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!
Kendra Sturgis, MI Matt. 12:34&35 NIV
Ashley, Tampa,FL
Gently instruct those who oppose the truth. Perhaps God will change those people’s hearts, and they will learn the truth. 2 Timothy 2:25, NLT
Shelly, Orange “The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.Zephaniah 3:17 NIV
Natalie from Mobile, Alabama: “I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.” Psalm 119:11 NIV
Anne, Squamish,
“You are my witnesses” declares the LORD, “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. Isaiah 43:10 NIV
Cleveland, Oklahoma: “You crown the year with your good blessings, and You leave abundance in Your wake.” Psalm 65:11 NET
Jennifer, Little Rock, AR
“For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7 NASB
Philippians 2:1,2 If there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, make my joj complete by being of the same mind maintaining the same love, united in spirit intent on one purpose. (NASB)
Whoops I forgot to put my name & town…
Fiffer from Lancaster, PA
Psalm 65:11 “You crown the year with your bounty,
and your carts overflow with abundance”. NIV
Saw this from Barb, seems appropriate!
Jane, Gulfport: 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, Hebrews 12:1, NASB.
Laura, Tulsa, OK
2 Timothy 1:7, NKJV
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
Valerie in Woodstock, Connecticut
“In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths.”
Proverbs 3:6, Amplified
Maxie from Montgomery, AL: “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.'” Isaiah 30:21 NIV
Kirsten, Lubbock
“The wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure: then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.”
James 3:17-18 NLT
Darlene T., Charlotte K., and Carol K., Pittsburgh, PA: “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.” NIV
Beaverton, OR
“Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe” Philippians 2:14-15
Micah 6:8
The Lord has told you, human, what is good; he has told you what he wants from you:
to do what is right to other people, love being kind to others, and live humbly, obeying your God.
Krissi, Monticello, AR
A cheerful disposition is good for your health; gloom and doom leave you bone tired. Proverbs 12:22 MSG
Jane, Lexington, NC: “Peace I leave with you,my peace I give you, I do not give to you as the world gives; do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” John 14:27 (NIV)
Wendy, Cleveland, TN
11 You turned my wailing into dancing;
you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
12 that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent.
LORD my God, I will praise you forever. Psalm 30:11-12
Dawn, Lenoir N.C. Blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along the riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Jer 17 7 (NLT)
Jane, Houston, TX
Deuteronomy 7:9 (NIV) Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.
Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins
and will raise up the age old foundations;
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,
Restorer of Streets with Dwellings. Isaiah 58:12 NIV
Abby Corvallis Oregon
Raines, Albany, GA
He tends his flock like a shepherd…He gently leads those that have young. Isaiah 40:11 NIV
Julie, Star City… So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! James 3:5 ESV
Psalm 121:1 HCSB
“I raise my eyes toward the mountains. Where will my help come from?”
Ivy Morrison
Willis, TX
Joy
Asheboro, NC
“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to You, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.”
Psalm 19:14 NLT
Ann, East Tennessee, Proverbs 16:3,
Commit your work to the Lord,
and your plans will be established.
Dala,Brownwood,Tx
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
Psalm 1:3 NIV
Romans 15:13
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.
RaeLeen
Greenwood Indiana
Robin, Alexandria, VA
“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
Christina, Tuttle,
Psalm 139:14 “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” NLT
Leila, Carrollton: All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thouroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Tim. 3:16 NIV
Laura, Burbank Joshua 1:8 (NKJV)
The Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but
you shall meditatein it day and night, that you may observe to according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success
“This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”
Psalm 118:24
Ann Lauree, Sheridan, AR
Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. Deut. 30:11 NIV
“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”.
TNIV. Jeremiah 29:11
Nellwyn, Mineral Wells TX I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. Psalm 40:1-2 NIV
Jennifer, Milford, OH
“Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”
Psalm 51:10 New American Standard
Becky, Chattanooga
and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade – kept in heaven for you.
1 Peter 1:4 ~NIV~
Dana, Houston, TX – “Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.” Jeremiah 17:21
Louisa, Austin: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 NIV
Katie, Roanoke Tx: ” To Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy— to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen” Jude 1:24-25 NIV
julie, new braunfels, “You crown the year with your good blessings and you leave abundance in your wake” Psalm 65:11 NET
Jackie
Los Angeles, CA
“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert”.
Isaiah 43:18-19 ESV
Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy…
1 Peter1:8
Sara, Lakewood, CO
(on wisdom)”Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right, for my mouth will utter truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.”
Proverbs 8:6-7 (ESV)
Lori
Sykesville, MD
Romans 15:13(NIV) 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.
Lisa, Dayton, OH
Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Psalm 34:14, ESV