A Memory Verse a Week for the Weak: Isaiah 49:14-16

"Yet Jerusalem says, "The Lord has deserted us; the Lord has forgotten us." "Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can she feel no love for the child she has borne? But even if that were possible, I would not forget you! See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands. Always in my min is a picture of Jerusalem's walls in ruins." - Isaiah 49:14-16 NLT

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God is love,

Vanessa

A Memory Verse a Week for the Weak: Isaiah 14:27

Isaiah 14:27 "The Lord of Heaven's Armies has spoken - who can change his plans? When his hand is raised, who can stop him?"

God is love,
Vanessa

A Memory Verse a Week for the Weak: Review

This week I thought I'd try something new....Let's review the past few week's memory verses... no new verse this week. :)

• Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take."
• Deuteronomy 31:6 "So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the Lord your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you."
• 2 Chronicles 32:7-8 "Be strong and courageous! Don't be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria or his mighty army, for there is a power far greater on our side! He may have a great army, but they are merely men. We have the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles for us!" Hezekiah's words greatly encouraged the people."
• Psalm 16:7-8 "I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I keep my eyes always on the Lord With  him at my right hand, I will not be shaken."
• Psalm 51:10-12 "Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit."

God is love,

Vanessa

A Memory Verse a Week for the Weak: Psalm 51:10-12

"Create in me a pure heart, O God,

    and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

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Do not cast me from your presence

    or take your Holy Spirit from me.

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Restore to me the joy of your salvation

    and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me."

Psalm 51:10-12

God is love,
Vanessa

Memory Verse a Week for the Weak: Psalm 16:7-8

Greetings faithful memory verse readers!

This week's verse is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 16, verses 7 & 8:

"I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;
    even at night my heart instructs me.
 I keep my eyes always on the Lord.
    With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken."

May God's word continue to feed your soul!!!!

God is love,
Vanessa

This Morning's Soul Food

Today's schedule afforded me time to do my morning devotions with my husband via cell phone. What a blessing it was to worship with the love of my life who is across the country, fighting fires in Washington state!

We read the last four chapters of Hosea and the first couple chapters of Joel. Then we followed the scripture with chapter 25 of Acts of the Apostles by Ellen G. White. There was a paragraph out of the latter that really spoke to me. So much so that I would like to share it with y'all!

"The watchful Christian is a working Christian, seeking zealously to do all in his power for the advancement of the gospel. As love for his Redeemer increases, so also does love for his fellow men. He has severe trials, as had his Master; but he does not allow affliction to sour his temper or destroy his peace of mind. He knows that trial, if well borne, will refine and purify him, and bring him into closer fellowship with Christ. Those who are partakers of Christ's suffering will also be partakers of His consolation and at last sharers of His glory." pg. 261

This goes right along with a quote that I heard on the radio recently, "Trials are the soil in which faith grows." 

I can't recall a single person who isn't enduring a trial of some sort. Can you? 

God, in His incomprehensible love, has given each of us the freedom of choice. We get to choose whether trails are the soil in which we grow... or the soil in which we are buried beneath. 

God is love,
Vanessa

A Memory Verse a Week for the Weak: 2 Chronicles 32:7-8

This week's memory verse:

 “Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all the multitude that is with him; for there are more with us than with him.  With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah." - 2 Chronicles 32:7-8 NKJV

God is love (give Him your battle),
Vanessa (who is releasing battles to God. join me?)