The Stones Cry Out
As we begin 2023, it's time for a new theme for the year. Our theme for this year is "The Stones Cry Out" Each month we will have a new memory verse exploring how God raised up stones as witnesses.
January
And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. — Genesis 28:18
February
This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, thatI will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. — Genesis 31:52
March
And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. — Genesis 35:14
April
And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day. — Genesis 35:20
May
Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it that the people may drink. — Exodus 17:6
June
…and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands… — Exodus 17:12
July
And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by. — Exodus 33:22
August
And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. — Numbers 20:11
September
And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the Ark of the Covenant stood: and they are there unto this day. — Joshua 4:9
October
And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. — Joshua 8:32
November
And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them: — Joshua 10:18
December
Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God. — Joshua 24:27