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!
Tammy, Bucyrus, “For though the mountains should depart and the hills be shaken or removed, yet My love and kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall my covenant of peace and completeness, be removed, says the Lord, Who has compassion on you.” Isaiah 54:10 Amp.
Alice, Rockford, IL, from The Message, Colossians 3:11 “So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline.”
Psalm 31:3
Kate from Cheney, WA
(S)He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.
Jeremiah 17:8, NIV
alicia, chicago:
“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 41:10 niv
Rachel, Flagstaff
“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up, do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland!”
~Isaiah 43:19 (NIV)
Psalm 16:5 (New International Version)
LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure.
Elizabeth, Oxford, PA: NLT
Psalm 108:4
For your unfailing love is higher then the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. 🙂
Amy, Cherry Hill, NJ – For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9, NIV
Jennifer, Houston
“Get rid of all bitterness, rage, and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.” Ephesians 4:31 (NIV)
Heather B. Tumwater, WA
Colossians 3:23-24
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. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
Jeannette, Ellicott City, MD
1 Praise the Lord! How joyful are those who fear the Lord and delight in obeying His commands.
2 Their children will be successful everywhere; an entire generation of godly people will be blessed.
Psalm 112:1,2 NLT
Becky, Plantersville, TX.
“LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago.” Isaiah 25:1 (NIV)
Lawan, Lawton, OK – Psalm 139:23-24 NIV
Search me, O God and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Brandy
Siloam Springs, AR
Show me the right path, O Lord, point out the road for me to follow. Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me. All day long I put my hope in you.
Psalm 25:4-5 NLT
Michelle, Piedmont, OK
Psalms 71:14:15 But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more. My mouth will tell of your righteousness, of your salvation all day long, though I know not its measure. NIV
The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.
Exodus 14:14 NIV
Amy Sullins
Gadsden, AL
Bambi-Houston, TX Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-yet without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews 4:14-16 (NIV)
Paula–Sapulpa, OK
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God. Phillipians 4:6 NIV
Barbra, Oxford, PA: NIV
Romans 12:2
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. THEN you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – His good, pleasing and perfect will.
James 2-3 NIV
: Consider it pure joy, my brothers (and sistas) whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.”
Lisa, Birmingham “Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” Proverbs 4:23 NIV
Ashley, Huddleston, VA: “Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the Lord has been good to you.” Psalm 116:7, NIV
Diana, Surrey, BC, Canada
“I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from calamity”. Jonah 4:2b NIV
Marcia, Portland, OR
Isaiah 58:11 NIV
The Lord will guide you always;he will satisfy your needs in a sun scorched land and will strengthen your frame.
You will be like a well watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
Sarah – Cleveland, Ohio
But you, LORD, are a shield around me,
my glory, the One who lifts my head high.
Psalm 3:3 NIV
Debbie, St. Paul, MN
The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. Isaiah 50:4 NIV
Matthew 6:34
Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Patti, Palm Springs, CA.
“Cause me to hear your lovingkindness in the morning, for in you do I trust.
Cause me to know the way where I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you”
Psalm 143:8 KJ
Kim from Springfield
Jonah 2:8 (New International Version 1984)-there is an 2011 version now 🙂
“Those who cling to worthless idols
forfeit the grace that could be theirs.
Delaney
Allen, TX
“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.” Matthew 6:22 NIV
Lisa – Seattle:
“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 (NIV)
Kayce, Fairfax, VA
Do not gloat over me, my enemies. For though I fall, I will rise again. Though I sit in darkness the Lord will be my light.
Micah 7:8, NLT
Lindsay, Central, SC:
“…but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.”
~ Isaiah 40:31, 1984 New International Version
Lauren, Montgomery, Alabama
The LORD is my strength and my might, and he has become my salvation; this is my God and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him. -Exodus 15:2 (NRSV)
Rachel C, New Castle, IN
Psalm 40:1 “I was patient while I waited for the Lord. He turned to me and heard my cry for help.”
Patsi; Porter,TX
Ephesians 1:17 NIV that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
Mary Beth, Woodstock, GA – He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity. Proverbs 2:7 NASB
Kristin, Gahanna, OH “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:7-9 (NIV)
Erica, Amman, Jordan; Isaiah 26:12 (NIV)
“Lord, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us.”
Ruth, Shawnee, KS
The Lord will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength. You will be like a well-watered garden, like and ever-flowing spring.
Isaiah 58:11 (New Living Translation)
for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. 1 John 5:4-5 (NIV)
Diana, Seekonk, MA
“I have the right to do anything,” you say – but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything” – but I will not be mastered by anything.
I Cor. 6:12 NIV
Laura K, Spearfish, SD
Deuteronomy 2:7 (NIV) – A reminder of God’s great faithfulness to me.
“The LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast desert. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you, and you have not lacked anything.”
Sherri, Topeka, KS: “Finally, brothers and sisters, 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.” Philippians 4:8
Danielle, Atlanta:
“For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.” – Romans 8.2, ESV
Megan, Columbus OH
If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion – how can God’s love be in that person?
1 John 3:17 (New Living Translation)
NIV
1 John 3: 18
Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
P.S. The iphone app is not working after the last update.
Wendy, Houston TX
James 5:12 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. (NIV)