LeRoy Eims on the importance of Scripture memory: "I think two of the master strokes of the devil have been to convince people he doesn't exist, and that Scripture memory is only for children. He remembers the humility of defeat when Jesus Christ, who was tempted in all points like as we are, met him with the Word of God." (What Every Christian Should Know About Growing; p. 26-27)

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Psalm 139 next

We moved at the end of June and I'm finally back and ready to tackle our next project together.  We're going to do Psalm 139 next.  After that I think we might do a short book in the NT - but I'm always open to suggestions.

Write out Psalm 139 on index cards, or get your iPhone fired up (pick a method that works for you!) for Monday!

Psalm 139

Lord, you have searched me 
    and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise; 
    you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
    you are familiar with all my ways. 
Before a word is on my tongue
    you know it completely, Lord.
You hem me in —behind and before;
    you have laid your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, 
    too lofty for me to attain.
Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
    if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me, 
    your right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
    and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.
13 For you created my inmost being; 
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful, 
    I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, 
16     your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
    were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! 
    How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them, 
    they would outnumber the grains of sand. 
When I awake, 
    I am still with you.
19 If only you would slay the wicked, O God!
    Away from me, you bloodthirsty men! 
20 They speak of you with evil intent;
    your adversaries misuse your name. 
21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord,
    and abhor those who rise up against you?
22 I have nothing but hatred for them;
    I count them my enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; 
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way in me,
    and lead me in the way everlasting.



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