{"id":50,"date":"2014-08-26T04:22:28","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T04:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livingbellissima.com\/?p=50"},"modified":"2014-11-21T13:28:18","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T13:28:18","slug":"nurture-your-walk-with-the-lord-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingbellissima.com\/nurture-your-walk-with-the-lord-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurture Your Walk with the Lord- Day 1:  Memorize Scripture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/livingbellissima.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/nurture-your-walk-with-the-Lord-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-160\" src=\"http:\/\/livingbellissima.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/nurture-your-walk-with-the-Lord-photo-300x259.jpg\" alt=\"nurture your walk with the Lord photo\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livingbellissima.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/nurture-your-walk-with-the-Lord-photo-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/livingbellissima.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/nurture-your-walk-with-the-Lord-photo-1024x884.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/livingbellissima.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/nurture-your-walk-with-the-Lord-photo.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Day<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">1<\/span>:&nbsp; <span style=\"color: #000080;\">Memorize<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">Scripture<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I love the Lord!&nbsp; I love spending time with Him.&nbsp; I love when He speaks to me through His Word.&nbsp; I don&#146;t know how many times He has taken me right to a scripture and it was exactly what I needed.&nbsp; Spending time in God&#146;s word is essential to our walk.&nbsp; If you have not read&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/livingbellissima.com\/category\/squeezing-time-for-god-in-a-hectic-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #000000;\">Squeezing Time for God in a Hectic Schedule<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><\/a>then I would suggest you jump over there a take a look.&nbsp; You will find 4 simple steps.&nbsp; You can take the&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/livingbellissima.com\/squeezing-time-for-god-in-a-hectic-schedule-day-1\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">21<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">Day<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">Bible<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">Reading<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">Challenge<\/span><\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp; Reading God&#146;s Word daily is the best way to&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Nurture<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">Your<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">Walk<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">with<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">the<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">Lord.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another great way is to&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Memorize<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">Scripture<\/span>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>Because my parents sent me to Christian school all but 2 years of my K-12 education, I have memorized a lot of verses.&nbsp; As a kid, I usually would cram the verse in the night before the test.&nbsp; The next day, spit it out on notebook paper and never look back.&nbsp; It didn&#146;t mean anything to me until I was a teenager.<\/p>\n<p>I was with my youth group on a trip to Disneyland.&nbsp; The last morning of our trip I read Psalm 3:3 on one of those calendars where there is a verse for each day.&nbsp; I felt the Holy Spirit prompt me to memorize it.&nbsp; So all day I kept saying it in my head as we packed, loaded the van, and drove across the desert.<\/p>\n<p>As we pulled into our church parking lot I did not see our family car, a 1978 Ford LTD II, fondly nicknamed &#147;The Big Yellow Boat.&#148;&nbsp; The youth pastor took my sister and me into our pastor&#146;s office to tell us that our mom was in the hospital and they weren&#146;t sure if she had had a stroke.<\/p>\n<p>I felt immediately sick.&nbsp; I was only 14 and my sister 11.&nbsp; My dad arrived shortly and we made the drive to the hospital in silence.&nbsp; As I stood by my mom&#146;s side, I studied the tubes in her nose, the IV in her arm and lots of wires attached to her chest.&nbsp; My head spun.&nbsp; What would we do if she died?<\/p>\n<p>I left the room and found a bathroom.&nbsp; I called out to God, &#147;Why?&#148;&nbsp; He immediately reminded me of Psalm 3:3, &#147;But you are a shield around me, O Lord; you bestow glory on me and lift up my head.&#148; (NIV)&nbsp; There is was, &#147;lift up my head.&#148;&nbsp; Like gentle words whispered by a loving Father, &#147;I lift up your head.&#148;&nbsp; In that moment I was grateful I had memorized that verse and knew I would never quite be the same.<\/p>\n<p>My mom had not suffered a stroke and she came home from the hospital in a day or two.&nbsp; Soon life went back to normal.&nbsp; But I was changed.&nbsp; I never looked at another Bible test the same way.&nbsp; I took that lesson with me, I love to&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Memorize<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">Scripture<\/span><\/strong>.&nbsp; It has changed me.&nbsp; Let it change you.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Simple<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">Step<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">This<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">week<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">memorize<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">one<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">verse.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What verse will you memorize this week?&nbsp;&nbsp; Share it with us in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 1:&nbsp; Memorize Scripture I love the Lord!&nbsp; I love spending time with Him.&nbsp; I love when He speaks to me through His Word.&nbsp; I don&#146;t know how many times He has taken me right to a scripture and it was exactly what I needed.&nbsp; Spending time in God&#146;s word is essential to our walk.&nbsp; 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