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!
Diane from Baraboo, Wi
“The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Exodus 14:14 NIV
Twyla, Lubbock, TX
“This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth; you are to recite it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do. Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:8-9 HCS
Melanie, Mount Hope, Ontario, Canada
“Delight yourself in the LORD and He will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4 NIV
Talitha, Wise Philippians 4:6 NLT “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done.”
Jane, Americus, GA:
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.”
Lamentations 3:22-24 NIV
Corinthians 4:17-18
“For our (my) light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us (me) a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we (I) 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.”
Ingle, Raleigh, NC
The LORD is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.
My heart leaps for joy,
and with my song I praise him. Psalm 28:7 NIV
Christy Carol Stream, Illinois
Psalm 139:1 NLT
O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me.
Joni, Nacogdoches,TX “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. Praise be to you, O LORD; teach me your decrees.” ~ Psalm 119:10-12
Laurie, Newburgh, In.
Psalm 18:35 “You give me your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains me; you stoop down to make me great.”NIV
Becky
Universal City, TX
Jeremiah 29:11-12
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. Then you will call on Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
NIV
Gina, Atlanta: But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6:33 TNIV
Leanne, Mississppi, “But he said to me, “My grace is sufficeint for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 11:9, NIV
Cory, Denver, CO
“I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.”
Psalm 27:13-14 NIV
Melody, Cincinnati: If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. 1 John 4:20-21 ESV
Mary Centennial Colorado
If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight reign on his tongue, he decceives himself and his religion is worhtless.
James 1:26 NIV
Emily, St.Louis MO, James 1:17 The NET Bible
Love that we are doing this together!! Love, mom
Deborah Lexington,MA
You crown the year with Your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake. Psalm 65:11 NET Bible
Tarah – Rib Lake, WI
“For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”
2 Corinthians 4:6 ESV
Emily, St.Louis MO, James 1:17 NET Bible
Beth, Ypsilanti: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control” Galatians 5:22-23a NIV
sara, slidell, Louisiana
You crown the year with your good blessings, and you leave abundance in your wake.
Psalm 65:11
Teresa from Cincinnati
“Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. for salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. the night is far gone, the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.”
ESV
Donna
Prattville, AL
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding. Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 NET
Search me, Oh God, and know my heart; try me and know my anxieties; Psalm 139:23
dj,Laguna Niguel, CA
Psalm 1:1-2
Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
sorry -that is ESV
Sheila from Tampa,
“Teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12
Stacey / Birmingham, AL
“Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.” Ephesians 3:20 NLT
Tona, Travelers Rest, SC:
You crown the year with Your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake.
Psalm 65:11 The NET Bible
Albuquerque, NM
NIV Jeremiah 24:6 – “I will build them up and not tear them down. I will plant them and not uproot them. I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord.”
“The LORD your God who goes before you will Himself fight on your behalf, just as He did for you in Egypt before your eyes, and in the wilderness where you saw how the LORD your God carried you, just as a man carries his son, in all the way which you have walked until you came to this place.”
Deut 1:30-31 (NASB)
Candi from Waco, TX “Lord, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, O Lord renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy.” Habakkuk 3:2 NIV
Shirley, Bowling Green, KY
“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”
1 Peter 5:7 NIV
Tammy, Lexington, NC “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 wasteland.”
Cendi, Bakersfield, CA “…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.” NIV
Katie, Houston, TX:
My prayer for this year is that I will “be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for [me] in Christ Jesus.”
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIV)
Elizabeth/Lewisville, TX
“19And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, 20that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.”
Ezekiel 11:19-20 ESV
Melissa, Northern IL : 2 Timothy 1:7 ~ For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. ~ NIV 2010
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?
Isiah 43:18-19
THE MESSAGE
Karen CANADA
Darla from Tampa Fl
“Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. Jeremiah 33:3
Tammy, Ingleside, Texas,
Romans 1:16 NIV
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.
Jeanette,Rochester, MI
But I am trusting you, O Lord, saying, “You are my God!” My future is in your hands. Psalm 32:14 NLT
I will give them hearts that recognize me as the Lord. They will be my people and I will be their God, for they will return to me wholeheartedly. Jeremiah 24:7 (NLT)
Sadee, Celebration, Florida
“He is the mage of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities – all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” Colossians 1:15-17
Debbie,Lorenzo:
1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love (NIV)
Kay Savannah GA
Psalm 65:11 You crown the year with Your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake.
Keep you lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, NEVER will I leave you; NEVER will I forsake you. Heb 13:5 NIV
Janae, Saltillo
Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Philippians 4:5 NIV
Anne from Mt. Prospect, IL
As for me, I am in your hands; do with me whatever you think is good and right.
Jeremiah 26:14 NIV
Bethany
Modesto, California
Psalm 26:3-4 (ESV)
You keep him (her) in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because (s)he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.
Oops…it is Isaiah 26:3-4