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!
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery,” Galatians 5:1 NIV.
Kim, Alabama
For as he thinks in his heart,
so is he.
Proverbs 23:7
NKJV – Spirit Filled
Kelly, Fort Myers: “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” Phillippians 4:8 ESV
Heather Bellingham, Wa. The sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights.
Habbakuk 3:19 NIV
Kyndra, Houston
“Surley God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.” Psalm 54:4 NIV
Heather
Mosinee, WI
“In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.”
Romans 8:26 NIV
Lora, Florissant, CO. “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both sould and body in hell.” Matthew 10:28, NIV
Jan, Marion, IA “I will say to the LORD, My refuge and my fortress, My God in whom I trust.” Ps. 91:2 NASB
Maria Hammond – North Dakota
Psalm 25:4-5 Show me Your ways, O Lord, teach me Your paths; guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are God my Savior, and my hope is in You all day long. NIV
Kim, Alabama We are more than conconquerors through Him who loved us.
Romans 8:37 NKJV
Piedmont, OK
Isaiah 41:10 “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 righteous right hand.” NKJ
Michelle, Chatham,IL.
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His being, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. Hebrews 1:3 (NIV)
Abbey (my daughter) In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:6 (NIV)
Lynn
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
A wise man’s heart guards his mouth, and his lips promote instruction. Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 16:23,24
That’s NIV “:-)”
Holland, MI
Ephesians 4:29 “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their nees, that it may benefit those who listen.” (NIV)
Mary
Tuscaloosa, Al
“Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him.” Is 30:18 NJKV
Kathy from Ontario Canada (where it really is very cold with a bad snow storm!)
Psalm 34:7 “I go from strength to strength.”
Thats all I can do after major surgery!
Christal, Winston-Salem
May the God of Peace… equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Hebrews 13:20-21 NIV
Mable, Houston, Tx.
“God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.”
James 1:12(NLT)
Ina – Lancaster, PA
Listen to me, all you who are left in Israel. I created you and have cared for you since before you were born.
Isaiah 46:3 NLT
Johanna, Arkansas
“My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only He will release my feet from the snare” Psalm 25:15 (NIV)
Kari in Benton
NIV
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and self discipline.
2Timothy 1:7
Jana Sund (Kalispell, MT) “May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice. Set a guard over my mouth O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips”. Psalms 141: 2-3 NIV
Chaeli, Houston.
For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.
2 Timothy 1:7
Janice, Springville, AL “They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings – and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.” Rev 17:14 NIV
Heather, Warrensburg, Missouri:
“Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.”
Matthew 5:16 NASB
Martha, Clearwater, FL
Commit thy way unto the Lord;trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Psalm 37:5 NIV
Angie
Albertville, AL
But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of
God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. (1 Cor 2:14 NASB)
Diane, Roswell,GA –
“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 NIV
Meg, Richmond, VA
“The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His being, sustaining all things by His powerful Word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hadn of the Majesty of Heaven.” – Hebrews 1:3 (NIV)
Kari, Winchester CA
Do not fear, for I am with you;
Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, surely I will help you,
Surely I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10, NASB
Hebrews 2:14-15 The Message
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you never will I forsake you.” Heb 13.5 NIV
Beth in Candler, NC:
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my redeemer.
Psalm 19:14 (NIV)
Miracle
Atlanta, GA
I’m continuing the same verses I posted last time, as there are three and I’m not quite done memorizing:
“…and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.” Phil 3:9-11 NASB
Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
Rachel Platts
Orlando, Florida
“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.” Psalm 19:14 NIV
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.
Psalms 27:14
Woodstock, VT
Sam v.
Melissa, Rochester, NY “May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.” Psalm 19:14 NIV
deborah, dublin
But I lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations on those who love me and obey my commands.
Deuteronomy 5:10 New Living Testament
Paddy
Plattsburgh, New York
Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides.
You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors.
So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely.
Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.
James 1:2-4 The Message
Richmond, TX
Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16
Hope, Russellville, AR:
Be kind and compassionate to one another. Forgiving each other, just as in Christ, God forgave you. Ephesians 4:31 NIV
Deaune – Topeka – Do not conform any longer 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. Romans 12:2 NIV
Jody, Mission Viejo, CA
Indeed, the very hairs of your head are numbered. Don’t be afraid, you are worth more than many sparrows.
Luke 12:7 NIV
O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness,
That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
Make us glad according to the days You have afflicted us,
And the years we have seen evil.
Kate, Psalm 90:14-15, NASB, Overland Park, KS
Teresa, Cincinnati, Ohio
“Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup;
you have made my lot secure.
The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.”
Psalm 16:5-6 NIV
Linda from Mishawaka, In
For though we live in the world we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Cor 10:3-5 NIV
Phillipians 4:6 NIV
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer & petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God
Christy, Long Beach, CA ” O Lord, be gracious to us: we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in times of distress.” Isaiah 33:2