52-Verse Challenge – Page 2 – Amanda Tero Books

Verse 35 of 52!!!!

Published on September 2, 2012 by Amanda TeroLeave a comment

This week, I memorized a verse that tags onto two verses already memorized: 1 John 2:17. I found it a good reminder to consider what I am doing – what I am holding on to.

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 1 John 2:17

Verse 34 of 52!!!

Published on August 24, 2012 by Amanda Tero1 Comment

This week, I am memorizing Hebrews 13:5.

Let your conversation be without covetousness;

and be content with such things as ye have:

for He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Recently, I have been talking to several girls about contentment, waiting for marriage, etc. This verse is one that I believe fits in SO well!!! We are to live our lives without covetousness (coveting a married life, a husband, children). We are to be content with what we have where we have it (our parents, our siblings, our singleness, our home). But how can we be content and live without covetousness? The last phrase explains it: Jesus Christ is all we will ever need! He will never leave or forsake us!!! When I really think about that, I sometimes wonder how I could be discontent!

. . . on this subject, check in during the next two weeks as I will be sharing a couple of articles that I wrote specifically for single girls. 🙂

Verse 33 of 52!!!

Published on August 18, 2012 by Amanda TeroLeave a comment

I’m not 100% sure that I’m back on track with my verse number, but here are some verses I memorized this week:

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)

52 verses update

Published on August 10, 2012 by Amanda TeroLeave a comment

I know that I have been very negligent to post my verses from the 52-verse memory challenge – due to a very busy summer! But, here are the verses that the Lord has allowed me to memorize:

John 10:29-30
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and my Father are one.

Proverbs 3:8-9
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

Micah 6:8
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

1 Corinthians 2:5
That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Verse 27 of 52!!

Published on July 7, 2012 by Amanda TeroLeave a comment

My verse for this week is John 10:28 – I had memorized John 10:27 before, so I will share them both.

“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand.”

John 10:27-28

This verse has become very special to me as I’ve heard many debates on security or insecurity of the believer. I personally believe in the security of the believer because of verses like these. According to this verse, once we are saved, we are bound in the grasp of Jesus’ hand – and no man (including ourselves!) can loose us from our heavenly Father’s grasp!!!!

Verses 25/26 of 52!!!

Published on July 1, 2012 by Amanda Tero3 Comments

The past two weeks, I have completed memorizing Psalm 4, by God’s grace!! Here are the final verses:

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

Psalm 4:7-8

A few thoughts I’ve had about these verses:

~It is the Lord that puts true gladness in my heart. Rejoicing over something like the produce from a garden is temporal. The gladness Christ gives is Eternal!

~Safety is from the Lord – not man, government, guns, locked doors, etc. All of those will fail, but Jesus Christ never fails! There is security in His protection!!!

Verse 24 of 52!!

Published on June 17, 2012 by Amanda Tero2 Comments

I continued my memory of Psalm 4 this week with verse 6:

There be many that say, Who will shew us any good?
LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

Verse 23 of 52!!!

Published on June 10, 2012 by Amanda TeroLeave a comment

This week, my verse was Psalm 4:5:

“Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord.”

This verse has really spoken a lot to me in the past few days.

The first phrase: “Offer the sacrifices of righteousness.” When the word “sacrifice” comes up, my mind generally races to the Old Testament times of killing a lamb. However, a sacrifice is giving up – sometimes it could be as simple as giving up my self-perceived rights, giving up my time, or giving up my desires.

The second phrase, “And put your trust in the Lord.” Over and over in God’s Word the word “trust” appears. Where am I placing my trust? In things that change? In the vain help of man? Or am I truly placing my trust in Jesus Christ – looking to Him for my Refuge and present help in time of trouble?

Verse 22 of 52!

Published on June 3, 2012 by Amanda TeroLeave a comment

This week, I continued Psalm 4:

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Psalm 4:4

Verses 20/21 of 52!!!

Published on May 27, 2012 by Amanda Tero2 Comments

Last week and this week, I continued my memorization of Psalm 4.

Oh ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? How long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for Himself; the Lord will heard when I call unto Him. (Psalm 4:2-3)

It is amazing how much the verses minister to me while I am memorizing them – then later, when I am reviewing them. 🙂 It is truly a blessing to memorize God’s Word!