Hey, Sweet Things!
You guys are so much fun. Thanks for getting excited with us about the app. I’m just thinking about how this whole technology thing was in the mind of God centuries ago when He inscribed His words on the sacred page through the pens of men. Too much to wrap our minds around, isn’t it? He is the One who knows “the end from the beginning,” and “from ancient times, what is still to come.” He says, “My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.” (Isaiah 46:10)
At the moment I’m typing up this post, we have a whopping 9250 entries under Verse 1. Never in my wildest imagination did I picture this. I was pretty blown away by our strong and steady couple of thousand in 2009. Keep in mind that the 9250 is not an exact reflection of participants because there are some replies under comments, like, “I’m copying yours!” and “I’ve never even heard that verse!” I’m not going put a restriction on that because community in Christ is what makes Siestaville work. We do know, however, that way over 8000 are participating because that many women ordered spirals or downloaded the artwork. Others who are participating grabbed their own spirals the easier way from the store. I also want you to picture the many preadolescent girls we have on our team. Don’t you remember loving stickers and pens and school supplies when you were that age? I should have known they’d take to the spirals. Just close your eyes and imagine them reciting some of the verses dearest to your heart. Many of us have lived long enough to know by life experience what they are reciting by faith. It’s such a precious thought to me. They will find Jesus faithful just as we have. Yep, we have junior Siestas but we also have plenty of senior Siestas which delights me just as much. Our joy in standing shoulder-to-shoulder with this mighty band of women is indescribable. I wonder how many football fields we would stretch across. Whew. For just a split second I saw us all in my bright red college drill team uniforms. Scratch that thought.
OK, before I call for your second verses, many of you asked for the exact date of the SSMT celebration next January. I double-checked the weekend with Sabrina and it’s January 20-21, 2012 from Friday evening until Saturday noon. Of course, we’ll get you the proper information starting early next Fall but, if you think you might want to come, put it down on your calendar, start saving your expense money, and plan to memorize your darling little head off. The event itself is our gift to you and your ticket in is your well-used spiral (of either kind).
Are you ready for SSMT Verse 2? I’m giving you a heads-up that I plan to target a lot of James verses this year so, while I’m still going to tell you mine each time, I’ll also suggest a good alternative for those of you who could use an additional idea. Remember! Limit your comments to Name, City, Verse, and Translation. Here’s mine:
Beth, Houston. “My brothers and sisters, do not show prejudice if you possess faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.” James 2:1 The NET Bible
Here’s an alternative I really love and memorized a couple of years ago. My dear coworker, Diane, is memorizing it right now so it’s washing back over my mind:
Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done. The things You planned for us no one can recount to You; were I to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare.” Psalm 40:5 NIV
And that, O Lord, is the gospel truth.
OK, Sisters! Bring on Verse 2!
I pray that Christ is so pleased. I feel in my soul that He is.
Have a great weekend!
Lesia from Elizabethtown, KY
“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.”
2 Cor. 10:3-5 NKJV
Vicki from Waco: Zephaniah 3:17 NLT–“For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty Savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With His Love, He will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.”
Hope – Elgin, TX
“For I can do everything through Christ who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13 (NLT)
Mary
Chesapeake, VA
2 Corinthians 12:9
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
Taryn from Elizabethtown, KY
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.”
1 Cor. 13:1-3 NKJV
Corpus Christi, I’m borrowing Beth’s this time.
“My brothers and sisters, do not show prejudice if you possess faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.” James 2:1 The NET Bible
Janet, Plymouth, “Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” Ephesians 5:1 NIV
Morgen from Elizabethtown, KY
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.”
1 Cor. 13:1-3 NKJV
Ronda- Marion, IN
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” Is 30:21 NIV
Carmen – Eau Claire, WI
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
Debbie- Las Cruces, N.M.
Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 91:12
Lori
Acworth, Georgia
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23
Isaiah 41:10
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. ~NIV
Mary, Bolivar–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)
mari from Zionsville IN
The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life. John 10:10 NLT
My memory verse for the next two weeks will be: Isaiah 30:18 – “The Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore He will rise up to show you compassion…Blessed are all who wait for Him”
This speaks to me as I am not a person whereby waiting is one of my strengths.
How does one order a spiral memory notebook?
Hi Mari,
You can order spirals from our LPM online store. Here is the direct link: http://www.lproof.org/store/search.asp?searchtext=spiral
Ann, Fishers,IN
“Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control.” Proverbs 25:26 NIV
“It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy, thanking the Father who makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful that he has for us.” Colossians 1:12 (The Message)
Nancy in Aurora, Colorado. My server was down yesterday, sorry. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, And I will listen to you. Jeremiah 29:12 NIV
Tammy- Rowlett, TX
Search me O God, and know my heart;test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 139:23-24 (NIV)
angel-michigan-NIV 2010
“Remember the former things,
Those of long ago
I am GOD
And there is no other!
I am GOD
And there is none like me.
I make known the end from the beginning,
From ancient times…what is still to come.
I say “My purpose will stand,
and I will do all that I please.”
Isa. 46:9-10
Terry, Mechanicsville, “And the word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only son, full of grace and truth.”, John 1:14, NAB
Erma- Houston
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop, but a good work maketh it glad. Proverbs 12:25 KJV
waylene; loma linda;
For my determined purpose is that I may know Him, that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His person more strongly and more clearly and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection which it exers over believers and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed into His likeness even to His death. Phil. 3:10 Amplified Bible
Then you will know I am the LORD, those who hope in me will not be disappointed.
Isaiah 49:23
Teresa, Rowlett,TX
Isaiah 61:1,2a
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach 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, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God
Tanya; Sheffield, Alabama- “A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.” Proverbs 15:1 KJV
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)
Debbie G.
Jacksonville, FL
Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.
Proverbs 16:3 NIV
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3
Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Proverbs 3:3 NIV
Mindy – McDonough, GA
“If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
Luke 9:23 (NIV)
Rhonda, Anderson, Indiana NIV
Romans 7:22-25
For in my inner being I delight in God’s law, but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched man I am. Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God – through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.
“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
Carol, Atlanta: But the man who loves God is known by God. 1 Corinthians 8:3 (NIV)
Crystal
Norman, OK
He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.
Romans 8:27-28
Forgot to put the version…The Message
Jennifer – Highlands Ranch, CO
“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.” Jer. 29.11 (NIV)
Nikki, Guntersville: “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love and self-discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7 NLT
Susan, Chesterfield. “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
~2 Timothy 3:16-17
Be anxious for nothingk but in everythingk by prayer and supplication with thanksgivingk let your requests be made unto God. Phil 3:6
Shandra – Dallas, TX
“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, for ever and ever! Amen”
Ephesians 3:20-21 – NIV
“Honour the Lord with thy substance and with the firstfruits of all thine increase.” Proverbs 3:9 KJV
For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose.
Philippians 2:13
Briley, Ruston, “2For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.” 1 Corinthians 2:2 (ESV)
Psalm 91:11 “He will give His angels charge concerning you, to guard you in all your ways.”
Gettysburg, SD
1 Corinthians 10:23-24 NIV
“Everything is permissible” – but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible” – but not everything is constructive. Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.
Jonni/ Fayetteville, NC
Galations 2:16
Know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
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. Eph. 4:29
Cindy Wincel
Indianapolis, IN
Wendy-Oshkosh, WI
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 as you hold out the word of life.
Philippians 2:14-16 NIV