**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 –Â 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.
 “He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.” Psalm 121:3 (NIV)
Aliza, NZL.
I ask only one thing from the Lord. This is what I want: Let me live in the Lord’s house all my life. Let me see the Lord’s beauty and look with my own eyes at His temple.
Psalm 27:4 (NCV)
Lacey, Leonard TX. “I know that my redeemer lives and that in the end he will stand on the earth.” Job 19:25 NIV
Heather from Florence, SC: “Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace.” Matthew 11:28-29 (The Message)
Debbie, Calgary, AB.
Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving.
Colossians 4:2 NET/NASB
Karen, Sacramento CA
“He must become more important while I become less important” —John 3:30 NET Bible
“This is the assigned moment for him to move into the center, while I slip off to the sidelines” —John 3:30 MSG
Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him”. You area sheild around me O Lord, my Glorious one who lifts up my head. Ps3:2-3
Kristie
Sandia, TX
for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. Philippians 2:13 (NASB)
“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
Lena, Wilmore
Blessed are the meek for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Matthew 5:4-5 (NIV)
Lisa, Mesa AZ
“There is no condemnation for those who belong to Chris Jesus” Romans 8:1 NLT
Jennifer, Beaverton, OR “Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalms 37:4
Vickie in Louisville: For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23 NIV
Dawn W – Falmouth, KY
Romans 8:5-6 (NLT)
Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit. So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace.
**so needing that precious peace!!**
Meg, Columbus, OH: “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Ps. 46:10 NIV
Priscilla, Mesa, Az
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6
Megan – Prattville, AL
“And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while will himself restore you and make you strong, firm, and steadfast.”
1 Peter 5:10 (NIV)
Grace, Silver City NM “He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”
Micah 6:8 (NIV)
Christy T. – Hawthorne, CA
“For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”
Psalm 103:11-12 (NIV)
Joni, Port Neches. “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with lovingkindness. I will build you up again. (Jer. 31:3, NIV)
Been going through a desert time and am finally beginning to feel God’s peace and strength again. “I will build you up again” really encourages me. Maybe it will encourage someone else who needs building up. God will do it. 🙂
Charlotte in Worsley, AB., Canada
For the Lord God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right.
Psalm 84:11 NLT
Erin – Springfield, MO
Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. Colossians 3:13 NLT
Heather, Glencoe; 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. Philippians 4:6-7
Kelsie, Corpus Christi, TX:
The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you. – Romans 8:11
Elaine – Brea, CA
Romans 12:13 (NIV) continuing in memorizing a passage in Romans….
Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.
Sharen, Australia
“I can do all things through Him who strengthens me”
Philippians 4:13
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Jane, Gulfport. “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.” Romans 10:17 (NASB)
Abbie, Omaha
Deut. 6:4-5 “Hear, O Isreal: the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.” (NIV)
Tangila, Pearland
“Behold, the LORD’S hand is not so short That it cannot save; Nor is His ear so dull That it cannot hear.”
Isa 59:1 NASB
Melanie, Arkansas
And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus.
Hebrews 10:19 NLT
Robin, Scottsdale, AZ
“A kindhearted woman gains respect…”
Proverbs 11:16
Nicole, Trinity, FL: “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5 NIV
Waylene Loma Linda:
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long, we are accounted as sheep for slaughter. Rom 8:35,36 KJV
Michelle, Seattle: “I have glorifed You on the earth by completing the work You gave me to do.” John 17:4 (HCSB)
Do all things without grumbling or questioning,
Philippians 2:14 ESV
Susan
Windsor, CA
Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. Psalm 86:11 NIV
Kathi
Lexington, OH
I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praises to your name, O Most High.
Psalm 91:1 (NIV)
Nita Corinth, TX
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV
Heidi, Litchfield Park, AZ: NIV Psalm 27:13 “I am still confident in this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.”
Barby from Tulare: ” Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 14:27 NKJV
Marcie- Frisco, TX
Proverbs 31:8 NIV Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
for the rights of all who are destitute.
Melanie in Amherst, MA
“They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tempted, they were put to death with the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated (men of whom the world is not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains, and caves and holes in the ground.”
Hebrews 11:38 NASB
Carol, Santa Maria, CA, 2 Corinthians 9:9 NIV, “As it is written: They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor; their righteousness endures forever.”
Lily, Chicago.
“He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.”
Psalm 147:3
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
Colossians 3:16 NIV
Janel, Valrico FL – Zephaniah 3:17, NIV – “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.”
Soorin
Eugene, OR
“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)
Maria from North Dakota
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thes. 5:16-18 (NIV)
Michele – Lubbock
“If you falter in times of trouble,how small is your strength.” proverbs 24:10 NIV
Judy…Apple Valley, CA…”Offer right sacrifices, and put your trust in the Lord!” Psalm 4:5 ESV