Bible Memorization Project 2013 - Verse 5!

“Get Plugged In”
By Eva Jester 

Memorizing Bible verses can be compared to getting plugged into an electrical outlet.

We have the ability to tap into God’s power which is a very powerful thing.  Ladies, you have access to the best power source in the whole world and that is Jesus and His Word. There is a very real enemy that wants to distract us and get us discouraged but if we have God’s Word in our hearts and on our minds, we will more easily be able to withstand the attack of the enemy.

Ladies, it is time for verse five of our Bible Memorization Project 2013. If you have gotten behind, please do not feel any condemnation from us.  We are all in this together and we are lifting you up in our prayers. We can finish this project TOGETHER!!

The following passage of Scripture explains how we must press on toward the goal for which God has called us.

Philippians 3:12-16 (NIV)

“Not that I have already obtained this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it.  But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”

Ladies, I encourage you to press on. Please post your fifth verse as a comment on this blog post. Praying for you!!

Bible Memorization Project 2013 - Week 4

By Linda G.

We are already into week 4 of this year’s Bible Memorization Project. If you haven’t noticed it yet, Bible memorization can be a battle. So many things try to crowd into our minds and vie for our attention, both mentally and physically. There is always (and will always be!!) something. By default, I think we choose the path of least resistance which is usually not meditating on God’s Word. My guess is that there is nothing Satan likes more.  This past week I saw this very clearly. My mind was circling around a situation, bringing frustration and unrest. I decided to pick up my note cards and work on God’s Word. And you know what? A little while later I realized I wasn’t thinking about that situation anymore.  By meditating on God’s Word my mind did not have room for the other stuff.  “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7).  Keep at it ladies!!

What are you working on this week?  I’ll start you off with mine:  “A psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name forever and ever. Every day I will praise you and extol your name forever and ever” (Psalm 145:1-2).

Bible Memorization Project 2013 ~ Week 3

By Eva Jester

Light vs. Dark

So what happens when the lights go out & it is pitch dark?

We get our flashlights out or we light candles.

Why do we do this?

Because the light shines our path so that we can see more clearly.  It makes it easier to get around in the dark.

The Word of God can work the same way in the dark world we live in.

Psalm 119:105 says "Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path." (NIV)

So like a flashlight or a candle in the dark, the Word of God lights our way and shows us the way to go.  Without the light, we will get off the path we are supposed to go on and will be stumbling around in the dark.

The Life Principles Study Bible says, "Left to ourselves, we often don't know which way leads to life and which way ends in death; we remain in the dark.  But God's Word provides us with a searchlight to cut through the darkness and lead us to safety."

This applies to reading God's Word but also to memorizing verses.

So ladies get your searchlight out, read & memorize the Word of God!!!!  Time to hear your third verse of our Bible Memorization Project 2013.

Please post it in the comments below.

 

Bible Memorization Project 2013 - Week Two

By Eva Jester

Most of you know that I have a son who is 8 years old.  Yesterday as he was getting ready for school, we were talking about the Bible & the armor of God from Eph. 6.  We talked about all the different parts & then we got to the sword of Spirit.  My son says, "But mom, I cannot take my Bible with me to school."  I said, "Oh really?"  He said, "One of my friends brought a Bible and got in trouble because of the school system."  I don't know how accurate that is but in the environment that we are living in, it could be very true.

But I told him that you can take the Bible with you and he said, "What do you mean?"

I told him that the Bible is within him because he knows the Bible.  He proceeded to recite a memory verse that he had learned from Junior Bible Quiz.  He then proceeded to go down the list of different things he knows from the Bible.  So I told him that he was taking the Bible with him & he was excited about that.

We want to encourage you as I encouraged him that yes you can take the sword of the Spirit with you.  There may be places you cannot take it or there may be a time when we don't have the Bible.  But by memorizing the Bible it becomes a part of us and it becomes a part of our memory.  It can then come back to us even in those times that we might not have the Bible with us.

We hope that you ladies are encouraged that the Bible is active and alive as Heb. 4:12 says and if that's true which it is then it is applicable to every part of our lives and by putting it to our memory banks it will come back to us when we need it and that is a beautiful thing.

So ladies let's see your posts with your second verse on the blog.