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!
Just a quick word. So excited. So grateful. So delighted. To see my memory verse working in me!
Love and hugs,
Kathie
Bailey. Knoxville, TN.
“Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act. Don’t worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes.” Psalm 37:7 NLT
JoJo- Doyline, LA “Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness and Thy paths drop fatness.” Psalm 65:11 KJV
“Yes, be bold and strong, Banish fear and doubt!For remember, the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 2:9 Living Bible.
Pam Musone, Lawrenceville, Georgia
I just found out about this challenge and am joining late. My verse: “So give yourselves completely to God. Stand against the devil, and the devil will run from you.” James 4:7 NCV
Psalm 65:11 NET
You crown the year with Your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake.
Leslie Gonce ~ Hattiesburg, Mississippi
“The LORD your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, and in the wilderness. 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.” Deuteronomy 1:30-31 NIV
Lori, Festus MO:
Better late than never! 🙂
“I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.” Psalm 34:4 NIV
I love this verse, I’m so glad to see it posted, I’d forgotten how much it had helped me years ago.
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 43:19 NIV
Debbie Kehoe
Sachse, TX
Oh my goodness! This is the verse I’m going to work on for #2. I saw it in a study I’m starting & it was their suggested memory verse. Too cool!
Jennifer, New Braunfels, TX
You crown the year with Your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake.
Psalm 65:11 NET
My 1st verse:
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.
Psalm 19 vs 14 KJV
Cathleen, Saskatoon, SK Canada
Rachel Arkadelphia, AR
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 ESV
Sharon
Glennville
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.
Pam, Honolulu “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28 NKJ
I know I’m late to the game but I’m in!
Jodi
Cincinnati
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.
Hi Jodi! I’m so glad you’re in. See you Tuesday =).
Kimberly ~ Houston, TX
He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge, the fear of the LORD, is the Key to this treasure. Isaiah 33:6 NIV
You crown the year with your good blessings, and you leave abundance in your wake.
Ps. 65:11 the NET Bible
Rhonda, Townsend, TN, ESV
“Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” Ephesians 4:31-32
Debra, Powder Springs, GA
Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. Mr brothers and siestas this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring.
James 3:10-11 NIV
But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it – he will be blessed in what he does. James 1:25
Xenia, OH
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. Zephaniah 3:17 NIV
Sammie Plumlee, Lebanon, TN:
“Praise the Lord oh my soul all my inmost being, praise His holy name.” Psalms 103:1 NIV
I know I am late but I just found this today.
Rebecca, Okeechobee, Florida, NIV
Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever. Psalm 125:1
Jennifer, Athens, “Anger is pouring out from God-the plague has started! Aaron grabbed the censer, as directed by Moses, and ran into the midst of the congregation. The plague had already begun. He put burning incense inot the censer and atoned for the people. He stood there between the living and the dead and stopped the plague.” Numbers 16:47-48, The Message
Kathy-Green River,Wyoming
“Step out of the traffic! Take a long, loving look at me, your High God, above politics, above everything.” Psalm 46:10 The Message
Greater love hath no man than this, that man lay down his life for his frineds.
John 15:13 KJV
Kelly – Lilburn, Georgia
“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 through the desert, rivers in the badlands.” Isaiah 43:18-19 The Message
Kelli
TX
“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works”
Hebrews 10:24
ESV
Meagan, Houston
Mark 11:24 “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours.” NIV
Jayden, Houston
Genesis 16:13 “She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.” NIV
Vickie from Baytown, Texas: “Show me the path where I should walk, O Lord; point out the right road for me to follow. Lead me by Your truth and teach me, for You are the God who saves me. All day long I put my hope in You.” Psalm 25: 4-5 NLT
(Sorry I’m late!)
Better late than never! Had a good friend gift a group of us with a journal and challenge us to join you in scripture memory. Hello Siesta’s! Happy to be here. “You’re blessed when you’re content with just who you are – no more, no less. That’s the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can’t be bought.” Matthew (approximately) 5:7 The Message
Emilee
Greenville, SC
Psalm 119:9-11 NIV
How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. 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.
Tina from Oakdale, CA: 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 43:11 NIV
Lee, Columbia (SC), Joshua 1:9 (NASB)
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Jennifer, Jackson,MS – “Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant,” 1 Corinthians 13:4 NASB
Abi, Tulsa: “He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” Revelation 21:5
Lana, Champaign IL – But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves. For if any are hearers of the word and not doers, they are like those who look at themselves in a mirror; for they look at themselves and on going away, immediately forget what they were like. James 1:22-24 NRSV
Teresa, Odessa, “When I am filled with cares, Your comfort brings me joy.” Psalm 94:19 HCSB
Caroline M, Kansas City, Kansas: “Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32 NAS
Runia, Silsbee TX,”This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” – Proverbs 3: 5 (New International Version)
Annelise M. Kansas City, KS: “Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each another, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32
Kristen M., Kansas City, KS: “Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder the 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 NAS
Annelise M, Kansas City, KS: “Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32 NAS
My daughter relayed this via email and am so excited to be a part of such a blessed venture!!
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God–”
Ephesians2:8
but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, & the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves & the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful & righteous to forgive us our sins & cleanse us from all unrighteousness. -1 John 1v.7-10, NASB (being clean before God by HIS grace, from the inside out)
Cindy, Berry, “The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, for the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed.” Isaiah 61:1, NLT
Diana, Peoria: “For though I am far away from you, my heart is with you. And I rejoice that you are living as you should and that your faith in Christ is strong.” Colossians 2:5 NLT
Becca
Baton Rouge, LA
Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
1 John 4:4 ESV
Pat-Las Cruces,NM
“You crown the year with your good blessings and leave abundance in your wake.” Psalm 65:11 The NET Bible
“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” (Zephaniah 3:17).
HollyAnn, Midland: “Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen” Ephesians 3:20-21 NASB
Katalla, Fairbanks AK: “For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.” 2Tim 1:7 NASB