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!
“Elisha said, ‘Get a bow and some arrows,’ and he did so. “Take the bow in your hands’ he said to the king of Israel. When he had taken it, Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands.”
2Kings 13:15-16
NIV
Bham AL
Christine, Tennessee. As water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man. Proverbs 27:15 (NIV)
Hebrews 11:8 I will have faith to follow God’s word.
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
What an awesome first verse for the year. Since we don’t know where this year is going we will need to do lots of faithful obeying and going!!!
Jenna
Interlochen, MI
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that itay benefit those who listen.
Ep 4:29 (NIV)
Deborah, Bon Aqua, TN
Mark 14:36 HCSB
And He said, “Abba, Father! All things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me. Nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.”
Melanie, Amherst, MA ~ “considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward.”
Hebrews 11:26 NASB
Maurya, Franklin, TN: “Look to the Lord and his strength, seek his face always.” Psalm 105:4 NIV
Karen, Woodstock, GA
Hillary, Minden, NV. Listen Carefully: Don’t stay stuck in your ways! It’s God’s Message we’re dealing with here. Let your lives glow bright before God before he turns out the lights, before you trip and fall on the dark mountain paths. Jer 13:15 Msg
Katherine, Helena, Al: You crown the year with Your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake. The NET Bible
I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts. Psalm 119:45 NIV
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 NIV
Katie-Pensacola, FL
I rejoice in your word like one who discovers a great treasure.
Psalm 119:162(NLT)
Toryn, St. Paul, MN
“Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit’; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and vanishes away. Instead you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that’.”
James 4:13-15 NKJV
Cindy, Summerville, SC
On your feet now – applaud God!
Bring a gift of laughter, sing yourselves into his presence.
Psalm 100:1-2 (MSG)
Ashley, Chester Springs, PA
Psalm 65:11 NKJV “You crown the year with Your goodness,
And Your paths drip with abundance.”
Jana, (Kalispell, MT) “See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me” Isaiah 49:16 NIV
Cindy, Katy, TX
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path”
Psalms 119:105, NIV
Jane, Lincoln, “Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.” Lam 3:21-26 (NIV84)
Stacie, Memphis TN Isaiah 40:31
But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strenght; they shall mount up lwiht wings like eagles, they shall reun and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
Lisa Wichita Kansas, For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 1 Corinthians 2:2 NIV
Allison, Minneapolis, MN
Psalm 65:11 “You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.”
I think I might be late, sorry I get this in my email a day late…
Anna, Dayton, Ohio
Proverbs 31:27 (New American Standard)
27She looks well to the ways of her household,
And does not eat the (A)bread of idleness.
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude.
1 Corinthians 13:4
Teena
Cypress, TX
Anila, Mission Viejo: I can do all things through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13 NIV
Sara, Brentwood: “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace AS YOU TRUST IN HIM, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13, NIV
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weakness, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
2 Corinthians 12:9
Angie, New Orleans
1 Peter 2:9-10 ESV
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Monique, Elizabethtown, KY: I seek You with all my heart; do not let me stray from Your commands. I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You. Psalm 119:10-11 NIV
Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
Romans 12:14 (KJV)
Pam Rochester, Mn-That I may know Him,and Power of His resurrection and May share His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death. Phil.3:10 ESV
Carol,Lexington same as Beth
Stephanie, Dacula, GA
I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that I, the Lord, who call you by your name am the God of Israel.
Isaiah 45:3 NIV
Natalie, Omaha, NE: Jesus replied, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind.” Matthew 22:37 NIV
Heidi, Lopburi (Thailand). “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Matthew 6:34 NIV
So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts to wisdom. ~Ps. 90:12 NIV
Debbie Kerr
Highland, MI
Brandi, Roseburg, Oregon
You were bought, not with something that ruins like gold or silver, but with the precious blood of Christ, who was like a pure and perfect lamb.
I Peter 1:18-19 ncv
Donna, Meridian ID: 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. Deuteronomy 1:31 NIV
Janis, College Station, TX: “but I am trusting you, O Lord, saying, ‘You are my God’. My future is in Your hands.”. Psalms 31:14-15 New Living Translation
Bangor, ME
For I know what I have planned for you, says the Lord. I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope. When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers. When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul, I will make myself available to you, says the Lord. Then I will reverse your plight and will regather you from all the nations and all the places where I have exiled you, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 29: 11-14
Marcy from Bradenton,FL; 1st time at this, sorry it’s late!
Forget the former things, do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wastelands. Isaiah 43:18,19 NIV
Jennifer, North Charleston, SC
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Psalm 91:1-2, NIV
Fran-Alexander City, AL
I love you, O Lord, my strength.
The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer.
My God is my rock in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psalm 18:1,2
Michelle – Canton, Georgia
“Therefore, get your minds ready for action, being self-disciplined, and set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires of your former ignorance but, as the One who called you is holy, you also are to be holy in all your conduct; for it is written, Be holy, because I am holy.” 1 Peter 1:13-16 HCSB
Jill, Midland, TX: Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with God’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality. Romans 12: 12-13 NIV
Jennifer, Phoenix, AZ
I rely on the Lord, I rely on him with my whole being; I wait for his assuring word. Psalms 130:5 Net Bible
“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you, as well.” Matthew 6:33 NIV
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Psalm 51:10 NIV
Reneé – Missouri City, TX
Kim, Orange City, IA
“Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children.” Lamentations 2:19 NIV
Stacy Jo
Spokane
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. 🙂 Romans 12:2 (NLT)
Sloan from Greensboro, GA:
Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:25-26 NIV Translation