READY? AIM! FIRE!
Happy New Year, my dear sisters in Jesus! Last night I wrote a letter to the Lord Jesus right before I went to sleep and recalled His faithfulness through a tumultuous year. Right before I turned out the light, I opened up Daily Light for the last Scripture reading for the year and it offered this verse:
The Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way you went until you came to this place. Deut. 1:31
I could have cried. Yes, He surely did. And He carried you, too. Tightly in His faithful arms.
Only God knows what this particular year has in store for us. He alone sees how the path will wind, and climb, and fall, and rise again. We do not have control over the future as we glance ahead to 2011 but make no mistake. He does and we, His lavishly loved daughters, can indeed prepare to live what He thoughtfully brings our way victoriously. On this first day of the new year, we are not victims. We are called to live as victors, holding up the Shield of Faith in one hand and the Sword of the Spirit in the other.We need BOTH.
It’s finally time to post your first memory verse of 24 in 2011! If you haven’t already read the instructions thoroughly, please look at the post on December 26th titled “Siesta Scripture Memory Instructions.” It will tell you everything you need to know. Just a quick refresher: Your comments will almost entirely consist of these entries:
First name, city, verse, reference, and version.
Please keep it limited to these facts so that the verses stand out prominently for us to behold. You can occasionally say something as brief as “I’m excited!” Or “I need prayer!” but nothing longer than that please. Let’s let the Scriptures themselves rise like we’re looking at them with our 3-D glasses on.
Here’s my first Scripture entry of 24 in 2011:
Beth, Houston: All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change. James 1:17 The NET Bible
Be sure and hand write your verse in your spiral to help engrave it on your sweet mind. Also consider writing your contact information on the inside cover in case you leave it somewhere and God causes someone gracious to find it.
I love to claim Psalm 65:11 on the first day of the new year:
You crown the year with Your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake. The NET Bible
Lord, I want an abundance of Your Holy Spirit! (See Luke 11:13!) Abba, go before us this year and leave the fragrance of Your very presence in Your wake!
OK, Siestas! Hit it! I’ve prayed for you and can’t wait to pursue the Lord Jesus Christ with you this year. If some of you don’t know which verse to use this time around, consider Psalm 65:11. It’s a great first round.
Remember to wait 24 hours from the time you post your comment until you assume it got lost and enter it again. So many comments come in at once on these Scripture memory posts that the server bogs down, causing it to take extra time.
I love you, Sisters! Through the power of the Holy Spirit, we can do this! Remember, KEEP IT SIMPLE AND MEANINGFUL!
Ezekiel 11:26-27 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. (ESV)
Jen L., Roanoke VA
Rachel, Wicken
“You crown the year with Your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake.” (NET)
Mattew 26:41 The Message
Stay alert; be in prayer so you don’t wander into temptation without even knowing you’re in danger. There is a part of you that is eager, ready for anything in God. But there’s another part that’s as lazy as an old dog sleeping by the fire.”
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of he Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13 NAS
Kim Cypress, TX
You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.
Psalm 65:11 NIV
Lori formerly from SWMO, now Fort Worth, TX!
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Hebrews 13:8 NLT
Amanda; Queen City,TX: And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2 NKJV
Theresa, Hockley,Texas
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,present your requests to God.
Phillipians 4:6
Life Application Study Bible
NIV
Regina, Moberly, MO
For where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am among them. Matthew 18:20 (ESV)
Because sometimes I need to be reminded.
Arlene, Syracuse,
The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O Lord, endures forever-do not abandon the works of your hands. Psalm 138:8 NIV
“No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.” John 1:18 NIV
For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? Romans 8:24 NIV
LaShae, Abilene: When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, O Lord, I shall seek.” Psalm 27:4 (NASB)
Luann, Port Huron, MI
Philippians 1:21 For to me to live is Christ, to die is gain. NIV
I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
Philippians 4:13 (NIV)
Jan-Troy-“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” Matthew 5:6 NIV
Sarah, Avon Park, FL
In Your behalf my heart says, “Seek My face.” Lord, I will seek Your face.
Psalm 27:8 (HCSB)
Brenda, Richmond. “Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past. Behold I will do something new, now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.” The NASB
You crown the year with Your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake. Psalm 65:11 NET
Kelly, Paducah, Kentucky: For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to proper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (Jeremiah 29:11)(NIV)
Sharron Kay
Graford, TX
“Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ.”
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
Rachel H.
Cincinnati, OH
My heart rejoices in the Lord; in the Lord my horn is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight in your deliverance. There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.
1 Samuel 2:1-2
Jenni, Birmingham: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!…having nothing, yet possessing everything. II Cor. 5:17,6:10b
Judy
Poland (Missionary)
You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. YOu have recorded each one in your book. My enemies will retreat when I call to you for help This I know: God is on my side. Psalm 56:8-9 NLT
Carol,Indianapolis: “Create in me a pure heart, Oh God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 NIV
Psalm 62:1-2:
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.
(NIV)
Michele, Pearland TX
“I brought you into a fertile land
to eat its fruit and rich produce.” Jeremiah 2: 7a NIV
Tammy,
Lusby
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Psalm 127:2
KJV
Jill, Middleton, WI
Col 1:11 (NIV) “being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience”
Kristin, Burwell, UK (sorry I’m late)
“I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.” Psalm 119:15 ESV
Sara Powell
Bakersville, NC
Arise from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you- rise to a new life! Shine, be radiant with the glory of the Lord, for your light has come and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you!
Isaiah 60:1 amplified
Tracie, Naperville,IL
…and in the desert, There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place. Deut 1:31 NIV
1 Peter 3:10-12 (New International Version, ©2010)
10 For,
“Whoever would love life
and see good days
must keep their tongue from evil
and their lips from deceitful speech.
11 They must turn from evil and do good;
they must seek peace and pursue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
and his ears are attentive to their prayer,
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
Forgot to say Louisville, KY -Sorry.
Andrea Holder is doing this with me on facebook and her verse is…Andrea Sharp Holder January 4 at 12:07am Reply • Report
James 4:6-8 NIV
That is why Scripture says:
“God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”
7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Okay the other friend doing this with me on facebook just sent me her verse….
Michele Crowley January 4 at 9:54am Reply • Report
2 Corinthians 10:5 KJV
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ
Landmark,Manitoba, Canada
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord,plans to prosper you and not to harm you,plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
Lisa, De Pere, WI: You crown the year with a bountiful harvest. Even the hard pathways overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NLT
Pam, Campbellsburg, In.
Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43;19
Lindsey, Jenks OK
“You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings. Surely Your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the Lord forever.” ~Psalm 23:5,6 (NLT)
Kathy from Anahuac, Texas: “God can do anything, you know – far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request even in your wildest dreams! He does it nowt by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us.” Ephesians 3:20 The Message
jeri, stillwater, ok
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Matthew 10:28 niv
Kristin, Nashville, TN:
“Oh that you would bless me, and expand my territory!
Please be with me in all that I do, and keep me from all trouble and pain!”
– 1 Chronicles 4:10 -NLT
Karen, Raymond, MS: “Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” Jer. 33:3; NIV
Tammy, Kenosha, WI:
Jesus said to him, “Away from me satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.”
Matthew 4:10
Krista, McDonough, Ga
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14 (NIV)
Jodi, Iowa Falls, IA: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
Leland: Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage, do not be afraid, nor be dismayed for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9 Nelson Study Bible
Ronda from Marion, Indiana “Forget about what’s happened; don’t keep going over old history. Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new. It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it? There it is! I’m making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands.
Is 43:18-19 The Message
Teresa, Humble, TX. “For I know the plans I have for you”, declares the Lord, “Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (NIV)
Proverbs 7:4 (NASB)
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” And call understanding your intimate friend.
Katie from Marion, IA
Andee
Clovis
Use your head as you live and work among outsiders. don’t miss a trick. Mae the most of every opportuniy. Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put them down, not cut them out. Colossians 4:5-6 The Message Bible
Ann, Houston
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,23 gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Gal 5:22-23 HCS