Hey, Darling Things! I am on my way to our Little Rock Living Proof Live with much joy, anxiousness, and anticipation and pure-dee desperation for Jesus to show up. He’s all we’ve got to offer. And, gloriously, He’s all we need.
Don’t even think of dropping out of our Scripture Memory Team! If you let the Word dwell in you richly, I promise you that, when this calendar year closes, you will have experienced a completely different 12 months than you would have if you’d let your own opinions, agendas, quandaries, fears, feelings, insecurities, and bondage dwell in you richly. God’s Word WORKS. He sends it forth with accomplishing power. Don’t just memorize the words. BELIEVE THEM. Take them all the way to your heart and apply them to your real, live experience.
My verse this time around is one I’ve loved for a long time, especially as it’s worded in the NIV, but I’ve never committed it to memory. You’re welcome to join me if you don’t have another one planned. Here goes:
Beth, Houston. “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!” Isaiah 30:18 NIV
I love you guys. Stay with it, Sisters! Jesus is so worthy.
Dear Beth ~ I live in Little Rock and attended your conference here a few years ago. I didn’t attend the one this weekend, because I babysat for my daughter, so she could go. Three of my four daughters were there, and all of them were greeters. They came home today SO excited and inspired! I felt a little left out, so I decided I would join your “Siestas” and begin reading your blog. I am 66 years old, have been married to the same man for almost 49 years (in June), have raised 6 children and have 14 grandchildren. I have loved your Bible studies for many years and feel like I know you! 🙂 xox
Welcome to Siestaville!
Hi Jane! I’m AmyLynn and would like to welcome you as a siesta sister:) I am 14 years old and live in Chicago. I became a siesta about 7 months ago. It sounds like God has greatly blessed you both in anabundance of family, and a relationship with Him. I to have been a part of her Bible studies, I’m in my 4th one, which is the Stepping Up, on the Psalms of Ascents, Beth is one of my best friends as well (through her studies, living proof live events…). Well I just wanted to welcome you to the siesta family and encourage you that we are all across the map, maybe even down the street. Your sister in Christ:)
Deborah, Markham, VA
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Romans 15:13 NIV
Cheryl, Midlothian, Va
Therefore as God’s chosen people holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Col 3: 12
Ashley, Oil City, LA
“The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all, and His mercy is over all that He has made.”
Psalm 145.8-9 ESV
Lisa, Morning View, KY
2 Peter 1:3
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
Kristy, MB Canada
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.”
Philippians 2:3-4 NIV
Melissa, Proctorville: “Establish Your Word to Your servant, who is devoted to fearing You.” Psalm 119:38 NKJV
Annette, Richmond, TX – John 15:2 – NIV
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.
Amy, Grand Rapids, MI
Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him. Psalm 62:5 NLT
Sue, Groveport, OH
“You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. Because he loves me, says the LORD, I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.” Psalm 91:13-14
Katie Duluth MN
For we do not have a high priest who is unalbe to sympathize with our weakness but we have one who has been tempted just as we are yet was wirthout sin. Heb 4:15 NIV
Jennifer, Lilburn GA
Ah Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you. Jer. 32:17 NIV
Gretchen in Buffalo, NY: “When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, your consolations delight my soul.” Psalm 94:19
“For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” Colossians 1:16-17 NIV
Elizabeth, Chesterfield, VA:
For this commandment which I command you this day is not too difficult for you, nor is it far off. Deuteronomy 30:11 (Amplified Bible)
“Stay on the path that the LORD your God has commanded you to follow. Then you will live long and prosperous lives in the land you are about to enter and occupy.” Deuteronomy 5:33 NLT
Nancy, Yonges Island, SC
“I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean;, I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:25-26 NIV
Michelle, Fallston, MD
Psalm 91:8 – “Only with your eyes shall you look, and see the reward of the wicked.” NKJV
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirabe, if anything is excellent or praise worthy, think about these things. Phil. 4:8
Bunnie, Hume,CA “Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.” 1 Corinthians 15:58 NASB
Pat @ Woodstock, AL Psalm 27:14 NIV
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.
Elizabeth, Charlottesville
Behold God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and has become my salvation.
Isaiah 12:2
“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.” Deuteronomy 29:29 NIV
Prov. 13:3 NIV
Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.
Mandy, Idabel, OK
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Tim 4:7 NIv
Laurie, Spokane,
“Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.”
Ephesians 6:11-12 NASB
Karen, Centralia, MO: Above all love each other deeply because love covers a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 1 Peter 4:8-9
Paulette
Nogalus Prairie
“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!” Isaiah 30:18 NIV
(Was the perfect verse for me this time!!)
Kimberly, Denton TX ESV “Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice;blessed are all those who wait for him.” Isaiah 30:18
Valerie Oklahoma
“My flesh and my heart my fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” Psalm 73:26 NIV
Melody, Ocean Springs, Jeremiah 29:11 (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.”
Jane, St. Louis
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)
Valerie Oklahoma
“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” Psalm 73:26 NIV
sheri, Fort Worth, Tx
I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel who summons you by name. Isaiah 45:3 NIV
Dyane, Edmond, Oklahoma “The fear of human opinion disables; trusting in God protects you from that.” Proverbs 29:25 The Message
Judith
Orillia, Canada
Deuteronomy 29:29 (NIV)
“The secret things beloing to the LORD our God,
but the things revealed belong to us and our children forever,
that we may follow the words of this law.”
Amy, Tyler: Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. Eph 5:22 (NIV)
So my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and steady, always enthusiastic about the Lord’s work, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.
l Corinthians 15:58 NLT
Ring gold GA
NIV
John 6:35
Then Jesus declared ” I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.”
Dana, Dothan, AL
“Let all that I am wait quitely before God, for my hope is in him.” Psalm 62:5
Shanelle, Phoenix, AZ
“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!”
Isaiah 30:18 NIV
Erika-GadsdenAL
1John 2:15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
“I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me, just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep.”
John 10:14-15
Durant, OK
Colossians 1:21-23NIV
Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But, now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in His sight, without blemish and free from accusation–if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel.
Chose to focus on the one above, but thinking on the following this week, too:
John 11:25-26NIV
Jesus said to her,
“I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
Tiffany, Sandwich, IL
“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!” Isaiah 30:18 NIV
Jennifer, Singapore
John 1:14, 16 ESV
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth…And from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.”
I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?
Jeremiah 32:27 NIV
Candice; Blacksburg, VA
Melissa, Houston. “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!” Isaiah 30:18 NIV Beth, I love this one!
Gail, McDonough, Ga
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. Isaiah 30:18 NIV
Jariza, Alburtis, PA
1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. NIV