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!
Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. Psalm 86:11 KJV
Debbie, Chesapeake, VA
Do not merely listen to the word and so deceive yourselves. Do what is says. James 1:22 NIV
Dawn James, knoxville, It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on Gods mercy. Romans 9:16 NIV
Courtney, Roseland, VA-
“And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.” I Chronicles 4:10, KJV
Allison
Eau Claire
Ps. 65:11
You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.
NIV
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” Phil 4:6-7
Amanda Corydon,IN
Hebrews 11:6 NIV
And without faith it is impossible to please GOD, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
Kristen B. – Amherst, MA
“Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interest, but also to the interests of others.
Philippians 2:3-4 ESV
Angela from Maui, HI: “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 in the desert and rivers in the badlands.” Isaiah 43:18-19 The Message
Lael, Colorado
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 4:6-7
Erin/Little Rock,AR/Ephesians 3:20-21/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, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”
Carlie, Alabama; Psalm 27:4 The one thing I ask of the LORD—the thing I seek most— is to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, delighting in the LORD’s perfections and meditating in his Temple. (NLT)
Katy B. Midland, TX “But God does not just sweep life away; instead he devises ways to bring us back when we have been separated from Him.” 2 Samuel 14:14 NLT
Sherrie, Oak Ridge, NC – “If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But is you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rul over it.” – Genesis 4:7 – NIV
Lynnette in Houston – year 2 – here we go – whoo hoo!
Romans 12:2 (NIV)
Do not conform any longer 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.
“I’m excited!” and “I need prayer!” LOL
~7100 comments at this point! Good Gracious God! Wow, He’s created a powerful force of Siestas here through you, Beth!
Praying. 🙂 Excited, too. :)!!!
Linda,Mechanicsville “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. 1:30 NIV
Isaiah 30:18
Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore He will rise up to show you compasion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
Holly T-Greenville, SC
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient bearing with one another in love. (NIV)
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6 NIV
Raydell – Greenville SC – Psalm 65:11 – “Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.”
Whitney, Tulsa: “You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, all whose thoughts are fixed on You! Trust in the Lord always, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.” Isaiah 26:3-4 NLT
Casi – Waco, Texas: You crown the year with Your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake. Psalm 65:11 NET
Hattie~Guymon, OK
Psalm 65:11 You crown the year with your good blessings, and you leave abundance in your wake. the NET Bible
Megan H – Danville, IN: This is what the LORD says: Cursed is the one who trusts in man,who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the LORD. That person will be like a bush in the wastelands; they will not see prosperity when it comes. They will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives. Jeremiah 17:5-8 NIV
“Forget the former things;do not dwell on the past.See I am doin 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
Stephanie, Minneapolis. “Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; My hope comes from Him.” Psalm 62:5, NIV.
Lori, Owasso, “You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 NLT
Erin, Tyler
John 6:29 Amplified Bible
29Jesus replied, This is the work (service) that God asks of you: that you believe in the One Whom He has sent [that you cleave to, trust, rely on, and have faith in His Messenger].
“She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.” Proverbs 31: 26-27 NIV
Heather: Ironton, MO
Like a shepherd, he will care for his flock,
gathering the lambs in his arms,
Hugging them as he carries them,
leading the nursing ewes to good pasture.
Isaiah 40:11 Message
Amanda from Waterford, MI
Lisa S- McKinney,TX.
Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
1 Peter 1:13 NIV
Sheila, Russellville, AR
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Matthew 6:33 NKJ
Joanie Warner
Kearney, NE
John 6:63 NLT
The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human
effort accomplishes nothing. And the very
words I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
Sarah, Blairsville, GA. “With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. James 3:9-10. NIV.
Irvine, CA: “Everything is permissible for me – but not everything is beneficial. Everything is permissible for me – but I will not be mastered by anything. 1 Cor. 6:12 (NIV)
“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.” Lam. 3:21-22, NIV
Allison
Broken Arrow, OK
Family verse (parents and kiddos-ages 7 and 3)
“Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11 (KJV)
Debbie,Houston
Isaiah 43:18-19
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.(NIV)
Melissa, Canton, MI. The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling the righteous. Proverbs 3:33 ESV
Judi – Colorado
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shade of thy wings. Ps. 17:8 WEB
Tammy from 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 wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV
Lara from Choctaw, OK: “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.” Michah 6:8 NIV
Shirley from Alberta, Canada
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” Phil 4:6-7 ESV
Kathryn B. – Reseda, CA “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.” Isaiah 43:18,19 NASB
Isaiah 54:5 (NIV 1984)
5 For your Maker is your husband—
the LORD Almighty is his name—
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
he is called the God of all the earth.
Pam, Benton, AR “No one who hopes in You will ever be put to shame…” Psalm 25:3 Today’s NIV
Jenn (from Cypress)first memory verse of 2011 is Psalm 40:5. Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done. The things you planned for us no one can recount to u; were I to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare. NIV
Bekah, Lewisville, TX: Therefore let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good. ESV
Psalm 71:20-21 (NIV)
“Though You have made me see troubles many and bitter, You will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth You will again bring me up. You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.”
Jenifer Smith, Clearwater, FL
Kendell, Omaha: “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7, NIV
Audra, Spokane:”Everything is permissible for me-but not everything is beneficial.”1Corinthians 6:12, NIV