Compilation of Verses!

Wish that you could see all of this semester's verses in one place? Wish no more!! Happy chewing to you...

BENEDICTION

ACTS 20:32 ESV

And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

#1 GOD MAKES A PROMISE

JEREMIAH 32:38,40,41

They will be my people, and I will be their God. I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear me for their own good and the good of their children after them. I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me. I will rejoice in doing them good and will assuredly plant them in this land with all my heart and soul.

#2 MY BELOVED CALLS ME TO ARISE

SONG OF SOLOMON 2:10 (ESV)

My beloved speaks and says to me: "Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away...”

#3 HE DID IT!

ISAIAH 53:4-6

Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

#4 THE WAR IS OVER!!!

ROMANS 4:25, 5:1,2

He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand.

#5 FORGIVEN!

ROMANS 4:7,8

“Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the [wo]man whose sin the Lord will never count against [her].”

#6 NO CONDEMNATION, FREEDOM!

ROMANS 8:1,2

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.

#7 ADOPTED!

GALATIANS 4:4-7

But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons. Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.

#8 NEVER SEPARATED FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST

ROMANS 8:35,37-39

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us…For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

#9 COMFORT AND RESTORATION

ISAIAH 51:3

The Lord will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing.

#10 BEAUTIFUL NEW GARMENTS

ISAIAH 61:10

I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness...

#11 I WAKE UP AND GET DRESSED

ISAIAH 52:1,2

Awake, awake, O Zion, clothe yourself with strength. Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, the holy city…Shake off your dust; rise up, sit enthroned, O Jerusalem. Free yourself from the chains on your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

~~~BONUS CHRISTMAS PRESENT VERSES!~~~

#12 I PRESS ON ‘TIL GLORY

PHILIPPIANS 3:12-14

Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

#13 I WORK OUT WHAT GOD IS WORKING IN ME

PHILIPPIANS 2:12,13

Therefore, my dear friends...continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.

Last Lesson :*(

Good morning, fellow M&M'ers!

I hope that you've had a wonderful week- it's been quite eventful for me. We closed on our house on Thursday, which was also my daughter Emily's first birthday! God is so good- we hope to get settled soon. I must say that this has been such a wonderful few months and I'm sad to see our time together come to a close, but so excited about all of the verses we learned! Thanks for joining us on this journey of feasting on God's word. Many thanks to Barb for her countless hours of prayer and preparation and for allowing God to use her in this amazing way. The Lord has given her a gift for sure and we appreciate her sharing it with us!

All that said - a few items of business:

BUSINESS:

Michael Card Concert at Lex Pres Church this Saturday, November 19th; 7pm. Tickets $12 if bought early at the church or online at iTickets.com; $15 at the door.

Our Recital!! Sunday, December 4, 6 pm. Lexington Presbyterian Church sanctuary. Reading cards is absolutely okay! Come join your other M&M-ers, especially you onliners if you live locally. We'd love to be with you face-to-face. We will be reciting Cards #1-11 plus the Benediction.

Here is Barb's Summary of this week's lesson: (Click Here to download!)

Hi ladies! As of this lesson, you have made it through the Fall 2011 M&M term! Our last classes were this week. "What," you say, "there's 2 more verses?" Sorry about that! I never could count very well! Actually, I knew that I would be leaving you with one verse to M&M on your own after this series ended, and then we decided since all the other classes at church are finishing this week and not picking back up after Thanksgiving, that we would do the same. This lesson wraps the theme up well, I think, so consider the last 2 verses my Christmas presents to you!

This week we meditated on our "green" verse. This marks a new category. Remember our first index card describing the sections? The green cards represent " MY WORK WITH GOD – COOPERATING WITH HIM DURING THIS LIFEE FOR MY SANCTIFICATION". We have meditated on some of the wonderful gifts we have received as heirs of God. I wrote up for myself a summary of some of the powerful truths that I learned from this set of verses and shared it in class. Here it is: (Click Here or right click and "save as".) I encourage you to write one up for yourself. Make it personal; put your name in it.

So now, what is our response? How do I live out of the gospel? We walk by faith not by sight. We waltz with our King! Waltz? What do you mean? Listen to the class here.

It has been my privilege and my joy to lead you all through this series of "Arise-For He Has Risen!". Thank you for investing the time and effort to memorize and meditate on God's Word. As you feast at Thanksgiving and Christmas parties coming up, I hope you will not forget these delicious, soul-satisfying portions of God's Word. "His words were found, and I ate them. And they became to me a joy and the delight of my heart." Jeremiah 15:16

Lots of love,

Barb

M&M Week 10!

Hello M&M Group!

Things are still hectic over here, although we close on our house on 11/17 and my baby girl turns ONE the same day!! Everything is really busy but exciting right now. I'm thinking that things will calm down sometime around January 2012. :) Barb's words were so refreshing to me as she reminded us that God is BIGGER than a "quiet life". Man, have I needed that reminder lately. Thanks to you ladies for your encouragement this week. I am so blessed to be a part of this group. I love M&Ming with you! Here is the link to this week's lesson, click here (or right click and save-as...)

Here is Barb's summary for this week:

"This week we worked on Isaiah 51:3. We meditated on God as the great Restorer and Comforter. What a promise to His children, that He will comfort us, look with compassion on our ruins and wastelands, and then even make them like gardens where there will be joy and gladness, thanksgiving and the sound of singing. Trust Him to do this for you. Are you fighting Him like an angry 2-year old who refuses to be comforted, or have you released your anger and unforgiveness, dropped your stiff arms, and let Him hold you and comfort you?

Then we also meditated on the upcoming verse, Isaiah 61:10. I brought my 38-year old bridal portrait for show & tell as a visual of what I imagine when I hear the wonderful, freeing, strengthening promise that "He has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness." Sister, if you are in Christ, you are dressed like this ALL THE TIME. This is for singles, married, divorced, and widows who are in Christ! Invite the Spirit to apply this truth to change your outlook on life.

We meet next week, then we don't meet the week of Thanksgiving (but don't stop M&M-ing!) and will have our last class the last week of November. DON'T FORGET THE RECITAL on Sunday evening, December 4, at Lexington Presbyterian Church. Come recite or read your verses TO THE LORD. Do it as a gift to Him: give Him the first Christmas present of His season! It will also be sure to be a blessing to all who hear, because it is GOD'S word we recite.

Love you and are grateful to you all for wanting to memorize and meditate on His Word. Press on...we're almost through with this theme!

Barb

Bridal picture

New quote:

“It is so true, as the Book says, that all things work together for our good, even our sins and vices. He takes our sins on himself, and while he drives them out of us with a whip of scorpions, he will yet make them work his good ends. He defeats our sins, make them prisoners, forces them into the service of good, and chains them like galley slaves to the rowing benches of the gospel ship. He makes them work toward salvation for us.”

from The Curate’s Awakening by George MacDonald

Start chewing on next week's verse!!

ISAIAH 61:10

I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me

in a robe of righteousness...

M&M Week 9!

Good evening, everyone!

I'm late in the day delivering your M&M "morsel" so please forgive me for that. I hope you all have had a wonderful week! If you are in the online group or if you missed this week's lesson, it is posted for you to enjoy online: Click Here (or right click and "save as")

Here's Barb's summary for this week- hope you enjoy it!

"Hi Friends,

This week's memory verse from the end of Romans 8 was a long but rich passage, wasn't it? I challenged you to fill in the blank with what you need most to trust God for:

I am convinced that _________ will not separate me from the love of Christ.

(LIFE? DEATH? OLD AGE? CANCER? FEAR? MY WASTELANDS, RUINS? MY HABITS?)

I also challenged you from our memory verse for this coming week to describe the ruins, wastelands, or deserts in your life; put them into words ("Take words with you and return to the Lord," Hosea 14:2) and give them to God, asking Him to restore you and make those very places into gardens.

We chewed on a rich, soul-satisfying truth this week: NOTHING can separate us from the love of Christ. My prayer for you and me is that we would walk in the light of the Lord: His forgiveness, His love, our adoption, our freedom. May His truth fill and guard our minds and hearts in Christ.

Here is a link (CLICK ME!) to a lovely moment for me last summer in Japan (2010). Some ladies from an English Bible Study Class memorized Isaiah 53:4-6 and we recited it at a luncheon they had for us before we went returned to the States.

Press on sisters! We're almost finished!

Love,

Barb"

Go ahead and start chewing on next week's verse!

ISAIAH 51:3

The Lord will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing.