2011 Siesta Scripture Memory Team: Verse 2!

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!

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  1. 4051
    Meredith says:

    Meredith kelseyville, ca James 1:4
    “Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything”

  2. 4052
    Lynn Polk says:

    Lynn South Carolina

    “If you think that you are being religious,
    but can’t control your tongue,
    you are fooling yourself,
    and everything you do is useless.”

    James 1:26 CEV

  3. 4053
    Susie Webb says:

    Susie, Alice, TX
    “Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later.” Romans 8:18, NLT

  4. 4054
    Wanda says:

    Wanda
    Osborn, Missouri

    Psalm 18:29 NLT
    In Your Strength, I can crush an army;
    With my God I can scale any wall.

  5. 4055
    Kiana Lea says:

    Kiana Lea, Austin TX
    “For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12 NIV

  6. 4056
    Kristy from Cleveland, OH says:

    Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, with prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Phil 4:6 NIV

  7. 4057
    Melissa says:

    Melissa, Thompsons Station.

    You have declared THIS DAY that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in his ways, that you will keep his decrees, commands and laws, and that you will OBEY him. Deut. 26:17 NIV (emphasis mine!)

  8. 4058
    Maxie says:

    Maxie, Montgomery, AL “The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteouness will be quietness and confidence forever.” Isaiah 32:17 (NIV)

  9. 4059
    Dixie Rochester says:

    Dixie, Alice, TX
    “Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later.” Romans 8:18, NLT

  10. 4060
    Jeri Wallin says:

    Jeri, Milton, GA

    “For the vision is yet for the appointed time; It hastens toward the goal and it will not fail; Though it tarries, wait for it, For it will certainly come, It will not delay.”

    Hab. 2:3, NASB

  11. 4061
    Kara Walter says:

    Kara, Houston, TX

    Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10, NIV

  12. 4062

    Robin O’Bryant, Greenwood, MS, “I would have lost hear, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord!” Ps 27:13-14 NKJV

  13. 4063
    Lorena says:

    Lorena, Walla Walla – “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:38,39 NASB)

  14. 4064
    Lois says:

    Lois, Wausa, And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
    Hebrews 11:6 NIV

  15. 4065
    Chelsea says:

    Chelsea, Louisville, KY

    You words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O LORD, God of hosts.

    Jeremiah 15:16, ESV

  16. 4066
    kadie verstrate says:

    Kadie, Tinley Park, IL
    Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your spirit lead me on level ground. Psalm 143:10 (NIV)

  17. 4067
    Jessica says:

    Jessica, Ellis, KS

    You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13

  18. 4068
    Gina says:

    Gina, San Antonio, TX

    “No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.” 1 Cor 10:13, NIV

  19. 4069
    Ashley says:

    Ashley, Orlando, FL

    But his delight is in the Law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night, and he will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers.

    Psalm 1:2-3
    NASB

  20. 4070
    Jennifer; McKinney says:

    I sought the Lord and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
    Psalm 34:4 NIV

  21. 4071
    Sara says:

    Sara , Claremont, CA NIV
    O’ Lord be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.

  22. 4072

    Rebekah, Bryant, “By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.” Proverbs 24:3-4 NIV

  23. 4073
    abby says:

    abby s.
    greenville…”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

  24. 4074
    Renita, Woodstock, GA says:

    Renita, Woodstock – Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time; thank God no matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live.
    1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (The Message)

  25. 4075
    Shameka; Colorado Springs says:

    Numbers 23:19 GOD’S WORD Translation:

    God is not like people. He tells no lies. He is not like humans. He doesn’t change his mind. When he says something, he does it. When he makes a promise, he keeps it.

  26. 4076
    Wendy says:

    Wendy
    Glendora, CA

    1 Peter 4:11 (NIV)
    If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

  27. 4077

    Gretchen in Buffalo, NY:
    “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 a hope and a future.”

    Jeremiah 29:11 NIV

  28. 4078
    Michele S. says:

    Michele, Anderson, SC “He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant – not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.” 2 Corinthians 3:6 NIV

  29. 4079
    Heather says:

    Heather – Belton – Psalm 68:19 Praise the Lord! Praise God our Savior! For each day he carries us in his arms.

  30. 4080
    Emmy says:

    “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.” Matthew 11:28-30 (MSG) … (second half this week)

    Emmy
    Rome, GA

  31. 4081
    Cathy from Lakeland, TN says:

    “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,” Matthew 28:19 NAS

  32. 4082
    Kathy says:

    Kathy,South Bend, Prov.4:20-26NIV,”My (daughter) son, pay attention towhat I say,turn your ear to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to on’e whole body. Above all else, guard your heart, for everything else you do flows from it.”

  33. 4083
    Shalene says:

    Shalene, Clovis “These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.” Revelation 17:14 NKJV

  34. 4084
    Barbara Bishop says:

    Barbara,Norphlet,AR; Romans 12:1 “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God,that you present your bodies a living sacrifice ,holy acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.” NKJ

  35. 4085
    Tracy says:

    Tracy, Spring, TX

    Show me the right path, O Lord;
    point out the road for me to follow.

    Lead me by your truth and teach me,
    for you are the God who saves me.
    All day long I put my hope in you.

    Psalm 25:4-5 NLT

  36. 4086
    Pam says:

    Pam, Longwood, FL
    Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit to sustain me. Psalm 51:12 NIV

  37. 4087
    crimeanmsnry says:

    Dolly, Middletown, OH All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient; all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
    1 Cor. 6:12 KJV

  38. 4088
    Debbie says:

    I am using Habakkuk 3:18. Some one before me had that one, It is so in time with where I am with our family plans. pray for us!

  39. 4089
    Melissa says:

    Melissa, Houston- Ps. 19:14 NAS “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord my rick and my Redeemer.

  40. 4090
    Melandie says:

    Melandie, Raleigh,N.C. 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 minds in Christ Jesus.
    Phillipians 4:6-7 NIV

  41. 4091
    Cindee Breckbill says:

    “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

  42. 4092
    Skylar says:

    Skylar, Collinston, La. How wonderful to be wise, to analyze and interpret things. Wisdom lights up a persons face, softening its harshness. Ecclesiates 8:1 NLT

  43. 4093
    Debra Wiest says:

    Debra, Cathay ND. “I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live.”. Deuteronomy 30:19 (ESV)

  44. 4094
    kimberly says:

    Kimberly, Tuscaloosa,AL: Zephaniah 3:17 NIV

    “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.”

  45. 4095
    marita says:

    Marita – Maricopa, AZ
    “Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:12,13 (ESV)

  46. 4096
    Marcia says:

    Marcia, Grand Rapids MI – Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. Psalm 62:5 (NIV)

  47. 4097
    Yvette in Oregon says:

    Hosea 10:12 Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you.

  48. 4098
    Melissa says:

    Melissa Detroit, MI. “A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control”. Proverbs 29:11 NIV

  49. 4099
    Leila Hollingsworth says:

    Leila Hollingsworth, Carrollton, GA: There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 1 John 4:18 NIV

  50. 4100
    Cheryl says:

    NC

    “You have circled this mountain long enough. Now turn north”
    Deuteronomy 2:3 NASB

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