**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.
Paula, Lake Charles, LA
“Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.” ~ Proverbs 4:23 (NLT)
Katie, Gig Harbor WA / Roach MO
Do not anxiously look about you, for I AM YOUR GOD.
Isaiah 41:10 NASB
He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8 NIV)
Linda, Westport
For my name will be great among the nations from the rising of the sun to its setting. Incence and pure offerings will be presented in My name in every place because My name will be great among the nations, says the Lord of Host.
Malachi1:11
Stacie- Cyvadier, Haiti
Psalm 43:3, NIV
“Send me your light and your faithful care,
let them lead me;
let them bring me to your holy mountain,
to the place where you dwell.”
Pam, Tyler, TX: “Above all, put on love – the perfect bond of unity. And let the peace of the Messiah, to which you were also called in one body, control your hearts. Be thankful.” Col. 3:14-15 (HCSB)
Kathleen, Albuquerque, NM
“Fear of Man can be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be kept safe.”
Prov. 29:25
Brandy Hunt, Kingwood
“A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.”
Proverbs 12:16 NIV
Jonda, Shakopee,MN
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Proverbs 9:10 NIV
For my missed entry on August 15,
If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.
James 1:5 NLT
Romans 10:1-2: “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God.” (NASB)
Melanie, Arkansas
“My soul finds rest in God alone, my salvation comes from him.”
Psalm 62:1 NIV
Samantha
Menomonie, WI.
2 Timothy 4:5 (NAS)
Be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
Kristen, Houston TX
“If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.” Psalm 139:9-10 NIV
Judith
West Columbia, TX
“Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word.”
Psalm 119:37 – NIV
Kari, Camarillo, California: “The wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.” James 3:17 NASB
Jennifer, Kodak, TN
The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in Him.
Psalm 37:23 NIV
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Acts 1:8 NIV
“…Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody. ”
1 Thessalonians 4:10-12 NIV
Pat, Littlefield, Tx…..”Now then, stand still and see this great thing the Lord is about to do before your eyes!
I Samuel 12:16 NIV
Christy Hickman, Sherman, TX
“I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
where does my help come from?”
Psalm 121:1
NIV
Erin, Denver
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
New International Version (NIV)
Kathy from Dayton, Nevada
“On the contrary: ‘If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.’ ”
~Romans 12:20
Susan, Longmont CO
As for me, I am in your hands; do with me whatever you think is good and right.
Jeremiah 26:14 (NIV)
Concetta, White Oak, Psalm 143:11 (AKJV), “Quicken me, O Lord, for your name’s sake; for your righteousness’ sake, bring my soul out of trouble.”
Lamentations 3:24 ESV
“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”
Holly Smith
Monument, CO
Karen, Battle Creek, Michigan
Psalm 126:3 The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy. NIV
“My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only He will release my feet from the snare.” Psalm 25:15, NIV
Kristie
Sandia, TX
We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thessalonians 1:12 (NIV)
Donita – Tucson, AZ
James 1:19-20 ESV
Know this, my beloved brothers: let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
Lacey, Leonard Tx. “Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.” Galatians 1:10 NIV
Laurie, Spokane, Psalm 86:5 NASB
For you, Lord, are good and ready to forgive, and abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.
Ashley, Atlanta, GA
“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.”
Isaiah 55:8-9
Susie, Columbus, Ohio
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever. Psalm 136:1 (NIV)
Anne, Simpsonville, SC
I do not treat the grace of God as meaningless. For if keeping the law could make us right with God, there would be no need for Christ to die. Galations 2:21 NLT
Brandie, Longmont CO:
“You will keep in perfect peace him (her) whose mind is steadfast, because s/he trusts in You. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.”
Isaiah 26:3-4, NIV
— please pray for my very-on-the-brink marriage
April, CT now Anchorage, “Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly….” Romans 12:6-8, NASB
Lindsay, Centerton, AR – “In all your ways acknowlege Him and He will direct your paths.” Proverbs 3:6
Robin, Tracy CA
And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Cor. 6:11 NKJV
Emily, Topeka, Kansas
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
1 John 5:13 (NIV)
Christine from Raleigh, NC
Yours, LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in the heavens and on earth belongs to you.
Yours, LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exhalted as head over all.
~ 1 Chronicles 29:11 [HCSB]
Judy…Apple Valley, CA
“For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” Gal 5:1 ESV
So excited…starting back to Bible study…”Breaking Free” Thanks Beth!!
Holly, Boulder
As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, oh God. Psalm 42:1 NIV
Vicki
Murfreesboro,TN
Lamentations 3:22-24 (NIV)
“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.”
“I know that you can do all things, no plan of yours can be thwarted.” Job 42:2 NIV
A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Don’t you just hate it when you push ENTER and realize that you haven’t cited your scripture?
A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 15:1 NIV
Janet,Longmont,CO
“What,then,shall we say in response to this? If God is for us,who can be against us?” Romans 8:31 NIV
Kelli, Indianapolis:
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
Colossians 3:2 NIV
“In your anger do not sin: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.” – Ephesians 4:26-27 NIV
Hope, Northport, AL
“Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth,”
2 Timothy 2:25