding God's Word in your heart. And also join me in prayer for Joanne as she continues to recover from the stroke she had in January.


About Siesta Scripture Memory Team
This is another program to encourage us to memorize scripture and is hosted by Beth Moore over on her blog  Living Proof Ministries Blog.  This program is set up so that each person who wants to join the Siesta Scripture Memory Team will memorize two verses a month for all of 2011 and post a comment on the LPM blog on the 1st and the 15th of the month.  If you do that all year you get to attend a Celebration with her and the SSMT next January!  I so want to do that, don't you? I am registered to go and praying that God will find a way for me to actually attend!

Got some work to do...

I have not been diligent in working on my memory verses, at least not all of them.  So I thought I would work on a few at a time and post on Mondays to see if I can ever catch up.  So let's see how I did the last few days...

Jan 1  - Psalm 23
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
He makes me to lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside the still waters.
He restores my soul, He leads me down in the paths of righteousness for His names sake.
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me.
Your rod and your staff they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil, my cup runs over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life
and I shall will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Jan 15- 2Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if anyone who is in Christ he is a new creation.
The old is gone, the new has come.

Feb 1 - Galatians 2:20
I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
And so I live my life in this earthly body
by trusting in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me.


Feb 15- Psalm 121
I raise my eyes toward the mountains, where will my help come from.
My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
He will not allow your foot to stumble slip, your Protector does will not slumber.
Indeed, the Protector of Israel does not slumber or sleep.
The Lord protects you, He The Lord is a shelter right by your side.
The sun will not strike you by day, or the moon by night.
The Lord protects your life. The Lord protects you from all harm.
The Lord will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life.
The Lord will protect your coming and going both now and forever.

Mar 1  - 2Timothy 3:16
All scripture is inspired by God... (that's it I can't remember any more)

Mar 15- Joshua 1:8
...meditate on it day and night... (that's it on that one!)

Apr  1-  Romans 14:17
...(didn't ever work on memorizing this one)

Apr 15- Haggai 1:5-7
...(or this one)

May 1 - Romans 12:1
And so dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give you bodies to God.
Let them be a living and holy sacrifice, the kind He will accept.
When you think of what He has done for you, is this too much to ask?

May 15- John 14:21
Those who obey my commandments are those the ones who love me.
And those who because they love me, my Father will love them, and I will love them,
and I will reveal myself to each one of them.

 Jun 1  - John 15:7
...(haven't worked on it yet)

The verses for the May SSMT were actually a couple verses I worked on in February when I was being quite good at working on my memory verses.  Now I am praying that I can get back to that point because apparently I have some serious memory work to do!


About Memory Monday
I originally found Memory Monday with Joanne at The Simple Wife.  The idea is to memorize a verse during the week and come back to her blog on Mondays to comment about it.  That's it, nothing fancy, just simply an encouragement and reminder to memorize scripture for yourself.  Please join in Memory Monday as a way to be blessed by hiding God's Word in your heart. And also join me in prayer for Joanne as she continues to recover from the stroke she had in January.


About Siesta Scripture Memory Team
This is another program to encourage us to memorize scripture and is hosted by Beth Moore over on her blog  Living Proof Ministries Blog.  This program is set up so that each person who wants to join the Siesta Scripture Memory Team will memorize two verses a month for all of 2011 and post a comment on the LPM blog on the 1st and the 15th of the month.  If you do that all year you get to attend a Celebration with her and the SSMT next January!  I so want to do that, don't you?

Catching up with Memory Verses

Not only did I not keep up with Bible study for several weeks, I also have not been working on my memory verses all that much. I have neglected posting here on my blog for both Memory Monday and the Siesta Scripture Memory Team.   And even though I have worked at them occasionally in the last couple months it has not been with the daily diligence that is required to memorize verses. 

So...as it seems  to be the story of my life I need to refocus on my list of memory verses which I will be working on and then do postings on Monday's for Memory Monday.  Here is the list of verses that I have posted on Beth Moore's blog for the Siesta Scripture Memory Team.

Jan 1  - Psalm 23
Jan 15- 2Corinthians 5:17
Feb 1 - Galatians 2:20
Feb 15- Psalm 121
Mar 1  - 2Timothy 3:16
Mar 15- Joshua 1:8
Apr  1-  Romans 14:17
Apr 15- Haggai 1:5-7
May 1 - Romans 12:1
May 15- John 14:21
 Jun 1  - John 15:7

hmmm I have some work to do!


About Memory Monday
I originally found Memory Monday with Joanne at The Simple Wife.  The idea is to memorize a verse during the week and come back to her blog on Mondays to comment about it.  That's it, nothing fancy, just simply an encouragement and reminder to memorize scripture for yourself.  Please join in Memory Monday as a way to be blessed by hiding God's Word in your heart. And also join me in prayer for Joanne as she continues to recover from the stroke she had in January.


About Siesta Scripture Memory Team
This is another program to encourage us to memorize scripture and is hosted by Beth Moore over on her blog  Living Proof Ministries Blog.  This program is set up so that each person who wants to join the Siesta Scripture Memory Team will memorize two verses a month for all of 2011 and post a comment on the LPM blog on the 1st and the 15th of the month.  If you do that all year you get to attend a Celebration with her and the SSMT next January!  I so want to do that, don't you?

Memory Monday - John 14:21

Last week I was working on memorizing...
John 14:21
Those who obey my commandments are the ones who love me and because they love me, my Father will loves them, and I will love them and I will reveal myself to each one of them.

hmmm, needs a bit of work!  This verse gives us direction - quite simply it is all about obeying His commandments. We live our lives obeying Him, it is how we show our love for Him. 


This week's verse is the next in the topical list I have been following and will also be my March 1 verse for the Siesta Scripture Memory Team.
LIVE THE NEW LIFE - The Word
2Timothy 3:16 All scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It straightens us out and teaches us to do what is right.


About Memory Monday
I originally found Memory Monday with Joanne at The Simple Wife.  The idea is to memorize a verse during the week and come back to her blog on Mondays to comment about it.  That's it, nothing fancy, just simply an encouragement and reminder to memorizing scripture for yourself.  Anyway, I had been away from blogging for quite sometime and when I got back into it one of the first blogs I checked in on was Joanne's.  That was the day after she suffered a major stroke. Please join in Memory Monday as a way to be blessed by hiding God's Word in your heart. And also join me in prayer for Joanne.


About Siesta Scripture Memory Team
This is another program to encourage us to memorize scripture and is hosted by Beth Moore over on her blog  Living Proof Ministries Blog.  This program is set up so that each person on the Siesta Scripture Memory Team will memorize two verses a month and post a comment on the LPM blog on the 1st and the 15th of the month.  If you do that all year you get to attend a Celebration next January!  I so want to do that, don't you?

Memory Monday - Psalm 121

In the Stepping Up Bible study that I am currently doing we were asked to memorize Psalm 121, a couple verses at a time.  But I am being the type of student that sits at the front of the class and bounces with my hand up in the air eagerly hoping the teacher will call on me to answer the question. haha

Seriously, I tried to only memorize a couple verses at a time, but it went quickly and I managed to memorize the whole thing.  I have been walking alot this last week!  Let's see how I did...

Psalm 121
I raise my eyes towards the mountains, where will my help come from?
My help comes from the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth.
He will not allow your foot to slip, your Protector will not slumber.
Indeed, the Protector of Israel does not slumber or sleep.
The LORD will protects you.  The LORD will be is a shelter right by your side.
The sun will not strike you by day, or the moon by night.
The LORD will protect you from all harm.  The LORD He will protects your life.
The LORD will protect your coming and going, both now and forever.

A few problems, but I am thrilled that I have this Psalm memorized! 

As I was reflecting on it one morning I was wondering what my mountain is, what do I need the most help with.  It was suddenly very clear - I don't need to get into all of that because if you are reading this then I want you to reflect on what your mountains are. 

But I will say this - most often when I have seen a mountain, it is not a lonely solitary mountain, it has lots of mountain friends - some are smaller and some are much, much bigger.  I have a whole mountain range to work through on my journey to grow and get closer to God.  But how wonderful and comforting it is that He will guide me every single step of the way, He will protect me through all of it!

This Psalm was my selection for the Feb 15 Siesta's memory verse.

This week I am back to my Topical List and will be memorizing the next verse...
Live the New Life - Obedience to Christ
John 14:21 Those who obey my commandments are the ones who love me.  And because they love me, my Father will love them, and I will love them. And I will reveal myself to each one of them. (NLT)
About Memory Monday
I originally found Memory Monday with Joanne at The Simple Wife.  The idea is to memorize a verse during the week and come back to her blog on Mondays to comment about it.  That's it, nothing fancy, just simply an encouragement and reminder to memorizing scripture for yourself.  Anyway, I had been away from blogging for quite sometime and when I got back into it one of the first blogs I checked in on was Joanne's.  That was the day after she suffered a major stroke. Please join in Memory Monday as a way to be blessed by hiding God's Word in your heart. And also join me in prayer for Joanne.

About Siesta Scripture Memory Team
This is another program to encourage us to memorize scripture and is hosted by Beth Moore over on her blog  Living Proof Ministries Blog.  This program is set up so that each person on the Siesta Scripture Memory Team will memorize two verses a month and post a comment on the LPM blog on the 1st and the 15th of the month.  If you do that all year you get to attend a Celebration next January!  I so want to do that, don't you?

Memory Monday - Romans 12:1

Memory Monday on Saturday?  OOPS!  Been a rough week with lots going on including a deadline hanging over my head and a ton of work that took most of my energy to make sure I met that deadline.  Anyway, that meant that I could not spend any time blogging and now I am playing the catch up game - again (seems to be the story of my bloggy life)! However, even though I was not blogging I was still working on my memory verses and have truly been enjoying my morning walks.   Pretty sure I got this one...

Romans 12:1  And so dear brothers and sisters,
I plead with you to give your bodies to God
Let them be a living and holy sacrifice,
the kind that He will accept.
When you think of all that what He has done for you, is this too much to ask?

A couple minor problems, not too bad...so what does it mean?

My first thought on this part "give your bodies to God" was about all the ways that people abuse their own bodies.  And in a way it does, certainly we all have issues - maybe with bad habits, or in my case not trying hard enough to lose the baby weight - and seeing as my kids are 5 and 4 it is about time to do something about that...But this is really about way more than that, it is about obedience to God. 

If we are going about our day and not thinking about God and praying to Him throughout the day, about all the little things then we are not living for Him, we are not a living sacrifice.  But if we are actively pursuing a growing relationship with Him, then we are sacrificing the things of this world - the things that we could allow in that abuse our bodies.  When we are getting to know God we are focused on Him and not on ourselves, that is the kind of sacrifice He will accept.   The more we get to know God, the more we want to sacrifice for Him. 

I have been bombarded lately with messages about the difference between "knowing about God" versus "truly knowing God and having a personal relationship with Him".  And discovering the truths behind this verse is one more step on my path to getting closer to God.




In the Stepping Up Bible study we are to start memorizing Psalm 121, so that has been my memory verse for this week. 

Psalm 121
1 I raise my eyes toward the mountains.  Where will my help come from?
2 My help comes from the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth.
3 He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.
4 Indeed, the Protector of Israel does not slumber or sleep.
5 The LORD protects you; the LORD is a shelter right by your side.
6 The sun will not strike you by day, or the moon by night.
7 The LORD will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life.
8 The LORD will protect your coming and going both now and forever.






About Memory Monday
I originally found Memory Monday with Joanne at The Simple Wife.  The idea is to memorize a verse during the week and come back to her blog on Mondays to comment about it.  That's it, nothing fancy, just simply an encouragement and reminder to memorizing scripture for yourself.  Anyway, I had been away from blogging for quite sometime and when I got back into it one of the first blogs I checked in on was Joanne's.  That was the day after she suffered a major stroke. Please join in Memory Monday as a way to be blessed by hiding God's Word in your heart. And also join me in prayer for Joanne.

Memory Monday - Galatians 2:20

I have been working on Galatians 2:20 this past week.  I struggled with it at the beginning of the week, the wording just did not roll off my tongue easily.  But then I got my out my new spiral notebook

and wrote down Psalm 23 as my Jan 1 verse, 2Cor 5:17 as my Jan 15 verse, and Gal 2:20 as my Feb 1 verse.  It really is true how writing it out can help with remembering it.  It also helps to write it out with natural breaks, sort of like how you would say it.  Anyway, let's see if I got it...

Living the New Life - Christ the Center
Galatians 2:20
I myself no longer live
but Christ lives in me.
So I live my life in this earthly body
by trusting in the Son of God
who loved me and died gave himself for me!

Oops a couple minor problems.  Good thing I wrote them down in my cute little spiral so that I can take it with me on my walks.

Ok, so what does this verse mean?

I see it as not being alone.  Although I know I will have trials and I will struggle I am comforted with the knowledge that through it all Christ is with me.  When I am overwhelmed all I need to do is remember to put Christ at the center, to trust in Him.  When I do that I can walk through the trial with the peace He provides.

By the way, I did take my spiral with me on my walk this morning.  My walk almost didn't happen for a couple reasons and I was incredibly discouraged, but eventually I got going and the first thing I did was start from the beginning... (well the beginning of my memory verses that is)

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.  He makes me to lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside the still waters. 

...and suddenly I was able to take a deep breath and enjoy my walk, to enjoy the coolness of the morning, the beauty of the fog, the amazement of how sound carries differently in the fog, to enjoy the birds singing their morning songs...

I was suddenly at peace and the discouragements I had felt moments before were gone.  So for me, this is just one reason why memorizing scripture is so important.  However, I did find myself wishing I had more verses hidden in my heart!  Three verses are not alot when you are walking more than a mile.  I need more to repeat...

So on to the next verse from the Topical List of scriptures to memorize.  The Series is still Live the New Life, but now the Topic is Obedience to Christ

Romans 12:1 And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice - the kind he will accept. When you think of what he has done for you, is this too much to ask? (NLT)

uggg...I just know this is going to be one of those big ol' kicks in the butt.  Need at least a week to meditate on this one, that's for sure!




About Memory Monday
I originally found Memory Monday with Joanne at The Simple Wife.  The idea is to memorize a verse during the week and come back to her blog on Mondays to comment about it.  That's it, nothing fancy, just simply an encouragement and reminder to memorizing scripture for yourself.  Anyway, I had been away from blogging for quite sometime and when I got back into it one of the first blogs I checked in on was Joanne's.  That was the day after she suffered a major stroke. Please join in Memory Monday as a way to be blessed by hiding God's Word in your heart. And also join me in prayer for Joanne.

About Siesta Scripture Memory Team
This is another program to encourage us to memorize scripture and is hosted by Beth Moore over on her blog  Living Proof Ministries Blog.  This program is set up so that each person on the Siesta Scripture Memory Team will memorize two verses a month and post a comment on the LPM blog on the 1st and the 15th of the month.  If you do that all year you get to attend a Celebration next January!  I so want to do that, don't you?

Memory Monday - 2Corinthians 5:17

Last week I found this Topical List of scriptures to memorize.  Love that it is all neatly laid out for me!   Anyway, the first verse was nice and short and easy to memorize (I hope - let's see)... Oh and this is also my Jan 15 verse for Beth Moore's 2011 Siesta Scripture Memory Team.

Christ the Center
2 Corinthians 5:17  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation.  The old has gone, the new has come.

WooHoo!  Got it!  But what does that mean exactly?  What does it mean to be a new creation?

When we accept Christ into our lives we may not appear any different, but we are.  We are not at all like how we were.  It is not about being reformed or changed or improved, no it is much more than that - we are recreated!  It means that all of a sudden we are adopted into God's family and will spend eternity with Him!  And when we understand that and start to grow our relationship with Him through Jesus we want our lives to be reformed, changed, and improved!

This week I will be memorizing another verse that makes Christ the Center.

Galatians 2:20 I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me.  So I live my life in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.



About Memory Monday
I originally found Memory Monday with Joanne at The Simple Wife.  I had been away from blogging for quite sometime and when I got back into it one of the first blogs I checked in on was Joanne's.  That was the day after she suffered a major stroke. Please join in Memory Monday as a way to be blessed by hiding God's Word in your heart. And also join me in prayer for Joanne.