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!
Melissa, Germantown
Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
1 Thessalonians 4; 11-12
(NIV)
Edmond, OK
Isaiah 14:24 (NIV) The Lord Almighty has sworn,
“Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and
as I have purposed, so it will stand.”
Ann – Greensboro, GA
Php 1:18 ESV What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice,
Carole, Imperial, CA: “Forget about what’s happened; don’t keep going over old history. Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand new. It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it? There it is! I’m making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands.” Isaiah 43:18-19 The Message
Cristin, Fort Campbell
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
Hebrews 12:11 NIV
Emily – Topeka, Kansas
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, 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 4:6-8 NIV
Dolly, Middletown, OH
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. Psa.63:1-4 KJV (I already know the first 2)
“And don’t be wishing you were someplace else or with someone else. Where you are right now is God’s place for you. Live and obey and love and believe right there. God, not your marital status, defines your life.”
-1 corinthians 7:17 (the message)
Kara, Aurora
Ephesians 4:29: Do not let any unwholesome talk me out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up others according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. (NIV)
Becky, Chandler AZ
Every word of God is flawless;
he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
Proverbs 30:5 NIV
Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. Isaiah 49:15ESV
Susie, Ft. Worth, Psalm 89:1 I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. ESV
Sara, Redlands, CA
“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings of eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)
Jennifer, Oreland
Col. 3:2-3…”Set your minds on things above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”
For God is not a God of disorder but of peace.
1 Cor 14:33 NIV
Alicia in South Dakota:
Isaiah 30:18 NIV
Yet the Lord Longs to be gracious to you. He rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him.
Lindsey, San Francisco, CA
So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the reward it brings you!
Hebrews 10:35 (NLT)
Siobhan, Austen, AR “Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.” Heb. 2:14-15 ESV
Lindsay, Albuquerque
“May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in believing (through the experience of your faith) that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound and be overflowing (bubbling over) with hope.” Romans 15:13 Amp
Kelsie, Albuquerque (14)
“Always be humble, gentle, and patient, accepting each other in love.” Ephesians 4:2 NCV
Alysa, Albuquerque (10)
“Do your best to please God. Be a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed. Teach the message of truth correctly.” 2 Timothy 2:15 NIrV
Pam, Round Rock,TX-
“And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into His likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the spirit.”
2 Corinthians 3:18 NIV
Donna, Norman, OK
John 10:10 (NASB)
“The theif comes only to steal and kill and destroy;
I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”
Nancy West Linn, OR
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Eph 4:29 NIV
Karen, Birmingham: “My lips will glorify You because Your faithful love is better than life.” Psalm 63:3 HCSB
Bridget, Portland, TX
Ecclesiastes 4:10 “For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up.” (NKJV)
Katie (Firestone, CO)
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. I Thess. 5:16-18 NIV
With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
Matthew 19:26 (NIV)
Queen City
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
Phil 4:6 NKJV
The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
Symmie Rae, Corpus Christi, Tx
New American Standard
Malachi 3:16
“Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another, and the LORD gave attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the LORD and who esteem His name.
Connie, Freeland, MI “He who oppresses the poor shows contempt to their maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.” Proverbs 14:31 NIV
Chelsea, KY
The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!
Psalm 50:23, ESV
Becky from Wixom, MI
Isaiah 43: 18-19 (ESV)
“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”
Rachel
Tucson, AZ
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him and he will makes your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
Erin – Wylie, TX
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 (NIV)
Pat,Las Cruces, NM
Whoever claims to live in Him must walk as Jesus did.
1 John 2:6 (NIV)
Sarah, Dallas, GA
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:34, NIV
Jody, Yuma
“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 (NIV)
James 4:10 KJV
Humble yoursleves in the sight of the LOrd, and he shall lift you up!
Candra, Marietta, GA, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control…” Gal 5:22,23 NASB
Danielle, Missouri – “They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings – and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.” Revelations 17:14 NIV
Christina, Fresno,CA
“Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.”
Romans 8:5 NIV
Laurie, Spokane
“And He has said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.’ Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may dwell in me. Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.”
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
Tami, Washington, DC: Romans 8:38-39 “For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to seperate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” KJV
Angela from Olathe, Psalm 146:1-2 New Living Translation, “Praise the Lord! Let all that I am praise the Lord. I will praise the Lord as long as I live. I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath.”
Michelle – Watauga, TX
Do this and the lights will turn on, and your lives will turn around at once. Your righteousness will pave your way. The God of glory will secure your passage. Isaiah 58:8 (MSG)
Patti in Missouri under alot of snow: Psalm 119:11 (NIV)
I have treasured Your word in my heart so that I might not sin against You.
Be safe everyone
Gigi McMurray, Franklin, TN
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)
Brynna, Round Rock, TX
“How then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?”
Romans 10:14 NIV
Tina, Roanole, AL
“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)
Lori, San Angelo, Texas
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 1 John 4:4