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!
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
Matthew 5:11 NIV
Lise, Indianapolis
“I am the Lord your God…and I have put My words in your mouth and hidden you safely in My hand.”
Isaiah 51:15-16, (NLT)
So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. Galatians 6:9 (NLT)
Ainslie, Columbia SC
“To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His steps.” 1 Peter 2:21 NIV
Michelle
Grand Blanc, Mi.
2 Timothy 1:7 (New King James Version)
7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
Joy, Pasco, WA
The Lord your God is in your midst
a mighty one who will save
He will rejoice over you with gladness
He will quiet you by His love
He will exalt over you with loud singing
Zephaniah 3:17 (ESV)
These instructions are not empty words – they are your life (!!!!) By obeyng them you will enjoy a long life in the land you will occupy when you cross the Jordan River.
Deuteronomy 32:47 NLT
Deanna
Nora Springs IA
Kristie, Thomasville, GA
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)
Sharon, LP, MI
He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the Lord. Psalm 40:3 NIV
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
Birmingham, AL
“Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain.”
Psalm 48:1, The Quest Study Bible
Kathleen; Tallahassee,FL
“If you seek her as silver
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
Then you will discern the fear of the LORD
And discover the knowledge of God.”
Proverbs 2:4-5 NASB
Dawn, San Diego
You will keep in perfect peace, all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! Trust in the Lord always, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.
Isaiah 26:3
I failed to note vs. 4 is also included here…
Melissa-Holliston, MA
By faith, we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is see was not made out of what was visible. Heb 11:3 (NIV)
“Do everything without complaining or arguing…”
Phil 2:14
NIV
Shelly, Los Angeles, CA
Donna — Prattville, Alabama
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”
Matthew 5:6 NIV
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.
Romans 12:3
Katherine, Edmonton,AB Canada
Kyle, Texas
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ
for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes,
for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith;
as it is written, “The just shall live by faith”.
Romans 1:16-17
NKJV
Sarah, Lufkin
“You wil lkeep in perfect peace all who trust in you, whose thoughts are fixed on you!”
-Isaiah 26:3 NLT
Phyllis, Rolling Hills Estates CA
When you talk, do not say harmful things, but say what people need – words that will help others become stronger. Then what you say will do good to those who listen to you.
Eph 4:29 NCV
Sherrie
Spokane, WA
Psalm 16:11 NKJV
You will show me the path of life, in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Jocelyn, Costa Mesa: He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. Psalm 1:3-4 NIV (I’m working through all of Psalm 1)
Lisa Thompson, Richmond, BC.
Rom.10:20 (NIV) “I was found by those who did not seek me; I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.”
Oh, LORD, reveal yourself to our loved ones, even those who do not seek You, and save them!
Chantel, Bellingham WA
Psalm 119:30 NIV “I have chosen the way of truth; I have set my heart on your law.”
Nancy, Arkansas, “This is My commandment that you love one another as I have loved you.” John 15:12 NKJ
Mindy, Rowley, IA “But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them,” 2 Timothy 2:14, NKJV
KC
Bedford, TX
“Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.”
Hebrews 10:35-36
ESV
Deborah,Marshall, Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. II Corinthians 4:16 (NIV)
Abby, Greenville: ” And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. ” John 3:14&15 esv
Jonda, Shakopee, MN
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
Psalm 118:1
Praise God! My 8-year-old daughter accepted Christ tonight!
Cindy, Grapevine,TX
Philippians 4:12(NIV)
“I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being contgent in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.”
Teach me your way , O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart that I may fear your name. I will praise you, oh Lord, my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever. For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths of the grave.
NIV Psalms 86:11-13
Lynn
Morganton, NC
“When I discovered your words, I devoured them. They are my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies.”
Jeremiah 15:16 NLT
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Teach me your way , O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart that I may fear your name. I will praise you, oh Lord, my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever. For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths of the grave.
NIV Psalms 86:11-13
Bev, ATX
May my teaching drop as the rain,
my speech distill as the dew,
like gentle rain upon the tender grass,
and like showers upon the herb.
For I will proclaim the name of the LORD.
Deut 32: 2-3 ESV
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Luke 12:34 (NIV)
Holly, Boulder
She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness.
Proverbs 31:26 NKJ
Ramona from Murfreesboro, TN
I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong.
–Ephesians 3:16-17 (NLT)
LOVE this version! I think I’ll do this one next (starting on the 15th)!
Donna, DFW, TX Isaiah 40:11 NIV
He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those who have young.
Ivy, Athens, GA:
One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in His temple.
Psalm 27:4 NIV
carey, columbia
For you’ve been a safe place for me, a good place to hide.
Strong God, I’m watching you do it, I can always count on you— God, my dependable love.
Psalm 59:16-17, The Message
Kelly, Houston
As for me, I call to God,
and the LORD saves me.
Evening, morning and noon
I cry out in distress,
and he hears my voice.
Psalm 55: 16-17 NIV
Karina, Victoria, BC, CANADA!
“Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. Everyone who has this hope purifies himself, just as He is pure.” 1 John 3:2+3 (NIV: ’84)
“Do not be interested only in your own life,
but be interested in the lives of others.
In your lives you must
think
and act
like Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 2:405
alicia- McDonough, GA
Matt 7:9-11 (NIV)
“Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!”
Sydney, Australia
“I will sing of lovingkindness and justice,
To Thee, O LORD, I will sing praises.”
Psalm 101:1 NASB
Laura A., Inglewood, CA: The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners – Isaiah 61:1 NIV
Sue, Atlanta. “As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness;
I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness. ” psalm 17:15 new king james version
Luke 2: 13
“And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: ‘Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!’ ”
(New King James Version)