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!
“See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if those did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape who turn away from Him who warns from heaven.” Heb 12:25
Danielle in Cumming, GA
Kaylee in West Texas
I’m 10 years old and doing this with my mom!
“But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds.” Luke 10:33-34 (NIV)
Susan, Old Hickory, TN: Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6:34 NIV
Susan, Longmont CO
Colossians 2:6-7 (NIV)
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Kim from Springfield
Luke 9:23 (New International Version)
Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.
Lori from Bend, OR
“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants-from this time on and forever,” says the LORD. Isaiah 59:21 NIV
Colleen, Spanaway
Behold, the lord God helps me. Who is he who condemns me? Behold, they will wear out like a garment. The moth will eat them.
Robin,Houston, “But I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that HE is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until that day.”, 2 Timothy 1:12,HCSB
Lisa, Chandler, AZ.
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 1 Peter 5:6 NIV
Sarah
Owensboro, KY
“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.”
Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV
I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war.
Revelation 19:11 NIV
Cindy
Henrietta, TX
Melissa, Smithville, MO. Hebrews 12:15 (NLT)
“Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.”
“But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, “God is great!” Psalm 70;4 NLT
He is dressed in a robe dripped in blood, and His name is the Word of God. Revelation 19:13 NIV
McKenna
Henrietta, TX
Andrea Wiebe, Westbank, B.C., Canada
They shall not be ashamed that wait for me. Isaiah 49:23b KJV
Kathy Gerlach, Andover, Kansas…Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 NIV
Nicole, Blue Springs, MO
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. Jeremiah 29:11-12 (NIV)
Aiming for verse 12, not really a part we hear much.
Andrea
Woodstock, Ga.
NKJ- Psalm 65:11
“You crown the year with Your goodness and Your paths drip with abudance.”
Jonnie from West Lafayette, IN Psalm 118:28-29 NLT
“You are my God, and I will praise you! You are my God, and I will exalt you! Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.”
Paula, Lake Charles:Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2 NIV
Karin from Orlando
“If you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.”
Genesis 4:7b (NIV)
Shannon from Houston, TX
“O LORD, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.” Isaiah 33:2 NIV
Maurina (11) from Lake Charles,
“This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all” 1 John 1:5
Lynn from Lynchburg
“Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.”
I Peter 2:11 ESV
Kelly, Atlanta (posted yesterday, but I don’t think it showed up)
“All the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be.” – Psalm 139:16 NIV
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us (NIV)
Sarah from Cochran, GA:
16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17 “For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.” John 3:16-17 NASB
Cassie, Keystone Heights, FL
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Galations 6:9
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Galations 6:9 NIV
Cathy from Conroe, TX
“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)
Kelly- Erwin, TN
Psalm 65:11 NKJV
You crown the year with Your goodness, and Your paths drip with abundance.
Shunda, Houston, TX
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. Psalm 91:11-12 TNIV
Jenn,Pawtucket RI
I will say of the Lord “He is my refuge and my fortress,my God,in whom i trust” psalm 91 NIV
Linda, Spring, TX
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:8 NIV
For God has not given us a spirit of timidity but of power and love and discipline.
2 Timothy 1:7 NASB
Karen
Hope, AR
Suja, Houston, TX
For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.
2 Corinthians 1:20 NIV
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. III John 4, NIV
Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Phil 2:3 NKJV
Posting for my mother-in-law, Toni Keeling from Athens, Georgia:
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28, NIV
Katie, Oxford: “but the world must learn that I love the Father and that I do exactly what my Father has commanded me.” John 14:31 NIV
Wendy from Amsterdam, NY
“Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour.”
1 Peter 5:8
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
I am not sure i did this correctly. I live in Danbury, CT. Amy S. Phil. 2:3
Janet – Spring Lake, NC
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28 NIV
Cheryl from Alabaster, AL
And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. ROMANS 5:5 (The NET Bible)
Kelly, Huntsville: “Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary.” Isaiah 40:31 NASB
Patrice from Brewer, Maine
“So do no fear, for I with you, do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10 NIV
Laconia, NH
Starting a New Year.
I am comforted by Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever (NIV
Vicki, Amarillo TX
“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ.”
Phil 1:9-10 NIV
Barbara, Clinton, MS – Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:1-2
Have the entire chapter broken down into 24 bits … will have the entire passage memorized by end of 2011!