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!
Moultrie, Georgia
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. Colossians 3:2 NIV
Helen, Cambridge UK: But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. (2 Corinthians 4:7-9 NIV)
Sorry! My first post……That’s Ecclesiastes 7:9
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 (NIV)
You’d better believe it girlfriend!
Amy, Parker, CO “But if anyone obeys his word, God’s love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him.” I John 2:5 NIV
Daniel 6:23 NIV “The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den. And when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was found on him because he had trusted in his God.”
Brandie, Longmont CO:
“Therefore, prepare your minds for action: be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you… As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as He who called you is Holy, so be Holy in all you do;”
1 Peter 1:13-15, NIV
“O Lord, you alone are my hope.
I’ve trusted you, O Lord, from childhood.”
Psalm 71:5 NLT
Stephanie, Lititz, PA
Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”
Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12;2 NIV Debra Gentry, Ark.
Create in me a clean heart O God, and renew a right Spirit within me.
Psalm 51:10
KJV
Dana
Boerne, TX
Jennifer Goodwin
Collierville (near Memphis), TN
Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in You.
Debbie, Stevenson Ranch, Ca
2Cor 3: 18 NLT
“so all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord-who is the Spirit-makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorius image.”
“Because of the Lord’s GREAT LOVE we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; GREAT is your faithfulness” Lamentations 3:22,23
Take control of what I say, O LORD, and guard my lips. Psalm 141:3 NLT
Karen, Hendersonville, NC. “As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.” Ps. 103:13-14, NIV
Tricia – Leland, MS
“God teach me lessons for living so I can stay the course.”
Psalm 119:33
The Message
Christina – Royse City, Texas
In you the orphan finds mercy.
Hosea 14:3 (ESV)
Amanda Fricks, Rome, Ga.
Galatians 6:9 (New International Version,
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Lana from Nebraska,
“Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.” John 3:6 NIV
Queen City, TX
~For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous. Romans 2:13 TNIV
Brenda in Knoxville TN
Psalm 119:147 NIV
I rise before dawn and cry for help;
I have put my hope in Your word.
Mary from Chattanooga – Pslam 1:6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.
“Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.”
James 1:26 (NIV)
“…This kind of religion is hot air and only hot air.”
(The Message)
Lorna Beth
Chicago, IL
John 10:3-4
3 The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.
Debbie from Thomasville
“Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.” I Cor. 13:7 (NLT)
Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. Rom. 15:7 NIV
Wenatchee, WA.
If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
James 1:5
Gardendale, AL
My victory and honor come from God alone. He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me.
Psalm 62:7
New Living Translation
Ami Cowpens
Matthew 6:21 NIV
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Kim, Mechanicsville, VA – Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
James 1:17
Proverbs 1:19 – New Living Translation
Such is the fate of al who are greedy for money;
It robs them of life.
Fort Worth, TX
Blessings to all!
Gail, fort worth
Jer 15:16, NIV
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.
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers.
But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
He is like a tree planted by the streams of water
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leave does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.
Psalm 1: 1 – 3 The Quest Study Bible
Danville, VA
“The Sovereign LORD has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary.
He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.” Is. 50:4 NIV
Dianna, Missoula MT
Ephesians 4:4-6
There is one body and one spirit – just as you were called to one hope when you were called – one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of All, who is over all and through and in all. (NIV)
Matthew 28:20
…teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you, and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.
Sondra Christiansburg, Va.
“Do you not know?
   Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
   the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
   and his understanding no one can fathom.”
Isaiah 40:28 NIV
Debbie, Roanoke, Virginia Lord, my heart is not proud. My eyes are not haughty. I do not concern myself with matters too awesome for me. But I have stilled and quieted myself like a small child is quiet with its mother. Yes, like a small child is my soul within me. O Israel, put your hope in the Lord, now and forever. Psalm 131 NLT
Patti Rae, Saskatchewan, Canada
Karen
Madison, AL
When my spirit grows faint within me, it is You who know my way.
Psalm 142:3a
Kathy in Fayetteville, Arkansas
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord,
Plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give
You a hope and a future.
Patti Rae, Saskatchewan, Canada
Job 42:2
Then Job replied to the LORD:
“I know that you can do all things;
no plan of yours can be thwarted.”
Nickie, Worcester
“Pleasant words are a honeycomb sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.” Proverbs 16:24 NIV
Jodie, Kennard, Tx
I memorized Titus 2:3 last time; now adding vs.4:
“so that they may encourage the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children,” NAS
Marla, Mt. Juliet, TN
“Be agreeable, be sympathetic, be loving, be compassionate, be humble. That goes for all of you, no exceptions. No retaliation. No sharp-tongued sarcasm. Instead, bless–that’s your job, to bless.” 1 Peter 3:8-9, The Message.
Isaiah 63:9 from the NASB:
“In all their afflictions He was afflicted. And the Angel of His presence saved them. In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them, and He lifted them and carried them all the days of old”
Clemmons, NC
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. NIV
Sorry, I forgot to list the verse is Zephaniah 3:17
Mindy, Belton, TX – Do not be fooled: You cannot cheat God. People harvest only what they plant. Galatians 6:7 New Century Version
No more will anyone call you rejected and your country will no more be called ruined. You’ll be called hephzibah (my delight)and your land beullah (married) because God delights in you and your land will be like a wedding celebration. Is. 62:4