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!
Dolly, Middletown,OH: Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. Isa. 13, 18,19 KJV
Rachel~Athens, GA
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
1 Peter 2:9-10 NKJV
Claire Lafayette
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)
glenda colorado springs co
col 3:12-13a
and so , as those who have been chosen of GOD, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion,kindness, humility, gentleness,and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other NAS
Hannah League City, Tx: “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, Bible.com
Katy, Pearland, TX: “Behold, as for the proud one, his soul is not right within him; but the righteous will live by his faith.” Habakkuk 2:4 The New American Standard Bible
Kristie, Dunn Loring, VA: ” you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your bodies.” 1 Corinthians 6: 20 (NIV).
Joy – Peachtree City, Georgia.
“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled.” Matthew 5:6 (KJV)
Jan, Denton: “Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.” Isaiah 59:1 NIV
Romans 5:3-4 (KJV)
And not only so , but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; [4] And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
Heidi, Longview, Tx. “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.” Holman Christian Standard
Kim, Farmers Branch, TX: “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.”. Ephesians 4:29 (ESV)
But examine everything carefully;hold fast to that which is good. 1 Thessalonians 5:21 NASB
Gayle, Old Bridge, NJ: “Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge.” Psalms 62:8 NIV
Rebecca, Canada: English Standard Version:”I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have known the distress of my soul”,
OH DANG, Leave it to me to leave half of this off. Happy New Year:Psalm 31:7
Barb, Hermitage, PA: “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 desert and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43: 18,19 NIV
Carolyn, West Chester – “but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” declares the LORD. Jeremiah 9:24 NIV
James 1:27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. NIV
“For when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.” James 1:3 Life Application Study Bible
“I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me(I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency)” Philippians 4:13 Amp.
Nancy, Rhinelander,Wi
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 NIV
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
Anna
LA
Ephesians 4:29- Do not let any unwholesome 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.
Desiré, Springfield, MO
Heather, Fort Mill SC, “Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.” Psalm 19:14 NKJV
Amanda Taylor, Richmond VA “For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart. ” Hebrews 4:12 (Holmans)
Leann, Gardendale, AL – 1 Peter 4:8 NIV “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”
Susan in Mountain City,
The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them… Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him.
Psalm 34:7, 9 NKJV
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go, I will guide you with My eye. NKJV Psalm 32:8
Pam, Suffolk UK
‘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 v11 NIV
laura from canton MI. Revelation 21:5 He who is seated on the throne said, I am making all things new. Then he said, Write this down for , these words are trustworthy and true. NIV
Tonya, Searcy,Ar
It is not good to eat too much honey, nor does it bring you honor to brag about yourself. Those who do not control themselves are like a city whose walls are broken down.
Proverbs 25:27-28 (New Century Version)
Stephanie, Glen Burnie,MD
Psalm 102:18-22
“Let this be recorded for a generation come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD; that he looked down from his holy height; from heaven the LORD looked at the earth, to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die,that they may declare in Zion the name of the Lord, and in Jerusalem his praise, when peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to worship the LORD.
Monica, Columbus, OH: “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful” Hebrews 10:23, NIV
Suzanne-Pasadena, TX: And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling aroma. Ephesians 5:2 NKJV
John 1:1-5 KJV In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Washington, DC
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord. Jeremiah 29:11a NLV
Mary, Houston
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men. Psalm 107:31 New International Version
Marilyn, Bradenton: “Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to Him; for God is our refuge.”
Psa. 62:8 (NIV)
Judy, Holly Springs, “You crown the year with Your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake.” Psalm 65:11 The NET Bible
Proverbs 23:18
For surely there is a hereafter, and your hope will not be cut off. (NKJV)
Praise the Lord!!
Becki Battle Creek, MI
Philippians 4:8
8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
Stephanie, Amarillo, TX-
Romans 15:13 (ESV)
May the God of hope fill you with all(A) joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Anna, San Diego: “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)
Lindsay ~ Bangor
“You crown the year with Your good blessings, and leave abundance in Your wake.” Psalm 65:11 (NET)
Renee, Houston
A wise man’s heart guides his mouth and his lips promote instruction. Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 16:23-24. NIV
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” Hebrews 13:8,NIV
Alice, Cleveland: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. NKJ
Cindy
Flemingsburg, KY
You crown the year with Your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake.
Psalm 65:11 NET
Connie, Pine Level, NC – From the fullness of His grace we have all received one blessing after another. John 1:16 NIV
Susan, Paris,Ky “Do not repay evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing”1Peter 3:9 NIV
Sandra in Swainsboro, GA
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 right hand. Isaiah 41:10
NIV