**Siesta Celebration is January 20-21, 2012**
Hey Sweet Things!
We’ve made it to September 1st! That is great news for those of us who live in 3-digit temperatures for most of August! It won’t be an eternity before cool breezes start blowing golden leaves off the trees. I love Autumn best of all seasons. Bring it on, Jesus! September 1st is also great news for those of us planning to attend our SSMT Grand Celebration in January! We’re getting closer and closer to our big weekend. I hope so much that many of you will be able to come. We at LPM are making big plans toward it. Travis will be there to lead us in worship and he and I talked last weekend in Salt Lake City about how we can hardly wait.
Since my last post went on…and on…and on…and on, I will keep this one short and sweet. I don’t think I’ve ever relished my memory work more than this year. God has caused the Scriptures in my bones to spring to life in my heart these last 8 months and I pray that the same is true for you. Here’s mine this time around:
Beth, Houston. “Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul, and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when He appears.” 1 Peter 2:11-12 The NET Bible.
I’m crazy about you guys! Keep hiding those Scriptures in your heart. THEY MATTER.
And you matter. You are so deeply loved by the Lord Jesus. May He reveal Himself to you this day.
Missi- Walker, LA: This is the day the Lord has made. We (I) will rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24 NLT)
Woodstock, Vermont
michelle
Psalm 18:1-2a NASB
I love You, O LORD, my strength.
The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I take refuge.
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10
We are keeping you all in our prayers.
Your name, O LORD, endures forever,
your renown, O LORD, through all generations.
Psalm 135:13
Mary Watkins
West Memphis, AR
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.” phil. 2:3
“Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.” Deut 31:6 NKJV
“For He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight .” Ephesians 1:4(HCSB)
James 1:19 (AMP)
“…Let every man be quick to hear (a ready listener), slow to speak, slow to take offense and to get angry.”
Kelli in Ohio
Laurie, Gibsonville, NC
“Humble yourselves (feeling very insignificant) in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you (He will lift you up and make your lives significant)” James 4:10 (The Amplified Bible)
Joan/Coppell, TX: Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:28-31 NIV
Kerry, Nederland
Those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31, NLT
Jocelyn (Greenville/Greer, SC)
“For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.” Ephesians 1:4
Becky, Dayton Ohio
One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24 NIV
Jeannette, Land O Lakes, FL. “Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard throught the word of Christ.” Romans 10:17 NIV
πᾶσαν τὴν μέριμναν ὑμῶν ἐπιρίψαντες ἐπʼ αὐτόν, ὅτι αὐτῷ μέλει περὶ ὑμῶν. 1Pet 5:7, NA27
Margo, Burlington On. “Live such good lives amongst the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.” 1Peter 2:12 NIV.
Cassandra, Crawfordsville, IN “I will not look with approval on anything that is vile. I hate what faithless people do; I will have no part in it. The perverse of heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with what is evil.” Psalm 101:3-4
Stacie Livonia, MI
“Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God and there is no other; I am God and there is none like me.”
Isaiah 46:9
Psalm 37:5-6 (ESV)
5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him,
and he will act.
6 He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,
and your justice as the noonday.
Jan (G.J.) 🙂
Hawkinsville, GA (Boondocks)
Lawan, Lawton, OK-But you, as a person dedicated to God, keep away from all that. Instead pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness. (1 Timothy 6:11 NET)
Tracey from Shawnee, Kansas
1 Peter 1:13-14 (NIV)
Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given when Jesus Christ is revealed. As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.
Barb, St Cloud MN
“The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17 NIV
Laura, Englewood. When times are good, be happy;
but when times are bad, consider:
God has made the one as well as the other.
Ecclesiastes 7:14 NIV
Teri in Corpus Christi, TX 1 Peter 5:5-7 NIV
5…All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because,
“God opposes the proud
but shows favor to the humble.”[a]
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
Jane, Milton, GA “He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.” Proverbs 13:20 NIV
Joyce
Sparta, NJ
“Of His own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of His creatures.”
James 1:18 (ESV)
Linda, N FORT MYERS, FL
Because of the LORD’S great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
LAMENTATONS 3: 22 – 23 NIV
Nakisha – Michigan
“I know, my God, that you examine our hearts and rejoice when you find integrity there.”
1 Chronicles 29:17a
Donnicia /Raleigh, NC
Lamentations 3:22-24
Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.”
Suzanne in Harrisville, RI
Psalm 20:6 NIV
Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed;
he answers him from his holy heaven
with the saving power of his right hand.
(After many days without electrical power.)
Please continue to pray for those in the Northeast who have suffered far worse damage.
Carol
Albuquerque, NM
Psalm 42:8 NIV
8-By day the Lord directs his love,at night his song is with me a prayer to the God of my life.
Paige, Overland Park, KS “John answered, “A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given to him from heaven.'” John 3:27 (ESV)
Be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.
Ephesians 4:32 NLT
Peggy, Corpus Christi, TX
For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall stand at last on the earth. Job 19:25 NKJV
Lexington, KY
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 NIV
Connie, Reidville, SC
Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 12:18, NIV
Melissa, Naju, South Korea
Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
1 Peter 3:8ESV
Evanston, IL
“Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children’s children.”
Deuteronomy 4:9 (ESV)
Ruth Cherry, Royse City, Texas
“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
Proverbs 15:1
Vicki Knott,
Greenwood, SC
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9 (NIV)
Cherie, Odessa TX. “Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul, and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when He appears.” 1 Peter 2:11-12 The NET Bible.
Melissa; Nashville, TN
“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. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power together with all the saints to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ – and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God”.
Ephesians 3:16-19 NIV
Terri, Papua New Guinea. “Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, ‘Abba, Father.'” Galatians 4:6, NIV.
Joyce, Wahpeton ND
Hebrews 11:1 ESV
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
“Show me your ways, O Lord,
teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.”
Ps 25:4-5 NIV
Mariel, NC
Toni, Morgans Point, TX
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Psalm 19:14 NIV
Sarah, Christina and Esther May, Wenatchee
“I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.”
Romans 7:18 NIV
Hannah from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another.
2 Corinthians 3:18, ESV
Kimberly Orr-Zionsville, Indiana
For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not? I Corinthians 4:7 NIV
and
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does He withhold from those whose walk is blameless. Psalm 84:11
Vickie, Poplar Bluff, MO:
When words are many,sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise. Proverbs 10:19 NIV
Lindsey
Fuquay-Varina, NC
“A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
– Proverbs 15:1 (NIV)