Memory Verse Challenge: Week 25

It get busy during the summer months, doesn't it?  So - how about a short verse this week:-) 

This week's verse is a good reminder that God hasn't ever changed nor does He does change with the times.  He's as loving today as He was when He lovingly created us. He's as just today as He was when the Israelites were being oppressed.  He can get as jealous and angry today at our sin as we saw Him do countless times throughout the Bible.  No - God doesn't change.  He's the same awe-inspiring, life-giving, miracle-maker He's always been.  He is worthy to be praised!!

See more about the Memory Verse Challenge here.
See the complete list of Challenge verses here.

Sunday Blogvotional: Show Loving Mercy

“And what does the Lord require of you? “To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Could it really be that simple?  Jesus said he must be about his Father’s business.  We, too, must be also. When we act justly we give a fair price for a good product. We do our best work for our company and we care for other people’s property as if it is our own.  Loving mercy is having compassion for the poor, the lost, orphans, our babies, the unborn, lost dogs etc.  It’s not being a part of the “me” generation. As Christians, we have the ability to show loving mercy when we allow ourselves to be renewed and transformed by the spirit of God.  The last part of the verse says, “and to walk humbly with your God.” He is the creator of heaven and earth. He gave us life. He sacrificed his son so that we may be with him in heaven.  He is all wise, all knowing, and ever present.  There is no way we can think ourselves above him! We are humbled by his greatness.  So we submit our lives to him and follow him. It is so simple.

He has showed you, O man, what is good, and what does the Lord require of you?  To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.  Micah 6:8

Encouragement for the week: We don’t need a platform to preach from, nor do we need to write a book or to raise a family of ministers. We can just practice Micah 6:8.

This week's blogvotional contributed by my Mumsy.

Memory Verse Challenge: Week 24

This week's verse reminds me that there is no problem, no situation God cannot deal with.  We often tend to look at our trials in this world as being insurmountable.  Is it possible that somewhere in our mind we think the problem is too big even for God? Sometimes it's hard to believe what we can't see (or who we can't see).  We get so used to worldly solutions we often forget miracles are possible - that divine workings are God's way of revealing His glory, His power and His wisdom.

Furthermore this verse reminds us that God's power is at work within us.  His glory can shine through us if we only open ourselves up to the possibility.  This is another one of the many gifts we are blessed with.

See more about the Memory Verse Challenge here.
See the complete list of Challenge verses here.

Sunday Blogvotional: Reaping A Harvest of Nothings

We've often heard the saying "You reap what you sow."  But how often do we really apply this truth to our lives?  We tend to forget in our busy lives that we "sow" daily with our actions.  Each day we're planting the seeds of our future.  

Because we live in a world of delayed consequences we don't always see what we're going to reap right away.  If we became immediately violent after watching a violent movie, we might not watch them.  If we gained 10 pounds immediately after eating a piece of pie, we probably wouldn't eat it.   

So much of what we’ll reap (both good and bad) is spread out over time thus making our daily actions seem much less purposeful - less like sowing seeds for our future and more like random acts of little nothings.  But all the “nothings” add up over time reaping a harvest of what?

The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature 

will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the 

Spirit will reap eternal life.

Galations 6:8

Encouragement for the week:  Take a look at what you are sowing in your life.  Is it for earthly pleasures or kingdom rewards.  Maybe it’s time to change a habit or two.

Memory Verse Challenge: Week 23

This week's verse helps me keep my focus.  We all have our trials - our pain and hardships in this life.  As I'm going through those times, this verse helps me remember that someday, in heaven, the pain of those hardships will not even come close to the glory I'm experiencing in heaven.  The highest high will make the lowest low seem a million miles away.

 

See more about the Memory Verse Challenge here.
See the complete list of Challenge verses here.

How are you doing on your verses?  I know several verses have popped into my head when situations have come up.   It's good to have encouragement from God's word "at the ready".