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!
Jaime, Mt. Holly, NC
Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you. Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified. Do not be discouraged. The Lord your God is with you wherever you are.
I needed to hear this verse today. Thanks for sharing
Kristina, Huntsville, AL
Psalm 112:7 NIV
He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.
Dawn – Tomball,TX
Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! Psalm 139:23-24. ESV
Teri — Opelousas, LA
The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart. Luke 6:45 NIV
Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. (I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.) Matt. 11:28 Amplified
1 Peter 5:8-10
8 Be sober, be vigilant: Your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 9 Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. 10 But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect,establish,strengthen, and settle you. To Him be all the glory and the dominion forever and ever . Amen.
Hi all! As the Crabb Family sings so well…God never said
there would be victory without our fighting!
Glad you figured out how to get here. I’m sure my instructions were vague. Can’t wait till we have another girl trip!
Deena
Bella, Rochester Hills, MI
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. PS 19.14 NIV
Michah 6:8 NIV “He has shown you, O Mortal, what is good, and what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”
Kirstin Wilsey – San Antonio, Texas
John 14:21 NIV
Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”
Rene, Crestwood, KY
We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ ~ II Corinthians 10:5 ESV
Sheri-Athens, ALA
“A huge cloud of witnesses is all around us. So let us throw off everything that stands in our way. Let us throw off any sin that holds on to us so tightly. Let us keep on running the race marked out for us.” Hebrews 12:1 NIrV
Jayme in Buda
Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know. Jeremiah 33:3 NASB
Jodi – Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada
“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.” Ephesians 3:20 NIV
Vickie
Louisville, KY
Psalm 65:11
You crown the year with Your bounty and Your carts overflow with abundance. NIV
Patti, Houston, TX, ICor. 13:4-7 NIV, Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Psalm 61:2-3 (NIV)
From the ends of the earth I call to you,
I call as my heart grows faint;
lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
For you have been my refuge
a strong tower against the foe.
Martha, Natchez, MS Isaiah 40:31 NIV
31 but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. Proverbs 30:5 NIV
This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9 (New Living Translation)
The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him, Nahum 1:7 NIV
Linda, Houston,TX.
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him so that you may overflowing with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 NIV
Myung, Seoul: “For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.” Colossians 1:13-14 NIV
Myung- Your verse just jumped out and inspired me to reply. I am thankful for you sharing your faith and being a Christian in Seoul. I think that your verse says it all.. He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness. While I sit in the Bible Belt of Arkansas , as we call it and you in Seoul, we can both call on the name of Jesus. Thank you for sharing!
You are in my prayers 🙂
Natalie from Waco, TX: “You crown the year with Your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake.” Psalm 65:11, NET Bible
Stacy-Outlook, WA
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. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ
Ephesians 3:16-18
“A man of many companions may come to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”
Proverbs 18:24 (NIV)
Renee’, Locust Grove, Ga:”The Lord is on my side I will not fear, what can man do to me?” Psalm 118:21
Olivia-Madison, MS
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say rejoice. Let your gentle spirit be know to all men. The Lord is near. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made know to God.
Philippians 2:4-6
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart? Job 38:36 KJV
Victoria- Ridgeway, SC
“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD himself, is the Rock eternal.” -Isaiah 26:3-4
Psalm 8: 1 O Lord our Lord how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heaven. 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.” Colossian 2:6 TNIV
Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves. Philippians 2:3 NASB
Allison, Houston, TX
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 27:8
Lauren-Plano, Texas
Be very careful, then, how you live-not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Ephesians 5:15-16 NIV
Priscilla from Mesa, Arizona
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope in the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 NIV
“Lord your servant is listening!” 1 Samuel 3:9 (NIV)
Kristi, Windsor, CO
“But blessed are those who trust in the LORD and have made the LORD their hope and confidence.” Jeremiah 17:7
Ashley
Katy, Texas
“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
Terry
Washington, IL
You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.
Psalm 65:11 NLT
Traci-Arkansas-
More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. Romans 5:3-5 ESV
Julie
Ft. Wayne
Joshua 1:9
This is my command- be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. NLT
Julie from Cedar Rapids, IA: “The Lord is my light and my salvation–whom shall I fear or dread? The Lord is the refuge and stronghold of my life–of whom shall I be afraid?” Psalm 27:1 Amplified
Diana, Fredericktown: Behold, the former things have come to pass, Now I declare new things; Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you. Isaiah 42:9 NASB
Joy, Salina, KS.
“Pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to a man’s whole body.”
Proverbs 4:20-22 NIV
Hannah, Chesterland, OH
Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised. For,yet a little while,and the coming one will come and will not delay.
Hebrews 10:35-37 ESV
I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.” Lamentations 3:24 -Holman
Bambi-Houston, TX
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23 NIV
Jeremimiah 29:11 NIV
For I know the plans I have for you,declares the Lord plans to prosper you, and not harm you,plans to give you hope and a future.
Carol – Tacoma, Washington
Psalm 1:2-3 (NIV)
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.
Colossians 3:15, NIV, Life Apps:
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
Patti, Taylors, SC