2011 Siesta Scripture Memory Team: Verse 1!

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!

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  1. 3401
    Emily says:

    Emily Topeka, Kansas

    “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

  2. 3402
    Michelle says:

    Michelle, Waukesha, WI

    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

  3. 3403
    susan futrell says:

    susan, washington, nc
    He is our peace. Eph. 2:14 NIV

  4. 3404
    Raylene says:

    Raylene- Lee’s Summit, MO (Kansas City)

    Psalm 3:3 “But You, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.” ESV

  5. 3405
    Vicki says:

    Vicki, Chapel Hill, NC: for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and of love and of self-control. 2 Timothy 1:7 ESV

  6. 3406
    Justine says:

    “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.” NASB

  7. 3407
    Mary Kay says:

    Mary Kay
    Fulshear
    “Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.” Romans 12:1 NASB

  8. 3408
    Mary says:

    Mary, Westfield, NJ “Praise the LORD, O my soul. I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.” Psalm 146:1 -2 (NIV)

  9. 3409
    Michelle says:

     Michelle, Lutz: Psalm 19:14 “May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart
       be pleasing in your sight,
       LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.”

  10. 3410
    Pam says:

    Pam ~~ Rome, GA

    “You are my refuge and my shield;
    your word is my source of hope.”
    Psalm 119:114 (NLT)

  11. 3411
    Ashley says:

    Ashley, Brandon, 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

  12. 3412
    Katelyn says:

    Katelyn: Atlanta,GA

    1 Samuel 2:8 MSG

    …he rekindles burned-out lives with fresh hope,
    Restoring dignity and respect to their lives—
    a place in the sun!
    For the very structures of earth are God’s;
    he has laid out his operations on a firm foundation.

  13. 3413
    Kate says:

    Kate-Overland Park, KS

    By awesome deeds You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation, You who are the trust of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea.
    Ps 65:5

  14. 3414
    Lisa V. says:

    Lisa V, Washington, NJ: But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins.” Matthew 1:20-21 (NKJV)

  15. 3415
    moosemama says:

    It has long been a desire of mine to memorize Isaiah 40. This is the year I do it!

    Melana
    Sheridan Wyoming

    Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.

    Isaiah 40:1-2
    NIV

  16. 3416
    Becky says:

    Becky, Fort Wayne: Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him rooted and built up in your faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. Colossians 2:6-7 (NET Bible)

  17. 3417
    Julie says:

    Julie, Hurst, TX
    And then take on an entirely new way of life – a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside.
    Ephesians 4:22b-23 The Message

  18. 3418
    Rachele says:

    1 Corinthians 13:12, “Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.” NLT

    Jesus, Give me your eyes!
    Abiding Still,
    Chel

  19. 3419
    Rebecca says:

    Rebecca, South Carolina,
    Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
    Colossians 4:6 NIV

  20. 3420
    Okiegirl says:

    Alece, Lawton OK, Isaiah 61:3 (NAS) “To grant to those who mourn in Zion, giving them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. So they will be called oaks of righteouness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified.”

  21. 3421
    Big Mama says:

    Melanie – San Antonio, TX

    “So if you’re serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ – that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective.” Colossians 3:1-2

  22. 3422
    Sandy, Brentwood, TN says:

    Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause. Isaiah 1:17 ESV

  23. 3423
    Verna says:

    Verna, Berea KY

    You crown the year with Your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake. Psalm 65:11 NET

  24. 3424
    Catherine says:

    Catherine, Lake Jackson. “For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently” Romans 8:24-25 NIV

  25. 3425
    CeCe says:

    Cary from Forney, TX For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. Ephesians 2:10 NLT

  26. 3426
    Barbara B says:

    Barb Ontario Canada

    This is what the Soverign LORD, the Holy One of Isreal, says “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength…” Isaiah 30:15 NIV.

  27. 3427
    Lisa Karle says:

    Three Rivers
    You crown the year with Your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake.
    Psalm 65:11 NET

  28. 3428
    Lindsey says:

    Lindsey, Birmingham, AL:

    “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 ESV

  29. 3429
    Kim Brown says:

    Kim, Atlanta; But he said to me, “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. 2 Cor 9 NIV

  30. 3430
    mercy says:

    mercy Tampa, FL

    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

  31. 3431
    Kerry says:

    Kerry, Nederland Texas
    “Then He opened their minds to understand the scriptures”
    Luke 24:45, New American Standard

  32. 3432
    Marjie Scheib says:

    Marjie Scheib, Genoa City, Wisconsin
    His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, 2 Peter 1:3

  33. 3433
    Kara says:

    Kara, Lafayette, IN
    Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Philippians 4:6, New Living Translation

  34. 3434
    Natalie Ward says:

    Natalie,Piedmont: Jesus replied: “Love the Lord with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” Mathew 22:37 NIV

  35. 3435
    Megan says:

    Megan, Connecticut
    “ Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:18-19 (NKJV)

  36. 3436
    phyllis winn says:

    Phyllis
    Gilmer, Tx

    1 Corinthians 2:5 NIV
    That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God

  37. 3437
    Sandy says:

    Sandy, Maryland, Nahum 1:7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. (KJV)

  38. 3438
    Ann says:

    Ann-Cripple Creek, VA
    Be gracious to me, O God, according to your lovingkindness; according to the greatness of your compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. Psalm 51:1,2

  39. 3439
    Hannah Leigh says:

    Hannah, Perry, MI: “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)

  40. 3440
    Judith says:

    Judith, West Columbia, TX
    “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6 NIV

  41. 3441
    Betsy Peterson says:

    Betsy, Casper, WY
    Children are a gift from the LORD; they are a reward from Him. Psalm 127:3

  42. 3442
    MaryR Snyder says:

    Mary, Alabama
    For in him we live and move and exist. As one of your own poets says, `We are his offspring.’ Acts 17:28 NLT

  43. 3443
    Julie says:

    Julie, Carthage MO, James 1:22, NIV
    ‘Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.’

  44. 3444
    Cherry B. says:

    Cherry, Conway, AR

    Rejoice evermore, Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. I Thessalonians 5:16-18 KJV

  45. 3445
    Alegra Bishop says:

    Alegra Bishop – Datil New Mexico

    James 4:13-15

    “Now listen you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.’ Why you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, ‘If it is the Lord’s will we will live and do this or that.'”

  46. 3446
    Sandra, China Grove, NC says:

    Ephesians 1:11 (The Message)

    It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, (12) part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.

  47. 3447
    Marilyn says:

    Marilyn, Florence, AL
    For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 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.
    II Corinthians 10:3-5 NIV

  48. 3448
    Tiffany says:

    Tiffany, Clay Center, KS

    You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11

  49. 3449
    Vicki says:

    Vicki
    Murfreesboro,TN

    Philippians 2:5,14 (NIV)
    “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus. Do everything without complaining or arguing.”

  50. 3450
    Bethany Farmer says:

    Bethany, Fisherville, Ky “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” – 2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV

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