Scripture Memory

#3!

Psalm 115:1

Not to us, O LORD,
not to us,
But to Your name give glory.
Because of Your
lovingkindness, because
of Your truth


I've been working at Love INC (In the Name of Christ) for a month now.  I've had the opportunity to help several people.  It has been amazing.  I love it!  I also want to make sure that I don't get the credit.  I do it all to lift up the name of Christ, not Melissa.  I am in position to help others because God blessed me.  I may be on the other side of things someday, and I hope others will step up and help me so we can all rejoice in Jesus' name together!

My husband and I are struggling on how to share the passions that God has given us, and somehow keep from bringing the attention to us.  We don't want to share what we've been doing in order for people to "wow" us, but we do want to encourage others to try what we've tried.  We have found such an excitement to life in Christ, and we want others to "get it" like we finally are starting to.  One way we try to keep ourselves grounded is to keep our activities bathed in prayer and to ask ourselves when we talk to people is, "What is my motivation?".  We want to have God glorified in all we do.  

Scripture Memory

#2!

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished.  And they recognized that they had been with Jesus."

Acts 4:13

Am I bold?  Do I astonish others?  Do people recognize that I have been with Jesus?
This is what is hope for myself for this year.  I want to disregard my lack of formal education, especially in spiritual matters, and realize that my pure commonness is exactly what God can use to magnify Himself!

Scripture Memory

Again this year I will be memorizing scripture along with Beth Moore.  It is a system that worked well for me and if you struggle with memorizing, I'd recommend you check out her blog!  It's a simple system of memorizing a verse/verses on the 1st and 15th of each month.

My first verse for this year is:

And if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like noonday.  The lord will guide you always...

Isaiah 58:10-11a