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!
Mandy – Powder Springs, GA
Romans 15:13 (New Living Translation)
13 I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Robin, Austin, TX: I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them. Isaiah 42:16 NIV
Vickie, Russellville
I Cor 13:4-7 (couldn’t break them up!)
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps NO record of wrongs.
NIV
Danielle, Lansing, MI
“Finally, brothers, 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.” Phil 4:8 (NIV)
Crete, NE “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. II Corinthians 12:9 The Message
Bridgewater,NJ
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Galatians 5:22-23
They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the LORD. Their hearts are secure, they will have no fear; in the end they will look in triumph on their foes. Psalm 112:7-8
NIV
Randee, Norwood, MN: “But also for this very reason giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness and to brotherly kindness love.
2 Peter 1: 5-7 NKJ
Sherry Nowata, OK
You crown the year with Your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake. The NET Bible
Psalms 65:11
Jamie, Perrysburg, OH
“Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually.” 1 Chronicles 16:11, English Standard Version
Jennifer, Avon Park, FL
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Philippians 4:6 NIV
Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me,
for in you my soul takes refuge.
I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings
until the disaster has past.
I cry out to God Most High,
to God, who fulfills his purpose for me.
Psalm 57:1-2
Why are you downcast,O My Soul?Why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God. For I shall yet praise Him.The help of my countenance and my God. Psalm 43:5
Janice, Houston: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it. NIV
Proverbs 27:12
Aimee, Ponca City, OK. “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 wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:18-19 (NIV)
Vanessa, Rio Rancho New Mexico. Eph 6:19- … whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel.- NIV
Cheryl, Midlothian,Va. –
For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it has been written: “the righteous will live by faith”
Romans 1:17 NIV
Pat
Wichita, Ks
Ps 65:11
You crown the year with Your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake. The NET Bible
Kris/Westbrook, Maine: “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.” Romans 12:1 NIV
Psalm 67:1
May God be gratious to us and bless us and make his face shine upon us.
Thou crownest the year with thy goodness, and thy paths drop fatness. Psalm 65:11 King James Bible
Suzann , Kingwood, WV
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by FAITH in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. Galatians 2:20 NIV
Pam, Clearwater, Florida — “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.
Robyn, Birmingham, AL
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Gal 5:1 (NIV)
Janice, Houston, TX: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it. Proverbs 27:12, NIV
“Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.” Hebrews 4:13 NIV
Heather, Aberdeen SD
Jesus calms the storm. Then he arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” and the wind ceased and there was a great calm.
Mark 4:39 NIV
Tammy, FuquayVarina, NC
Ephesians 4:29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouth, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. NIV
Terry, Abilene, Kansas – “Who among the gods is like you, LORD? Who is like you – majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?” Exodus 15:11 (NIV)
Lee, Knoxville, TN “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 wilderness
and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV
Judy, Dallas: “For you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy. My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.” Ps 63:7-8, ESV
Leah, Hopkinsville, KY: And this is love;that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love. 2 John:6, NIV
Brenda-Athens, AL: “For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” 2Timothy 1:7 NIV
Amy, Norfolk Va, New king James Version
Philippians 4:6
Be anxious for nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication, with Thanksgiving let your requests be know to God.
“The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 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”
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 NIV
Linde, Dallas
Missy, Tulare, CA
I sought the LORD & he answered me, he delivered me from all my fears. Psalm 34:4 NIV
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I don’t give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
Hollie – Granbury, TX:
“Fathers(parents), don’t stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” ~Ephesians 6:4 HCSB
Kim, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Cheryl, Louisville, KY: 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 12:2, NIV
Sharee – Sugar Land, 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 through the desert,
rivers in the badlands. (The Message)
Limehouse,
Canada.
:Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has gone. the new has come”.
2Corinthians 5 vs 17.
Alissa
Florence, SC
“If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.” James 1:5 NIV
Jeanie
Sparta, TN
“It is for fredom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1 NIV
Tricia, Wendell, NC – “I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:12-13 NIV
Rita, Birmingham: And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation]. 2 Corinthians 9:8 The AMP Bible
For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord.” They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11 NLT
Jennifer, Las Vegas: “I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion.” (Hosea 2:19, NIV)
Erin, Clinton, MS:
“By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence.”
II Peter 1:3 NLT
Carrie – Knoxville, TN
Do not let 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. Ephesians 4:29 NIV