**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.
Waylene Loma Linda–I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t handle them now. But when the Friend comes, the Spirit of the Truth, he will take you by the hand and guide you into all the truth there is. John 16:12,13 The Message
DeeDee. Houston, Tx
Fools vent their anger, but the wise quietly hold it back.
Prov. 29:11
NLT
Olda, Huntsville. “Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion. Hear my prayer, LORD God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob. Look on our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.” Psalm 84:5-9 (NIV)
Siobhan, Austin, AR “The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in time of trouble.” Ps. 9:10 ESV
Dianne, Moose Jaw, Sask
“So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him. ” Luke 11:13 NLT
Beckie, Washington, DC: “Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” -Samuel 16:7, NIV
This is not a wrestling match against a human opponent. We are wrestling with rulers, authorities, the powers who govern this world of darkness, and spiritual forces that control evil in the heavenly world.
Ephesians 6:12 (GOD’S WORD TRANSLATION )
Linda Lexington, KY
Tammy, Paducah, I lift up my eyes to the hills,
Where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1-2 Given to me this weekend after the tragic death of my 19 year old nephew. Amen and amen!
Michelle, West Des Moines, IA
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
1 John 4:16 (NIV)
Kathy, Tempe: Colossians 3:15 NIV Let the peace of Christ, rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
Beverly Elliott Ohio Romans 2:6 God will give to each person according to what he has done.NIV
Teresa, Orange City
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all time, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 2 Corinthians 9:8 (NIV)
Lois, Abilene, KS
“But those that 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 40:31 NIV
Lacey, Keller TX
Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. Psalm 34:5 NIV
Kathleen, Ashland
“for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.”
2 Timothy 1:7 ESV
Miranda, Fort Payne, AL
‘God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in HIm we might become the righteousness of God.’ 2 Cor 5:21 (NIV)
Bridget D Smith ~
Bloomington, IL
” For You make me glad by Your deeds,O LORD;
I sing for joy at the work of Your hands. ” Psalm 92:4
Joy – Asheboro, NC
“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
Mark 10:45, NIV
Lisa, Rainbow City, Alabama. “Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear.” Isaiah 65:24 NIV
Susan Griffith – Holland, MI: “Don’t let evil conquor you, but conquor evil by doing good.” Romans 12:21 NIV
Yvonne, Riverside/Fairfield, CA
Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men. ~Ephesians 6:7 (NIV)~
Cheryl, Austin: “If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.” I Cor. 13:1 (NASB)
Philippians 1:3, and 1:6
I thank my God every time I remember you…being confident that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Psalm 119: 11-12 NIV
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
Cheryl from Kemah
Diane, Littleton, CO
We also pray that you will be strengthened with His glorious power so that you will have all the patience and endurance you need. May you be filled with joy…..
Col. 1:11 (NLT)
Kelley, Russellville “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10, NIV
Jennifer Quinton – Prairie Grove, AR
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Deuteronomy 6:5 – NIC
Jennifer Quinton – Prairie Grove, AR
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Deuteronomy 6:5 – NIC
Andrea Woodstock GA
“Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.”
Psalm 86:11 NIV
Crystal, Everett, Ontario ” I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh” Ezekiel 36:26 (NIV)
Laura, Del Rio, TX
Proverbs 20:24
“Man’s steps are ordained by the Lord,
How then can man understand his way?”
NASB
Susan (central IL) Give, and you will receive. You will be given much. Pressed down, shaken together, and running over, it will spill into your lap. The way you give to others is the way God will give to you. Luke 6:38 (NCV)
Karen from Jefferson City,Tennessee
Ephesians 3:14-16, TNIV
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every 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,
Kyndra, Houston, TX
John 16:33 (NIV) “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Pamela,Mechanicsville,VA. “Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul. Live such good lives among 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.” 1Peter2:11-12 NIV
Marybeth from Norcross: The LORD of hosts has sworn saying, “Surely, just as I have intended so it has happened, and just as I have planned so it will stand” – Isaiah 14:24 NASB
Donna, Huntersville, NC
“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.”
1 John 4:16, NIV
Deut. 4:29 NIV
“But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you look for Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Psalms 16:8 (NIV) I keep my eyes always on the LORD.
With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Wendy, Calgary, AB
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD plans to prsoper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
Rachael, Chattanooga,TN
“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the sun of God, who love me and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20 ESV
O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle Psalm 140.7 KJV
“O to grace how great a debtor daily I’m constrained to be! Let thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee. Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love; here’s my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above.”
Kari, Grand Rapids, MI
I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you. Isa. 46:4 NKJV
” God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work” (2 Corinthians 9:8) NIV
April, Boerne,TX
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.
Linda (Richmond, VA) Then you will know that I am the LORD, those who hope in me will not be disappointed… (NIV)Isaiah 49:23
Meredith, Fayetteville, AR
“how precipusto me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!” psalm 139:17
“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.” – Hebrews10:23 (NIV)
Lori, Odessa, TX
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you. Psalm 139: 11-12
Midge, Florence, “I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I put my hope.” Psalm 130:5