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!
Deanna, Tennessee: “You, my (sisters)were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.” Galatians 5:13, NIV
Karen Tucson
“Take your everyday, ordinary life-your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life-and place it before God as an offering.” Romans 12:1 The Message
Becky, Temecula:
“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shelter of the Almighty.” –Psalm 91:1, NASB
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 – Amen!
Sandy from PA
Beth, Canton: “Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him” Psalms 62:5 TNIV
Michele, Auburn, CA. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” Prov. 3:5-6. NKJV
Psalm 61:4 NIV I long to dwell in your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Carolyn, Maryville, TN
Brooke, Birmingham, AL
Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!
Isaiah 30:18
Jenn, Cincinnati: Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have. Hebrews 13:5, NIV
Kelly from Katy, TX: As your words came to me I drank them in,and they filled my heart with joy and happiness because I belong to you. Jeremiah 15:16, The NET Bible
Linda, Bartelso,IL: For nothing will be impossible with God. Luke 1:37 HCSB
Lee, Leola, PA
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in You.
Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord, is the Rock eternal.
Is 26:3&4 NIV
Alice, Houston, TX:
For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
Psalms 100:5 – NIV
Tess
Cartersville, GA
Isaiah 26:3-4 (New Living Translation)
3 You will keep in perfect peace
all who trust in you,
all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
4 Trust in the Lord always,
for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.
Lori Behrens, Granbury, TX
Jeremiah 15:16
Thy words were found,
and I did eat them;
and thy word was unto me
the joy and rejoicing
of mine heart:
For I am called by thy name,
O LORD God of hosts.
Kim, Atlanta
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” Psalm 119:105(KJV)
Psalm 119:105
Janice-Abbeville
Heather in Nashville, TN: Psalm 65:11, “You crown the Year with Your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake”
Lara Harris
Spring Hill, TN
Ps. 66:12 NIV
You let men ride over our heads.
We went through fire and water, But You brought us to a place of abundance.
Jeannie, Valdosta Ga. This HOPE that we have as an anchor of the soul, A HOPE both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil, where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. Hebrews 6:19-20 NAS
“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 1:31
Erica
Van Buren, MO
Denise, Stillwater, Oklahoma
New American Standard Bible
“For the eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His,”
Julie, Tallassee, Alabama. may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 NIV
Melissa, Glasgow, KY. — “Ah LORD GOD! behold,thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee. ” Jeremiah 32:17, KJV
Dear Beth,
I read that verse in the Daily Light also this morning. What a verse to start of the New Year! Marlene from Livonia, MI. Here is my verse to memorize: “But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control.” Galations 5:22,23 ESV
Tonia, Atlanta
Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Psalm 51:12, NIV
Cathy, Bartlesville
And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
Deuteronomy 6:6-7
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. ( Philippians 4:19)
我的神必照祂榮耀的豐富在基督耶穌裡 使你們一切所需用的都充足 (腓立比書4:19)
Hillary, Champaign IL. “You crown the year with your good blessings, and you leave abundance in your wake.” Ps. 65:11, NET
Trish from West Linn, Oregon
” God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1 NIV
Molly, Somerset
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you. Isaiah 26:3 (NLT)
Rachel, Modesto CA
When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul.
Psalm 94:19, NIV
Kayla Russell, Alpharetta, GA –
Joshua 1:8-9 (New Living Translation)
8 Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.
Jennifer, Cleveland, Keep this book of the law always on your lips. Mediate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Joshua 1:8, NIV
Jessica, Gadsden, AL; “But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.” Psalm 3:3 KJV
Lala, Ruston, LA. “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and our hands have handled of the Word of life;” 1 John 1:1 KJV
Janice-Abbeville, AL
“Even to your old age and gray hairs 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
Renee, Bellingham, WA “For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ.” Galatians 1:10 NASB
James 1:26 (NIV) If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.
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Ephesians 4:29 (NIV) Do not let any wholeseome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs that it may benefit those who listen.
And I am from Emporia!
Anna, Lexington, SC: “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
Ginny, Chattanooga. “Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.” Philippians 2:3, NLT
Suzanne, East Bernard,TX: “And now, isn’t it wonderful all the ways in which this distress has goaded you closer to God? You’re more alive, more concerned, more sensitive, more reverent, more human, more passionate, more responsible. Looked at from any angle, you’ve come out of this with purity of heart.” (II Corinthians 7:11, The Message)
Laura, Manlius, NY “Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnessess surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith….” Hebrews 12:1-2a
Grace, Chicago “From the fruit of his mouth a man’s stomach is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.” Proverbs 18:20 NIV
Ashley, Lawrenceville, GA
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
Sue, Hallsville
Haggai 1:5-7 (King James Version)
Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
Jamey, Pocahontas. For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does. Psalm 33:4, NIV
Cyndy, Columbia, SD Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth;give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. Psalm 86:11 NIV
Debbie, Stillwater, OK. “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”
Phil. 4:6,7 NIV
I LOVE these verses. They’re next on my list!
Andrea
Chester, VA
Isaiah 43:18-19 HCSB
“Do not remember the past events,
pay no attention to things of old.
Look, I am about to do something new;
even now it is coming. Do you not see it?
Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.”