ADDITIONAL WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT: I’m hopping back on to give a shout out to “Cindy” and all the Siestas in her same situation. She said (I’m paraphrasing) “Last time I was a slacker but I’m not going to let my perfectionist attitude keep me from getting back with it and turning in my verse this time.” WAY TO GO!! So you missed last time? Or you already feel behind? HOP BACK ON AND GET BACK TO IT! If you end up memorizing 20 verses instead of 24, that’s still a ton of verses! 18 out of 24? That’s 18 you might not have hidden in your darling little heart! Beats the heck out of 2 which is more likely what we’d do without a system and some healthy accountability. Stay with it, Girls! THAT SAID, I still want several THOUSAND of us to make it through December with 24 verses so don’t let this encouragement get twisted and cause you not to take it as seriously. Bring your best to the altar! I sure love and respect you guys.
Good Morning, Loved Ones! May this Sunday find us “in the Spirit” like the Apostle John in Revelation 1 when he was postured to encounter Christ Jesus in a way perhaps no man on earth had ever experienced Him “On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet…I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me…His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance. When I saw him, I fell at His feet as though dead. Then He placed His right hand on me and said, ‘Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One.” Exalt His Name with me this blessed morning. He is so worthy.
OK, you mighty band of Sword-wielding, Word-memorizing, God-glorifying, folk-edifying women, let’s give it up for Scripture #4! You have not slacked off in the least so far. I am so proud of you, I’d just get right on up and do a cheer if it wouldn’t get Star and Geli barking to high Heaven and waking up Spike. This is one of the most fantastic God-blessed experiences I’ve ever had with a large group of women and, young ladies, we will be the better for it. Don’t you think for a split second that this discipline is not having an impact on your life. Let’s keep it up till next December. NO DROP OUTS!
I am so jazzed over my Scripture. I’ve loved it for a really long time and now I want to commit it to memory. It’s Malachi 3:16 NIV. Oops. I’m still turned to Revelation. Give me a sec. OK, here it goes:
Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in His presence concerning those who feared the Lord and honored His name. Malachi 3:16 NIV
Try to grasp what that Scripture suggests. Every time we boast in the Lord with each other – face-to-face, on the phone, picking the kids up at school, in the women’s restroom at church, over email, on the blog – He stops to “listen and hear.” Two different words are described for the attentiveness of His response. God listens. God HEARS. Scripture doesn’t waste words. (John 21:25) If it uses several different descriptions to say the same general thing, we need to take notice because that intensity is meant to turn up the volume.
The next sentence indicates that a secretary in the Kingdom of Heaven literally records either the occasion or perhaps the conversation itself on something called “a scroll of remembrance.” I don’t know about you but over the course of my life time, I want to keep that secretary writing as fast as his hand can fly across that scroll. Even this moment, an historical record is being kept of our communication in His Name. That’s too much, isn’t it? GIVE HIM PLENTY OF STUFF TO WRITE ABOUT, GIRLFRIEND.
Now for your Scriptures! Hit it, Siestas! Remember, only your name, city, verse, and abbreviation of translation so we can look at several thousand Scriptures on this comment list. Don’t waste any time getting it recorded in your spiral. I’ve found that any little oversight in the discipline can get me off course in my memory work. Our human minds tend to be lazy and on the look out for an invitation to shrug our shoulders and slack. It’s important to stay right with our program so we can keep up that momentum.
I am honored to take this journey with you. You are so loved and esteemed here. Can’t wait to hear from you!
Psalm 63:7
Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.
Anne
Lorton, VA
Matthew 11: 25-26 (NLT)
Then Jesus prayed this prayer, "O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding the truth from those who think themselves so wise and clever and for revealing it to the childlike. Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way."
Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
Jeremiah 33:3 NIV
Beverly
Brenham, TX
2 Corintians 1: 3-4
Praise be to God the father of our lord Jesus Christ the father of compassion and the god of comfort who comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from god.
Trudi Tedrick
Lynchburg, OH
Philippians 1:4 NASB
always offereing prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all.
Becky
Indianapolis, IN
(This may be a duplicate; if so, sorry:)
Everything in the heavens and earth is yours, O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as being in control of everything. Riches and honor come frm you alone, and you are the Ruler of all mankind; your hand controls power and might and it is at your discretion that men are made great and given strength.
1 Chronicles 29:11-12
Catherine
Orlando, FL
Phil. 2:13 (NASB)
"for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure."
Karen, Derry NH
Janice H.
Summerville, SC
"Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in slave labor. An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up."
Proverbs 12:24-25
My command is this, Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:12-12
Wendy-Rome, GA
heather in austin, tx
Heb 4.16 NLT
So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it.
Debbie George
Marion, IN
NIV 1John 1:9
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called the children of God! And that is what we are! The reason that the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
Kristi Parks
Eugene OR
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, do not lean on your own understanding. Prov 3:5 NLT
Caressa Hall
Arlington tx
NIV
Psalm 46:4
"There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells."
Robin Sutherlin
Katy, TX
Jeremiah 17:7
"Blessed is the man who trust in the Lord, whose trust IS the Lord."
Tonya, Searcy,AR
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in You.
Isaiah 26:3 NIV
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Rom 8:1, NIV
Michele M
Liverpool, NY
I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
Psalm 119:11 NIV
Jules Kearney, NE
"On my bed I remember you. I think of you through the watches of the night." Psalm 63:6
Mindy from Jacksonville, FL
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. –1 Peter 4:8
Casey
Bumpass, VA
"It is for freedom
that Christ set us free.
Stand firm then,
and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery."
Gal 5:1
NIV
Christine K
Eugene, OR
"Do not judge,
and you will not be judged.
Do not condemn,
and you will not be condemned.
Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
Give, and it will be given to you.
A good measure, pressed down, shaken
together and running over will be
poured into your lap.
For with the measure you use,
it will be measured to you."
Luke 6:37-38
NIV
Christine K
Eugene, OR
Heather F
Beaumont, TX
But you, O Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the one who holds my head high. I cried out to the Lord and he answered me from his high mountian. Ps 3:3-4 NIV
"Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in the depths, You are there." Psalms 139:7-8 NIV
Sandy P
Eugene, OR
"If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast." Psalms 139:9-10 NIV
Sandy P
Eugene, OR
I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I hope.
Psalm 130:5
Michelle P
McAllen TX
Cortni B.
Watauga, TX
Eph 3:22
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen?
Or cry out to you, "Violence!"
but you do not save?
Habakkuk 1:2
Mary Vigil, Colorado
Wait in the Lord, Be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.
Psalm 27:14
Paula Rose
ATlanta, Texas
2 Corinthians 4:18 and 5:7 NKJV
"While we do not look at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary but the things which are not seen are eternal. For we walk by faith not by sight."
Denise Wilkin
Deming, New Mexico
Connie said"Finally, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely whatever is of good report, if there is anything of virtue or anything praiseworthy, meditate on these things. And the things which you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, these do and the God of peace will be with you."Phil. 4:8(NKJV)
"Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, meditate on these things."Phil. 4:8
Eph. 4:32 (NKJV)
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
Kristie
Queen City, TX
Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the light. No man comes to the Father except by me." Jn 14:6
Rebecca H.
Malvern, PA
exodus 14:14
The Lord will fight for you; you need only be still.
Beth rottupr
Philippians 4;13
I can do do everything through Him who gives me strength.
Beth Rottrup
Exodus 14:14
The Lord will fight for you;you need only to be still.
Beth Rottrup
liberty lake wa
John 14:26 NIV
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in my name,
will teach you all things and
will remind you of everthing I have said to you.
So needing that!
Julie
Boone NC
Amanda in Katy
John 17:4 NIV
I have brought you glory on earth by completing he work you gave me to do.
Amanda in Katy
John 17:5 NIV
And now Father glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
Psalm 139:23 NLV
Belinda Kendall
Olathe, KS
NLT
2 Timothy 1:7
"God did not give us a spirit to be afraid but a spirit of power and love and self control."
You will know the truth and the truth will set you free.
John 8:32
Kara, Marietta PA
D verse: "Delight yourself in the Lord & He will give you the desires of your heart" Ps 37:4
"Hallelujah! Happy is the man who fears the Lord, taking great delight in His commandments."
Psalm 112:1
Matia
Fort Worth, TX
Kimberly
Houston, TX
Zachariah 3:15 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 wil rejoice over you with singing.
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Hebrews 4:16 NIV
Tammi G
Florence,SC
Philippians 4:13
Cedar Creek, TX
he who dwells in the shelter of the most high will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
psalm 91:1
Proverbs 28:13
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but who confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Ninette G
Seagoville, Tx
Psalm 62:1-2 NIV
My soul finds rest in God alone;
My salvation comes from him.
He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will never be shaken."
Marie
Harrison, AR