Hey Siestas!
Can you fathom that we are on our 10th memory verse??? Good grief! 2011 is almost halfway over! Amanda and Curtis just got Jackson’s preschool graduation pictures and we all nearly flipped. It is the cutest thing ever, especially with that missing front tooth. His ceremony is in a few days but the little blue cap and gown just about put all of us over the edge. We will have a kindergartener next year and a mighty fine one at that. It just sails by. And how well many of you know.
I am getting lots of questions about whether or not we’re having Siesta Summer Bible Study. I want to say yes so badly. I have tried to turn this puzzle piece every conceivable direction to see how it would fit on the table. Between SSMT every 1st and 15th, the summer Living Proof Lives, the final Deeper Still, and, probably the biggest factor of all, the complete James manuscript due date at the end of summer, I just can’t make it work and still be a wife, mom, and active Bibby. I also don’t have my faithful blog master, Amanda, here to assist me with all that summer Bible study entails right now. I am, however, presently thinking of some ways that we can hold one another accountable to stay in the Scriptures this summer and also give you the opportunity to connect with other Siestas who want to do some of the same studies. Stay tuned for that. For now, I’ll joyfully recommend to you two that I’ve done this Spring:
Duty or Delight by Tammie Head (Many of you will remember getting to know this brand new author in April through our blog video. She is dear to me and will no doubt become dear to many of you.)
Brave by Angela Thomas (Angela is a gifted teacher and writer and I try not to let anything she offers sit on the bookstore shelf for long before I bag it and read it. I’m almost finished with this study and have been tremendously blessed by it.)
Both of those women love Jesus and communicate His Word beautifully. And you know how I feel about Priscilla Shirer and everything God uses her to bring to the table. You’ll never miss on her. Man, I wish we could do one of their studies the traditional way in Siestaville this summer but sometimes we realize that even another good thing is perhaps the wrong thing for now. If the Lord is willing, we’ll definitely do a study our usual way next summer on the off year from SSMT.
OK, young ladies, how about that 10th verse?? NO DROP OUTS!!! This verse is trying to leap off the page at me this time around and not so much for my own plight right now but for some people I really love:
Beth, Houston, Texas. “The Lord is near the brokenhearted; He delivers those who are discouraged.” Psalm 34:18 The NET Bible
Praise You, Lord. You are so faithful. Close in on those who are brokenhearted and hold them in Your healing grasp. Deliver the discouraged in such dramatic ways that You alone get the credit. We exist here in this blog community to give You glory, Lord. Come and get it. Our eyes are to the skies.
Emily, Washington, DC
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”
John 10: 10 (NIV)
Philippians 4:4-6 NIV
“Rejoice in the Lord always, I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”
Anna – Houston, TX
“The Lord your God is with you, the mighty warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in His love He will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
Nancilea, The Woodlands, TX
He shall cry to me, “You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.”
Ps 89:26 ESV
Jeanie in SD – Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge. Psalm 16:1 (NIV)
Shannon in Louisville, KY
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.
Psalm 34:18 (NLT)
Lori Safford, Pelham, NH “Even there shall Thy hand lead me, and Thy right hand shall hold me.” PS. 139:10 KJV
Nightingale
Miami, FL
2 Cor 9:8 (NIV)
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
Lindsey, McKinney, TX
To Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy…
Jude 24 (NIV)
Theresa Donlon
Hockley, Texas
Isiah 40:31 NIV
But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles ; they will run and not be weary ,they will walk and not be faint.
I am behind in memory work my Mom passed away after a 6 month battle with cancer.
I’m getting back in pray for me to catch up .
Anita, Chattanooga, TN
…For you Lord have never forsaken those who seek you.” Psalm 9:10b NIV
Jan, Winnipeg, Manitoba: “O, Lord, you have searched and you know me.” Psalm 139:1 (NIV)
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV
Tara
Greensboro, NC
For the LORD has poured out on you
The spirit of deep sleep,
And has closed your eyes, namely, the prophets;
And He has covered your heads, namely, the seers.
Isaiah 29:10
NKJV
Ashley, Chesapeake. “And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.” Psalm 9:10 (NKJV)
Raines, Albany, Georgia: As we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers. Gal 6:10 NIV
Diane, from Cambridge-Narrows, NB, Canada
(Ephesians 1:18,19 NIV) “I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength …”
jenny
white hall, ar
“those who know Your name will trust in You, for You, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek You.”
psalm 9:10 niv
“for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose.” Phil 2:13 NIV
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Colossians 3.13 NIV
Star, Jackson TN
“One thing I ask from the LORD,
this only do I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the LORD
all the days of my life,
to gaze on the beauty of the LORD
and to seek him in his temple.”
Psalm 27:4 (NIV)
Barb Evansville
Remember my words with your whole being. Write them down and tie them to your hands as a sign tie them on your foreheads to remind you. Teach them well to your children talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Deut 11:18-19 NCV
Delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4
Vicki, Wilmington
But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. Colossians 3:16 NKJV
Stephanie, Wise
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts are higher than your thoughts” Isaiah 55:9 NKJV
Julia, Glendora, CA. ” Lord, I have heard the report about Thee and I fear. O Lord, revive They work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.” Habakkuk 3:2 NASB
Terra from Owasso, OK
Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.
Psalm 141:3 NIV
Natalie
Nashville, TN
“I have told you these thnigs 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
Heidi, Mount Vernon, OH: “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)
And this is the testimony: god has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
NIV. 1 John 5:11
5/18
Those who know your name trust in you,
for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
NIV Psalm 9:10
Mollie, Friendswood, TX
Matthew 6:34 (New International Version)
34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Rebecca, Chattanooga, TN
Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don’t try to figure everything out on your own. Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track. Don’t assume you know it all. Run to God! Run from evil! Your body will glow with health, your very bones will vibrate with life!
Proverbs 3:5-8 The Message
Sharon
Glennville, GA
John 14:27 NIV
Peace I leave with you;
My peace I give you.
I do not give to you as the world gives.
Do not let your hearts be troubled
and do not be afraid.
Hayley – Seymour, TX
“The Lord is near the brokenhearted; He delivers those who are discouraged.” Psalm 34:18 The NET Bible
Beth R
Liberty Lake, WA
Hebrews 13:8 NIV
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Deborah, Pinewood, TN
Isaiah 35:4 niv
..say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear:
your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with
divine retribution he will come to save you.”
Kathy, Houston
‘But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.” Rom 8:25, NASB
Rhonda, Lima, OH
Ps. 34:18 (NASB)
“The LORD is near to the broken hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”
Deborah, Markham, VA
“Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him and He will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.”
-Psalm 37:5-6 NIV
Patti, Clemmons, NC
“Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.” Psalm 125:1 NIV
Stacey – Houston, TX: “Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.” – Romans 12:2 HCSB
Psalm 34:11 Amp
Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you to revere and worshipfully fear the Lord.
Lino Lakes, MN
Rachel, Billings, MT
Isaiah 55:8 NIV
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.
Romans 3:23 (NIV)
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
And
Romans 6:23 (NIV)
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
(Finally memorizing the Roman Road)
Ashley G., Orlando, FL:
“Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.”
Psalm 9:10 NIV
Susan, Chicago. For though we live as human beings, we do not wage war according to human standards, for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made more powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. 2 Cor 10:3-4 NET
Madge, Marietta, GA
The Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.” John 14:26 (NIV)
Naomi, Acworth, GA
The Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.” John 14:26 (NIV)
Becky, St. Augustine. “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