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VERSES TO MEMORIZE
Memorizing Bible verses is a great way to stay grounded and prepared with God's Word, no matter what you're going through. It's like having a handy toolkit filled with wisdom and comfort right at your fingertips.
Think about it: you could share a verse about God's love when a friend needs encouragement, or recall one about patience while waiting in a long line at the DMV. It's all about weaving God's truth into the fabric of your everyday life.
If you spend a little time each day working on memorization, it'll become so much easier to remember scripture when you need it most. It's like building a spiritual muscle, one verse at a time.
As Joshua 1:8 says, "Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful." That's a powerful promise, and memorization helps bring it to life.
Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort provided by love, any fellowship in the Spirit, any affection or mercy,
so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow – in heaven and on earth and under the earth –
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence,
for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort – for the sake of his good pleasure – is God.
Do everything without grumbling or arguing,
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world
by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.
But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice together with all of you.
And in the same way you also should be glad and rejoice together with me.
Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be encouraged by hearing news about you.
complete my joy and be of the same mind, by having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one purpose.
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
The one true God gives me strength; he removes the obstacles in my way.
He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain.
He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend even the strongest bow.
But he replied to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”
The one who says he is in the light but still hates his fellow Christian is still in the darkness.
Everyone who hates his fellow Christian is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.
“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.
We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians.
The Lord says, “At that time young women will dance and be glad. Young men and old men will rejoice. I will turn their grief into gladness. I will give them comfort and joy in place of their sorrow.
The Lord strengthens and protects me; I trust in him with all my heart. I am rescued and my heart is full of joy; I will sing to him in gratitude.
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,
encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good thing you do or say.
For if your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy by your food someone for whom Christ died.
The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer. My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, and my refuge.
For since he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
Consequently the Lord provides safety for the oppressed; he provides safety in times of trouble.
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any more – or mourning, or crying, or pain, for the former things have ceased to exist.”
and they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
Night will be no more, and they will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.
For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared to the glory that will be revealed to us.
God is our strong refuge; he is truly our helper in times of trouble.
He says, “Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!”
The Lord who commands armies is on our side! The God of Jacob is our protector! (Selah)
For this reason we do not fear when the earth shakes, and the mountains tumble into the depths of the sea,
when its waves crash and foam, and the mountains shake before the surging sea. (Selah)
I have had great joy and encouragement because of your love, for the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
If anyone says “I love God” and yet hates his fellow Christian, he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
Dear friend, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your soul.
Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.
Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice, set things right, be encouraged, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
My flesh and my heart may grow weak, but God always protects my heart and gives me stability.
He gives strength to those who are tired; to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy.
A voice cries out, “In the wilderness clear a way for the Lord; construct in the desert a road for our God.
Even youths get tired and weary; even strong young men clumsily stumble.
But those who wait for the Lord’s help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles’ wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.
A relative offended is harder to reach than a strong city, and disputes are like the barred gates of a fortified citadel.
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you – yes, I help you – yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!
Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the Lord gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”
I look up toward the hills. From where does my help come?
My help comes from the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth!
Patiently wait for God alone, my soul! For he is the one who gives me confidence.
He alone is my protector and deliverer. He is my refuge; I will not be upended.
If the Lord had not helped me, I would have laid down in the silence of death.
If I say, “My foot is slipping,” your loyal love, O Lord, supports me.
When worries threaten to overwhelm me, your soothing touch makes me happy.
quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight,
The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
Be strong and courageous! Do not fear or tremble before them, for the Lord your God is the one who is going with you. He will not fail you or abandon you!”
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
“Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?”
For my yoke is easy to bear, and my load is not hard to carry.”
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.
And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the sovereign One, and resides in the protective shadow of the mighty king –
No harm will overtake you; no illness will come near your home.
For he will order his angels to protect you in all you do.
They will lift you up in their hands, so you will not slip and fall on a stone.
You will subdue a lion and a snake; you will trample underfoot a young lion and a serpent.
The Lord says, “Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him; I will protect him because he is loyal to me.
When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor.
I will satisfy him with long life, and will let him see my salvation.
I say this about the Lord, my shelter and my stronghold, my God in whom I trust –
The Lord delivers and vindicates me! I fear no one! The Lord protects my life! I am afraid of no one!
I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,
When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you.
He said: “I love you, Lord, my source of strength!
He mounted a winged angel and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind.
He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.
From the brightness in front of him came hail and fiery coals.
The Lord thundered in the sky; the sovereign One shouted.
He shot his arrows and scattered them, many lightning bolts and routed them.
The depths of the sea were exposed; the inner regions of the world were uncovered by your battle cry, Lord, by the powerful breath from your nose.
He reached down from above and took hold of me; he pulled me from the surging water.
He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hate me, for they were too strong for me.
They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the Lord helped me.
He brought me out into a wide open place; he delivered me because he was pleased with me.
The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer. My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, and my refuge.
How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!
As they pass through the Baca Valley, he provides a spring for them. The rain even covers it with pools of water.
They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.
For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
He said: “Pay attention, all you people of Judah, residents of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Don’t be afraid and don’t panic because of this huge army! For the battle is not yours, but God’s.
You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.