My friend Heather is a Word girl!! When she was in college she performed in over 14 plays and memorized hundreds of lines, so I’ve asked her to share some tips to help us hide God’s Word in our hearts this week. Here are a few she shared. I’ll post more each week.
Ideas for Memorizing Scripture
- Write the scripture on several index cards or post-it notes and place them in areas where you will see them frequently throughout the day. Examples: on the bathroom mirror, refrigerator door, in the car, at work, etc…
- Get a stack of index cards and on each one write one or two words from the verse, including the reference. Shuffle them up and see if you can put them in the correct order again. Save the cards and reuse common words found in other verses.
- Send the verse to friends and family by typing, texting, or writing it out by hand. You can look at the verse, but do not copy and paste! Try writing it at least once a day.
- Study with a friend, your spouse, or teach it to your kids! Quiz each other and keep each other on track. What a great way for families to spend time in the Word together!
- Change the wall paper on your computer to an image that has your Bible verse.
Word for the week: SATISFIED (Download in a PDF or download in MSWord). Please print it and post it everywhere so you can remember that God’s love can satisfy the thirst of your soul!
Verse for the week: “Satisfy [me] in the morning with your unfailing love, that [I] may sing for joy and be glad all [my] days…for I have put my trust in you.” Psalm 90:14, 143:8b, NIV
Today’s Assignment: Start or continue reading chapter 3. Remember, take your time and highlight or underline sentences that resonate in your heart.
Personal Update: Thank you for praying for my mom. She has a small fracture under her eye but no internal bleeding. Her face looks horrible so I am praising God she didn’t have more damage. Also, thank you for your sweet and fun comments about my silly Saturday video. I love sharing real life with you and wouldn’t want it any other way. Speaking of real life, I’m getting sick and this is the week we release my first teaching segment in the series of six videos we spent months filming and editing. I’m so eager to share this message with you! I just need to finish the handout and we’ll be ready to go. Please pray I’ll feel good enough to get ‘er done Tuesday so we can launch it Weds as planned. :-). (All things are possible for she who believes!)
Connecting in Community: Let’s commit to memorize this week’s verse together! If you are in, leave a comment by clicking on “share your thoughts” and tell us how you plan to memorize it. Also, if you have any other creative ways to memorize scripture please share that too! Lord willing, I’ll be back Weds with our video that Im so excited to share with you!!
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Renee, I started to read chapter 4 last night and noticed i had already read it however, when i started re-reading it i was writing “Me Too” in places that you shared that were similar to what i had gone thru or am going thru. Like, trying to make my “happily ever after” come true for me. My husband was fine BEFORE we got married. However, i have realized that i needed to “fine tune” some areas of him that i didnot like. Because after all he would not fit my “happily ever after” story that i was making for myself. Some would call that controlling and they are probably right because when WE try to make things to turn out the way we want them to we are trying to CONTROL the matter. I kinda have to chuckle here because as i am writing this i am also thinking of my 22yr old son who so desparately had to move back to Florida. He had a great reason however, his timing was a bit off. Anyway, we got him to Florida and nothing seem to go the way he wanted them to go. So he keeps trying other things now he is working day labor so he can come back up here. While he is down there we find out that he got excepted into “Job Corp.” The purpose for his journey to Tampa, Florida was so he could attend a particular bible institute. Someone that went to that institute is training him. So in a years time my son will have his papers to be an Evangilist. and he will be close to finishing his studies in Job Corp. I said all this to say that my son watched me try to control different situations of my life and now he is doing it! However, now i can help him to see that the only one that has control over everything is Jesus! and when we allow him to handle life’s journey we will have peace.
Satisfied! I already shared on another blog that I have been freeting, wanting, whining, and asked God for guidance. He sent me “Jehovah Jireh, My Provider! Satisfaction soon came after I settled down and remembered that I have no plans. I only have directions. I can only lfollow. I cannot lead! Hallelujah!!!!!
I used to love to memorize and remembering His Word in my Mind helps to keep me on track. I understand your week. My grandson broke his leg, foreclosure in in the horizon, a court case in which someone lied on our family, and God is leading the charge.
I also wanted to make a comment on the Samaritan Woman. I have always loved that story. The first thing I loved was that God “had” to go by Samaria. He never does anything by coincidence. He does things with intentions. There was a woman who needed Him and He was there. I have needed Him and He has been there. I will never forget when I decided to leave a relationship and I was going down the highway wondering why I would not just go back. Back to that person who I loved so much. Back to the comfort of physical needs. I kept on going and I to this day remember that I could not go back. I was in the presence of the Almighty God and His Will Be Done, forever. Please, women of God. God never forgets us. He never leaves us alone!
Greetings Sisters,
I pray all you ladies are doing well. This book has been a tremendous blessing to me, however I must admit I still find a few areas in my life where I need a confident heart. The biggest area right now is my job. I’m a new registered nurse recent grad and unfortunately within my 8mos on the job I am making several mistakes. I don’t have anyone to confide in and I began the orientation with 9 other young ladies… I feel as if I’m alone and constantly being criticized. I have heard in nursing school that Nursing is a profession where “They eat their young” but I never imagined it would be this bad. Please if you can pray that I would not dread coming to work and God instills in me a confident heart, I would really appreciate it. Thank you.
Natalie, I just wanted you to know that I will keep you up lifted in prayer. I am sorry Natalie that you feel alone in this matter. Proverbs 3:5-8 says: “Lean on, trust in and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths. Be not wise in your own eyes; reverently fear and worship the Lord and turn [entirely] away from evil. It shall be health to your nerves and sinews, and marrow and moistening to your bones” (AMP)
Have a Great day at work!
Natalie…. It is a bad feeling to feel like everyone is against you on your job. I had a job one time – (many, many, many years ago) and I was surrounded by people who were so un-Godly and not Christians. They seemed to be all against me – my bosses boss in particular was really a problem – I think it was a lightness/darkness kind of spiritual thing. I felt so alone and miserable. I prayed one day in the restroom, “Lord, if there are any Christians here, please bring them across my path”. And, yes, God did bring a very sweet girl to me who was a Christian and helped me through the awfulness of the experience. I would encourage you to do the same and pray for God to bring you friendships in your work environment from other Christians for support. “Divine relationships”!
Re: Video…Well said. As I watch and listen to your videos my husband wants everyone in the room to be quiet so he can hear too. :>)
This week has been a blur. My home life is unsettled with 3 teens and my marriage has some large holes. I really tracked with this weeks study illustration with the vase and all our stuff/people in our lives leaving holes. Since I can’t just dump all the stuff/people in a box and close the lid, I pray that the Lord will fill the holes in my life with His presence.
My oldest daughter was forced to move out of the house, not my choice, but God’s plan. I am able to meet with her on Thursday night and Friday mornings I have a sense of the emptiness left from her not being able to live with us. If she had left with everyone happy it would not seem to be so hard. Giving God all our hurt as Wendy talked about in her Devotion today… http://devotions.proverbs31.org/
It seems all week all the Proverbs 31 blogs have had the same theme, tracking with this chapter.
Right now I think I could live off of Proverbs 31 and Starbucks. Reading my Proverbs 31 ministries blogs and sitting in Starbucks is my safe place right now. Thank you sisters.
Shalom~
I love the teaching, but I can’t trace Chapter 3. Please assist, Thank you.
I loved your video message Renee. I liked the demonstration you showed with the jar and how we try to find unconditional love in people and things rather than in god, you find yourself empty when you try finding love and fulfillment anywhere other than god. On the other hand when you let god’s promises fill you, there are no empty spaces to be found. Wecneed to come and fill our lives with the living water of god’s unconditional love and forgiveness. Only god is meant to fiil and fulfill you