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!
Ann from Chicago
Forget the former things, do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not percieve it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the Wasteland
Lyndsey, Telford, PA: The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. Lamentations 3:22-23 NLT
Katrina from Tulare, CA: [He sent me to] bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.” Isaiah 61:3 NIV
Amy, Marion, VA “Even to your old age and gray hairs, I am He, I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.” Isaiah 46:4 NIV
Norma, Raleigh, NC: “For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.” I Corinthians 6:20 (NAS)
Becky, Charlotte: “‘Is not My Word like fire that consumes all that cannot endure the test?’ says the Lord, ‘And like a hammer that breaks in pieces the rock of most stubborn resistance?'” Jeremiah 23:29, Amplified
Colleen from Spokane, WA: “Therefore, my beloved brethren (or Siestas), be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 15:58 NKJV
Debra, Calgary AB: You are my Hiding Place You will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go. I will counsel you and watch over you. Psalm 32-7-8 NIV
Stacey, Melbourne, FL….It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it. Isaiah 55:11, NLT
Betsy, Rome, GA:
For he loves us with unfailing love;
the LORD’s faithfulness endures forever.
Praise the LORD!
~Psalm 117:2, NLT
Andrea, Ontario, Canada
“Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.” Psalm 37:3 NIV
Lisa from Waycross, GA and Donna from Albany, GA
“You crown the year with Your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake.” The NET Bible
Ps. 65:11
Joanne,Stow, Ohio: “The Lord my God carried me, as a man carries his son, in all the way I went until I came to this place.” Deut. 1:31 NIV
Katie, Crawford, TX: “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.”
Emily, Tulsa, OK
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. – Isaiah 26:3 (NIV)
Kristi, Princeton, Tx
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
Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom. James 2:12 NIV Judy Littleton, NC
Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him who loved us. Romans 8:37 (AMP)
Chiming in from Charlotte, NC! 🙂 I don’t have a binder yet- but I am excited! Thank you for the encouragement ladies!
Set a guard, O Lord, before my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
Psalm 141:3, AMP
Sorry, forgot name and city
Chelle, Mobile, AL
Paula, Rainbow City: “Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ. Romans 10:17 (NIV)
Tiffany, Nampa – “You crown the year with Your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake.” Psalm 65:11 (NET)
Holla, Milford, OH
I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
Psalm 119:11 NIV
“I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.”
John 12:46 RSV
Michelle, Nashville: “I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in Him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13, NLT
Cathy, Loxahatchee, FL
So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of your sinful nature.
Galatians 5:16 NIV
Misty, Marco island. 1 Corinthians 10:13 (New International Version, ©2010)
13 No temptation[a] has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted[b] beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted,[c] he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
Shelley, Benicia Ca. ” For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:21 ESV Translation
Amy, Cleveland: You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11, NIV
Shannon, Parker,CO: “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.” Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
Lisha, Wetumpka, AL: “He is your constant source of stability; He abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; He gives all this to those who fear Him.” Isaiah 33:6 (NET)
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 KJV
Lisa, Harrington,DE “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not you own,you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body” 1 Corinthians 6:19,20 NIV
Ashley, Ponca City, Oklahoma:
“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.”
-Lamentations 3:22-23 NIV
Tracie, Birmingham, AL
Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.
Romans 12:10, NLT
Shout for Joy, O Heaven; Rejoice, O Earth;
Burtst into Song, O Mountains!
For the LORD comforts HIS people and will have
compassion on HIS afflicted ones. Isaiah 49:13 NIV
Paulette
Elmer, La
Gina Webster, Psalm 4:7 AMP
You have put more joy and rejoicing in my heart than when their wheat and new wine have yielded abundantly.
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 NIV
Debbie,Stevenson Ranch, CA
Amos 3:7
Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.
Laura & Hannah, Byron Center, MI: “I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 NASB
Annie, Memphis, TN: “Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.” 2 Corinthians 7:1 NIV
Jacque, Gallatin “Speak softly and tenderly to Jerusalem, but also makeit very clear that she has served her sentence, that her sin is taken care of–forgiven! She’s been punished enough and more than enough, and now it’s over and done with.” Isaiah 40:2 The Message
RuthAnn, Ft. Lauderdale: “Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered.” I Corinthians 13:4-5 NASB
Mountain Home, Arkansas “Cast the whole of your care, all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.” 1 Peter 5:7 AMP
Bridget in Phoenix: 24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let (her) deny (her)self, and take up (her) cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever desires to save (her) life will lose it, but whoever loses (her) life for My sake will find it.
Matthew 16:24-25 NKJV (pronouns personalized)
Carly Burrell, Sedalia, MO: “They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads, Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.” Isaiah 35:10
Tonya; Dacula; “You are my refuge and my shield;
I have put my hope in your word.” ~Psalm 119:114 NIV
AmyLynn, Chicago,IL :“…(part of 16)Cheer up, Zion! Don’t be afraid!
17 For the Lord your God is living among you.
He is a mighty savior.
He will take delight in you with gladness.
With his love, he will calm all your fears.
He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.”
Zephaniah 3:…16&17 NLT
I love this verse!
Ada, Rochester, MI:
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
I WILL TRUST in HIM!
Linda, Washington State
“Always be joyfull. Never stop praying. Be thankfull in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessal 5:16 NLT
Pam, Jacksonville: “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