HOUSTON AREA TUESDAY NIGHT BIBLE STUDY GIRLS: If by chance we end up needing to cancel tonight over the storms, I will put a cancellation notice right here on the blog so keep an eye on this spot off and on all day. Certainly check it before you set out for HFBC tonight. We love you and want to be wise!
NOON UPDATE FOR TUESDAY NIGHT BIBLE STUDY: As of right now, Bible study is ON for tonight. It will really be cold for us south Texans but it’s supposed to be dry. We are planning on starting the lesson a little earlier and ending it at 8:15. See you there with our coats on!
Now, for SSMT:
Hey, Siestas!
Happy February 1st! Did January fly past us or what?? We’re at least two Scriptures the richer for it, though. I’ve been using my time on my exercise bike in the mornings to practice my memory verses so I’ve mostly only heard myself repeat them gasping for breath. (If you like picturing things, it’s in my garage sandwiched between boxes and stacks of 26 years of Moore paraphernalia and everything else besides an actual car…which is in my driveway. You also might enjoy picturing my Border Collie Star sitting right beside me, fixating on the bicycle pedal as it goes round and round. Bless her poor sweet obsessive-compulsive self.) I might have to haul the bike up there with me to the Siesta celebration next January so I can say them to my partner the same way I’ve practiced them. Or I guess I can just sit on the floor and pump my feet in the air and play like. My partner might have to sit back from me just a tad. And if none of that works, I’ll get my man to haul Star up there to watch me and see if the right conditions are responsible for the recollections. And, of course, they’re not. In John 14:26, Christ says it is the Holy Spirit who reminds us of everything He has taught us so press on! With Him, we can do all things.
Tuesday is Bible study day for us at LPM this time of year so I don’t get to talk long on here today. So, let’s get to it! It’s already time for Verse 3!
As I told you two weeks ago, I’ll primarily be working through verses out of the Book of James for much of this year. I’ll give you mine each time but I’ll also give you an alternative that I really love outside of James in case you need some ideas. Here’s the portion I’m memorizing this time around with my information:
Beth, Houston. “Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom. For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.” James 2:12-13 The NET Bible
I love that last statement. Mercy triumphs over judgment. Aren’t you thankful we have a Savior that feels that way?
The alternative I’ll suggest to you today is on my mind because someone I care deeply about struggles terribly with fear of death. This person isn’t chronically ill. Just oppressed and tormented by possibilities. Maybe some part of this segment might minister to you today.
Since the children are made of flesh and blood, it’s logical that the Savior took on flesh and blood in order to rescue them by his death. By embracing death, taking it into himself, he destroyed the Devil’s hold on death and freed all who cower through life, scared to death of death. (Hebrews 2:14-15 The Message)
Anybody “scared to death of death”? These passages are also really rich out of the NIV if you prefer it:
Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. (Hebrews 2:14-15 NIV)
Oh, there’s nothing like the power of God’s Word. And that’s because there’s nothing like the power of God.
You sure are loved around here. OK, let’s have it, 2011 SSMT! Verse 3! (Your first name, city, reference and translation please.)
I’ll talk to you soon!
Cindi
Madison, MS
The everlasting God is your refuge,
and His everlasting arms are under you.
He drives out the enemy before you,
He cries out, ‘Destroy them!’
Deuteronomy 33:27 NLT
Amy
Peru, NY
“At the time, discipline isn’t much fun. It always feels like it’s going against the grain. Later, of course, it pays of handsomely, for it’s the well-trained who find themselves mature in their relationship with God. So don’t sit around on your hands! No more dragging your feet! Clear the path for long-distance runners so no one will trip and fall, so no one will step in a hole and sprain an ankle. Help each other out. And run for it!
Hebrews 12:11-13 The Message
Sheila, Wake Forest NC
On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.
Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.
I cling to you; your right hand upholds me.
Psalm 63:6-8 NIV
Christy, Cincinnati, Ohio
2 Timothy 1:7 (New Living Translation)
For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.
Cindy Wincel
Indianapolis, IN
Jeremiah 15:16 When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, O LORD GOD ALMIGHTY!
(Just finished your free online… EAT LOVE PRAY and LOVED IT!) Thank you for blessing us. And that testimony!!! I shouted and shouted for joy and jumped up and down so much, I broke my desk chair by accident! Praise God for he never says, “Its no use!”
Kathy, Hampstead NH “Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.” Phil 4:6-7, The Message
He ordered his angels
to guard you wherever you go.
If you stumble, they’ll catch you;
their job is to keep you from falling.
Psalm 91:11 Message
Amy, Norfolk Va
Psalm 38:9
Lord, my every desire is known to you; my sighing is not hidden from you.
Kathy, Danvers
2 Thessalonians 3:3 NIV
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.
Gainesville GA
Psalm 119:54
“Your statutes are my songs in the house of my pilgrimage”
NASB
“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”
2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV
Kelly – Menomonee Falls,WI
Tami, Alpharetta,
But now, this is what the Lord says–he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.” NIV
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Matthew 12:28-29 NIV
Psalm 103:17-18 But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children –with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts. NIV
Karen, Springfield, MO: Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:31 NIV
This is long but I sort of know it from soaking in it so often – want to be able to quote it to myself completely though.
Psalm 103
Praise the Lord, O my soul,
All my inmost being, praise His holy name.
Praise the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all His benefits,
Who forgives all your sin,
And heals all your diseases,
Who redeems your life from the pit,
And crowns you with love and compassion,
Who satisfies your desires with good things,
So that your life is renewed like the eagle’s.
The Lord works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
He made known His ways to Moses,
And His deeds to the people of Israel.
The Lord is gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger and abounding in love,
He does not treat us as our sins deserve,
Or repay us according to our iniquities.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
So great is His love for those who fear Him.
As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us,
As a father has compassion on his children,
So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him,
For He knows how we were formed,
He remembers that we are dust.
The life of a mortal is like grass,
They flourish like a flower of the field,
The wind blows over it and it is gone,
And its place remembers it no more.
But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear Him,
And His righteousness with their children’s children,
With those who keep His covenants,
And remember to obey His precepts.
The Lord has established His throne in Heaven,
And His kingdom rules over all.
Praise the Lord, you His angels,
You mighty ones who do His bidding,
Who obey His word.
Praise the Lord, all His heavenly host,
You servants who do His will.
Praise the Lord, all His works,
Everywhere in His dominion.
Praise the Lord, O my soul.
Lynn Concord, NC
Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the mind and healing to the body
Proverbs 16:24 Amplified
The grass withers and the flowers fallk, but the word of our God stands forever.
Isaiah 40:8 – NIV
“He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.” – Titus 3:5, NASB
Robin, Landing, NJ
“Let all bitterness. and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:”
Ephesians 4:31 KJV
(next time I will do Eph, 4:32)
Forgot my name –
Psalm 103 is mine
Aimee
Saskatchewan, Canada
Kenzie, CIncinnati Ohio – “but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar in wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and no grow faint.” Isaiah 40:31 , NIV
JoJo Sutis, Doyline, LA
JAMES 2:12-13
“So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.” KJV
Jami
Shelby, NC
“Have not I commanded you? Be strong, vigorous, and very courageous. Be not afraid, neither be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:9 (Amplified Bible)
JoAnn, Macomb,MI
So do not fear, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isa. 41:10
Rochester, MN, 2 Corinthians 10:6 – “Being in readiness to punish every [insubordinate for his] disobedience, when your own submission and obedience [as a church] are fully secured and complete.” (AMP) (3rd verse in a section that I’m memorizing. The verse sounds harsh. I’ll be studying it to see if I can make sense of it!)
Candy, Huntsville, AL
…And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7 NIV
Anna – Ruckersville, VA
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
(1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV)
Christy – FL “He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me, and he prepares the way so I may show him the salvation of God.” Psalm 50:23
Amanda, Shelby Twp, Answering before listening is both stupid and rude.
Proverbs 18:13 The Message
Keysha McNeil
Roanoke, VA
Acts 17:24-25 (ESV)
The God Who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
JoAnn, Jonesboro. “Yes, I have more insight than my teachers, for I am always thinking of your laws.” Psalm 119:99 NLT 2nd ed
Julie,Coatesville
“He is your constant source of stability. He abundantly provides safety and great wisdom. He gives all this to those who fear Him.”
Isaiah 33:6 [NET]
Kelli
Kennesaw, GA
God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes.
Psalm 18:24 The Message
Debbie, Fuquay-Varina
I sought the Lord and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
Psalm 34:4
NIV
Denise, Fresno, CA
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. II Cor. 1:3,4 NIV
Bettie
Pasadena, TX
Hebrews 12:7 NIV
“Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?”
Brenda from Frisco, Texas.
“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be enslaved by any thing. 1 Cor. 6:12 ESV
Do not fear for I am with you. Do not be dismayed for I am Your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10
Laray, Crawford, Georgia
With all the digging out yesterday, I never got to do this. But I am back!!!!
“Look to the Lord & His strength; seek His face always.”
Psalm 105:4
Always means CONTINUALLY, at all times, without interruption, REGULARLY. Do not stop!!!! LOVE that!!!
JV
Boston,MA.
Angela, Battle Ground,
I Corinthians 10:13 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. NIV
Bridget Buford,GA Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”
Catrina, TN
You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you.
Romans 8:9a (NIV)
John 6:63 (niv) He must become greater; I must become less.
Psalm 27:1-6 Holman Christian Standard
The LORD is my light and my salvation—
whom should I fear
The LORD is the stronghold of my life—
of whom should I be afraid?
When evildoers came against me to devour my flesh,
my foes and my enemies stumbled and fell.
Though an army deploy against me,
my heart is not afraid;
though war break out against me,
still I am confident.
I have asked one thing from the LORD;
it is what I desire:
to dwell in the house of the LORD
all the days of my life,
gazing on the beauty of the LORD
and seeking [Him] in His temple.
For He will conceal me in His shelter
in the day of adversity;
He will hide me under the cover of His tent;
He will set me high on a rock.
Then my head will be high
above my enemies around me;
I will offer sacrifices in His tent with shouts of joy.
I will sing and make music to the LORD.
Inez Barnes
Hamburg AR
Dorinda, O’Fallon MO: I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 NIV
Jenifer, Sunnyside – WA, Psalm 90:2, NASB
Before the mountains were born Or You gave birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
James 1:4 (NKJ) But let patience have its perfect work that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
Susannah from Georgetown/Waco, TX
“Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand. One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each should be fully convinced in his own mind.”
-Rom. 14:4-5, ESV
The Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.
Romans 8:26 NIV