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!
Ashleigh in Benbrook, Texas, Psalm 4:1 “Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer.”
My 12-year old DD wants to join in too: Here’s my CiCi’s:
Proverbs 15:1
(NIV) A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Psalm 27:1 NIV
The Lord is my light and my salvation – whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life – of whom shall I be afraid?
Melissa, Concord, CA
Elizabeth, Birmingham, AL “…But this is the man to whom I will look and have regard: he who is humble and of a broken or wounded spirit, and who trembles at my word and reveres My commands.” Isaiah 66:2 (Amplified Bible)
Kelly, New Cumberland, PA
Psalm 27:13-14 NASB
I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!
Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; Wait for the LORD!
May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
Galatians 6:14 (NIV)
Erin – Little Rock, AR
“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are- yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. ”
Hebrews 4:15-16 NIV
Jaye, Keller, TX
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:17-19 (NIV)
Isaiah 40:31 KJV
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.
Elizabeth- Verona, WI
As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. Psalm 26:21 NIV
Aumsville, OR
Blessings,
Mel
Please feel free to stop by: Trailing After God
LIndsey in Birmingham, AL
“Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me(S) with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:12-13
Jill M , Bozeman MT
Before they call I will answer; While they are still speaking I will hear.
Isaih 65:24 NIV
Meredith, Trabuco Canyon, CA
He takes no pleasure in the strength of a horse
or in human might. No, the Lord’s delight is in those who fear him, those who put their hope in his unfailing love.
Psalm 147:10-11 (NLT)
Lori, Scottsbluff…2 Corinthians 2:14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. (NIV)
Amanda – Springfield MO
Ruth 1: 16-17 NIV
“…don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go and where you stay I will stay. Your people are my people and your God my God.”
Beth, Huntsville, AL
Psalm 51:17 (NLT)
The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart,O God.
Cindy , Sacramento, Psalm 19:13a NKJV Keep back your servant from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me.
Rhonda McClellan, Newnan, Georgia
Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind. –Ecclesiastes 12:13, NIV
Jennifer in Otisville, 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.
Amber, Conroe
John 10:3-5, 27 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. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger, in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice…My sheep listen to my voice, I know them and they follow me.
“…they will never follow a stranger, in fact, they will RUN AWAY from him because they do not recognize a strangers voice…”
WOW. SO GOOD. What version of the Bible is that?
Leanne, Maple Ridge, B.C., Canada
1John 2:17 The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.
Susan from Stow, OH
“In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.”
Psalm 18:6 NIV
Sheryl, Clovis, CA
“On the day I called to you, you answered me. You made me strong and brave.”
Psalm 138:3 (New Century Version)
Molly, Charlottesville, VA “You do not have because you do not ask.” James 4:2, NKJV
Martha, Birmingham, AL
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled faces, all reflect the Lord’s glory are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.” 2 Corinthians 3:17-18
Vicki, San Angelo
I call on you, O God, for you will answer me;
give ear to me and hear my prayer.
Show the wonder of your great love,
you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.
Keep me as the apple of your eye;
hide me in the shadow of your wings.
Psalm 17:6-8 NIV
Jessica in San Diego:
She helps him and never harms him all the days of her life.
Provers 31:12 (GWT)
Nikki, Kansas City, MO
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jer 29:11 NIV
Jodi – Humble, TX “Then you will call on Me and come and pray to Me, and i will listen to you.” Jeremiah 29:12 NIV
“23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”Heb.10:23-25 (NIV)
Stephanie
Cynthiana. Ky.
Phillipians 4:8 Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things.
I posted earlier and neglected to say that I am from fort Wayne, Indiana. I had thought about choosing this Phil. 4:8 for this third verse, but wasn’t sure. Then our pastor used it Sunday morning, and when I got in the car today, the station I listen to had this for their verse for the day – yep, it’s meant to be! This is MY verse!
Jen M., Mechanicsville, VA
My soul wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him. Psalm 62:5 NASB
Cassandra, Aldergrove, BC “She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.” Proverbs 31:12 NIV
Bridgett from Pell City, AL – Praise be to the name of God forever and ever; wisdom and power are His. He changes times and seasons, He sets up kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. He reveals deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him. Daniel 2:20-22 NIV
Mary, Brookfield CT
“He has shown you, O Mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.”
Micah 6:8
Shelley, Frisco, TX
Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have not storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!
Luke 12:24 (NET)
Ruth, Odin, IL
“Remember the former things, those of long ago;
I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like Me.
I make known the end from the beginning,
from ancient times, what is still to come.
I say: My purpose will stand,
and I will do all that I please.”
– Isaiah 46:9-10 (NIV)
Lisa from Nashville, TN 1 Corinthians 15:51 (New King James Version)”Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed”
Lisa Waikele, HI Luke 4:4 It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. NKJV
Laura, Jefferson, Maine
Psalm 62:2, “He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense, I shall not be grealty moved.” NKJV
Kristen, Vancouver, BC – Galatians 5:24-25 NLT
“Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.”
Carrie H. Nashville but moving to Houston so from now on will be posting from Houston!
“Then we’ll be a choir—not our voices only, but our very lives singing in harmony in a stunning anthem to the God and Father of our Master Jesus!” Romans 15:6 The Message
Lindsey
Lincoln, NE
I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you.
I said, ‘You are my servant’; I have chosen you and not rejected you.
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.
~Isaiah 41:9-10 (NIV)
Amber, Castle Rock, CO
Wait for the Lord;
be strong, and let your heart take courage;
Wait for the Lord
Psalm 27:14 ESV
Tracy, Moberly, MO
So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
~ Hebrews 4:16, NLT
Emily, Louisville KY: “So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the name of the Lord from a pure heart.” 2 Tim 2:22 [ESV]
Big Spring, TX
Psalms 51:12
Create in me a clean heart O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. NASB
Catherine, Ladson SC
“You will show me the path of life: in Your presence is fullness of joy, at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.” Psalm 17:11 AMP
Tina
Westerville
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Phil 4:13 NIV
Brooke, Pensacola, FL. For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience – by word and deed. – Romans 15:18 ESV