September 25th, 2013
Many agonize over what to memorize next. Some try to find a book that will match their life circumstances, but this isn’t always necessary. Remember Job. In his great suffering, God’s answer to him didn’t address suffering at all. God revealed HIMSELF to Job, and that was enough.
All Scripture books have value so you can’t really pick the wrong one. For me, whatever I choose for my next passage ends up …
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September 20th, 2013 
At one time, I was a little like Eve in my bible knowledge–I could paraphrase some things but didn’t really KNOW it. And Eve was deceived because she knew it well enough to be dangerous but not well enough to discern ‘truth’ from ‘near-truth’ (see Genesis 2:16-17 and contrast with 3:1-3!). So my desire was to really KNOW God and His word.
Raising three children has been my joy! When they were young, …
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September 15th, 2013 
Metaphorically speaking, ownership implies: “I bought in,” “I agree,” “This is mine.” Furthermore, it demands that we “Come clean,” “Be accountable,” “Take responsibility”.
A time-honored concept. Back in ancient Israel, Moses writes, “The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law” Deuteronomy 29:29.
This verse tells us two things. God chose …
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September 13th, 2013 
Fourteen years ago I reluctantly agreed to memorize Psalm 119 with a friend. And now, years later, I’m so thankful that I took the challenge. This relationship of hiding His Word in my heart has been significant beyond words, and life-changing for me! I have memorized Romans, Philippians, Hebrews, James, 1 & 2 Peter, Jonah, the Sermon on the Mount, and a multitude of other passages. I keep going because the vibrancy of …
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September 6th, 2013 
Does your jaw drop in amazement sometimes at the wonder of God’s timing? Mine does, especially when I think back to the time in my life about 10 years ago when I started memorizing books of the Bible.
I had spent the previous 20 years in a struggle with alcohol and had drifted away from church and anyone “church like”. I had never read the Bible, much less memorized any of it. I …
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