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!
Susan
Nokomis IL
The Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 2 Corinthians 3:17 (NCV)
“This is my command-be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9, the NLT Bible.
Priscilla – Mesa, AZ Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him. John 14:21 NIV
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and not lean on your own understanding; in all ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
God is so faithful. I know part of the #2 verse that I chose, but never knew the whole thing.
Hebrews 11:6, “But without faith it is impossible to please Him; for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, & that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.”
My first verse and second are both on seeking Him. Isn’t amazing to see how God works. Can’t wait to see what He will give me for verse 3.
Philippians 2:15-16
“…so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God withour fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe(16)as you hold out the word of life-in order that i may boast on the day of Christ that i did not run or labor for nothing.”
Lyn, Greenville,SC
But forget all that–it is nothing compared to what I’m going to do. For I’m about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. Isaiah 43:18-19(NLT)
Amber – Houston, Tx
“The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26
Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord. Acts 3:19
Gretchen, Dardanelle, AR
Benton, Arkansas
“When my spirit grows faint within me, it is You who know my way.” Psalm 142:3
Lindsay, Salisbury, NC: Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. Proverbs 19:21 NIV
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26 NIV
Jennifer Pennington, MN
And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulations produce perseverance, and perseverance, character and character, hope.
Romans 5:3-4 (NKJV)
Shelby, Keller, TX
Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9 NIV
Allison, Annapolis, MD, “So overflowing is his kindness to us that he took away all our sins through the blood of His son, by whom we are saved; and has showered down upon us the richness of his grace – for how well he understands us and knows what is best for us at all times. Eph. 1:7-8
Kelly, Charlotte, NC
O Lord, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!
Psalm 86:11 (NET)
Lindsey, McKinney, TX
In [Christ Jesus] and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
Ephesians 3:12
January 15, 2011
Peggy, Cypress TX
Romans 8:37-39 (NIV)
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Suzanne, Tucson, AZ
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
-1 John 1:9
Woo-hoo —- was able to convert my memory verse “pictures” that I made into PDF documents – e-mailed to myself and was able to create a shelf in iBooks called “Memory Verses” and saved them there . . . now I have written AND the verse pictures . . . yeah for the LPM app and iBooks and being able to save pdf documents! Sorry, had to share! I am a visual AND auditory learner —- I can see the pictures and remember the verses. So much easier for me.
Brandy: Frederick, MD
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water,
that sends out its roots by the stream,and does not fear when heat comes,for its leaves remain green,
and is not anxious in the year of drought,
for it does not cease to bear fruit.” Jeremiah 17:7-8 ESV
I had seen this verse and decided on it and the when i got on here it is the second one you listed!!!
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
“It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.”
~ 1 Corinthians 13:5 NLT
Teena
Cypress, Texas
Nancy, Bridgewater, NJ
No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses , So I will be with you;
I will never leave you or forsake you.
Joshua 1:5 NIV
Therefore we are always confient and know as long a we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. For we live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and home with the Lord. 2 corinthians 5:6
For my sweet grandma
Carrie, Logan. “I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.” Psalm 130:5 NIV
Wanda, North Canton, Oh
I call on You, O God, for You will answer me; give ear to me and hear my prayer. Show the wonder of your great love, You who save by Your right hand those who take refuge in You from their foes.
Psalm 17:6-7 NIV
Stacy, Bowling Green, KY. “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw us off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perserverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men so you that you will not grow weary and lose heart.” Heb 12:1-3 NIV
Missi, Bargersville
“The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” John 10:10 American Standard Version
from Oshawa On Canada
NIV
“Psalm 3:3 But you are a shield around me, O Lord
you bestow glory on me and lift up my head.”
“Don’t brag about tomorrow, since you don’t know what the day will bring.” Proverbs 27:1 NLT
Sharon – Inman, SC
Joshua 1:9 NIV
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
Tami
Upland
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD shines over you.
Isaiah 60:1 (CSB)
Cindy
Flemingsburg, KY
Give your burdens to the Lord, and He will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall.
Psalm 55:22 NLT
Jennifer, Denver
Romans 12:2
“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.” (NIV)
Amy; Waco, TX; Philippians 4:11: I am not saying this because I am in need, I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. NIV
Suzy, Orlando
“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.”
Isaiah 46:9 NIV
Kelly
Avon Park, FL
In you, LORD my God, I put my trust.
Psalm 25:1 NIV
Angie & Lily (my 4 1/2 year old daughter), Goshen, IN, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Phil. 4:6-7 NIV
Carrie, Temple,TX
“I am at rest in God alone; my salvation comes from Him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I will never be shaken.” Psalm 62:1-2(NIV)
“For I know the plans I have for you,’ says the Lord. ‘They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope” Jeremiah 29:11 NLT
Sharon – Inman, SC
Kim, Louisville, KY. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. Heb. 12:11, NIV
Pam; Pleasant View, TN
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
Camas Valley, OR Hebrews 4:15-16 NKJV
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. (16)Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Sarah, Williamstown, WV: “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up!” Galatians 6:9 NIV
Lee from Western MI
“Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may no how to answer everyone.” Colossians 4:5-6
AND resurrecting notecards from 2009. Eph 4:29 So I remember to SHUT MY TRAP. seriously.
Lori, Sparta, MI
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
Romans 5:5 NIV
In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps. Proverbs 16:9 (NIV)
Sharon,Riverside,Ca. Psalm 27:2 NIV
When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh, when my enemies and my foes attack me, they will stumble and fall.
Joshua 1:8 NIV
Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.