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!
Amanda; Queen City, TX; Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning for in You do I trust, Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to You. Psalm 143:8 (NKJV)
~Beth, Mt. Holly, NC
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. 1 Peter 5:8
(KJV)
Laura, Perth,Australia
Psalm 139:7 NIV
‘Where can I go from your spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?’
April, Greensboro, NC:
Everything is permissible for me-but not everything is beneficial. Everything is permissible for me-but I will not be mastered by anything.
I Corinthians 6:12 NIV
Elaine, Maryland
Is 41:10 Revised Standard
Fear not, for I am with you. Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you. I will uphold you with My victorious right hand.
Dyane, Edmond, Oklahoma
“Save now, I pray, O Lord; O Lord, I pray, send now prosperity” Psalm 118:25 NKJV
Carolyn, Warwick, RI 2 Tim 4:5 NIV
“But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.”
Erin, Albion, IL “I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13 (NIV)
Marie
White Pine, TN
I have swept away your offenses like a cloud,
your sins like the morning mist.
Return to me, for I have redeemed you.
Isaiah 44:22 NIV
Janalese, Angier NC
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us
Ephesians 3:20 NIV
EPHESIANS 4:30
SORRY SIESTA’S
Kari, Grand Rapids, MI
Isaiah 54:10 (NLT) -“For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken,” says the LORD, who has mercy ~~(NLT says compassion)~~on you.
Marcia – Grand Rapids, Michigan – “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 NIV
Jami, Dallas TX
1 Peter 1:14-15 (ESV)
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct.
Sonya, IL
In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father. Matthew 5:16 NLT
Trish L. West Linn, Oregon
“Finally Brothers, Whatever is True,Whatever is Noble,Whatever is Right,Whatever is Lovely,Whatever is Admirable,If anything is Excellent or Praiseworthy,Think about Such Things.” Philippians 4:8 NIV
Cindy from Yakima.
Psalm 63:1, NIV
O God, you are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you,
my body longs for you
In a dry and weary land
where there is no water
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none/and their tongue is parched with thirst/I the Lord will answer them/I the Gpd of Israel will not forsake them.
Isa 41:17
Kae, Jacksonville
Sarah, Millers Creek NC
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one each other just as Christ forgave you.
Ephesians 4:32 NIV
Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil
The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man’s judgment:
“For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?”
But we have the mind of Christ.
~ I Corinthians 2:15-16 (NIV’84)
Whitney
Nashville, TN
Proverbs 14:30 “A heart at peace gives life to the body”
Melisa, Roanoke.
Blessed is a man who endures trials, because when he passes the test he will receive the crown of life that He has promised to those who love Him. – James 1:12 Holman Christian Standard Bible
Molly~Somerset, KY
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me.” Matthew 16:24 (NIV)
Lela-Livonia, MI
Finally,brethren,whatever things are true,whatever things are noble,whatever things are just, whatever things are pure,whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy-meditate on these things.
Philippians 4:8 NKJV
“Therefore, gird your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
I Peter 1:13 NASB
Valdese, NC. I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with thine eye.
Psalms 32:8
Rebekah, Perth, Australia “But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it – he will be blessed in what he does.” James 1:25 NIV
Cathy
Umatilla, FL
Everything is permissable for me – but not everthing is beneficial. Everything is permisable for me – but I will not be mastered by anything.
1Corinthians 6:12 NIV
Rosalee, OKC, “Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Saviour, and my hope is in you all day long.
Psalm 25:4-5 (NIV)
Anne, Tyler TX
Isaiah 12:2 Behold God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; for the Lor is my strength and song, He has become my salvation.
Patty
Lakeport, FL
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the BOASTFUL PRIDE of life, is not from the Father, but is of the world.
I John 2:16 (NAS)
**(capital letters added by me!)
Janine, Clarksburg
Wealth & honor come from you;
You are the ruler of all things.
In Your hands are strength & power
to exalt & give strength to all.
Now, our God, we give you thanks,
and praise your glorious name.
I Chron. 29: 12-13 NIV
Darla – Edmond, OK
“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” Romans 8:28 NLT
Courtney
Houma, LA
And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.
Colossians 3:17, NLT
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
Colossians 2:19 NIV
AK, Lexinton, KY
Romans 1:20 NLT
For ever since the world was created,
people have seen the earth and the sky.
Through everything God made,
they clearly see his invisible qualities —
his eternal power and divine nature.
So they have no excuse for not knowing God.
Kim, Warren, Maine: “No longer will there be a curse upon anything. For the throne of God and of the Lamb will be there, and his servants will worship him. And they will see his face, and his name will be written on their foreheads.” Revelation 22:3-4 NLT
Christa, Woodstock, Ga
“…I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” (Matthew 25:40 NIV)
Cindy,Apex
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.”
Philippians 2:3 NIV
Nancy, Springdale Arkansas
In honor of our new little church’s one year anniversary Sunday!
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9, NIV
Wendy, Modesto, CA
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go for to you I lift up my soul.
Psalm 143:8, NIV
Kristi, Georgia. “Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses every thought, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7. CSB
Kyla
Tecumseh, Kansas
The king is enthralled by your beauty, honor him for he is your Lord.
Psalm 45:11 (NIV)
“The word of the Lord came to Zechariah: ‘The Lord of Hosts says this: Render true justice. Show faithful love and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the stranger or the poor, and do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.'”
Zechariah 7:8-10 HCS
Meredith Benton, Jonesboro:
2 Corinthians 3:18 (NASB)-
But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
michelle byrne columbus,ohio 1 peter 2:11 Beloved,I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh,which war against your soul
Paula , Arvada – “I raise my eyes toward the mountains. Where will my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber. Indeed, the Protector of Israel does not slumber or sleep.” ( Psalm 121:1-4 HCSB )
Jenny, Cleveland, MS – “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Kristen, NM
Don’t be quick tempered for anger is the friend of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
NIV
“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.”
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
Holly, Allen, Texas