**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.
Gina – Kingwood, Tx.
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weakness, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 2nd Cor.12:9 (NIV)
Beth, Toronto: “I sought the Lord and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.” Psalm 34:4 NKJV
Cindy, Gold Canyon, AZ. “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13 NIV
Charleen, Goodlettsville
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:30-31
Jane – Irvine, CA
“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.”
Ephesians 4:29 NIV 1984 Edition
Cheryl, Vancouver, BC. If you declare with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9 NIV
Alicia, OKC “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger”.
Proverbs 15:1 NIV
Tara, Loganville GA
James 1:12 NIV
Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
Boy! I’m needing this one this month!!! 🙂
Katie, Roswell, GA: “As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.”
1 Peter 1:14 NIV
Diane – Chesapeake, VA.
“Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude.”
I Peter 5:3 NLT
Savanna, Atlanta, GA
His joy is in those who reverence HIm, those who expect Him to be loving and kind.
Psalm 147:11 The Living Bible
Heather, Wilmington, DE. “But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the holy scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.” 2 Timothy 3:14-15
Harriett, St. Albert, Alberta Proverbs 19:11 A woman’s wisdom gives her patience, it is her glory to overlook an offense.
Pam Hendersonville, NC Prov.31:25-Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. KJV
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. Hebrews 4:13 NIV
Rena, Tulsa. “Fight the good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have confessed so well before many witnesses.” 2 Timothy 6:12 NLT
But the Word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any doubled edged sword. It penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the attitude of the heart. Heb. 4:12 TNIV
Stacey, Shelbyville Ky
“For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.”
Psalm 100:5 NIV
Deidre, Hickory, NC
For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works,And that my soul knows very well.
Psalm 139:14-15
NKJV
Still memorizing Psalm 139 with my girls this summer!
Gwen, Kennesaw, GA
Out of respect for Christ, be courteously reverent to one another. Ephesians 5:21 The Message
Vicki
Chehalis, WA
For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
James 3:16 NIV
Patti, Sun City Center; “Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD, is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation.” With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. In that day you will say: “Give thanks to the LORD, call on His name; make known among the nations what He has done, and proclaim that His name is exalted. Sing to the LORD, for He has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world.” Isaiah 12:2-5 (NIV)
“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfector of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2 NIV
Kay
Tupelo, MS
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
kendal. north wilkesboro, nc.
now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. hebrews 11:1 (NIV)
Flo,Wetumpka,Al. Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved,a workman who does does not need to be ashamed who correctly handles the word of truth. 2 Tim. 2:15 NIV
“Be very careful,then, how you live – not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.”
Ephesians 5:15-16, NIV
Becky, Beaverton OR
And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will.
Romans 8:27 NIV
Marsha – Lee’s Summit, MO
Do all things without complaining or disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world. Philippians 2:14-15 NKJ
Elizabeth, Chesterfield, VA: Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who shall go over the sea and bring it to us, that we may hear and do it? Deuteronomy 30:13 (Amplified Bible)
Diana from Nacogdoches, Texas
Romans 8:5-8 (NKJV)
“For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is emnity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.”
Jennifer, Wilmington DE
For we are God’s workmanship,
created in Chris Jesus to do good works,
which God prepared in advance for us to do
– Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)
Shirley Barry, Mooresville, NC
Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on your faithfulness, give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.
Psalm 86:11 NIV
Psalm 32:8 NIV
8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you.
In Christ’s Love,
Jennifer Olmstead
Janesville, Wisconsin
Bambi-Houston, TX
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
Philippians 3:12 NIV
Donna Hill
Clarksville, TN
“Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
I Thessalonians 5:16-18
NASB
Jean Schlosser, Rubicon, WI
“Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you
may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault
in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life-
in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing.” Philippians 2:14-16 NIV
Nancy, Oxford, FL
2 Corinthians 12:9
My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. NIV
Marsha, Tucson, AZ
But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by God’s name will praise Him, while the mouths of liars will be silenced.
Psalm 63:11 NIV
Kristin, Dunmor KY
Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways. You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.” Haggai 1:5-6 (NIV)
Sue Groveport, OH
Colossians 2:13 NIV
“When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive in Christ.”
I can’t believe it’s already July 15.
MiChal in College Station, TX
“…Do not fear, only believe.”
Mark 5:36b (ESV)
Cindy, Lexington, KY – And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly therefore, I will rather boast about my weakness, that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 2Corinthians 12:9 NASV
Kalonni, Van Meter, Iowa: “Here stand the thrones where judgement is given, the thrones of the dynasty of David.” Psalm 122:5 (NLT)
Sacramento,CA
Delight yourself in the Lord
and he will give you the desires
of your heart. Psalm 37:4 (NIV)
Kim, Salem, Oregon
Psalm 62:5 AMP – My soul, wait only upon God and silently submit to Him; for my hope and expectation are from Him.
Create in me a pure heart O God and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Psalm 51:10 (NIV)
(July 1) Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
(July 15) 2 Corinthians 4:8-10
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
KaRetha, Denham Springs, LA
“For you brethren, have been called to liberty, only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.”
Galatians 5:13 (NKJV)
Patti, Colorado Springs
“Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place.” Psalm 51:6 (NIV)