**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.
Vicki from Waco: Isaiah 40:28 NLT—“Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understganding.”
Betsy in Birmingham, AL
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.
Psalm 118:1 (NIV)
Lord my God, You have done many things—
Your wonderful works and Your plans for us; none can compare with You.
If I were to report and speak [of them], they are more than can be told.
Psalm 40:5, HCSB
Stacy Detroit mi
1 Peter 4:8 (NIV)
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”
Melanie, Houston: I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten (Joel 2:25 ESV).
Amy 7634, SF Bay Area, CA:
“We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.”
2 Corinthians 4:10 (NIV)
Sherie
Spring, TX
I am still confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:13,14 NIV
Diane says, (NJK) hebrews 13:5- “Let your conduct be without covetousness, be content with such things as you have, for He Himself has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you”.
Stacy Featherston, Searcy, AR
“But those who seek my life, to destroy it, will go into the depths of the earth”
Psalm 63:9 NASB
…..continuing to memorize Psalm 63:)
Hannah, Austin,TX
Jeremiah 31:25 NASB
For I satisfy the weary ones and refresh everyone who languishes.
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)
“Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.” I John 3:18 NIV
Carolyn, Charlotte, NC
Have I not commanded you? “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 (NIV)
“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things.” Phil. 4:8 NIV
Katie, Dallas, TX
2 Corinthians 4:16 (NIV)
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
Kristi, Pocahontas, AR 2 Corinthians 3:5-6 NET “Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God, who made us adequate to be servants of a new covenant not based on the letter, but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.”
Lori, Syracuse
Romans 3:23 (NIV)
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 6:23 (NIV)
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 5:8 (NIV)
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 10:13 (NIV)
for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Romans 10:9-10 (NIV)
That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
Song of Solomon 4:7 (NIV): “You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you.”
Sarah, Marion, KS, “And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ,” Philippians 1:9-10, NIV
Ashley Taylor
Lawrenceville, Ga
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Colossians 3:13 NIV
For He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight. Ephesians 1:4 (NIV)
Mindy, Van
Hebrews 13:15-16 ESV
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.
Pam- Rochester MN.
Since we have these promises beloved, let us cleanse ourself from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God. 2 Cor. 7:1
LS, north carolina
“and he said to them, “why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.”
-matthew 8:26 esv
Shannon Buda TX
Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
Proverbs 19:21 NIV
Karen, Clarksville, “Create in me a pure heart and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from Your presence or take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.” Psalm 51:10-12
Janet, West Linn OR
“Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” Psalm 27:14 NIV
Nina
Moore, OK
My flesh and my heart my fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26 NIV
Hazlehurst: Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. Philippians 4:6 KJV
Tina, Chesapeake, VA – Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the Lord has been good to you. Ps 116:7(NIV)
Three Rivers, MI. “You are my God. Show me what you want me to do, and let your gentle Spirit lead me in the right path.” Psalm 143:10 CEV
Selena: Albany, GA
Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord. – Luke 1:45, NKJV
“So, do not throw away your confidence, it will be richly rewarded.” Hebrews 10:35 NIV
Allison-Randolph, MN
Becky, Scottsdale, AZ
“Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise–the fruit of lips that confess His name.” Hebrews 13:15 NIV
Phyllis
Gilmer, Tx
Matthew 5:39 NIV “but I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.”
When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise. Prov. 10:19, NIV
two days late……summer……
Proverbs 19:11 The Message
Smart people know how to hold their tongue; their granduer is to forgive and forget.
Chrystal
Lexington, KY
Allison, Johnson City, TN; “Let your conduct be without covetousness, be content with such things as you have, for He Himself has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you”. Hebrews 13:5 (NKJV)
Christina, Longmont, CO
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
1 Corinthians 13:4-5
Jessica
Westminster, MD
“Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.” – Ephesians 4:29, ESV
Martha, Catawba, NC
Ephesians 4:31-32 (NASB)
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
And be kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.
“In the day when I cried out, You answered me, and made me bold with strength in my soul.”
Psalm 138:2
Hannah, Chesterland, OH
“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.”
Ephesians 6:10 (ESV)
Patty from Northern Virginia: Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
Colossians 3:12 NIV
Julie ~ Wentzville, MO
“The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant words promote instruction.” ~ Proverbs 16:21 (NIV 84)
Julie, Chesterland, OH
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.”
Isaiah 26:3 (ESV)
Dawn, Dubuque, IA
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.” Psalm 118:1 NIV
Sharon, Griffin, Ga
Matthew 16:24 NIV
If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
“Then Jesus said, ‘Did I not tell you that if you believed , you would see the glory of God?'”
John 11:40 NIV Melissa, Midland, MI
Charissa – West Chester, OH
Hebrews 11:1 (NIV) Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.