**Siesta Celebration is January 20-21, 2012**
Oh, my word, y’all! I didn’t realize it was the 15th until I woke up this morning! I’m speed writing!
I am continuing to memorize out of 2 Timothy. Here are mine this time around. They’re not complete without each other so I’m doing two.
Beth, Houston. “You, however, must continue in the things you have learned and are confident about. You know who taught you and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.” 2 Timothy 3:14-15 The NET Bible
I started memorizing these a couple of days ago and they are already speaking to me right now for a specific reason: Sometimes beginning is a challenge and sometimes ending is a challenge but CONTINUING – day in, day out, in what you know to be right or what you know to be your present charge from God – now, THAT’S where the endurance comes. That’s where the enemy takes us down over and over.
Let’s be faithful, Siestas! CONTINUE IN THE THINGS YOU HAVE LEARNED!
I’m crazy about you.
Angie, Kansas City, MO: And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Hebrews 11:6 NIV
Cheryl, Coffeyville, KS
“Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.” Phil. 4:5 NIV
Philippians 1:9 RSV
And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more with knowledge and all discernment.
Leah, Indpls
Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:34 NIV
Christelle, Delafield WI,
1 Sam 2:2 NIV
“There is no one holy like the LORD;
there is no one besides you;
there is no Rock like our God.”
“Lift up your eyes on high and see who has created these stars, the One who leads forth their host by number, He calls them all by name; because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power not one of them is missing.” Isaiah 40:26 (NAS)
“Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in heaven.” Mt. 5:12 KJ
If the “joy of the Lord is my strength”, help me dear Lord to seek Your joy when I need more strength!
Melissa: Nashville, TN
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” Psalm 119:105 KJV
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of it’s own.
Matthew 6: 34 NLT
Sandra, Swainsboro, GA
O, Lord, be gracious to us; we long for you.
Be our strength every morning,
our salvation in time of distress.
Isaiah 33:2 (NIV)
John 11:40 (NIV)
Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
Margie
Hilton Head Island, SC
Melissa, Scarborough, ME: “For by a single offering He has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.” Hebrews 10:14 ESV
“The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him.” Nahum 1:7 NKJV
Barb, Medina Oh
Eph 6:18 NIV
And pray in the Spirit on all occassions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
Beverly
Midlothian, VA
Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the Word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison — that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.
Colossians 4:2-4 ESV
Stephanie
Knoxville, TN
“Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.” (I Thessalonians 5:23-24, ESV)
Cara, Highlands Ranch, “One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.” Psalm 27:4, NIV
“I cry out ot God Most High, to God who will fulfill his purpose for me” Psalm 57:2 NLT
Jodi, Fairhope, AL: Yes,if you cry out for discernment,and lift up your voice for understanding,if you seek her as sliver,And search for her as for hidden treasures;Then you will understand the fear of the Lord,and find the knowledge of God.For the Lord gives wisdom;From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. Proverbs 2:3-6 NKJV
Joyce, Wahpeton ND
Habakkuk 3:17-18 Amplified
Though the fig tree does not blossom and there is no fruit on the vine, though the product of the olive fails and the fields yield no food, though the flock is cut off from the fold and there are no cattle in the stalls.
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the victorious God of my salvation.
Miss Kathleen
Bernardsville, NJ
Psalm 9:10B NIV
“For you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you”.
Dawn, Orland Park, IL: “Turn away from evil and do good. Search for peace and work to maintain it.” Psalm 34:14 (NLT)
Lisa, Marion, IN
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 1 Peter 5:6 (NIV)
Do not be confirmed to this world, but be transformed so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:2 NAS
Sara Springfield Mo
Matthew 6:34 NIV
Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Melissa, St. Mary’s County, MD But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 2 Timothy 3:14-15 KJV
Carla, Iowa
Matthew 7:3
How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? NIV
Kay, Sheridan
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Matthew 6:33 NKJV
You, however, must continue in the things you have learned and are confident about. You know who taught you and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.” 2 Timothy 3:14-15 The NET Bible
Marie
Orange, Texas
Ps. 89:15 (NIV)
Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence,O Lord.
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
Isaiah 55:9
Sam v.
Woodstock, VT
Amy, Custer, SD:
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Psalm 139:14 NIV
Tammy from Fort Myers, Florida: “So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.” 1 Corinthians 15:58 NLT
Michelle, Houston “Confía en el SEÑOR de todo corazón, y no en tu propia inteligencia. Reconócelo en todos tus caminos y él allanará tus sendas.” Proverbios 3:5-6 NVI
Sharon Meekins
Richmond, VA
The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand.
Psalm 37:23-24 NLT
Crystal, Livonia, Michigan
Galatians 6:9 KJV
“Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, IF we faint not.”
Kristin, Jacksonville. “I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” Lamentations 3:24 (NIV)
Stephanie
Corvallis OR
Steep your life in God reality, God intiative, God provisions. Dont worry about missing out. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.
Matthew 6:33 MSG
Kimberly Orr-Zionsville, IN
Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as overseers-not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not greedy for money, but eager to serve; not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away. I Peter 5:2-4 NIV
and
And David shephered them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them.
Psalm 78:72 NIV
Billie, Scottsdale
“Trust in Him at all times, you people! Pour out your hearts before Him!
God is our shelter!”
Psalm 62:7 (NET)
Mildred, Fayetteville, AR
For You are my hiding place, You protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of victory.
Ps 32:7 (NLT)
Sandy- Houston
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalms 73:26 (NIV)
Nicola, Calgary, AB Canada
Oh that the words I now speak were written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book (carved on a tablet of stone)! That with an iron pen and molten lead they were graven in the rock forever! For I know that my Redeemer and Vindicator lives, and at last He, the Last One, will stand upon the earth. And after my skin, even this body, has been destroyed, then from my flesh or without it I shall see God whom I, even I shall see for myself and on my side! And my eyes shall behold Him and not as a stranger! My heart pines away and is consumed within me. Job 19:23-27 AMP
Ann, San Antonio, TX Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Colossians 3:15 (NIV)
Tiffany, ATL
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has
stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has
promised to those who love him. James 1:12 ESV
Becca
Columbus, OH
Galatians 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
KJV
Erica, Amman, Jordan
“I will put in the desert the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive. I will set junipers in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together,”
Isaiah 41:19 NIV
Sharon, Hamburg NY
“Because of the privilege and authority given to me, I give you this warning: Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given you.” Romans 12:3 (NLT)
Becca, TN
Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and evil excess, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save you. James 1:21 (HCSB)
Melissa, Hampton, VA:
“The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.”
Isaiah 58:11 (NIV)