We are focusing on scripture this year. Each week we will have a verse to learn and to memorize if you so desire.
Bible versions quoted include:
New International Version (NIV)
New Living Translation (NLT)
The Message (MSG)
King James Version (KJV).

Week 36  -  September 5, 2010  -  Romans 15:4

4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. (NIV)

4 Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us.  And the Scriptures give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises to be fulfilled. (NLT)

4 Even if it was written in Scripture long ago, you can be sure it's written for us.  God wants the combination of his steady, constant calling and warm, personal counsel in Scripture to come to characterize us, keeping us alert for whatever he will do next. (Message)

Week 35  -  August 29, 2010  -  Colossians 3:16

16 admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. (NIV)

16 Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives.  Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives.  Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. (NLT)

16 Let the Word of Christ—the Message—have the run of the house.  Give it plenty of room in your lives.  Instruct and direct one another using good common sense.  And sing, sing your hearts out to God! (Message)

Week 34  -  August 22, 2010  -  Colossians 2:6

6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him. (NIV)

6 And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. (NLT)

6 My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go ahead with what you've been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him. (Message)

Week 33 – August 15, 2010 -  Philippians 2:10-11
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (NIV) 

10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,in heaven and on earth and under the earth,and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (NLT) 

10 So that all created beings in heaven and on earth - even those long ago dead and buried - will bow in worship before this Jesus Christ, and call out in praise that he is the Master of all, to the glorious honor of God the Father. (Message)

Week 32 – August 8, 2010 -  1 Corinthians 15:22

22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. (NIV)

22 Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life. (NLT)

22 Everybody dies in Adam; everybody comes alive in Christ. (Message)

6 Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did. (NIV)

6 Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did. (NLT)

6 Anyone who claims to be intimate with God ought to live the same kind of life Jesus lived. (Message)

11 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,
for everything in heaven and earth is yours.
Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.
11 Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty.
Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours,
O Lord, and this is your kingdom.
We adore you as the one who is over all things. (NLT)
11 To you, O God, belong the greatness and the might,
the glory, the victory, the majesty, the splendor;
Yes! Everything in heaven, everything on earth;
the kingdom all yours! You've raised yourself high over all. (Message)

Week 29 – July 18, 2010 -  1 Corinthians 10:31

31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. (NIV)

31 So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. (NLT)

31 So eat your meals heartily, not worrying about what others say about you—you're eating to God's glory, after all, not to please them. As a matter of fact, do everything that way, heartily and freely to God's glory. (Message)

Week 28 – July 11, 2010 -  Deuteronomy 7:9

9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands. (NIV)

9 Understand, therefore, that the Lord your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and lavishes his unfailing love on those who love him and obey his commands. (NLT)

9 Know this: God, your God, is God indeed, a God you can depend upon. He keeps his covenant of loyal love with those who love him and observe his commandments for a thousand generations. (Message)

Week 27 – July 4, 2010  -  Matthew 22:37

37 Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' (NIV)

37 Jesus replied, ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ (NLT)

37 Jesus said, 'Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence.' (Message)

Week 26 – June 27, 2010 -  1 John 4:4

4 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. (NIV)

4 But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world. (NLT)

4 My dear children, you come from God and belong to God. You have already won a big victory over those false teachers, for the Spirit in you is far stronger than anything in the world. (Message)

Week 25 - June 20, 2010  -  Jeremiah 17:7

7 But blessed are those who trust in the LORD

and have made the LORD their hope and confidence. (NLT)

7 But blessed is the man who trusts me, God, the woman who sticks with God. (Message)

Week 24 – June 13, 2010  -  Psalm 32:8

8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. (NIV)

8 The Lord says, I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you. (NLT)

8 Let me give you some good advice; I'm looking you in the eye and giving it to you straight. (Message)

Week 23 - June 6, 2010  -  Proverbs 3:5-6

5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. (NIV)

5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take. (NLT)

5-6 Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he's the one who will keep you on track. (Message)

3 'Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.' (NIV)

3 'Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.' (NLT)

3 'Call to me and I will answer you. I'll tell you marvelous and wondrous things that you could never figure out on your own.' (Message)

Week 21 - May 23, 2010  -  John 5:14

14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. (NIV)

14 And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him. (NLT)

14 And how bold and free we then become in his presence, freely asking according to his will, sure that he's listening. (Message)

Week 20 - May 16, 2010  -  Matthew 7:7-8

7-8 Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. (NIV)

7-8 Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. (NLT)

7-8 Don't bargain with God. Be direct. Ask for what you need. This isn't a cat-and-mouse, hide-and-seek game we're in. (Message)

Week 19 - May 9, 2010  -  John 16:24

24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete. (NIV)

24 You haven’t done this before. Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy. (NLT)

24 Ask in my name, according to my will, and he'll most certainly give it to you. Your joy will be a river overflowing its banks! (Message)

Week 18 - May 2, 2010  -  Peter 1:3

3 His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. (NIV)

3 By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence. (NLT)

3 We were also given absolutely terrific promises to pass on to you—your tickets to participation in the life of God after you turned your back on a world corrupted by lust. (Message)

Week 17 – April 25, 2010  -  2 Thessalonians 3:3

3 But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. (NIV)

3 But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one. (NLT)

3 But the Master never lets us down. He'll stick by you and protect you from evil. (Message)

Week 16 – April 18, 2010  -  Ephesians 1:7-8

7-8 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. (NIV)

7-8 He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins. He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding. (NLT)

7-8 Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we're a free people—free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need. (Message)

Week 15 – April 11, 2010  -  John 20:31

31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. (NIV)

31 But these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power of his name. (NLT)

31 These are written down so you will believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and in the act of believing, have real and eternal life in the way he personally revealed it. (Message)

Week 14 - April 4, 2010  -  I Peter 2:24

24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. (NIV)

24 He personally carried our sins
in his body on the cross
so that we can be dead to sin
and live for what is right.
By his wounds you are healed. (NLT)

24 He used his servant body to carry our sins to the Cross so we could be rid of sin, free to live the right way. His wounds became your healing. (Message)

Week 13 - March 28, 2010  -  Isaiah 53:5

5 But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. (NLT)5 But it was our sins that did that to him, that ripped and tore and crushed him-our sins! He took the punishment, and that made us whole. Through his bruises we get healed. (Message)

Week 12 - March 21, 2010  -  John 10:10

10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. (NIV)

10 The thief's purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life. (NLT)

10 A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of. (Message)

Week 11 – March 14, 2010  -  2 Corinthians 5:18

5 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. (NIV)

5 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. (NLT)

5 All this comes from the God who settled the relationship between us and him, and then called us to settle our relationships with each other. (Message)

3 Give ear and come to me;
hear me, that your soul may live.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
my faithful love promised to David. (NIV)

3 Come to me with your ears wide open.
Listen, and you will find life.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you.
I will give you all the unfailing love I promised to David. (NLT)

Week 9 - Feb. 28, 2010  -  Acts 10:43

43 All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name. (NIV)

43 He is the one all the prophets testified about, saying that everyone who believes in him will have their sins forgiven through his name. (NLT)

43 Our witness that he is the means to forgiveness of sins is backed up by the witness of all the prophets. (Message)

3 The Son radiates God's own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven. (NLT)

3 This Son perfectly mirrors God, and is stamped with God's nature. He holds everything together by what he says;powerful words! (Message)

39-40 "Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have." When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. (NIV)

39-40 "Look at my hands; look at my feet-it's really me. Touch me. Look me over from head to toe. A ghost doesn't have muscle and bone like this." As he said this, he showed them his hands and feet. (Message)

Week 6 - Feb. 7, 2010  -  Matthew 1:21

21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins. (NIV)

21 And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. (NLT)

21 She will bring a son to birth, and when she does, you, Joseph, will name him Jesus—'God saves'—because he will save his people from their sins. (Message)

6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (NIV)

6 Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me." (NLT)

6 Jesus said, "I am the Road, also the Truth, also the Life. No one gets to the Father apart from me. (MSG)

5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. (NIV))

5 In alert expectancy such as this, we're never left feeling shortchanged. Quite the contrary—we can't round up enough containers to hold everything God generously pours into our lives through the Holy Spirit! (MSG)

5 And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love. (NLT)

Week 3 - Jan. 17, 2010  -  1 Kings 8:23

23 "O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below—you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way. (NIV)

23 O God, God of Israel, there is no God like you in the skies above or on the earth below who unswervingly keeps covenant with his servants and relentlessly loves them as they sincerely live in obedience to your way. (MSG)

23 “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you in all of heaven above or on the earth below. You keep your covenant and show unfailing love to all who walk before you in wholehearted devotion.” (NLT)

Week 2 - Jan. 10, 2010  -  Psalm 86:5

5 You are forgiving and good, O Lord,
abounding in love to all who call to you. (NIV)

Week 1 - Jan. 3, 2010  -  Zephaniah 3:17

17 The LORD your God is with you,
he is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
he will quiet you with his love,
he will rejoice over you with singing.