Memory Monday on Wednesday?!  Been a rough couple of weeks with my back, and with a couple really busy weeks coming up time is tight.  But I am committed to keeping at these memory verses.

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 20:1-13

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 sins of the parents to 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.

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 and 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 your God created made the heavens and the earth, the seas and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore he the Lord blessed the sSabbath day and made it holy.

Honor your father and your mother, so you may live long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

You shall not commit murder.

Pretty good!  Time to move on to the next section:
Exodus 20:14-17

You shall not commit adultery.

You shall not steal.

You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

You shall not covet your neighbor's house.

You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

Bonus memory verse - this has come up a few times in my mind and in things I have been watching so I thought I would add this back into the mix.

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 yYour 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.

Memory verses

 

Memory Monday on Tuesday?  Life happens!

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 17:1-11

And 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 any image for yourself in the form of anything in the heavens 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 the parents to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, but showing love to those who love me and keep my commandments.

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

Remember the Sabbath day and by keeping it holy.  In sSix 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 foreigners residing in your towns.  For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the seas, and all that lives is in them, but on the seventh day he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

On to the next section...

Exodus 20:12-13

Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

You shall not murder.

Memory verses

 

Mid week check in on memory verses I am working on.  

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 Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.

 

Exodus 20:1-6

The Lord 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 any 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 the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations for of those who love me and keep my commandments.

 

Exodus 7-11

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

Remember the Sabbath day and by keeping it holy. For Six days you shall labor and do all your work, and but on the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God on it you shall not do no any work., Not neither you,  nor your sons or daughters, nor your male or female servants, nor your animals, nor any foreigner living residing in your towns. For in six days the Lord your God created made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore he the Lord blessed it the Sabbath Day and made it holy.

sheesh, still a lot of work to do.  Good news is that I have started on the next unit but it is set up as a review for the memory verses so I have time to keep at these as well as add the next portions - typing out now to continue getting them in my brain...

Exodus 20:12-13

Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
You shall not commit murder.

Exodus 20:14-17

You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
You shall not covet your neighbor's house.
You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

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."

GROW- Daniel 7

Go to God in Prayer

Read - Daniel 7

Observations

This is a chapter filled with prophecy, and there is so much here to dive into that I am going to leave that to the Biblical scholars.  Instead I want to take a brief glimpse into God's court, this is the time to study from a sensory awareness perspective.

Daniel 7:9-10

“I watched till thrones were [d]put in place,
And the Ancient of Days was seated;
His garment was white as snow,
And the hair of His head was like pure wool.
His throne was a fiery flame,
Its wheels a burning fire;
10 A fiery stream issued
And came forth from before Him.
A thousand thousands ministered to Him;
Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him.
The [e]court was seated,
And the books were opened.

Place yourself in this place, imagine the immense of the clothing and the hair.  So white that it is blinding.

Feel the heat of the fiery throne with wheels of blazing fire.  Then even more heat from the river of fire.

Now watch the flurry of angels - thousands and thousands are attending to God. What are they doing exactly?  What would you be doing if your only job was to attend to God.  

Then there were millions and millions standing before God.  Why were they standing there?  Because they were about to be judged by the all knowing and all powerful God. What would be going through your mind if you were before God waiting to be judged?  Fear of going to hell for eternity or excitement and anticipation of learning what rewards you will receive?

Write the Lesson

I hope and pray that you are a believer in Christ because He has already taken your punishment upon himself when he died on the cross.  Your debt is already paid.  All that is left is to be judged by how well you have lived out your life in Christ in order to receive your rewards in heaven.  

Exodus 20:1-4

And God spoke these things all these words, saying,

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land 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 any likeness of anything that is from in heaven above, or anything that is from in the earth beneath, or that is from in the water below under the earth, 

Typing out verse 5 and 6 to try to get the words in my brain :-)

you shall not bow to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love me and keep my commandments.

GROW -Daniel 6

Go to God in Prayer

Read - Daniel 6 

Observations

Most know the story of Daniel in the lion's den and the miracle God performed when He protected Daniel from the lions.  But the reason he was thrown in the lion's den in the first place is just as fascinating.

Remember that the Medes have taken over the kingdom, and Darius, the leader of the Medes has put Daniel in a high position.  Verses 1-2 tells us that there are 120 princes and only three governors to supervise the princes. Daniel was one of these governors.

Daniel 6:3 

Daniel soon proved himself more capable than all the other administrators and high officers. Because of Daniel’s great ability, the king made plans to place him over the entire empire.

Verse 3 tells us that Daniel was filled with the Holy Spirit and because of this he was doing a much better job than the other 2 governors.  The king was thinking of promoting him to govern over the whole kingdom!  

From Daniel's perspective, he was doing what was right in God's eyes.  He was filled with the Holy Spirit and very in tune to God.  He was able to be so receptive to God's guidance because of his devotion to the Word and his prayer time with God.  

Now imagine how the other 2 governors would react to this.  What is their perspective?  Even though they were also named as governors, they were not performing as well as Daniel.  Daniel is simply doing better than they were and it angered them.

Daniel 6:4

Then the other administrators and high officers began searching for some fault in the way Daniel was handling government affairs, but they couldn’t find anything to criticize or condemn. He was faithful, always responsible, and completely trustworthy. 

The governors found themselves jealous of Daniel and obsessed with finding some fault in him.  They were looking for a way to get him fired.  But because Daniel was so devout there was no fault in him.  

What was left to do but turn his goodness and his faith against him.  They came up with a scheme that tricked the king into making it illegal to show devotion to anyone other than the king. They knew that Daniel was devoted and would continue to pray, which would now break the law. What did Daniel do when he heard about this law?  

Daniel 6:10

But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God. 

Did he run and hide when he prayed?  Not at all! He never faltered and never changed how he worship God.  His main priority was to pray to God, to be close to Him, to worship Him.  So when this new law placed that relationship in jeopardy he did what he had always done and he continued to pray.  The priority to worship God remained Daniel's priority. He was willing to suffer the worldly consequences because he was not willing to let man and man's laws come between him and God. 

Write the lesson

The lesson for us in how to walk through life is laid out nicely in verse 4.

• be faithful to God and devoted to Him
• be responsible and always do the right thing.  If you are not sure what the right thing is, ask God 
• be trustworthy, never give anyone a reason to not trust you.  In other words, always be honest and dependable 

The lesson for how to respond to the world around us is in verse 10.  No matter what the world is doing or what laws are put into place, if they are against God we should not follow them.  Nothing should ever come between our relationship with God.  

I have only been doing memory verses here on Mondays but I decided this is not frequent enough for me.  I am using an app called Remember Me and it provides a few verses to review or learn daily.  I am reciting them to myself daily, but I need the extra help of writing them out to see if I am learning them correctly.  I will only type daily what the app tells me is due.

Today the only passage due is Exodus 20:1-17, but I still have only learned verses 1-4

And God said spoke all these words saying  "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land 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, any likeness not of anything from that is in  heaven above, or of anything from that is in the earth below beneath, or of anything from  that is in the waters under the earth.