CALLING ALL SIESTAS: You don’t have to be part of our Siesta Summer Bible Study to memorize our Scripture segment for this summer. It’s Jude 1:24-25 because you and I want to make it through these three undisciplined months without falling on our behinds. By all means, everybody join us! And, trust me when I tell you, you SURE don’t have to be in the Bible study to get a kick out of the videos you’re about to see.
Speaking of which…
…Siestas, you nearly killed me. The videos were FANTASTIC! CREATIVE! FUNNY! To all those who submitted videos, you are the teacher’s pet! I have NEVER loved Siestaville more. You are the funniest people in the world. I have rocked back and forth, clapped my hands, slapped my knees, and over and over said, “Aren’t they DARLING???” Or, “Aren’t they willing????” I’m just crazy about you. Thank you so much for going to all the trouble to help your Siestas hide the Word of God in our hearts so that we might not sin against God. (Psalm 119:11) We want to seek You with all our hearts, O God. Do not let us stray from Your commands. (Psalm 119:10)
OK, here you have it: the grand prize winner of the 2008 Siesta Summer Bible Study Scripture Memory Competition!
That’s right. From Cool, California! And I know you think I was partial to them from the start because they had such a great city name but see for yourself. They did the work. And they can expect a care package in about a week from a very happy and grateful yours truly.
Here you also have the 1st Runner Up which I totally dug and these Siestas are from way outside the Bible belt. Way to go, Wyoming Siestas! Giddy up!
And, because I loved so many of them, I am going to post a different one every single week until the Bible study is over. That way you can 1) have creative and ongoing ways to practice your verse, and 2) see your Siestas’ handiwork. And know why I’m so in love with you right now. Again, these posts will be for all of Siestaville. You don’t have to be in the summer study to appreciate what you’re going to see.
Well. You danged well made my whole summer. And it started out a mighty painful one. May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ continue to make His Son the greatest joy in our whole worlds.
Because there ain’t no high like the Most High.
I love you. I really do.
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Way to go you “Cool” girls! Nothin’ like God’s word paired up with a Beach Boys tune!!!!!
Very “COOL”. You girls rock! Congrats to both groups.
Sharon
O man! I absoulutly LOVE this! Those vids are AMAZING! Congrats COOL Cali!
So wonderfully hilarious and smart! I know how the flip-flopper with the tightened-up calf felt.
What a fun and brilliant way of Scripture (great one!) memorization and seeing the siestas’ creativity.
Would love to be in Cool, California or Sheridan, Wyoming right about now instead of Houston’s heat!
Too much fun on this blog…
When you have time, check out this blog: http://www.audreycaroline.blogspot.com It is great! Have the tissue handy.
I hate to keep taking up room on this post, but as the day has gone by I’ve just gotten more and more excited that we are the runners-up. It’s just that we prayed that we would do well in the contest and it just tickles my heart, because He cares about the things that we care about, even little things like this competition. More and more, I see Him doing things just like this, to help me see Him in EVERYTHING!
And Beth, thank-you, thank-you, thank-you for sending us a prize too!
We love you and we’re just wild about you!
Melana in Wyoming
Well done Siestas!!! Loved the melody to “I Wish They All Could be California Girls!” And don’t you just LOVE flip flops??!! 🙂 And you Wyoming siestas did a fabulous job, too! Congrats to ALL!
Love,
Missy in SC
I loved it!!! I didnt realize this was your memory verse, actually I havent been paying attention…those verses bring back memories. Growing up in Dallas my pastor Dr. Penticost usually ended the service with that! thanks, now I can sing them! Love the melody you chose girls!!!
Miss Beth,
I’m blogging tonight to let you know that my 5 year old daughter has been “playing Beth Moore” since supper. She put on pants & a shirt with a jacket, dangling earrings, and high heels. Then, had me put her hair up with a clip. She has her Bible and is doing some teaching. What fun! I wish I could have gotten her picture before she changed. I am doing Stepping Up now and was at Deeper Still last weeekend. My husband is doing Stepping Up, also. So, she hears alot about Beth Moore. We TiVo Life Today on Wednesdasys, and she watched you with me this afternoon. So, I just wanted you to know what you mean to my family. You are an example to even little ladies of God. She’s a Siesta in training. I pray that she’ll love Jesus all her life and have an early personal experience with him. Thanks so much for being who you are. What a blessing to me! I have had a real time of personal renewal since starting Stepping Up. It’s been a divine appointment for me. Sorry this has been long, but I couldn’t let the night pass without sharing this with you. I feel like I know you and your family. You all mean so much to me. I saw Amanda at Deeper Still and had to practice self-control and not reach out and hug her sweet neck.
Loving you tonight and thanking God for you,
Mandy
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oh my word i am so impressed 🙂 check out that rhythm tapping…unable to attend deeper still, but i hear mama beth displayed a wide-range of talent far beyond just Word-bringing…we may need to see a video of that rapping?!?!?! 🙂
so blessed and overjoyed to be a citizen in S’ville. i am having a blast 🙂
AMEN, and the videos were great… I need a card with bigger storage for my camera so I can make myself a little video – I have been looking to do it for a while now…
Perhaps someday soon… Blessings and fun stuff. I love both videos.
I love it!! I had this one memorized because this was the first verse my man ever sent me as an encouragement in an email…but I will not be able to forget the beach boys rendition to this verse! Those videos are great!!!!
Congrats to both the Cool, Calif. and Wyoming Siestas!!!
I am so glad you are going to keep posting the videos too, how fun to get to see the rest!
Loving this study Beth, great idea that you had!
AWESOME JOB you Siesta’s from Cool, Cali! Very Creative! Just so you know I now have that tune stuck in my head!!
Much Love, hope you all had a FABULOUS 4th!
I LOVE you all , my Siestas !! Congrats on your creativity , and thank you LORD for them all !! We love you in New Mexico ! ( That state , in between Arizona and Texas , yes , uh huh )
I love you all. To God be the Glory !
Elizabeth
I have so much enjoyed reading about all my siestas summer bible study events. I really wanted to join the study but I am serving God here in nepal and could not get the book.. however, I do not here sermons in english and although I have learned the language nepalee it’s not the same as a good ol’ preaching in english, or retreat with the girls.. so if anyone could.. if you are apart of an online group that is studying could you e-mail me your notes, what the lord is teaching you ect.. it would do this m*ss*nary in nepal some good. Our God is good good. I’m 26 years old have been serving here 11 months and it has been incredible..my e-mail is [email protected]
tuSo cute. I loved it.
Congrats to Cool Ladies in CA! I’m almost sure it was the flip-flops that gave you that extra edge! 😉
CALIFORNIA GIRLS!
ABSOLUTELY TOO COOL!
WYOMING GIRLS!
FLIPPING OVER YOUR BOOK!
God makes some of our siestas so creative!
Thanks girls for making this Florida girl smile and for encouraging me in my Word association challenges!
LOVE-
ENJOYING GRACE IN FLORIDA
Congratulations to our Sisters in Cool, California I love the shoes they were cute and the verse being done by the beach boy music. I enjoyed it . I got goose bumps. I also love the one in Wyoming too that was too cute. I wanted to do the bible study but with the kids being out for the summer and running inbetween Summer school and an English class I’m taking it didn’t manifest but I know I can come on here and watch the clips and I thank you again Sister Beth for your faithfulness to your Blog Sista’s and I wanted to Wish all of you a Happy fourth
Susan
Fabulous! Fantastic! Way to go ladies, you inspire us all! The scripture text is so perfect for right now, don’t you think?
Love and Blessings, Debbie in Tennessee
WOW! Those brought tears to my eyes! You girls are soooo creative! Congratulations!
Congrats to all the flip flops from Cool, CA! That will be an easy way to memorize that verse! WY, you were great too!
okay, i am totally impressed that y’all can do all that stuff and then log it into a computer…i’m not even sure my blog is logged on correctly! milliebsf
Those are great! I love ’em, and I can’t wait to see the others! Bravo!!
I am sure Jesus is wearing his flip flops and dancing in heaven to this wild and crazy verse singing. I am sure he is laughing at the toe tapping. Wonderfully done. Congrats, Cool CA and enjoy your goodies. I cant even imagine what wonderful and exciting things you are going to receive from that shopping girl.
Wyoming, that was so neat. I only wished it were slower. The pictures were so good. Had to watch it again and again. I think you need to post it so we can all make copies and laminate it for ourselves.
Congrats, Siestas!
Beth, your new baby is so adorable. I cant wait to hear the stories that she will provide for us in bible studies. Love you.
Congratulations Cool, CA and Sheridan, WY. Awsome ideas! Now I have that tune playing in my head. I’m not able to participate in the summer Bible Study this summer, but I’ll get that scripture memoirzed with that tune in a heartbeat. Thanks and CONGRATULATIONS! P.S. loved the flip-flop courseline. Too Funny.
They deserved to win! Good pick and good job, ladies!
Those were so good!! Very creative! I won’t have any problems memorizing now!
Great Job Cool Girls=I loved the part where the one flip flop was going the opposite way. I will have that song stuck in my head-too cool!
Miss Beth,
I know how much you love us memorizing scripture so I had to share with you something that happens every year in our VBS. A precious lady, Miss Judy, who by the way is a Texan, does a VBS unlike any I’ve ever seen. It is The BEST VBS ever! Why? Because the main point is to memorize scripture. At the end of the week this year the children and adults had memorized 2891 verses. My little Grace memorized 56 verses in that one week. There is nothing like it when you see children hiding God’s word in their heart! And they’re all so excited doing it. They also get points for memorizing and reciting the books of the Bible, as well as the Ten Commandments. You, my friend, would have a BLAST! It’s quite amazing.
Congrats to the winners in Cool, CA and you Siestas in Wyoming! Just shows it can be so fun to learn God’s word!
Blessings,
Kimberly
WAY TO GO COOL, CA!!! That was way tooooo clever! I’m not doing the Bible study but will put the Jude scripture to memory now. Have a blessed time studying!!
Way to go, Cool Siestas! The flip flops are perfect…..kinda reminds me of the raisins marching to “Heard It Through the Grapevine!!!” I may have to play this every day for my laugh….I laughed ’til I cried. So glad the Wyoming Siestas are 1st runners-up….my daughter lives there. Woo Hoo! Good for all of you!!! Thank you for entertaining me! God bless!
Congratulations Cool girls! Way to go! I now know the verses real well because of you California Girls!
Also realized today as I listened to my Ipod that Shane and Shane sang a version of our scripture verses on the “Glory Revealed” CD. The CD is soooo great…has many contemporary artists (Third Day’s Mac Powell, Brian Littrell, Candi Pearson-Shelton and others) putting actual scripture verses to music. Can’t get through it without bawling my eyes out over the beauty of THE WORD itself…and then…. to have it sung to me? Priceless!
Don’t you just love His word Siestas?? Glory!!
I loved both videos! Y’all are so creative! Great work!
Thanks Beth,
I hope this post does not go on here twice because I forgot to do the word verification the first time.
I needed a good laugh. The videos brought a real (not fake) smile to my face.I did not participate in the Bible study (I was tempted). I desperately need alone time with God on a very personal level to read my Bible and pray. I know the study provides that, I don’t want to offend anyone, this is just one of those times. I am also in the middle of a move. I always used to be diligent (I have stepped back). I can’t afford to do that with my past and I am getting back on track, I pray and know by faith. After that priority, I need to spend time on the homefront with my husband and children. I know that all of the siestas doing the study are becoming better disciples (and wives, mothers, friends, etc.) because of it!
About the videos….
I especially LOVED the cartoon one. That was SOOO creative and it made a strong point (the falling off the world cliff part and getting lifted up, etc.). I also loved the little disclaimer at the end, it was too cute. I loved the Jars of Clay song too. Redemption Songs is one of my top favorite CDs of all of my Christian music. Oh, I hope there is one from WV.
Okay, on another note, the food here in TX is insane. I am on Lipitor and I am afraid I won’t be getting of it anytime soon (and I’m in my thirties) if I don’t stay out of these restaurants here. We were in temp. living close to the city for a month. I went to Pappasito’s, Pappadeux (sp?), some Brazilian Steakhouse, I can’t remember the name, Amazon Grill, Marble Slab Creamery, I think that’s the name, Ragin’ Cajun’, and I forget where else. My girlfriend from San Antonio (a true blue TX native) told me to go to Pappasito’s. She knows that I am picky about my Mexican food. I about went wild. I hope that I did not make too much of a scene because I was running my mouth about the food (like I had never seen food) in between stuffing my face (my two, lovely children tell me that I make everyday a “hillbilly day”). Even today when I cut my jean shorts with a box cutter, that is pratical, not hillbilly. Katy can hold its own too. I went to Los Cucos (sp?) the other day and it was also delicious. Every place had great service too. I come from a long line of great cooks and when I say food is insane, then it is insanely good. I just want all you Texans to know that y’all have some of the best food I have ever tasted in my life here and I have tasted food in plenty of states. I keep telling my family and friends that if they don’t visit for anything else, come for the food. Okay, enough of that now. Just wanted y’all to know.
Back to the videos, thanks again for making me laugh and praise at the same time. The CA. one was awesome too and I wonder, just like the other siesta, if the one who kept getting it backwards a lefty??? Let us know. I am also a lefty and everyone complains about my kitchen being backwards.The siestas doing the summer study are impacting me even though I am not doing the actual study. I am still listening.
Keep sending us the wonderful videos!!
Barbara from WV
Too cute!! Congrats!!
I look forward to seeing more videos.
You Western Siestas are AWESOME!!!
To my Cool California & Wonderful Wyoming Siestas:
You girls are something else! So creative and precious.
And I don’t know if you meant to or not, but the out-of-sync flip-flopping siesta made it sooooooooo good!!!
Wish I could hug your California and Wyoming necks!
Looking forward to spending eternity with you!
Your Southern Siesta,
GEORGIA JAN
Congrats to the COOL Siesta’s….that was really cute. Also Congrats to the Wyoming Siesta’s that was really great. I can hardly wait for the day we all get to meet each other. It amazes me at our differences that make us so alike. We love our Lord don’t we??!!!!!!!!
Blessings from Bible Bunny in MI
Being the curious person that I am and being from Calif. I had to know where Cool, Ca was located. If anyone else besides me is curious, Cool, CA is located a little northeast of Sacramento. congrats to the Cool Siestas and Wyoming Siestas! Look forward to viewing the other entries.
Beth! Thank you so much for publishing all the videos! I knew they were going to be awesome! By the way. Lancaster PA is way behind Texas,girl. The article about “Big Hair” being “in” was in this Sundays paper–several weeks behind your paper! Guess you’ll be wearing the big hair before we do…..somebody do a video of scripture memory with big hair? : ))
YOU BLEW ME AWAY SIESTAS!!!
WHAT A COOL JOB!!! I loved it!
—no better creativity than for your Lord and siestas edification!
Congratulations Siestas! What fun! Thank you for sharing! And looking forward to more!
I was planning to enter the contest but did not get my act together. When I was in high school, my church singing group sang this verse. Its by Acappella and its called Now to Him. Its a beautiful song that has helped me hide this scripture in my heart for MANY years. I encourage you to locate the song on and download it!
you girls ROCK!! california,marina
These are great, wish i had known about this contest!
Hey sisters in COOL…you are close to my neighborhood, Folsom, Ca….Way to go…
I guess I should have taken my gang to Folsom prison and sang outside the gates! 🙂
You did awesome!
These were precious!!! No wonder you loved them so much. So excited that you’re going to continue to share these with us.
I’m involved in a Priscilla study right now (awesome, by the way), or I’d be on board for this amazing blog study! Definitely enjoy reading about it.
Hope you and the family had a wonderful 4th of July! = )
Blessings,
Tracy
So sweet and encouraging. I’m not able to participate in the study, but I sure do enjoy the updates. Thank you Beth, that we can still participate through the scripture memory.
Love to all,
April
What a fun way to emphasize the value of scripture memory! Glad you all did this.