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!
Julie, Springfield MO
We destroy arguments and every proud obstacle to the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ
2 Co 10:5 RSV
Heather, Saint John, NB
“Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.” Psalm 9:10 (NIV)
Annie, Alabama:
For your Maker is your husband-
the Lord Almighty is His name-
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
He is called the God of all the earth.
Isaiah 54:5 (NIV)
Amber, Drexel MO
Psalm 86:5
“You, LORD, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to You.”
(NIV)
Natalie, Davie, Fl, “Create in me a new heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” – Psalm 51:10, NIV
San Francisco, CA
“And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, 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
Nell Wichita Falls, TX
James 1:2-5 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
Chloe & Abbi Wichita Falls, Tx
James 1:2-3 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
Kerrie. Mandeville, LA
John 16:33 NIV
I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.
Jamie, Union Center:
I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivers me from all my fears.
Psalm 34:4
This one fits even better!
Andrea, Saskatchewan Canada:
You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
Psalm 32:7-8, NIV
“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you declares the Lord and bring you back from captivity”.
Jeremiah 29:13-14
Sharon, Bulls Gap, TN –
“Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven” Luke 6:37
Austin, Tx
(God) who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
2 Corinthians 1:4 (NIV)
Karen, Jefferson City, TN
Ecclesiastes 3:11, TNIV
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yest no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin. James 4: 17. NKJ
Cheryl – Black Mountain, NC
I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.
John 16:33
Tonya, Dacula: “Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.” Mark 1:35 NIV
Tabitha
Greenville
Psalm 73:26
ESV
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
Proverbs 18:10 NKJV
Darcy
Navarre, FL
Dee Dee, San Antonio, Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:14 (NIV)
Lisa from Chandler, Arizona
1 Peter 5:8 (New International Version)
8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
Michelle, Portage, IN: “You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you.” – Isaiah 26:3 NLT
B, Georgia: Jer.17:7-8 Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and whose trust is the Lord. For he will be like a tree planted by the water that extends its roots by a stream and will not fear when the heat comes; but its leaves will be green and it will not be anxious in a year of drought nor cease to yield fruit. Jeremiah 17:7-8 NASB
Kayla from Springfield, OR:
“Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.” ~1 Timothy 1:17 (NASB)
Kaitlyn from Gainesville, FL
Galatians 5:22
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against these things there is no law.”
NIV version
Michelle, Concord, NC- “Just one thing: Live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or am absent, I will hear about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, working side by side for the faith that comes from the gospel, not being frightened in any way by your opponents.” ~Philippians 1:27-28a, HCSB
Lori, Sulphur: You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13 NIV
Rebecca, Richmond VA
“For God did not give a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, love and self-discipline.” 1Peter 1:7
Maya (age 7), Emmy (age 5)
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace.”
Ephesians 4:2&3
All NIV (and–oh yes I did pick that verse on purpose. sigh.)
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” Eph.4:2 (NIV)
Stephanie Parker, Co.
Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love,
that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
Psalm 90:14,NIV
Jennifer, Minneapolis
“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.”
Romans 12:9-10 NIV
cathy, princeton, Tx
Isaiah 40:26 NIV
Look up into the heavens. Who created the stars?
He brings them out like an army, one after another,
calling each by name. Because of His great power and incomparable strength, not one of them is missing.
Marsha, Lexington Park,
Wait on the Lord;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the LORD! NKJV
Mandy, Grove City, PA
“The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.”
– Psalm 16:6 (NIV)
Carol, Grove City, PA
“The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.”
– Psalm 16:6 (NIV)
Emily Mechanicsville, VA
What goes into a man’s mouth does not make him “unclean” but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him “unclean”. Matthew 15:11 NIV
Gretchen, Kearney, Missouri. “Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the LORD delivers him in times of trouble. The LORD will protect him and preserve his life; He will bless him in the land and not surrender him to his foes. The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed and restore him from his bed of illness.” Psalm 41:1-3 NIV
Anita, Purcellville “And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.” 2 Corinthians 5:15 NIV
Pickering, Ontario, Canada
“Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you. Isaiah 54:10 NIV
Beth, pearland, TX
Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.Â
NIV
Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. Psalm 63:3
Lisa, Enterprise, AL
~Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
– Colossians 4:6 (NIV)
Traci from Lakewood, WA: Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Matthew 19:14 NIV
Denise, Colorado Springs, CO
“For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love and sef control” 2 Timothy 1:7 NET
Vicksburg, MS
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 (NKJV)
Helen Washington
Portland, Oregon
The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me;
your steadfast love, O LORD,endures forever.
Do not forsake the work of your hands.
Psalm 138: 8 ESV
Isaiah 26:3 and 4
You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. Turst in the Lord forever for the Lord, the Lord, is the rock eternal.
Tammy
Ingleside, TX
Pam in Texas using The Everyday Bible
“Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life.”
Proverbs 4:23
Karen, Lutz, FL –
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written, “You shall be Holy, for I AM HOLY.” 1 Peter 1:14-16
Leanna
Waynesville
The Lord says, “Forget what happened before, and do not think about the past.” Isaiah 43:18 NCV