**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.
Valerie, Louisville KY
Phil 4:13 NLT I can do all everything through Christ, who gives me strength.
Susanne, El Paso, TX
He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from calamity.
Proverbs 21:23 NIV (1984)
Tara
Kyiv, Ukraine
Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters;
and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest fare.
Isaiah 55:1,2 (NIV)
Valerie, SC
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalm 91:1 NIV
Kris – Maine
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
1 Peter 5:6-7 NIV
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)
Lee – Leola, PA
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Eph 4:32 NIV
Lauren, Malvern, PA.
Who can speak and have it happen
if the Lord has not decreed it?
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that both calamities and good things come?
Lamentations 3:37-38 (NIV)
Kathy
Shattuck, OK
Continuing Ephesians 1:3-14
Eph.1:13 (NIV) And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,”
Bridgette Jencks
Panama City Beach, FL
Eph. 3:14-17a NIV
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.
Jeri B., Battlefield, MO
I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
John 14:12 NIV 1984
Chris
Canton, NC
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations for ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21 (NIV)
Becky, Temecula, CA
Proverbs 4:23 NIV
“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.”
Brianna, San Antonio,TX:
“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” James 1:17
Erin
Chippewa Falls, WI
“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.”
Phil 4:4-5 NIV
Megan from San Diego
Isaiah 55:8-9 (NIV)
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
Melanie Toups
Bridge City, TX
“Even to your old age, I shall be the same, and even to your graying years, I shall bear you! I have done it, and I shall carry you, and I shall bear you, and I shall deliver you.”
–Isaiah 46:4 NASB
Susan (central IL) We do not enjoy being disciplined. It is painful at the time, but later, after we have learned from it, we have peace, because we start living in the right way. Hebrews 12:11 (NCV)
In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 1:6-7 (ESV)
Lindy, NC
Bonnie Huntington, WV
Jeremiah 29:11 ESV
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Vicksburg, MS
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
Ephesians 4:22-24
NIV
Anita -Hartsville, TN: When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down your sleep will be sweet. Have no fear of sudden disaster or the ruin that overtakes the wicked, for the Lord will be your confidence & will keep your foot from being snared. Proverbs 3:24-26 NIV
Marcia, Vancouver, WA Jeremiah 30:17a, NET.
For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal, declares the Lord.
Kim, New Port Richey,FL
Micah 6:8 NLT. “…the Lord has already told you what is good, and this is what He requires: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.”
Karen
Tallahassee, FL
Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me, for in you I take refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed. Ps. 57:1 NIV
Nicole, Stuttgart: “The LORD thunders at the head of his army; his forces are beyond number, and mighty are those who obey his command.” Joel 2:11a (NIV)
Christy, Talking Rock, Georgia.
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 4:18 (NIV)
Jane, Houston
Do not be afraid of them; the LORD your God himself will fight for you. ~ Deuteronomy 3:22 (NIV)
Jennifer in Cincinnati, OH
Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms. 1 Peter 4:10 (NIV1984)
Deb, Windsor, CT:
“Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” – Nehemiah 8:10, NIV
Sue – Pasadena, TX – Psalm 73:26 – “My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” NKJV
Peggy, Tucson (I may not have computer access Aug.1 so I am posting one for today and one for Aug 1)
1 Thess 5:16-18 “Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” NAS
Lam 3:22-23 “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” ESV
Beth, Fountain Inn: Proverbs 23:18 There is surely a future hope for you and your hope will not be cut off.
Brittney, Lexington
“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
Cary, Celina, TX
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! 1 John 3:1a NIV
Valerie, Fultondale, AL
“Ascribe to the lord the glory due his name; worship the lord in the splendor of his holiness.”
Psalm 29:2 NIV
katie g:)
Knoxville, TN
“that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;”
Colossians 1:10 NKJV
Ali C., Dublin, CA- Let the whole earth sing to the Lord! Each day proclaim the good news that he saves.
1 Chronicles 16:23 NLT
Gayle, Dodgeville: There you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place. – Deuteronomy 1:31 NIV
Cheryl – Concord, NC
Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Luke 10.19 NKJV
Kim Safina, Los. Osos, CA.
God gave Solomon wisdom and very insight, and the
breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand
On the seashore. 1 Kings 4:29
🙂 Gods words are OMNIPOTENT
Emily, Thibodaux LA
By his will he gave birth to us through the message of truth, so that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. (James 1:18 LEB)
Jennifer Quinton, Prairie Grove, AR
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. – Matthew 7:7 NIV
Stephanie, Winder, GA
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.”
I Peter 5:6 NIV
Susan,Silverhill,AL: “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)
Kelly, Springfield, MO.
“Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.” ~Romans 12:9-10 (ESV)
Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. Proverbs 16:3 ESV
Phyllis, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
James 1:21 NIV
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
Shari, Augusta, GA
“These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.” Deuteronomy 6:6-7 NASB
Cassie; Fulshear, TX:
“Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness that God requires.”
James 1:19-20 (ESV)