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!
Becky in Clemmons, NC: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Philippians 4:6
Becky
Willowick, OH
James 1:27
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. (NIV)
Tanya, Englewood, OH –
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, Since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward.
Colossians 3:23-24 (NIV)
Is. 50:3 -4 NIV: “The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning; He wakens my ears to listen like one being taught. The sovereign Lord has opened my ears. I have not been rebellious. I have not drawn back.
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
2Corinthians 12:9
Rachel~ Indiana
The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 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 10:4,5 NIV
Kelly, Conyers GA
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Philippians 4:6, NIV
Dawn, Falmouth KY
Psalm 94:18-19 (NIV)
When I said, “My foot is slipping.” your love, O Lord, supported me. When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul.
Melissa, Sulphur, LA
But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did. 1 John 2:5-6 NIV
Rene, Overland Park, KS
Wait for the Lord and keep His way, And He will exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, you will see it. Ps 37:34 NSAB
“Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding: in all your ways acknowledge Him and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.” Prov. 3:5-8 NIV
Mandy, Indian Trail, NC – Romans 8:37-39 (New Living Translation)
No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Leanne, Georgetown
“My victory and honor come from God alone. He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me.
Psalm 62:7
Karen
Naples, FL
Therefore, I remind you to keep ablaze the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but one of power, love and sound judgement.
2 Timothy 1:6-7
Daniel 4:3
How greta are his signs, how mighty his wonders! His kingdom is an enternal kingdom; his dominion endures from generation to generation.
Daniel 4:3
Psalms 1:2 NLT
I delight in DOING everything the Lord wants; day and night I think about His law (love).
Heather G
Charlotte NC
Isaiah 41:13
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.
Forgot to say, I’m in Columbus, GA and it’s the NIV.
jodi, consort;
These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. Deut. 6:6-9
I will praise you forever for what you have done; in your name I will hope, for your name is good. I will praise you in the presence of your saints. Psalm 52:9
Anna–DS, LA
James 1:2-4 (NIV) Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
Kerri, Douglasville, GA
“I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits and in his word I put my hope.” Psalm 130:5 NIV
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 NIV
Sandy, Houston
I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death. Philippians 3:10 (New International Version, ©2010)
Marsha, Arkadelphia
Draw close to God and God will draw close to you.
James 4:8 NIV
Tina – Cleveland, TN
This is what the Lord says:
“Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:23-24(NIV)
“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, oh Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.”
Psalm 19:14
LaShon, Indianapolis
Your attitude must be like my own, for, I, the Messiah, did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give my life as a ransom for many. Matthew 20:29 living Bible
I will bless the Lord at
all times; His praise
will continually be on
my lips. Glorify the
Lord with me; let us
exalt His name together.
Psalm 34:1,3
Laura Beth
Unicoi TN.
“Casting all your cares upon Him, for He cares for you.”
I Peter 5:7 NKJV
Naomi, Monticello, MS
Luke 12:15 NIV
Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
Cheryl in Cypress.
“And take up the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God.” Ephesians 5:17
Tina, Roanoke AL “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1 NIV
(I submited my verse last night but I don’t see it on here):)
Saskatchewan, Canada
O Lord, your have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord.
Psalm 139:1-4 NIV
Barbara, Avon Park: “No one is like you O Lord; you are great, and your name is mighty in power.” Jeremiah 10:6 (NIV)
Carrie, Poplar Bluff, MO
Ps 107:8-9 NIV
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men, for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
Lahni. Cynthiana, KY. Romans 14:23(NIV)
“But the man who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.”
Psalm 106:8 (NIV)
Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,
to make his mighty power known.
3. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3: 5&6 NIV
Jackie, Pearland, TX
1Peter 5:7
“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”
Lisa, Edmonton, Canada: “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
Judy from Fuquay Varina, NC
Galatians 1:10 NIV
Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Doris
Trussville, Alabama
[ESV] John 15:5 – I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in Me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
Amy, Dayton, OH
Praise the Lord; Praise God our Savior! For each day He carries us in Him arms. Ps. 68:19 (NLT)
Atlanta, GA
The Lord is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.
My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks
to him in song.
Psalm 28:7 NIV
Amanda Cartersville,GA—
Psalm 118:28 MSG
You’re my God, and I thank you.
O my God, I lift high your praise.
angel-sanford
Shout and be glad daughter Zion.
For I am coming,
And I will live among you,declares the Lord.
Many nations will be joined with the Lord
in that day and will become my people.
I will live among you
And you will know that the Lord Almighty
has sent me to you.
The Lord will inherit Judah as His portion
in the Holy Land and will again choose Jerusalem.
Be still before the Lord all mankind
Because He has roused Himself from His Holy dwelling.
Zechariah 2:10-13 NIV 2010
Janice, Walker, MI
Galatians 6:9 (NIV)
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
Christine, Fort Myers, Florida
“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
Psalm 46:10
NIV
Deuteronomy 6:6-7 (NIV)
These commands that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Proverbs 16:3 (New International Version, ©2010)
3 Commit to the LORD whatever you do,
and he will establish your plans.
New International Version, ©2010 (NIV)