Vineyard Community Church Scripture Memorization for 2010
For the past two years we have called our fellowship to a deepened prayer life, both as individuals and corporately. As we continue to emphasize prayer as one of our priorities, we want to focus in 2010, on developing a deepened hunger for God's word in our lives. As followers of Christ, we need to be in the Scriptures so we know what following means and how to walk it out in our lives day by day. As we disciipline ourselves to read, meditate and memorize God's word (hiding it in our hearts) the Holy Spirit will transform that devotion into a powerful, God filled experience of living for Jesus daily.
We introduced, during our first service of January 2010, a challenge to memorize one Scripture a week through the year. Each Sunday the verse, or verses, can be found on the front of our bulletin. They will also be available here on our web site under our "resources" heading.
As you set out to memorize these verses:
1. Ask the Holy Spirit to give you a hunger for God's word and to bring it alive into your life.
2. Learn the reference, then the verse, then repeat the reference. (You may want to write them out on 3x5 cards, reference on the front and verse on the back)
3. Learn the passage in parts, piece them together through the week. Recite the verse(s) to yourself several times a day and watch as the Spirit encourages your faith and works a deep peace and joy within.
4. Memorization is facilitated by things like: speaking the verse(s) outloud, writing them down word for word, repeating them throughout the day as the Holy Spirit guides you.
5. As you learn more verses through the year be sure to review previous verses to keep them internalized. You'll be surprized by how much you will learn and how it brings a new dimension of not only knowledge of the Scriptures but application of the Scriptures.
Each week's verse(s) will be listed below. (IF YOU ARE JUST STARTING, PICK IT UP WHERE WE ARE. WE'LL BE REPEATING THIS SERIES OF VERSES IN 2011. YOU CAN CATCH UP THEN.)
Hide it in your heart!
Our Relationship with the Father
January 3
Proverbs 3:5-6 - Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. - Proverbs 3:5-6
January 10
Psalms 118:24 - This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. - Psalms 118:24
January 17
Philippians 4:13 - I can do everything through him who strengthens me. - Philippians 4:13
January 24
Matthew 22:37 - Jesus replied: Love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. - Matthew 22:37
January 31
Romans 8:31 - If God is for us, who can be against us? - Romans 8:31
Our Relationship with the Son
February 14
Acts 4:12 - Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved. - Acts 4:12
February 21
John 3:16 - For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. - John 3:16
February 28
Romans 10:9 - ...if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. - Romans 10:9
March 7
Romans 8:1 - Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. - Romans 8:1
March 14
John 14:6 - Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.' - John 14:6
Our Relationship with the Holy Spirit
March 21
John 14:26 - But the Counselor, the Holy Spirt, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. - John 14:26
March 28
Acts 1:8 - But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. - Acts 1:8
April 4
Acts 2:38 - Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." - Acts 2:38
April 11
Romans 8:16 - The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. - Romans 8:16
April 18
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives within you? - 1 Corinthians 3:16
Our Relationship with One Another
April 25
John 13:34-35 - A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples; if you love one another. - John 13:34-35
May 2
Romans 12:10 - Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. - Romans 12:10
May 9
Ephesians 4:2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. - Ephesians 4:2
May 16
Ephesians 5:19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord...Ephesians 5:19
May 23
1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. - 1 Thessalonians 5:11
Our Relationship with the World
May 30
Matthew 5:14 - “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. - Matthew 5:14
June 6
John 17:18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. - John 17:18
June 13
John 17:23 May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. - John 17:23
June 20
Romans 12:2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. - Romans 12:2
June 27
1 Timothy 6:7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. - 1 Timothy 6:7
Our Call to Serve
July 4
Matthew 28:18-20 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” - Matthew 28:18-20
July 11
Ephesians 4:11-13 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12 to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. - Ephesians 4:11-13
July 18
Matthew 5:16 ...let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. - Matthew 5:16
July 25
Galatians 2:10 All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do. - Galatians 2:10
August 1
Ephesians 6:7-8 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, 8 because you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he does... - Ephesians 6:7-8
