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!
Susan, Maple Grove, MN
“For our struggle is not with flesh and blood, but with the principalities, with the powers, with the world rulers of this present darkness, with the evil spirits in the heavens.”
Ephesians 6:12 (NAB)
Sarah M. Vancouver, WA
Teach me to number my days aright,
that I may gain a heart of wisdom.
Psalm 90:12
My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.”
James 1:19 (NIV)
Jeanne. Keller, TX; Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face continually. Psalm 105:4 NASB
Farrah- Jackson, MS
“there is therefore no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death!”
Romans 8:1-2, ESV
Christy in Conifer, Colorado
“Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
I Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
Recommended to me by my sweet daughter after her class studied these verses in Sunday school last week. 🙂
“Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are His.”
-Daniel 2:20 NIV
Nicole, Stuttgart: “When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I will trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?” Psalm 56:3-4 NIV
Pam
Arvada, CO
Ps. 143: 7-8 HCSB
Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit fails. Don’t hide Your face from me, or I will be like those going down to the Pit. Let me experience Your faithful love in the morning, for I trust in You. Reveal to me the way I should go because I long for You.
Brenda-Hudsonville, MI
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
Ephesians 6:10 NIV
Gina, Kosciusko
May the Lord answer you when you are in distress
May he give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed
NIV Psalm 20:1&4
Mary, Satellite Beach, FL
“For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning.” ~ Psalm 30:5 NASB
Lauren, Kansas City, MO. “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13, NIV. (The first two verses I memorized were Jeremiah 29:11 and 12).
Stefanie, Parrish FL
Everything that goes into a life of pleasing God has been miraculously given to us by getting to know, personally and intimately, the One who invited us to God. The best invitation we ever recieved! 1 Peter 1:3 The Message
Jerre, Anacortes, WA
“Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1Thessalonians 5:16 NIV
Charleen, Nashville
“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.”
Ephesians 4:29 (NIV)
“Because of the Lord’s geat love we are not consumed for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23
Jeanie
Sparta, TN
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.”
1 Corinthians 13:4-5
~Grace & Peace, San Diego
Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.
I will give you a new heart and put a new Spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.
Ezekiel 25-27 (NKJV)
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Cleanse your hadns, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double minded. James 4:7 NKJV
Letty, Puyallup
1 Peter 5:6-7 (NASB)
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety upon Him, because He cares for you.
Cheryl, Leesburg, IN
Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget all the good things He does for me. He forgives all my sins, He heals all my diseases. He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies. He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Ps. 103:2-5 NIV
Tomi, Des Moines, Iowa
“The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they display knowledge.
There is not speech or language
where their voice is not heard.
Their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.”
Psalm 19:1-4a NIV
Jennifer,Atlanta
In quietness and trust is your strength. Isaiah 30:15 NIV
Stephanie Clinton, MS
“For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith, goodness: and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverence; and to perseverence, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness, love.” 2 Peter 1:5-7 NIV
Pam, Wilmington
In all circumstances take up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one.
Ephesians 6:16 ESV
Janet from St. Louis…..”May my tongue sing of Your word, for all Your commands are righteous.” Ps. 119:172 (NIV)
Cathie – Jacksonville Florida
No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is FAITHFUL; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” 1 Peter 2:9 (NRSV)
Sharon, Katy TX…….May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer!
Ps. 19:14
Marybeth in Oxford, PA- “And God is able to make ALL grace abound to you, so that having ALL sufficiency in ALL things at ALL times, you may abound in EVERY good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8 ESV
Kelli, Anchorage
Heb 10:35-36, NIV
So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere, so that when you have done the will of God you will receive what He has promised.
Madelin~ Thousand Oaks, CA
Jeremiah 17:7-8 (NLT)
7 “But blessed are those who trust in the Lord
and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.
8 They are like trees planted along a riverbank,
with roots that reach deep into the water.
Such trees are not bothered by the heat
or worried by long months of drought.
Their leaves stay green,
and they never stop producing fruit.
Julie, Chico,CA
Psalm 34:14
Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Psalm 116:5-7 (New International Version, ©2011)
Lisa, Bend, Oregon,
“The LORD is gracious and righteous;
our God is full of compassion.
The LORD protects the unwary;
when I was brought low, he saved me.
Return to your rest, my soul,
for the LORD has been good to you.” Psalm 116:5-7 (NIV)
Cindy, Gold Canyon, AZ. “But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31 NLT
Terri, Kirkland. “‘Ah, Sovereign Lord, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.'” Jeremiah 32:17, NIV. “‘For nothing is impossible with God.'” Luke 1:37, NIV.
Stephanie,Ft. Wright, KY
“Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Ps 90:12 (NIV)
Larissa, Benbrook,TX
“Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God.
Give me relief from my distress;have mercy on me and hear my prayer.” Psalm 4:1 (NIV)
Danielle, Columbia SC
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Colossians 4:6 (NASB)
Lauren; Jackson, Kentucky. Colossians 1:10-12: “So that you may lead a life worthy of the Lord and praise Him in every way, bearing fruit in every good work, growing with knowledge of God, being strenghtened with all power according to his glorious might so that you might have a great endurance and patience and giving joyful thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of life. “
Kathy, Akron, Ohio
“Since ancient time no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.
Isaiah 64:4 (NIV)
Deb, Pelzer, SC “I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out Your precepts.” Psalm 119: 45 (NIV)
Lesley, Brooklyn, NY, “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, to whom belong wisdom and might. He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.” Daniel 2:20b-21 ESV
Emily Valparaiso, IN
“He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit, he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.” John 15:2 NIV
Greta from Albuquerque
Romans 8:18 NIV
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
Melany, Garrison, Mo: Forgive my hidden faults. Keep your servant also from willful sins, may they not rule over me. Then will I be blameless, innocent of great transgression. Psalm 19:12-13 NIV
Natalie, Little Rock, AR
“Let us hold unwaveringly to the hope we profess for He who promised is faithful.” Hebrews 10:13
Shirley, Ashville, AL
Deuteronomy 7:9 (NLT) Understand, therefore, that the Lord your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and lavishes his unfailing love on those who love him and obey his commands.
Patty, Glendora, CA – “And I tell you this, you must give an account on judgement day for every idle word you speak.” Matthew 12:36 NLT