Memorizing The Sermon on the Mount

Well, I have taken a long break from memorizing scripture...And I am ready to get back into it. I really feel memorizing chunks of scripture helps me to understand the Bible and God's Words.

While I made it through most of the chapter 5 of Matthew, the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount, I am going to have to start over a little bit for review purposes.

So I will start again with the Beatitudes. I hope to post each day the verse I am working on. For a while, I will be reviewing, so I will be taking bigger chunks to work on each day. After I get to the place that I stopped, I will just be doing one verse a day.

My inspiration for memorizing whole chapters and books of the Bible comes from Janet Pope. I heard her a few years ago on Revive our Hearts and it was very inspiring. You can listen to her here. I then read her book, which I am now reading again, His Word in My Heart by Janet Pope. I was then able to interview her on JOY Blog and learn more about her, By Faith - Janet Pope. I hope this is inspiring to you. Please join in memorizing! Here is another JOY Blog article that I wrote about Bible Memorization. Please check out the link that I have put in this paragraph!

Here is the first part:

Matthew 5:1-12

¹ Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, ² and he began to teach them, saying:
   ³ “Blessed are the poor in spirit,
   for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
⁴ Blessed are those who mourn,
   for they will be comforted.
⁵ Blessed are the meek,
   for they will inherit the earth.
⁶ Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
   for they will be filled.
⁷ Blessed are the merciful,
   for they will be shown mercy.
⁸ Blessed are the pure in heart,
   for they will see God.
⁹ Blessed are the peacemakers,
   for they will be called sons of God.
¹⁰ Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
   for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
   ¹¹ “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. ¹² Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

By Faith

How are you living by faith, like the people of Hebrews 11?

I recently posted this video on JOY Blog!

New JOY blog post!

This JOY Blog post, Give Thanks!, is talking about what I am doing here on my blog and how you can do it, too! 

http://joyfilledgirls.blogspot.com/2011/11/give-thanks.html

Make you check out next Monday for the article: Author Favorites - Websites!

JOY Blog-Author Favorites-Blogs

Here is a link to the newest article on the JOY Blog!

http://joyfilledgirls.blogspot.com/2011/10/author-favorites-blogs.html

The intro says:
~Introducing Authors Favorites! This is where the authors will share their “favorites” of things. This will go under the YOU section of JOY. Hope you enjoy this new section! For more info on Author Favorites, check out the article!

What are your favorite blogs? Comment here or on the JOY Blog article!

JOY Blog- Weekly

I have changed the format on JOY Blog to be more of a weekly/biweekly. For more information, check this link out.

The first installment of this is on patience. You can check it out here.

If you want to check out the the rest of JOY blog, go to this link :http://joyfilledgirls.blogspot.com/

Hope you enjoy!

JOY Blog May/June 2011

Hey everyone! I just posted my articles for JOY Blog.

The May/June articles for JOY Blog are finally up! Be sure to check them out! We have two interviews in two different columns, By Faith and Helping in the Harvest. There is the Add Your Comment Here article for you to help complete! There is a recipe for a nice cool drink. And there is a devotional called, "But Take Heart..."

Or Check them all out at: 
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JOY Blog April 2011

JOY Blog articles are up for April!
Let me know what you think!
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JOY Blog - Cabin Fever and March Articles!

This is an article I wrote about Cabin Fever for JOY Blog, Check it out!
Here are the other articles from March:
Add Your Comment Here
Foster Families Part 2
By Faith...Your Choice!
St. Patrick's Day!

Or check out all of the article HERE!

Enjoy!

Waterfall Drawing

Monday is the last day to enter the drawing for the book, WATERFALL by Lisa Bergren!!!!

To enter:
1. Go to this link: http://joyfilledgirls.blogspot.com/2011/02/others-by-faithlisa-tawn-bergren.html
2. Comment on the article and leave your email (so I can contact you if you win)
OR
2. Email: joyfilledgirls@hotmail.com
3. In either case, tell me something along the lines of why you want to win it, or what you liked about the article, or something like that.
4. Tell your friends!!!

Guy Talk

I wrote this article for JOY Blog. It is called, "I am loving my Husband", and yes, single girls out there, check it out. Let me know what you think.

What are you doing now to prepare for you husband or what did you do to prepare for your husband???

P.S.
Happy (belated) Valentine's Day!!!

John 15:13 (ESV)

 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

JOY Blog-Feb.

I almost forgot...
JOY Blog's (the other blog I write) February articles are up and there is a drawing to win a book.
All you have to do is read the article and comment on it!

The book is Waterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergren!!! I have read it 3 times now and I loved it!!! Enter to win your copy here: http://joyfilledgirls.blogspot.com/2011/02/others-by-faithlisa-tawn-bergren.html

Read all the rest of the Feb. articles here: http://joyfilledgirls.blogspot.com/

JOY Blog-November

Here is another blog I started just for girls!!! This is my version of an online magazine.

I just posted November's articles, to check them out, go to the link below.

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