Monday, October 31, 2011

Poetry---Memory


1. Sentence completion: A familiar proverb reads, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart,-----"

And lean not on your own understanding" (Prov. 3: 5 )


2. A verse which ends a longer quotation begins, "In all your ways acknowledge Him,----"

"And He shell direct your paths" ( Prov. 3: 6 )

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: Psalm 150 is a pure psalm of praise. In verse 2, the psalmist exhorts us, "Praise Him for His mighty--------; Praise Him
according to His excellent-------!"

2. One of the proverbs says,"---------calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the --------squares."

1. Acts---greatness" (Ps. 150: 2)
This calls attention to Gods works and to His character.

2. Wisdom-----open (Prov. 1: 20)

Friday, October 28, 2011

Poetry---Memory

Sentence completion: "Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?
Or the son of man, that You are-------"
"Mindful of him" (Ps. 144 :3 )
The author of Hebrews applies this verse to Jesus in arguing Christ's
superiority to the angels (Heb. 2: 6 )

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Poetry---Memory
1. Fill in the blanks: "Search me, O God , and know------- -------; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way------- ."
"My heart---everlasting" ( Ps.139: 23,24 )
2. "Set a guard, O Lord, over my --------; Keep watch over the door of my--------."
"Mouth------lips" ( Ps.141 :3 )
Even the psalmist finds it impossible to control his tongue.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Poetry---Memory
1. Fill in the blanks: "If I ascend into -------, You are there; If I make my bed in --------,behold,You are there".

2. I will praise You ,for I am------- and ------- made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well."
3. "My--------- was not hidden from You , When I was made in ---------, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth."
1. Heaven----hell (Ps. 139:8 )
2. Fearfully---wonderfully ( Ps. 139: 14 )
3. Frame--- secret ( Ps. 139 : 15 )
"The lowest part of the earth" refers to the mother's womb. The verse acknowledges God's
personal activity in the formation of every child.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: "Behold, -------- are a heritage from the Lord, The fruit of the -------is His reward."

2. "Like------in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one's youth."

3. "Where can I go from Your--------? Or where can I flee from Your
-------?
1. children---womb (Ps. 127: 3 )

2. "Arrows" (Ps. 127: 4 )
To be useful the arrow must be taken from the quiver and shot. So
there comes a time to skillfully release our children.

3. "Spirit-----presence" (Ps. 139: 7 )
The psalmist does not speak this way because he wants to escape God's
presence, but because he is awed by how much God desires to be with him.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: "The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your ---------
at your right hand".

2. Those who sow in -------Shall reap in--------."

3. "Unless-------- -------- builds the --------, They labor in vain who build it."
1. Shade (Ps. 121: 5)

2. Tears---joy (Ps. 126: 5 )
This psalm has reference to the return from captivity (vv. 1-4 )
"The tears" refer to the time of captivity and "the joy" to the return.

3. "The Lord------house" (Ps. 127: 1 )

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Poetry---Memory


1. Fill in the blanks: The psalmist prays"-------my -------, that I
may see Wondrous things from Your law."

2. "Your word is a lamp to my ---------And a light to my --------."


3. Sentence completion: " I will lift up my eyes to the hills----From
whence comes my help? My help---"
1. Open---eyes (Ps. 119: 18 )
The ability to discern what is being taught in the Scripture comes from God.
Paul says the things of the Spirit of God are spiritually discerned
( 1 Cor. 2: 14 ).

2. Feet---path--(Ps. 119: 105 )
The imagery is of God giving guidance to our lives through Scripture.

3. "Comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth"
(Ps. 121: 1,2 ).

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Poetry---Memory

1. Sentence completion: "Blessed is he who comes---"

2. Fill in the blank: "How can a young man-------his way? By taking heed according to Your word."

3. Sentence completion: "Your word I have hidden in my heart, That------"
1. "In the name of the Lord! (Ps. 118: 26 ).
This verse was shouted by the people at Jesus entry into Jerusalem a week before His crucifixion (Matt. 21: 9;23: 39; Mark 11:9; Luke 13: 35;19:38 ).

2. "cleanse" (Ps. 119:9 )

3. "I might not sin against You" (Ps. 119:11)
To hide the Word is to memorize and meditate upon it.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Poetry---Memory

Sentence completion:

"This is the day the Lord has made; We will------
"Rejoice and be glad in it" ( Psalm 118:24 )

Monday, October 17, 2011

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blank: "What shall I render to the Lord For all His --------
toward me"?

2. Sentence completion: "The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become ---"

3. "The stone which the builders rejected Has become---"
1. "Benefits" (Ps. 116: 12)
The psalmist's answer is that he will call on the name of the Lord and declare what God has done for him (vv13, 14 ).

2. ---My salvation (Ps. 118:14 )

3. ----'The chief cornerstone " (Ps. 118: 22 ).
In Ephesians 2:20, the church is seen as a building built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Jesus being the" chief cornerstone".

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: Jesus quoted Psalm 110:1, which reads, "The Lord said
to my Lord, Sit ------- -------- -------- --------, Till I make Your enemies Your
foot-stool".

2. The psalmist says to the Lord, You have delivered my soul from
--------, My eyes from--------, And my feet---------."
1. "At My right hand" (Ps. 103:13 )
Jesus spoke this to the Pharisees to demonstrate that the Messiah was more then a human son of David because David called Him Lord (Matt.22:41-46.)

2. Death---tears----falling (Ps. 116:8 )

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Poetry--Memory

Sentence completion:

"As a father pities his children, So the Lord pities those-------

"Who fear Him" (Ps. 103 : 13 )

Friday, October 14, 2011

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: 'For the Lord is --------; His-------is everlasting, And His ---------endures to all generations."

2. "Bless the Lord,O my soul ;And all------- ------- -------- ---------, bless His holy name."

3. "The Lord is merciful and gracious, Slow to ---------, and abounding
in -------."
1. Good---mercy---truth (Ps. 100 :5 )

2. "That is within me" (Ps. 103 : 1 )

3. Anger---mercy ( Ps.103:8 )

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: "Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! Serve the Lord with--------; Come before His presence with --------."

2. "Know that the Lord, -------- --------- --------; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves."

3. "Enter into His gates with -------, And into His courts with -------.
Be thankful to Him, and bless-------- -------."
1. Gladness---singing (Ps. 100:1,2 )

2. He is God (Ps 100: 3 )

3. Thanksgiving----praise-----His name (Ps. 100: 4 )

Monday, October 10, 2011

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: "Those who are planted in the house of the Lord Shall
-------in the courts of our God."

2. "Oh come, let us --------and ------- -------; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker."

3. "For the Lord is great and greatly ------ ------- ------;He is to be feared
above all gods."
1. Flourish (Ps. 92 :13 )

2. Worship----bow---down (Ps. 95 : 6 )

3. "To be praised" (Ps. 96: 4 )

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Poetry- Memory

Sentence completion: "For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways . They shall bear you up in their hands, Lest you
--------"
Dash your foot against a stone." (Ps. 91: 11, 12 )

This verse was quoted by the Devil to Jesus when he tempted Him to
cast Himself down from the pinnacle of the temple (Matt. 4: 5,6 ).

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Poetry---Memory

1. Sentence completion: "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under---".

2. Fill in the blanks: "He shall-------you with His feathers, And under His
-------you shall take refuge."
1. "The shadow of the Almighty "(Ps. 91:1)
To dwell in the Lord's shadow is to live under His protection.

2. cover---wings (Ps. 90:4 )
As a mother bird protects her young from all danger, so the Lord
protects the psalmist from all that might harm him.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: "Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting,
-------are--------."

2."So teach us to ----------our--------, That we may gain a heart of wisdom."
1. You---God (Ps. 90:2 )

2. Number ---days (Ps.90:12)
In light of the brevity of life the believer must make every minute count for the Lord.

Monday, October 3, 2011

Poetry---Memory

1. Fill in the blanks: " For a day in Your courts is better then a -------.
I would rather be a -------in the house of my God Than dwell in the ------
of wickedness."

2. "Lord, You have been our ------ -------in all generations."


1. Thousand----doorkeeper----tents (Ps 84:10)

2. "Dwelling --place" (Ps 90:1 )
Psalm 90 is perhaps the oldest of psalms in the Psalter, having been written by Moses.