I am a day early...because with the snow on the ground I have some free time in the house...hehe I have determined that you can only wash so many clothes and dishes and dry the floor at the back door but so many times before you desperately need a distraction!
Ok...so it dawned on me while I was choosing my scripture for this post that this could be a bigger task than I intended! Last year there were times that I picked someone else's verse off the blog...and by going first I won't have that luxury! So God and I spent 45 minutes (yes I meant to type 45 minutes) debating over 4 verses. He won (as always) and I chose this one.
Mark 12:30 NIV
"Love the LORD your GOD with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength."
The background for choosing this one is simple...I just finished reading Mark Batterson's book "Primal". I highly recommend it if your toes need to bleed...I can't stop the hemorrhaging and one night I even sat with my feet in the chair to try and protect them. The message of the book is souly based on this one scripture. And throughout it you are challenged as to whether you truly live life as though you love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. And if that is not enough he challenges whether you love God in that order...heart first, soul second, mind third and strength last. He asks questions like: Do others see that you love God in those four ways? At the end of the day have you loved God with EVERYTHING you have? And very specifically since your heart goes first...does your heart break for the things that break the heart of God? I tell you the truth...I was ashamed at some of my answers. So this morning God told me to learn the verse and then apply it in my life. That committing it to memory was the first step in living it. So here we go! Feel free to use this one as your verse or pick another one.
One more thing...I forgot to tell you that you needed to get a spiral of some sort to keep your memory verses handy. If you get a small one you can carry it with you everywhere you go so that when you have downtime you can review them. I took a picture of a few examples. I am the Notecard Queen. So I use a $4 binder that holds pre-punched 3x5 notecards. That way I can mix them up when I am practicing. I like to shuffle mine like a deck of cards periodically to test myself. You can do whatever works well for you! And you can get anything you'd like...just make sure you keep them together.
I am so excited about this journey we are taking together!
So I'll shut up now...let's hear your verses! Name and verse and translation please!
Love you all!
Kristy
My verse is I Corinthians 15:58 NIV "Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain."
ReplyDeleteI'm going with the same verse...
ReplyDeleteMark 12:30 NIV
"Love the LORD your GOD with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength."
Big surprise here....a maybe a little cheat since I've already just about got this one comitted to memory!
ReplyDelete2 Timothy 2:24 NLT
"A servant of the Lord must not quarrel but must be kind to everyone, be able to teach, and be patient with difficult people."
My scripture is Isaish 30:18
ReplyDeleteYet the Lord longs to be gracious to you: he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!
Looking forward to this journey with you all.
I'm going with Misty's, but the NIV version:
ReplyDelete"And the Lord's servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful." -2 Timothy 2:24
I will certianly meditate on Mark 12:30 because it is so very important, but my verse is:
ReplyDelete"Set a guard over my lips, O Lord: keep watch over the door of my lips" Psalm 141:3
I'm going to copy Tracey:
ReplyDelete"Set a guard over my lips, O Lord: keep watch over the door of my lips" Psalm 141:3
Even "across the pond" I am going to challenge myself to do this (if that is OK with you all). I am going with Kristy and Lorraine's:
ReplyDeleteMark 12:30 NIV
"Love the LORD your GOD with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength."
Okay... so I know this is a little late, but I am catching up on some e-mails from where my phone was broke and I love this idea! I am copying Misty's because she quoted it to me the other night and it so fits my life right now!
ReplyDelete2 Timothy 2:24 NLT
"A servant of the Lord must not quarrel, but must be kind to everyone, be able to teach, and patient with difficult people."
Also another suggestion I have is to tape your memory verse to your desk. That is what I have done with this one and I see it everyday..... I almost have it memorized already! Just an idea!