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!
Nise’, Michigan
How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty.
My soul yearns, even faints for the courts of the LORD;
My heart and flesh cry out for the living God.
Psalm 84:1-2 (NIV)
Rachelle from Greer, SC “All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work” 2 Tim 3:16-17
Sharon, Hamburg, NY: “Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.” Psalm 90:14 NIV
Jeannette
Land O Lakes, FL
The LORD your God is with you,
the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you;
in his love he will no longer rebuke you,
but will rejoice over you with singing.
Zeph 3:17
Mary Beth, Abilene TX
“You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast,because he trusts in you.”
Isaiah 26:3 NIV
Mary Beth, this is one of my favorite veses!
Charleen, Nashville
Jeremiah 29:12-13 (NLT) “In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.”
Oops, NIV.
Patsy, Georgia: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:3 NIV
Kelly, Arab, AL ~ “Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.” ~NIV~
Aubrey, Greeley, CO: Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Philippians 4:6 NLT
Cheer up, don’t be afraid. For the Lord your God has arrived to live among you. He is a mighty Savior. He will give you victory. He will rejoice over you with great gladness; he will love you and not accuse you. Is that a joyous choir I hear? No, it is the Lord himself exulting over you in happy song: I have gathered your wounded an taken away your reproach.
Zeph. 3:17-18
The Living Bible
Charr Absarokee Mt (Beth’s 1st scripture struck my heart) 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
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God–this is your spiritual act of worship
Romans 12:1 NIV
Marla – Paris, TX
Psalm 68:19. Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.
“But wisdom that is from the Lord is first pure, then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.”
James 3:17-18
Melanie, Georgia
Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV) 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 will rejoice over you with singing.
Sabrina, Redding
“But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.” Titus 3:4-5 (NIV)
Nitsa, Eugene, OR.
“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace
in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of
the Holy Spirit.”
Romans 15:13 NAS
Marcia, Parkesburg. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5, NIV
Joy from Winters,
If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.
Isaiah 7:9
Karen, Panama City, FL: Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus as the chief cornerstone. Ephesians 2: 19-20 NIV
Shelley-Lakeland, Florida
1 Peter 2:1-3 (NIV)
Therefore rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy,envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies crave pure spiritual milk so that you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
Boulder, CO: 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)
Lititz, Pa.
May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. Eph 3:19 (NLT)
Linda Bulverde, TX
“…and as Elijah stood there, the Lord passed by, and a mighty windstorm hit the mountain. It was such a terrible blast that the rocks were torn loose, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire there was the sound of a gentle whisper.”
I Kings 19: 11-12 (NLT)
“The mind of man plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps.”
Proverbs 16.9
Deena Jefferson
Springboro, OH
Rebecca Atlanta, GA
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.
Proverbs 29:25 NIV
Shelly, Downey, CA
“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” 2Tim 1:7 (NIV)
Patty Pierce
Searcy AR
2 cor 12:9
NIV
But he siad 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 weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me
Mary, Pierre, South Dakota: Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Matthew 19:26 NIV
BJ, Kansas City. “I pray that out of His glorious riches, He may strengthen you with power through His spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.” Ephesians 3:16-17A NIV
Angela, Bonham, 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 NKJ
“Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love.”.
Ooops…think I left mine under the wrong post last night!
Amy, Rossville, TN…
“Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ.” ~Philippians 1:27 (NIV)
In the morning Lord you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and waith with expectation. Ps 5:3 NIV
“Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16, NIV
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
Genesis 1:1 NIV
Linda, Newark, DE
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; I Peter 2:9 NASB
James 1:17 NASB
Every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation, or shifting shadow.
Becky G.
Indianapolis
karen, Cheney, WA.
“… : that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.”
Ephesian 2:7
(KJV)
Naomi, Monticello, MS: Jeremiah 29:11 NIV “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.”
Kimberly, South Carolina, Philippians 4:8, Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things. NIV
Marcia, Farmington Hills, MI
Psalms 100:3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Maggie, Sand Springs, OK You crown the year with your good blessings, and you leave abundance in your wake. Psalm 65:11
Ack! I can’t believe I missed the first day!
Chris (Kokomo, IN)
And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses.
Revelation 19:14 (ESV)
Deb, Pierre. SD
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
so fast at that modification, Deb! 😉 good job!
Becky Marietta, GA
“Depend on God and keep at it because in the Lord God you have a sure thing” Isaiah 26:3 The Message
Hi from Marietta too!
Darcie, Bethel, CT: “He has shown all you people what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8 NIV
Melissa
Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger. James 1:19 NIV
Julie, Fort Worth: If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. James 1:5 NIV
Acts 4:12
Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven, given among men by which we must be saved.