**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.
“When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.”
1 Corinthians 13:11 ESV
Kristi
Charlotte, NC (I cannot wait to see you guys this weekend :). I will be working the book table with my sister!!! We cannot wait!!)
Paula, Russell KY
Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him. 1 Kings 19:18 NIV
Linda S
McCalla, AL
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 14:6 ESV
14 You, however,continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them,
15 and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 3:14-15 (NASB)
Cyndi, Friendswood, TX
Andrea Bishop, Smackover, Arkansas
Keep your life free from money, and be content with what you have, for He has said ” I will never leave you or forsake you.”
Hebrews 13:5 ESV
Julianna (Raleigh, nc) “This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.” Deuteronomy 30:19
Janet W.
Enid, OK
Many plans are in a man’s heart, But the counsel of the Lord will stand.
Proverbs 19:21
Shelly, Fort Worth, TX
2 Samuel 22:36 (NIV) – You give me Your shield of victory, You stoop down to make me great.
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue.” – Proverbs 18:21 (Claire, Houston).
Melinda, Oconomowoc, WI
May God Himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. 1 Thess. 5:23a (NIV) I confess to wanting to write, “Jesus wept” because I am getting overwhelmed…!! I will persevere, however!!!
I can’t remember if I posted already….geesh.
I’m eager to encourage you in your faith, but I also want to be encouraged by yours. In this way, each of us will be a blessing to the other.
Romans 1:12 NLT
Tracy L.
Richlands, NC
“We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.” Psalm 33:20 NIV
Anna in Waco, TX
“We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.” Psalm 33:20 NIV
“But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing the Lord’s praise, for he has been good to me” Psalm 13:5-6 NIV
Lynn
Rochelle, GA
Carol
Grove City, PA
2 Corinthians 12.7-10
“Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 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. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” (NIV)
Mandy
Grove City, PA
Joshua 1.9
“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.” (NIV)
Linda/Augusta
Teach me your way, O Lord, and i will walk in your truth;
give me an undivided heart; that i may fear your name.
Ps. 86:11 NIV
Dena’ Davis, Hindman, Ky ” Do all things without grumbling and faultfinding and complaining ( against God ) and questioning and doubting ( among yourselves ).
Philippians 2:14 Amplified
Leslie R. Norwood Young America, MN
Isaiah 25.1 NLT
“O Lord, I will honor and praise your name,
for you are my God.
You do such wonderful things!
You planned them long ago,
and now you have accomplished them.”
Proverbs 19:21 NIV
Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
1 Peter 3:14-15 NIV
Have no fear of them, nor be trobled, but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord.
Cindy Gandy
Hazlehurst, Mississippi
John 14:1 (NIV)
Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.
Kathy Cupit
Hazlehurst, MS
Proverbs 3:5-6 (KJV)
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Grace. Decatur, Alabama
6. do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6,7 ESV
Lynda, San Antonio, Texas
He restores my soul….
Ps 23:3 NIV
Marilyn from Taylor Mill, KY
Don’t worry about anything, instead pray about everything.
Tell God what you need and thank Him for all he has done.
Philippians 4:6. NLT
from King George, VA
Hebrews 13:5 NIV
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
Katie, Crawford “Those who walk in pride he is able to humble.” (Daniel 4:37, NIV)
Lorraine M. Surrey, BC
Many plans are in a man’s heart, But the counsel of the Lord will stand. Proverbs 19:21
Nancy, Kiwoko. Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Psalm 100:2
Gloria in Houston says:
So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble.
Matthew 6:34 (TAB)
Deborah J., Clearwater, FL
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. (James 4:8, NASB)
Karina Sousa
Recife – Brazil
“Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the whole earth as your possession.”
Psalm 2:8, NLT
Sarah, Colorado Springs
Well, I missed my first verse of the year on 7/1. But I am ready to pick back up and keep going. I’m memorizing the second half of my verse from 6/15.
“Don’t assume that you know it all. Run to GOD! Run from evil!” –Proverbs 3:7 (The Message)
11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength. Philipians 4:11-13 (I will take a month to learn this verse.
Rebecca, Portland, TX
Diana in Waconia, Minn.
Colossians 3:9-10 (trying to memorize the whole chapter!)
“Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.”
“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.”
Romans 8:28 NKJV
Ruth, Odin, IL
“for the LORD will be your confidence
and will keep your foot from being snared.”
– Proverbs 3:26 (NIV)
Sarah, Blairsville, GA. “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” Ecc 3:11 NIV
Liz; Edmond, OK; And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved; Joel 2:32a; NIV
21 “Many are the plans in a man’s heart,
but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.”
Proverbs 19:21
Stephanie
Cynthiana, Ky.
Angie, Belleville. Ps. 127:2 CEV
“It is useless to get up early
and stay up late
in order to earn a living.
God takes care of his own,
even while they sleep.”
Janice, Springville; “Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go,for to you I lift up my soul. Psalm 143:8.
bernadette, mtn home, ar I will praise you with all my heart. i will tell of all your wonders. i will be glad and rejoice in you. i will sing praise to your name, O Most High. ps 9:1-2
John17 vs 3.
Now this is eternal life. that they may know you, the one true God. And your son Jesus, whom you sent.
NIV>
Anna.
Limehouse.
Canada.
Sharon in Florien: And the Lord’s slave must not engage in heated disputes but be kind toward all, an apt teacher, patient, correcting opponent’s with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the 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 The Net Bible
Amy from Harleysville, PA
My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of Heaven and Earth. Ps. 121:2 NIV
I, yes I, am the One who comforts you.
So why are you afraid of mere humans,
who wither like the grass and disappear?
Isaiah 51:12
Jasdeep
Toronto, ON =]
2 Timothy 2:11-13 (NIV)
Here is a trustworthy saying:
If we died with him,
We will also live with him;
If we endure,
We will also reign with him.
If we disown him,
He will also disown us;
If we are faithless,
He will remain faithful,
For he cannot disown himself.
2 Samuel 22:36 (NIV) – You give me Your shield of victory, You stoop down to make me great.
Beth Schwartz, Lititz, PA