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!
Michelle, Russellville: She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks.
Proverbs 31:17 NIV
Susan – Andover,KS –
“Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it” Joshua 1:8 (NIV)
As NT Christians…CHRIST is our everything!! Woohoo!
Anna, Little Rock: You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Courtney, Fort Collins: “Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowances for each other’s faults because of your love.” Ephesians 4:2 NLT
Danielle, Sevierville, TN: “For although we are walking in the flesh, we do not wage war in a fleshly way, since the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments and every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 HCSB
Carissa, E.Northport, NY: “Blessed are those who trust in the LORD, and have made the LORD their hope and confidence.” -Jeremiah 17:7, NLT
Jennifer – Texarkana, AR:
18 “But forget all that—
it is nothing compared to what I am going to do.
19 For I am about to do something new.
See, I have already begun! Do you not see it?
I will make a pathway through the wilderness.
I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.”
Isaiah 43:18-19 (NLT)
Paula, Easley, SC “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6, KJV
Jennifer, Cottage Grove, WI: “In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.” Proverbs 16:9, NIV
Robyn, Stillwater:
Do not cause anyone to stumble even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved. Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. 1 Corinthians 10:32-11:1 NIV
Susan, Cleveland
So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have the power together with all the saints to grasp how wide and long and deep is the love of Christ.
Eph. 3:17-18 NIV
Hill, Los Angeles: Dear children, let us not love with words and tongue but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:18 NIV
Cathy, Lincoln, NE
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.”
Deuteronomy 6:4-5, NIV
Charmaine, San Angelo: Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew and steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 NIV
Tina, Mason,OH: Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you….Unseal my lips, O Lord, that my mouth may praise you. Ps. 51: 12,15 NLT
Stephanie, Milwaukie, Oregon.
The Lord will accomplish what concerns me;
Your lovingkindness, O Lord, is everlasting;
Do not forsake the works of Your hands.
Psalm 138:8 NASB
Amy, Del Rio, Tx: The Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does He withhold from those whose walk is blameless. O Lord Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in You. Psalm 84:11&12 (NIV)
Veronica M.
Eldorado, Texas
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)
Beth, Veronica does not have a computer, so she is using mine….is this okay? We want to attend the SSMT event together next year.
Sure! Just have her use her name and email address to help us out. =)
KMac, she doesn’t have an email address. When she signs in, should she use her name and my email address? Sorry for the confusion.
Sure, that should do the trick. =)
Karen, Lutz, FL: “These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.” Revelation 17:14 NASB
Carol, Cashion:”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
Lori, Denver, CO
Psalm 65:11 You crown the year with Your goodness, and Your paths drip with abundance.
NKJ
Becky, Sugar Land, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV)
Denise, Colorado Springs, CO – “So do not fear, for I am 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 hand.” Isaiah 41:10
West Linn, OR. Isaiah 43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.
Beth, Houston: “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you saying,”This is the way; walk in it.” Isaiah 30:21
Amber, Fort Collins, CO: You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. Isaiah 26:3 NIV
jody, abilene, texas…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
Crystal, Columbia, SC “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.” Colossians 3:15 NIV
Anne, Sherwood: As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Ephesians 4:1 NIV
Carolyn, California
“But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.” 1 Timothy 6:6-8 NIV
Kari, Camarillo: And God is able to make all Grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
2 Corinthians 9:8(NIV)
Tina, Orrville, OH ~
“Stay with God! Take heart, don’t quit, I’ll say it again: Stay with God!
Psalm 27:14 ~ The Message
Dori
Spring Hill, TN
“So teach us to number our days, that we may present to You a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 NASB
Debbie, Rochester MN You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance. Ps. 65:11 NLT
Karen, Knoxville,TN : “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
Carina, Simi Valley:
“Behold, God is my salvation;
I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song,
and he has become my salvation.”
Isaiah 12:2(English Standard Version)
Karen, MA ….. “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
Kristin, Jacksonville, AL: “Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13-14 NIV
Karen, Mission Viejo, CA – But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works. Psalm 73:28 NASB
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God–this is your spiritual act of worship. 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.” Romans 12:1-2 (NIV)
Sara, Farmington, NM: For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him. Philippians 2:13
Trixie, Arcanum, OH: 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
Joy, Durham, NC: “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.
Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare. Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
my faithful love promised to David. Isaiah 55:1-3 NIV”
Jill, Spokane Valley, WA: Titus 2: 11-12 – For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,
Kelli, Moss Point, MS: “No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.” I Corinthians 10:13, NKJV
Martha, Lynchburg, VA
Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
Isaiah 48:17 (KJV)
You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance. Ps 65:11
Shelley, Marietta, MS-“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work”–2 Corinthians 9:8, KJV
You crown the year with Your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake. Psalm 65:11
The NET Bible
Lancaster, Pa
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses al understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7 NKJV