Life Memory Verses - Week 1

In early 1974 I was a new believer in Jesus Christ and a senior in high school growing up in central North Carolina. I was blessed to have been introduced to a Christian organization called the New Directions. The New Directions was an inter-racial, inter-denominational Christian music ministry with a focus on evangelism and discipleship. Led by Rev. J. L. Williams (https://jlwilliams.org) and his wife Patt, dozens of high school and college young people from multiple counties committed their weekends to study of the Bible, to prayer, to hours of music rehearsals and to performances in churches, malls, prisons, high schools, etc. As one of the songs we performed said, we were “taking it to the streets”!

Rev. Williams required that each member of the team commit to memory 100 verses of scripture as a way of undergirding our spiritual growth. These verses became a source of great strength and wisdom in the course of my life. I wanted to share that list of scriptures along with a few others that have meant a great deal to me. I will be sharing seven of these scriptures each week for the next few weeks and will have a download version of all available at the end of that time. I hope you will join me in committing these verses to memory!

Blessings

Randy Durham

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Life Memory Verses - Week 1

Exodus 14:14 - “The Lord will fight for you while you keep silent.”

Psalms 37:4-5 - “Delight yourself in the Lord; And He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He will do it.”

Psalms 66:18 - “If I regard wickedness in my heart, the Lord will not hear.”

Psalms 119.11 - “Your word I have treasured in my heart, that I may not sin against You.”

Psalms 51:10 - “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”

Psalms 37:25 - “I have been young and now I am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his descendants begging bread.”

Proverbs 3:5-6 - “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.”