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!
Terri, Biloxi, MS/”Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ” (Gal. 1:10) NIV
Melody,Cartersville,GA: For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. Romans 15:4 NIV
Julia,Whidbey Island,WA:”The Lord your God is going ahead of you. He will fight for you, just as you saw Him do in Egypt. And you saw how the Lord your God cared for you all along the way as you traveled through the wilderness, just as a father cares for his child. Now He has brought you to this place.” Deut.1:30-31 NLT
Carol, Amarillo, TX 18 “Forget the former things;
   do not dwell on the past.
19 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 NIV
Tammy, Atlanta …Though bonds and afflictions abide…none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself so that I might finish my course with joy. Acts 20:24 KJV
Carolyn, Kennesaw: “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. Psalm 23:1” (New Kings James)God’s promise to me:>
Jennifer, Fayetteville, AR:
“He must become greater; I must become less.”
John 3:30 NIV
I’m a newby and first time blogger…Hello my new siestas!
Jennifer, Hendersonville, TN:”Be joyful always, pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” NIV
Ernie
Angier, NC
Deuteronomy 1:31 NIV
and in the desert. 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
Christi, Cameron, NC
2 Peter 1:5-7 (New International Version)
5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.
Sarah Birmingham, Lambertville , MI
Great to be back! Went solo last year, NOT the same 🙂
2Corinthians 4:16
Therefore we do not lose heart.Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
NIV
Danielle, Cambridge-United Kingdom: ““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 Boy do I need this one!
Peg, Hillsboro, KS “In your relationships with one another, have the same attitude of mind Christ Jesus had. Phil. 2:5 TNIV
Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope. This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life.
Psalm 119:49-50 (ESV)
Kay in Sierra Vista, AZ
Joanna, Diamond Bar, Ca. : “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matt. 11:28Â -NIV
Sylvia, Wichita, Ks. ” Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.
Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen
you & help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand Isaiah 41:10 NLT
Marti,Hawkinsville- Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10
Women’s Devotional NIV
Cindi, Orange, TX. I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world. John 16:33 HCSB
Megan, Wolcott, IN – For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose. Phil 2:13 (NIV)
Cheryl, Port Angeles: But now, O Jacob, listen to the Lord who created you. O Israel, the one who formed you says,“Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. Isaiah 43:1 NLT
Yanna Westmoreland,Bryan, Tx “Your ears shall hear a word behind you saying, “This is the way, walk in it” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.” Isaiah 30:21 ESV
Michelle, Frisco, New Living Translation “Instead let the Spirit renew our thoughts and attitudes” Eph 4:23
You crown the year with a bountiful harvest, even the hard pathways overflow with abundance. Ps. 65:11 NLT
Jennifer 🙂
Enterprise, AL
Marie, Post Falls, Idaho:
“When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.” – Psalm 56:3, NIV
Pat, Glendora, CA soon to be Austin, TX
“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.”
Isaiah 26:3-4 NIV
Brianna, San Antonio: Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, 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.
Philippians 4:6-7 NIV
Diane, Killeen, TX: “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.” Psalm 23:1-2
He saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit. Titus 3:5 (NLT)
Katherine, Edmonton,AB ,Canada For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 1 Timothy 6:7 NIV
Erin
Fessenden, ND
You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 (NIV)
Jennifer, Denham Springs, LA, “But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him…Philippians 3:7-9, NIV
Deb San Antonio, TX: You crown the year with Your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake. Psalm 65:11 The NET Bible
Habakkuk 3:17-18 NASB
Though the fig tree should not blossom and there be no fruit on the vines, though the yield of the olive should fail and the fields produce no food,though the flock should be cut off from the fold and there be no cattle in the stalls, yet I will exult in the Lord, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation. Habakkuk 3:17-18 NASB
B Snellville
When everything was hopeless, Abraham believed anyway, deciding to live not on the basis of what he saw he couldn’t do but on what God said he would do. (The message)
Annette, Mount Pleasant, SC. We know that all things work together for the good of those
who love God: those who are called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28 HCSB
Marilyn
Fort Smith, AR
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)
Mary Jane, Troy KS “In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” Proverbs 3:6
Brenda, Valdese NC
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace. Ephesians 1:7 KJV
Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. Phil 4:8
Wanda, Eureka, MO: I seek you with all my heart that I might not sin against you. Psalm 119:10 NIV
Messed up already, can only get better from here!
I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. Psalm 119:10 NIV
Amanda, Colorado Springs
“Behold, I am doing a new thing; now It springs forth, do you not preceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:19 ESV
Katie, Bothell WA
But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. Psalm 3:3 niv
Sarah, Locust Grove, Ga:
“Set your Mind on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, you will also appear with him in glory.”
Collosians 3:2-4 ESV
Shana, St. Paul Minnesota
By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.
John 13.35 (NKJV)
Karla, Waco, TX
Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
Savanna, Atlanta I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Phil 4:13 KJV
Sarah, Murfreesboro: “that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.” Ephesians 1: 17-21 ESV
Vicki, Greenville MS: “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. Isaiah 43:18-19. The Message
Rachel, Frankfort, IL. “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
Becky Cynthiana – Psalm 27: 13-14 I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord, be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. NIV