Scripture Memory 2012: Verse 14

Summer time is a hard time to stay focused and disciplined (at least for me!). Here is some encouragement for us all to keep striving:

"It is a common temptation of Satan to make us give up the reading of the Word and prayer when our enjoyment is gone; as if it were of no use to read the Scriptures when we do not enjoy them, and as if it were no use to pray when we have no spirit of prayer. The truth is that in order to enjoy the Word, we ought to continue to read it, and the way to obtain a spirit of prayer is to continue praying. Then less we read the Word of God, the less we desire to read it, and the less we pray, the less we desire to pray." George Mueller

Here's my verse:

Megan L. from San Marcos: "Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me." John 14:21 NIV

Scripture Memory 2012: Verse 13

Summer time sure is a crazy, busy, fun time for us! To give myself a little break, I'm going to review a verse I memorized last year. It's one that I really need to meditate on more. It's so easy for me to get caught up in this temporary world and I so easily lose an eternal perspective on things.
 

Megan L. from San Marcos: "Since then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things." Colossians 3:1-2 NIV

And to go with this verse, one of my favorite quotes:

"If you read history you will find that the Christians who did the most for the present world were precisely those who thought the most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this." C.S. Lewis

Oh Lord, that I will remember where my true home is and how fleeting life here on earth is!