Memory Verses wk 4

Again, all from the book of Isaiah. Tonight is our last class. It has gone too quickly!

Is 57:15
For thus says the high and exalted one who lives forever, whose name is Holy. "I dwell on a high and holy place, and also with the contrite and lowly of spiriti in order to revive the heart of the contrite."

Is 64:4
For from or old they have not heard nor perceived by ear, neither has the eyes seen a God besides Thee, who acts in behalf of the one who waits for Him.

Is 66:2b:
but to this one I will look, to him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trebles at My word.

Now to do my homework . . .

Memory verses, wk 3

Here is this week's memory verse list:

Is. 40: 27-31
Why do you say, O Jacob, and assert, O Israel, my way is hidden from the Lord, and the justice due me escapes the notice of my God?"
Do you not know? have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable. He gives strength to the weary, and to him who lacks might He increases power. Though youths grow weary and tired, and vigorous young men stumble badly, yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary.

God will not get tired and stop caring for you. He is eternal, and will always understand your needs. He will build you up. I love the end of this passage - and I know a song for it. It deserves songs, for it's a wonderful thing. If you wait upon the Lord He will renew your strength.

Teach me, Lord, to wait.


Is 46: 9-10
Remember the former things long past. For I am God, and there is no other. I am God, and there is no one like Me. Declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things which have not been done, saying "My purpose will be established, and I will accomplish all My good pleasure."


Is 55: 11
So shall My word be which goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me empty, without accomplishing what I desire and without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.

God's word will always accomplish what He intends. That is a vast, hard to grasp idea for me. So absolute.

Memory verses, wk 2

I neglected to post the memory verses from week 2, so I'll post them now.

Isaiah 26: 3-4
The steadfast of mind Thou wilt keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in thee. Trust in the Lord forever, for in God the Lord we have an everlasting Rock.

Trust - it is hard sometimes. I've heard people say - if you can't trust the one who made you, who can you trust? But here's my roadblock . . . I'm not overly impressed with the functioning of my body, ya know? It doesn't hold together well, it has a lot of flaws (heart, gall bladder, hearing, legs diff lengths, etc), and frankly, I have some issues.

So faith takes more than some kind of blind trust in some kind of sugar daddy in the sky. I have to keep my mind steadfast. I have to CHOOSE to trust Him because He has kept his promises . .. on the larger scale. I have to remember that when I am living for Him, things work out better overall than when I'm living for comfort, or ease, or work, or myself.

I have an everlasting (eternal) Rock.

Memory verses, wk 1

Is 2:22
Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

Is 7:9b
If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.

I have read through a lot of history in 2Kings and 2 Chronicles, and some of it was very dry. These two verses, though, are good ones to remember. Put God first, and stand firm in your faith.

Valuable. Now I just have to actually remember them w/o looking!