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!
Mary, New Hampshire: Romans 5:3-5 (NKJV)
And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; 4 and perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Looking at my current situation as a character-building opportunity!
Cathy, San Bernardino
“For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, do not fear, I will help you.” Isaiah 41:13 NIV
Sue, Abilene, Kansas – Romans 8:18 NKJV
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Tracy, Hobe Sound, FL Hebrews 4:14-16 The Message
Now that we know what we have-Jesus, this great High priest with ready access to God-let’s not let it slip through our fingers. We don’t have a priest who is out of touch with our reality. He’s been through weakness and testing, experienced it all-all but the sin. So let’s walk right up to Him and get what He is so ready to give. Take the mercy, accept the help.
Leverett, MA
Or Don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Romans 6:3
Linda, Blue Springs, MO
I appeal to you, therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:1-2 ESV
Jessica, Houston: “The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.”
Proverbs 18:10 NIV
Stacie, Memphis TN
2Tim. 1:7 NKJV For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
Tonia, Russellville, Arkansas. “Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.” Hebrews 11:1 NLT
Jenny, Yukon, OK
“Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.” Psalm 143:8
Kathryn – Great Falls, MT
James 1:2-4
Theresa, Brandon, MS: “Commit your actions to the Lord, and your plans will succeed.” ~Proverbs 16:3 (NLT)
Kim, Mabank, TX
“Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truths and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.” Psalm 25:4-5 (NIV)
Sheby Ft Myers FL
Psalm 63:1 NIV O God You are my God; earnestlyI seek you: My soul thirsts for You, my body longsfor you. In a dry and weary land were there is no water.
East Tennessee
James 3:17
NIV
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.
Karen, Little Rock. “So if you think that you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall. No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. 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 endure it.” ! Cor 10:12-13, NIV
L. Flippin, Bartlett, TN
“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.” Colossians 1:9 NIV
I must let Beth know my Bible memory verse cost me $95 this Sun AM as I was late to teach my SS class as I had a sick daughter at home. Going down the road with Scripture in hand, practicing saying it, wide open road, no cars, EXCEPT the policeman on motorbike with his radar gun pointed at me!! No mercy from him. Tried to give him a tract after he gave me my ticket and I told him to have a BLESSED day! He refused the tract!! (At least I wasn’t texting and driving!!)
“My soul clings to you, your right hand upholds me.” Psalm 63:8
Psalm 121:1-2
“I look up to the mountains — does my help come from there? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.”
Dagmar, Tyler
The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places. Indeed I have a beautiful inheritance.
Psalm 16:6 ESV
My dear brothers, take note of this:
Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.
James 1:19-20 NIV
Natalie – Madison, Ohio
Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, and that he may send the Christ who has been appooontdd for you-even Jesus.
Acts 3:19-20 NIV
Vicki, Indianapolis
Whenever I am afraid I will trust in you.
Psalm 56:3 NKJV
Julie- Star City, Arkansas
Philippians 2:14 HCSB
Do everything without grumbling and arguing.
It’s a short one but just what I need!
Andrea
Roscoe, IL
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1
Janet Oregon
Gal 6:7 People harvest what they plant.
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. Hebrews 12:10 NIV
Celeste, Anaheim Hills, CA
“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms on my hands; your walls are ever before me.”
Isaiah 49:15-16 (NIV)
Molly ~ North Carolina
For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and you father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this? Esther 4:14 NIV
A favorite verse from my youth girls at church from our Esther party we had last June. We had a Grand time!
Hebrews 2:14-15 (NIV)
“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.”
Vicki, Burton, Michigan
Kathy, Pierre, SD
Luke 9:23 (Message)
Then He told them what they could expect for themselves: “Anyone who intends to com with Me has to let Me lead. You’re not in the driver’s seat–I am.”
I John 2:9-10 Anyone who claims to be light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble. NIV
Luke 24:46 Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
Diana, Fredericktown–“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
Denise Madison, AL
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 1 Cor 13:2 NIV
Denise, Ocean Spring,MS – Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 NIV
Rhonda Sue – Robbinsville, NJ
So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty.
Zechariah 4:6/NIV
Julie, Mt. Juliet, TN: “So whether we are here in this body or away from this body, our goal is to please him.”
Denise, Skiatook, Oklahoma
He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”
1 Peter 1:15-16 NKJV
Jolinda, Kearney
Proverbs 22:11(NIV)
One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace
will have the king for a friend.
Kristen, Athens TX, “Lord, You alone are my portion and my cup: you make my lot secure.” Psalm 16:5, NIV
Lisa St. Louis, MO
John 3:30 (NIV) He must become greater; I must become less.
Heather, Whittier, CA. Ephesians 4:29 (NIV)
“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.”
“Some trust in chariots and some in horses, But we trust in the name of the LORD our God.”
Psalm 20:7 (NIV)
Stacy Indianapolis “And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. Col 1:9,10 ESV
Melissa, Monroe, LA
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, 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.” Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV)
Suzannah from Nashville, “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:2 NKJV
Karen Larson, Lino Lakes, MN
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
1 Corintians 13:4 NIV
Cumming, Ga: And God is able to make all grace overflow to you so that because you have enough of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow in every good work. 2 Corinthians 9:8 (NET)
Suzie, Fort Mill, SC
“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. 1John4:18 (NIV)