October 30th, 2013 
Different translations of James 1:27 read, “keep oneself from being polluted by the world” NIV, “keep oneself unstained by the world” ESV, “Refuse to let the world corrupt us” NLT.
Believers in every generation struggle with the allure of the world, the enticement of the culture’s values and standards. Temptation, as old as Adam and Eve, still lurks around every corner, multiplying its victims. For me, a few-too-many episodes on HGTV capture …
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October 25th, 2013 
Discovering there are other Believers who share my Scripture memory passion is incredible. I only began four years ago, but the chapters/books I’ve memorized so far have brought so much understanding and clarity of what the Christian life really is and really isn’t.
I know full well the hyped up feeling when part of a chapter I’ve memorized is read aloud by someone else. “…That’s one of mine!” I’ve so many chapters/books …
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October 23rd, 2013 
One summer a time of waiting on God dissolved into frustration when no answer came. Desiring to breathe fresh air into my stale perspective, I decided to memorize Isaiah 55, which includes these words:
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Is. …
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October 18th, 2013 
During the spring of 2010, my prayer journal is full of quotes like this one, “Heavenly Father, I am crying out to You to renew my first love. I have knowledge of You but I want Your presence, Your glory, Your love to penetrate my heart and my every thought. Draw me close to you, Lord God, I am so needy of You and I miss You!” I obviously was in a season …
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October 16th, 2013 
During the first few years that I memorized passages, my enthusiasm caused me to wonder why every Christian didn’t memorize books and passages. Maybe God left it optional. I investigated. I went to the Bible first. Was there a command to memorize Scripture? I couldn’t locate one. I couldn’t even find the word memorize. I searched even the Greek and the Hebrew and couldn’t find a word that meant to memorize. The Bible …
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