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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This book is just what I needed. I could hardly get through ch1 for all the tears. Even decided I couldn’t do thisbut quickly prayed and picked it back up. Uplifting to be in this with all of you and thank you Renee!
Yes Praise God! So glad your mom is doing better and it wasn’t serious, but how scary! Also praying for you too that you will feel better.
I have been wanting to memorize scripture and this is a great way to start!
This is a wonderful verse to start and end the day. I was reading this scripture at the end of my bible study last night and then saw this is our verse for the day! Perfect! Thank you. And I am glad your mom is doing well, my prayers are with her.
I love reading everyone’s ideas for memorizing scripture. Ok, I’m in too! I have, in the past, used spiral notebooks of 3X5 index cards to record and memorize scripture for various studies. I have decided to start one for this study as well. I love these because you can keep all the scriptures together and flip through them all when you are in need of God’s word. I take this sprial with me everywhere, in the bathroom, propped up on the counter, in my car, at my desk at work, and in the kitchen when I do dishes. It’s small enough to carry in my purse, so it goes everywhere with me.
Renee, I hope you are feeling better soon. Thank you for being so real, honest, and upfront about your experience and struggle with depression and need of acceptance by others. I can so relate to everything I’ve read in your book so far. As Abbie said in her earlier comment, I feel as though I am reading about myself. This was a big struggle when I was younger, and actually, I have found myself struggling again the past few years, trying to get over a painful situation that just left me realing. This study is helping me focus on what is real and constant, accepting, and full of unfailing love…God.
I use this method too. I have filled up several of these and find them helpful to go back and look through.
What a wonderful way to wake up in the morning knowiing God will satisfy me in the morning with his love and makes me sing for joy and be glad all day long! It is a big attitude adjustment for each day! God bless and so glad your Mom is feeling better.
Good Morning Ms Swope, First I want to say you are a major blessing in my life. I am so glad that God used you and your book to help me. Chapter 3 is all about me. How I used alcohol and drugs to fulfill the emptiness, pain. I cried so hard yesterday. The devil is really trying to break me down, but he is so stupid, he really doesn’t know how much my Father loves ME. I really connected with my father yesterday. He was really talking to me through that chapter. I thank Him for the strenght , patience and love to continue to be there for me when I just walked away miserable and afraid, not wanting to deal with any of it. But this is my time to grow up. Amazing things are happing to me. I have been waiting for this all my life. I have something to look forward to. Thank you for your prayers. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease continue to pray for me. I am taking baby steps and they still HURT so very much. I just can’t stop crying. I am keeping it real and true for once in my life. HALLA LUYA!!!!!!! LOVE YOU RENEE AND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR MOTHER. 🙂
Tanya, continue to stand up to satan. Remember that he doesn’t have half the power of God’s words. “Find the gold. Whatever has happened to you in the past, and whatever is happening in your life now, look for the hidden blessing, the lesson to be learned, or the character trait to be forged. Trust that, since God has allowed these experiences, somewhere there is gold for you.” This quote is by Elizabeth George in Loving God with all Your Mind.
One of the things I have started doing since this year began, is spending quiet time with the Lord over breakfast. I read a little book called Living Faith, and then the three Bible verses for that day. After that I have a daily devotional book that I read called Grace for the Moment by Max Lucado. It has a devotion for morning and evening, and I read the passage for the morning and then respond to the question in my journal. I have found that it really makes a difference in my day to begin it with God. What a perfect verse for this week!!! Thanks for sharing it with us. I print them up, and then hang the verse of the week on the wall behind my desk at eye level. Every time I sit down at my laptop, I see it there, and read it. It has been such a blessing.
I have a smart phone. There is an ap called Evernote. I created a notebook titled Verse of the Week and created a note for this week’s verse. I will add the verses of each week from here on out to have these verses close to me always.
I am working on memorizing the verse. I have it posted on the wall in front of my exercise bike which I ride for 30 minutes. I usually use the 30 minutes in the morning for praying so am combining praying and memorizing. I am enjoying this study so much! Thanks for all your hard work. Praying that you will be feeling better and able to get what use need to done.
Each chapter in this book really touches my heart. I go through phases of my life where I feel empty and I know I need to fill myself with God and many times I try to do it myself instead of crying out to God. God is the only one who can satisfy us.
So glad to hear your mom is doing okay. I am continuing to pray for strength and quick healing. I pray this for you a well.
God bless you!
This verse is my heart’s cry. I want to be satisfied with Him. I have been convicted lately because I have been turning to food to satisfy me. The problem is that it doesn’t work and just leaves me feeling guilty. I am single and have a great desire to be married. Some of that is also trying to fill this void in my life. God keeps telling me that no thing or person can satisfy me. He has to be the one to fill me. Then I can have a healthy relationship when I do get married. I put my verses on cards and keep them on my bathroom mirror. When I get ready in the mornings I work on memorizing them.
Yes this verse speaks to me as well. I have been praying for God to show me how to live real Christian faith as I am in a situation I can do nothing about BUT God can. But I have been living in defeat and hopelessness. The chapters have been showing me that I am trying to find my satisfaction in THINGS AND PEOPLE. God has just closed all doors and He is leading me to the central issue in such a clear and beautiful way. I am praising for the answer and struggling Moment by moment to BELEIVE AND LIVE IN THE TRUTH. I am praying for us all to have our eyes wide open to God’s SATISFYING WAY.
It has been an Amazing Journey to be taking this Online Study,I have been so Blessed by A Confident Heart.I have Grown more Stronger and More Confident in who I am As A Women of God.I Love the Word of the Week we have to be Satisfied means We are to be Satisfy in God and let others know of Him and of His Mercy and Grace..I always Write Scriptures down and put them on My Refrigerator.Also I Put Prayers on there.Just whatever The Lord lays on my Heart.To God be All the Glory for it is because of Him and His Substaining Power I am Grounded and Covered I Thank God for Mighty Warriors as these Ladies.God Bless you one and all.
Renee, I just paused and prayed for you and your mom sweet sister! I also was stirred to pray that He would give you affirmation today wherever you need it! Thank you for your minstry & I loved the road trip video. It was so inviting and made you feel more like a girlfriend to us! Ok, so my sweet sister who I met here from the other side of the United States emailed me yesterday saying how much Chapter 3 was what she needed so I couldnt wait to get home, eat, run 2 miles, shower & get in bed with the laptop! I was in bed by 8 mind you so it was a race!! When I pray, read, journal, etc He just seems to speak to me more when I am cross legged in the middle of the bed!! One of my favorite spots….enough rabbit trail (LOL) so I was speechless and just wept! The silly things I have done, that need I have had.for years being filled by taking classes, Girl Scouts, ministry things……He also reminded me of 6 months ago I was riding in a church van through the NC mountains contemplating this incredible, godly man that He brought in my life for a very short period of time who decided that I was too far away to date – – and He said “Sherry, I want you to pursue me like that. I want you to want me that way.” Ok, Lord, I am getting it! No one can love me like you! Fortunately, with him, I didn’t do anything too crazy – I did text him that when God hits him over the head to call me! LOL, I guess that could be considered crazy!! And, I did text him at 3 in the morning and ask him if God told him to sell everything and follow him, would he & you know what…He said yes, I would sell everything and follow Him…Not even he, can love me like Him!! Thank You Lord God for loving us (me)!! Satisfied, I am loving that word!!
I’m in as well. I love reading all of the comments and words of encouragement. I will write mine down and carry it with me wherever I go. Blessings!1
I’m in!
My favorite thing to do is to write the verse on an index card and carry it around in my pocket. I pull it out frequently during the day and read it, and pretty soon I have it memorized and can just recite it when I feel it in my pocket.
I am in as well! Thank you Heather for your great tips!
I will post the verse in multiple places, and write it out at least once a day. It also helps to receive it from you, Renee, on twitter!
“I want to learn how to put my hope in you all day, everyday. Please help me stop searching for fulfillment in anything or anyone but you.”
This is my goal for the week. I will make the verse my “pocket” verse. After typing and praying it I will keep it in my pocket as I need the constant reminder! My daughter and I will challenge each other with its memorization.
God, please help Renee’s body heal, help her take time to rest, and may the plans for the release be a triumphant-exciting time!
I’m in for memorizing the scripture this week. I love the verse you’ve chosen. And I’m so thankful your Mom is going to be okay. Prayers are truly answered! I’ll pray for you and hope you are able to finish what you need to do. Take care of you.
All praises to God for your mom’s health report. I had just started the first week of post the scripture on index cards as a student you learn this in order to help with exams. So I will have all the weeks verses on index card for memory.
When doing Women’s bible studies my church weekly I use to get different color index cards and post the weekly scripture and they could write down any prayer request on the back or take additional cards for prayer request then we would swap them and pray for one another earnestly.
Praying for you health and strength!!!!!!!! Rest Jesus retreated in the bottom of the boat.
Lisa