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!
Erin, Arab, AL.
So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask Him. Matthew 7:11 NLT
Stephanie, Corvallis
However, the Lord your God … turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you. Deuteronomy 23:5 NIV
Abby, Indianapolis, IN
“Let us kneel before the Lord our maker, for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care.” Psalm 95: 6b-7a New Living Translation
Ps. 65:11
The Net Bible
You crown the year with your good blessings and you leave abundance in your wake.
Rachel – Spokane, WA
You crown the year with Your goodness and Your paths drip with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NKJ
When God gives any man wealth and posessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work-this is a gift of God. He seldom reflects on the days of his life,because God keeps him occupied with gladness of heart. Ecclesiastes 5:19&20, NIV
Mary Beth, Georgetown, Tx
Debra, Trussville,
Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. 1 Peter 1:22 NIV
Amy – Pacific, MO
“You crown the year with Your blessings, and You leave abundance in your wake.”
Psalm 65:11 – The NET Bible
Brienne, Marengo IL
Psalm 22:19, NIV
But you, LORD, do not be far from me. You are my strength; come quickly to help me.
Kristl, Hagerstown:
“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.” Rev 4:11 ESV
Elisa (Waco,Tx)
Looking forward to a “something brand new!”
“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
1 Peter 5:6- So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time He will lift you up in honor. NLT
Christina,Fresno,CA
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:1-2 NIV
Bette, Prior Lake, MN
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
Wendy from Albuquerque, NM ” Commit your works to the Lord and your plans will be established” -Proverbs 16:3 Life Application Study Bible
Kathy, Lizella
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
Amanda, Brackettville: “Great peace have they who love Your law; nothing shall offend them or make them stumble.” Psalm 119:165 Amplified Bible
The Lord will give perfect peace to those who keep their minds on Him because He never loses control!-Isaiah 26:3
“You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.”
Judy, Dallas: 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
Renee – Charlotte, NC
The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me; Your love, O Lord,endures forever— do not abandon the works of your hands. Psalm 138:8 (NIV)
Dear Renee,
I have read some of your articles in the Proverbs 31 magazine. For Mother’s Day 2010, I bought your CD on “Contentment.” What a tear-rendering account of the loss of your 1st husband.
This was my 1st Mother’s Day after my Mom passed to her Heavenly Home in April 2010. You CD was one focus that kept me in a “Christ-centered perspective” during my grief.
As your scripture memory verse says: “God’s Love does endure forever.”
Blessings to you and your family!
In God’s Love,
Gay Beck
Olathe, “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
Lizzy, (Benbrook, TX)
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”
Romans 15:13(ESV)
Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, before you were born I set you apart, I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. Jeremiah 1:5, NIV
Megan, Prattville, Al: “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.” Ephesians 4:29, English Standard Version (ESV)
Kate, Zeeland,
“Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.”
Proverbs 16:24 TNIV
Mary, North Richland Hills, Tx: Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the jusrtice of your cause like the noonday sun. Psalm 37:5-6 NIV
Kim from Laguna Niguel, CA “You give me your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains me; you stoop down to make me great. You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not turn.” Psalm 18:35-36 (NIV)
Melanie, Rogers, AR Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire. Hebrews 12:28 NIV
Nicole, Parker, CO
Col. 2:9-10
9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.
Angie, Prosper
Because your love is greater than life, my lips will glorify you. Psalms 63:3 (NIV)
Lacy – Arlington, TX
Psalm 37:3-4
“Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.” NIV
Ashley, Louisa,KY: 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. (unknown version, from LPM Blog)
Jeanne, Keller, Texas, “It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. Gal 5:1 NASB
Michelle, Sherwood, AR
He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure. Isaiah 33:6 NIV
Julie, Hartford, MI
This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 1 John 3:19-20 (NIV)
Heather, Sedalia, Alberta
Do not let any 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 This is our family’s verse.
Angela, Knoxville, TN
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 (NIV)
Lyman, SC
2 Corinthians 4:16…
“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.” (NIV)
Brittney, Lexington, KY!
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
Galilee
Alice, TX
“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. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” – Lamentations 3:22-24 NIV
Pat, Brookings, SD
You crown the year with your bounty,
and your carts overflow with abundance.
Psalm 65:11(NIV)
Amanda, Lebanon, IN
“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives, and release from darkness for the prisoners.” Isaiah 61:1 NIV
Inger, Loveland Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands just as we told you. 1 Thes 4:11 NIV
Bridget, Bloomington, IL Prove yourselves DOERS of the Word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. James 1:22 NASB
“For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God. Being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light” Col.1:9-12
Susan, Portland, Or
Matthew 6:31-33 “So, do not worry saying ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your Heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you as well.”
Tami, Phoenix,Az Matt 4:4 “People do not live by bread alone but by every word that comes form the mouth of God” New Living Translation
Cheri
Vancouver, WA
You will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by.
Job 11:16 NIV
Thanks, Beth
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
“Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever. Amen.” Ephesians 3:20&21 NIV