**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.
Heather, Leawood, Kansas.
“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.” Isaiah 26:3 (NIV).
Sandy from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Psalm 71:14-15 New Living Translation
But I will keep on hoping for You to help me;
I will praise You more and more.
I will tell everyone about Your righteousness.
All day long I will proclaim Your saving power,
For I am OVERWHELMED by how much You have done for me.
Jessica, Carlsbad, CA “But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13b-14 (NIV)
Also, is there a way that I could get a Siesta Scripture Memory Team notebook? I know I missed the offer at the beginning of the year, but if there is one available, I’d love it! Thank you for all of your faithfulness and support! Love and hugs, Jes
Heather, Lewiston:
“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
Kinney, Oxford, MS:
“Look! I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me to repay each person according to what he has done.”
Rev. 22:12 HCSB
Deb in Bremen, IN
God helping you, take your everyday, ordinary life – your sleeping, eating, going to work, and walking around life – and place it before God as an offering.
Romans 12:1
The Message
Natalie, Houston
My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry
James 1:19 NIV
Andrea
Chester, VA
Romans 7:20 NIV
Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
(Thanks Tammie Head!!!)
Roberta, Fanshawe OK
In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice;
In the morning I lay my request before you and wait in expectation.
Psalm 5:3 (NIV)
Tammy ~ Tampa, FL
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 139:23-24 (NIV84)
Jasmyn ~ Tampa, FL
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 139:23-24 (NIV84)
Kristin Tulare, CA
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12 NIV
Lisa, Simsboro,LA
And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Colossians 3:14 NIV
Kristen, Vancouver, BC:
Romans 8:6 (ESV)
“To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.”
Sandy, Lexington, Ky
“being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 1:6
Karen, Dover, NH “Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him” Is. 64:4 (NIV)
Paula, Newark, Ohio
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21 NAS
Ephesians 2:8,9 (NIV)
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast
Janet, Norman, OK
Psalm 100:5
For the Lord is good
and His love endures forever.
His faithfulness continues through all
Generations.
Chrissy
San Tan Valley, Arizona
The LORD will perfect that which concerns me;
Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever;
Do not forsake the works of Your hands.
Psalm 138:8 NKJV
Emily
Elk Grove, CA
Romans 12:1-2 NIV
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship. 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.
Mary, Seymour
Psalm 16:11a:
You will make known to me the path of life
Psalm 37:23-24:
The steps of a man are established by the LORD,
And He delights in his way.
24 When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong,
Because the LORD is the One [a]who holds his hand
Kim B., Clayton, NC
We wait in hope for the LORD, he is our help and our shield.
Psalm 33:20 NIV
Lisa, Olympia, WA
“O Lord, You are my God; I will exalt You and praise Your name, for in perfect faithfulness You have done marvelous things, things planned long ago.” Isaiah 25:1 (NIV)
Sulphur-In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth
Genesis 1:1
Rebecca, Mississippi: Forget the former things; don’t 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
Cathy, ID
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Eph 4:29,30 NIV
Aubyn, Corinth, TX “How much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask Him?” Matthew 7:11 KJV
Pat @ Woodstock, Al
Psalm 37:13 NIV
But the Lord laughs at the wicked, for He knows their day is coming.
Lyndsay, New Castle, IN.
“Lord, be merciful to us, for we have waited for You. Be our strength each day, and our salvation in times of trouble.”–Is. 33:2–NLT
Ronda, kingman az
July 1 and July 15
“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, Â
“Therefore I have hope in Him.” (Lamentations 3:24 NASB)
It is a trustworthy statement: Â
For if we died with Him, we will also live with Him; (2 Timothy  2:11 NASB)
Trudy, NC
Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 2 Cor 9:6 NAS
Are God’s consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you? Job 15:11
Amy, Dayton, OH. “Since God chose you to be the holy people whom He loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness & patience.” Col. 3:12 (NLT)
Juliana
Livermore, CA
Therefore, get your minds ready for action, being self-disciplined, and set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 1:13 HCSB
Katie, Gig Harbor WA
what causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? you desire and do not have, so you murder. you covet and cannot obtain so you fight and quarrel. you do not have because you do not ask. you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly that you may spend it on your passions. you adulterous people! do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the scripture says He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us? but he gives MORE GRACE…
james 4:1-6a ESV
Julie, Carlsbad, Ca “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.” Ephesians 1:7-8 NIV
Deborah, Cheyenne,WY – “You,howeaver, 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
Kristi, Gardner, KS
1 John 3:1 (NIV)
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
(for the whole month :0)
And the Lord’s slave must not engage in heated disputes but be kind toward all, an apt teacher, patient, correcting opponents with gentleness.
Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of truth and they will come to their senses and escape the devil’s trap where they are held captive to do his will.
2 Timothy 2:24-26 NET
Michele ~ Kenosha, WI
Dyane Bell, Edmond, OK “I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised Him from the dead.” Phillipians 3:10 NLT
The secret of the Lord is for those who fear Him, and He will make them know His covenant.
Psalm 25:14 NASB
Psalms 18:1
NCV
Beth
Liberty Lake, WA
I love you Lord, you are my strength.
Laura, Savannah, GA
2 Timothy 2:24 “And the Lord’s servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.” (NIV)
Petra from Ceres, CA Jude 17 – 25 (NIV) (sorry so late! didn’t realize it was 15th already & then see your post too!)
17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18 They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” 19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.
20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
22 Be merciful to those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.[f]
Doxology
24 To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— 25 to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.
Jenn, Frederick MD
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 3:14-15 ESV
Melanie – San Antonio
” I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” Genesis 28:15 (NIV)
Michelle, Waukesha, WI
“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” Matthew 6:33 NIV
Emily Jordan
Virginia Beach, VA
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater that the one who is in the world.
1 John 4:4 (NIV)
Sharon, Geigertown, Pennsylvania
Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits. NKJV