Ten-Day Verse Challenge

     You don't see those status chain posts much on Facebook anymore. They're still more common than notes, but so it almost everything. Anyway, Mrs. Boyer tagged me a couple weeks ago to do the Ten-Day Verse Challenge, which was fairly simple: post a Scripture verse on Facebook every day for ten days, and tag a different person to keep the chain going each day. A subtle way of working Scripture into life, providing a chance to sprinkle salt into conversations. Which fits the way this sort of thing works in college.

     Day One...
     "So, then, just as you received Jesus Christ as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world, rather than on Christ." - Colossians 2:6-8.
     Tagged was Courtney, and this is one that I'm reminded of often while school is going. It really wants to devour you and capture you.

     Day Two...
     "Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of for me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have already taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal in order to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." - Philippians 3:12-14.
     Tagged was Jon, and besides being a Relient K song, this passage goes hand-in-hand with the above passage in terms of day-to-day living.

     Day Three...
     "Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales, but rather, train yourself to be godly. For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise both for this life and for the life to come." - 1 Timothy 4:7-8.
     Tagged was Bennett, and this is one that comes into mind often while I'm working out.

     Day Four...
     "Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, 'If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that.'" - James 4:14-15.
     Tagged was Daniel, and this was during that uncomfortable time period when setting up class schedules for next semester and second-guessing yourself about everything.

     Day Five....
     "Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body." - Ecclesiastes 12:12.
     Tagged was Elizabeth, and this was a reference to it being the final wave of projects before finals.

     Day Six...
     "A man's steps are directed by the Lord; how then can anyone understand his own way?" - Proverbs 20:24.
     Tagged was Dylan, and this goes with the uncertainty-about-the-future feeling.

     Day Seven....
     "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." - Joshua 1:9.
     Tagged was James, and finals-time is very frightening and overwhelming.

     Day Eight...
     "So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." - 2 Corinthians 4:18.
     Tagged was Ryan Galdemez, and this is kind of hard to do.

     Day Nine...
     "Let the peace of Christ dwell in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your heart to God." - Colossians 3:15-16.
     Tagged was Miss Kathy, because this is one of her favorite verses. And it's another good reminder of how we ought to live.

     Day Ten...
     "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven." - Ecclesiastes 3:1.
     Tagged was Daniel P., and that pretty much covers everything, along with "Fear God and keep his commandments", Solomon...

     Anyway, most of these were verses used to fight those hollow and deceptive philosophies over the past couple years.