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!
Jill, Crystal Springs, MS
Treat me according to your constant love and teach me your commands. I am your servant; help me to understand your teachings. Psalm 119:124-125 (TEV)
Amanda in Asheville, NC: I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable act of service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Romans 12:1-2 KJV
Cindy, Montgomery, AL: Galatians 5: 22-23: But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. Against such things there is no law. (NIV)
Margie, Ohio
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it ALL for the glory of God.” I Corinthians 10:31 NLT
“In your anger do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.” Ephesians 4:26, NIV
Janessa, Midland, TX. 2 Cor. 10:15–NIV–“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”
Brooklyn
Enid
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
Isaiah 6:9
NIV
Carolyn Nelson, Santa Maria, CA (God change me by Your WORD!)
IS 43: 18-“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”
shirley,colorado springs, CO ~ Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulusion. And God is able to make all grace abound to you that in all things at all times having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 2 Corinthians 9:7-8, NIV
Sabrina, Bahrain
Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.
1 Corinthians 2:12 ESV
Ashley, Fort Worth, TX:
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 4:6-7 (ESV)
Michelle,Parma, OH, “Now may the God of Hope fill you with ALL joy and peace in believing, so that you will ABOUND IN HOPE by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Rom. 15:13 NASB
Julie Eden,Texas
Psalm 119:73 NLT You made me; You created me.
Now give me the sense to follow Your commands.
this is my Prayer from this verse…
Please help me to become the Woman you created me to be.
In Jesus name Amen
Kristi, Elba, AL: Create in me a pure heart, o God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10, NIV.
Kim, North Branch, MN “This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word.” Isaiah 66:2b NIV
Sarah, Russellville, “For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.” I Timothy 4:4,5 NIV
Katie, Houston:
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 43:19 NIV
ginger,Trussville: “for we cannot stop speaking what we have seen and heard.” Acts 4:20 NAS
Angie, Missouri, “The Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.” Deut. 1:31, New King James
Shannon, New Orleans
“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.” John 15:16, ESV
Karen, Brandon, MS: “So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.” Hebrews 4:16 NLT
Becky, Detroit: “Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.”Psalm 124:8 ESV
Holly, Boulder, CO. “we love because he first loved us”. 1 John 4:19 NIV
Charise–Arlington, TX: “You make known to me the path of life; in your presence is fulness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” Psalm 16:11 ESV
Debbie, Crystal Springs, MS
Lord, Treat me with your constant loving kindness. Teach me your commands. I am your servant. Give me understanding so that I may know and obey your rules. Psalm 119:124-125 (Good News & Living Bible)
Kay, Greenwood SC: “Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:12-13, NIV
kimberly, el paso, tx:
“i called on the Lord in distress;
The Lord answered me and set me in a broad place.
The Lord is on my side”
Psalm 118:5-6a, NKJV
Kristen, Herndon, VA ~ Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. – James 1:17 NIV
Luanne, from Magnolia: “They have kept themselves as pure as virgins, following the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been purchased from among the people on the earth as a special offering to God and to the Lamb. They have told no lies, they are without blame.” Revelation 14:4 (NLT)
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses 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 faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:1-2 NAS
Joslin, Tampa Bay, FL
Janet, Enid, OK
“He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me, and he prepares the way so that I may show him the salvation of God.”
Psalm 50:23 NIV
Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Hebrews 13:1
Linda, Dallas Tx – Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. – Psalm 143:8 NIV
Pamela, Arlington, TX – Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me!, Ps. 51:10, NET
Psalms 65:11 The NET Bible
YOU crown the year with YOUR good blessings and YOU leave abundance in your wake.
Tammy
Cincinnati,Ohio
Michelle, West Des Moines, IA “I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I have set the Lord always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.” Psalm 16:7-8(NIV)
Jill, Crystal Springs, MS
Treat me according to your constant love and teach me your commands. I am your servant; give me understanding so that I may know your teachings.
Psalm 119:124-125
“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)
Julianna (Istanbul, Turkey) For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does. The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love. Psalm 33:4-5 (NIV)
Meredith,Wilmington,NC- 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
Becky, Pasadena, TX: “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
And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM and WHAT I WILL BE; and He said You shall say this to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you! Natasha, Omaha Exodous 3:14 Amplified Version
Kim, Louisville, KY: Those who are in Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives. Galatians 5:24-25, NLT
Valerie, Queen Creek, Az “Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.” Proverbs 25:28 NIV 2010
Teri in Tampa…You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11
Briten, RI. With all my heart I have sought you; Do not let me wander from Your commandments. Psalm 119:10 NASB
Karen, Corbin: James 1:17 NET
Jenna, Mt.Juliet, TN – Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. I Peter 5:7
NIV
Royana, Grand Prairie,
Isaiah 58:10 ESV
“if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.”
Cheryl, Loami IL: “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.” Joshua 3:5 NIV