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!
And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; Philippians 3:9-10 KJV
Dottie, Huntsville: “Everything is perissible” – but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible” – but not everything is constructive. 1 Corinthians 10:23 NIV
Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:5-6. NASB
Karla, Broomfield: And from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. John 1:16 ESV Bible
rebekah (age 9) st. paul minnesota
by this all will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.
john 13:35
that’s my girl . . . love you honey!
mom
Bonnie, Houston
Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear. For God is working in you, giving you the desire and power to do what pleases Him. Phil 2:12b-13
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
Connie Glave, Midland, MI
The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’ Matthew 25:40 NIV
Tammie, Pikeville, KY,
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. James 1:27 NIV
Yay! Pikeville Siestas!! Lets do this!
Rose, Dallas, John 15: 7-8
The analogy of fruit/vine/harvest shows how God is glorified when people come into a right relationship with him and begin to “bear much fruit” in their lives. Are you receiving the nourishment and life offered by Christ, the vine. If not, you are missing a secial gift he has for you.
Live the New Life – Christ is the Center – 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) – Therefore if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
Stacy, Searcy, Arkansas
“You crown the year with your good blessings, and you leave abundance in your wake.” Psalm 65:11 The Net Bible
Alex Luther
Roseburg, OR
Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.
Psalm 119:36
NIV
Kim, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Be anxious for nothing, 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 minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 NKJV
Tani, Greenville,NC
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering: for he is faithful that promised. Hebrews 10:23 KJV
Ann, Murrells Inlet: 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 NKJV
Sharon, Nederland, TX
For nothing is impossible with God. Luke 1:37 NIV
Realizing I need patience and more control over my tongue I chose this verse:
Proverbs 25:15 Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone. (NIV)
SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil
Wendi from Sulphur.
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
Heather, Cleveland, GA: You have searched me Lord, and you know me. Psalm 139:1 NIV
(I plan to memorize this entire chapter- 24 verses!)
Rhonda Lima, OH
I have to claim this, this first week especially of the new year!
“You have crowned the year with Your bounty, And Your paths drip with fatness.” Ps. 65:11 (NASB)
Carrie, McKinney Tx
I love the house where you live, O Lord, the place where your glory dwells. Psalm 26:9 NIV
Pam, Wilmington,
But You, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory and the lifter of my head.
Psalm 3:3 ESV
Emily, Spring Lake :Psalm 143:1
“O LORD, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness
come to my relief.” I need prayer.
Ginger, Columbus: ” Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.” Daniel 12:3 NIV
Kim, Rockland: “Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.” Psalm 37:4-6 NIV
Missy, Bonners Ferry, “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. A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build. A time to weep and a time to laugh, A time to mourn and a time to dance”. Ecc. 3:1-4 NIV
Darlene, Dauphin Island, AL
My determined purpose is that I may know him, that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with him perceiving and recongnizing and undertanding the wonders of his person.
Philippians 3:10 AMP
Nancy, Syracuse, NY
“No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to us all. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.”
I Corinthians 10:13 TNIV
Dana in Houston, TX: “But whoever catches a glimpse of the revealed counsel of God—the free life!—even out of the corner of his eye, and sticks with it, is no distracted scatterbrain but a man or woman of action. That person will find delight and affirmation in the action.” – James 1:25 (The Message)
Delaine, Plainview: “Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, the sheep of His pasture.” Psalm 100:1-3 (NIV)
Lenna,York, NE
Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
( Isa 40:28-29. NIv)
Jen, Dublin VA
“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and I will bring you back from captivity.”
Jeremiah 29:13-14 NIV
Sarah Grace, Searcy, Arkansas
“Indeed, while following the way of Your judgements, O Lord, We have waited for you eagerly; Your name, even Your memory, is the desire of our souls.”
Isaiah 26:8 (NAS)
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. I Corinthians 2:9 KJV
Valerie, Oklahoma
Sara, Harrisonburg, VA: “In you, Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness.” NIV
Kori, Duluth MN: “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.” Isaiah 26:3-4 ESV
Seth, Monroe NC (age 13)
I will set no base or wicked thing before my eyes. I hate the work of them who turn aside [from the right path]; it shall not grasp hold of me. Psalm 101:3 Amplified Bible
Lonnie Little Rock
Eph 2:8-10
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
NIV
Claire, Memphis, TN:
“Taste and see that the LORD is good. How happy is the man who takes refuge in Him!” Psalm 34:8 (HCSB)
Mary, Ardmore, AL
“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
Donna: St. Louis: “But without faith no one can please God. We must believe that God is real and that he rewards everyone who searches for him.” Heb 11:6 Contemporary English Version
Cynthiana, KY
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight in in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. Psalm 1:1-2
Lynda in Wyoming-“Call to Me and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things which you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3 NKJ
Michelle, Meridian, ID “If you falter in a time of trouble,how small is your strength!”
Prov. 24:10 NIV
Linda, Indio, CA – I so want to understand…”Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.” Ephesians 5:17 NIV
Danelle, Ames, IA;
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By now means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Romans 6:1-3 ESV
Andrea
Alexandria, Louisiana
Titus 2:3The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; (KJV)
Leanne from San Antonio,TX: Be glad for all God is planning for you. Be patient in trouble, and always be prayerful. Romans 12:12 New Living
Kaylie, Vega TX:
Let them praise His name with the dance; Let them sing Praises to Him with timbrel and harp. Psalm 149:3 NKJ