**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.
Lori, Pelham, NH: “I will praise thee: for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well.” Psalm 139:14 KJV
Beth, Morristow, TN-“Do not let your heart be troubled. Trust in God, trust also in me.” John 14:1 NIV
Angie G
Albertville AL
Strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near. Do not complain, brethren, against one another, so that you yourselves may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing right at the door. James 5:8b-9
Deanna, Willmar, MN
“I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.” Psalms 121:1,2
Pam, Austin, 2 Cor. 4:18
“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” NIV
also Romans 12:13-14(Message)
“Don’t burn out; keep yourselves fueled & aflame. Be alert servants of the Master, cheerfully expectant. Don’t quit in hard times; pray all the harder. Help needy Christians; be inventive in hospitality.”
Monica, NY
Cara, Valley Head, AL
Wash me throughly from my iniquity And cleanse me from my sin.
Psalm 51:2 NASB
Cheryl, Midlothian, Va .
The Lord is my strength and my shield. My heart trusted in Him
Psalm 28:7 NIV
Linda R. Springfield, MO ~He who loves money shall never have enough. The foolishness of thinking that wealth brings happiness. ~Ecclesiastes 5:10 Living Bible
Crystal, Munford
You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the Lord will give you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the Lord will be with you.
2 Chronicles 20:17 NIV
Tracy Carden, Whitesburg, TN
Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth, give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.
Psalm 86:11 NIV
Cheryl in Fairhope “Teach me your way, O Lord and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever.” Psalm 86:11-12
I have set before you today life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, chose life. Deut 30:19
Sylvia Georgetown TX
Emily, McKenzie TN
The wisest of women builds her house, But folly with her own hands tears it down. Proverbs 14:1 (ESV)
Phyllis, Irvine
“The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand .” Psalm 37:23-24 (NIV)
John 16:33 NIV
“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.”
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)
Kristi, Lenoir City, TN
The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory for ever and ever. Amen. 2 Timothy 4:18
Pooler, GA
“You have circled this mountain long enough. Now, turn north.” Deuteronomy 2:3
DeeDee, Houston Tx.
Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life.
Prov 4:23 HSB
Lee Ann, Wewahitchka, FL
“Incline my heart to your testimonies and not to dishonest gain.” Psalm 119:36
Maureen, St. Clair Shores, “I love YOU God – YOU make me strong. God is bedrock under my feet, the castle in which I love, my recruiting Knight. (Psalm 18:1-MSG).
Susan, Tucson “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Gelatians 6:9NIV
Cara Louise,Allentown, PA:
“Long ago, even before He made the world,
God loved us and chose us in Christ
to be holy and without fault in His eyes.”
Eph 1:4 NLT
(ps- my first time joining you here- sorry I’m late to the party!)
Rachel, Blairsville, GA: Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires. Song of Songs 8:4, NIV.
Pam, Dallas, TX, “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — His good, pleasing, and perfect will.” Romans 12:2 NIV
Katherine, Charlottesville, VA: “You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples” (Ps. 77:14, NIV).
Cody – Houston, TX
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
Joshua 1:9 (NASB)
Robin
Thorndale, PA
“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)
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Matthew 5:6 NIV
Beth, Mt. Holly, NC
“There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins.” Ecclesiastes 7:20 NIV
Jill in Palm Coast, FL
Praise the Lord for he is good; celebrate his lovely name with music.
Psalm 135:3 NLT
I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Ps. 16:8
Stephanie, Youngstown, OH
“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has annointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners.” Isaiah 61:1 NIV.
Teresa, Haxtun, CO
Ephesians 4:21-22 (NLT)
Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from Him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception.
Kathy, Corinth, TX
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
James 4:8 NASB
Laura, Little Rock. “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” Psalm 73:26
Faith, Safford, AZ,
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. II Corinthians 12:9 NIV
Holly, Glendale, AZ:
“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 NIV
Janice, Bakersfield, CA
Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.”
Lamentations 3:22-24 NIV
Eph 4:29 (NKJV) Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
Connie, Chariton, Psalm 103:5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s Psalm 103:5 NKJV
Diane, Cambridge-Narrows, NB, Canada
Verses for July 15, and August 1:Psalm 32:4,5 “For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength sapped as in the heat of summer. Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the LORD’ and you forgave the guilt of my sin.”
Unconfessed sin saps our vitality just like the strength-sapping heat of summer… an appropriate verse for a heat wave and for God’s heat wave on my struggling soul. Lord, have mercy.
Romans 14:20 new century version
Do not let the eating of food destroy the work of God
Lori, tired from a week of youth camp, in Velma, OK
Rachel
Fullerton, CA
Philippians 2:3-4 (ESV)
“Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.”
Susan, Meredith, NH: “Stay away from the love of money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never fail you. I will never forsake you.” This is why we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my Helper so I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?”–Hebrews 13:5-6, NLT
Eph. 1:11 (NIV)
In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will.
Janet, Fuquay Varina
The fear of the Lord leads to life, then one rest content, untouched by trouble. Proverbs 19:23, NIV
Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear. Ephesians 4:29 NASB
“Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God and Timothy, our brother. To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.” Colossians 1:1-2 ESV