**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.
Jennifer: Knoxville, TN – 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
Lisa Auten, Rogers, AR: “Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.” Romans 12:10 NIV
“Pray that I can speak in a way that will make it clear,as I should. ”
~Colossians 4:4
Bobbie Jo
San Angelo, TX
Lisa Auten; Rogers, AR” ” Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.” Romans 12:10 NIV
Sharon
Modesto, Ca
Habakkuk 3:19 NIV
The Sovereign Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like the feet of a deer. He enables me to go on the heights!
Yes LORD!
Cara McKaskle
Conway, AR
“We reject all shameful deeds and underhanded methods. We don’t try to trick anyone or distort the word of God. We tell the truth before God, and all who are honest know this. (2 Corinthians 4:2 NLT)
Karissa, Martinsburg WV
1 Peter 4:10 NIV
Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.
Myra, Bakersfield, CA
“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promises is faithful” Hebrews 10:23 NIV
Cary Forney, TX I cor 13:4 NLT
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud
Brandy, Siloam Springs, AR
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. Isaiah 12:2
Shelly, Greenville
“The Lord is my shepherd; I have all that I need.”
Psalm 23:1 (NLT)
Just moved from MT to OK. Leslie, Sand Springs, OK, “But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets, but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.” James 1:25 ESV
Kathy from Oakland, Oregon
“For the Lord gives wisdom, and from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.”
Proverbs 2:6 NIV
Darl, Bakersfield, CA “And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19 NIV
Michelle W. Spokane, WA
Leviticus 26:13
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would not be their slaves, and I broke the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect. NASB
Hebrews 12:2a [NIV]
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith . . .
Love, in Christ Jesus,
Jennifer Olmstead
Janesville, Wisconsin
Brigid, Johannesburg
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”
1 Cor 10:31 (NIV)
Psalms 28:8 (NASB)
The LORD is their strength, And He is a saving defense to His anointed.
Jody, Mission Viejo, CA
Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him, do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.
Psalm 37:7 (NIV)
Leslie from Maui
“He who has the Son has life. He who does not have the Son does not have life” 1 john 5:12
Diane, Hemet, CA
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 set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
Romans 8:5-6 ESV
Paula, Houston, TX
“For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love, He predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ in accordance with his pleasure and will.”
Ephesians 1:4-5, NIV
Christine Lissoy, Irvine, CA: “The LORD watches over you-the LORD is your shade at your right hand.” Psalm 121:5 (NIV)
“…This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word.” (Isaiah 66:23, NIV)
Stacia, Keizer OR
“If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifices for sins is left.”
Hebrews 10:26 NIV
Amy, Hood River, Oregon
Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21, NASB
Karen, Dallas, TX:
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ,
set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Colossians 3:1-4 (NIV, 1984)
Jeanne Honolulu,HI
Colossians 3:17 English Standard Version (ESV)
17And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Naomi ~ Colorado Springs Jeremiah 29:11 The Message
“I know what I am doing. I have it all planned out- plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.”
Pues yo sé los planes que tengo para ustedes —dice el SEÑOR—. Son planes para lo bueno y no para lo malo, para darles un futuro y una esperanza.
Charlotte Carty
Lexington, KY
Revelation 4:8b (NIV)
Holy holy holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come.
Marrissa, Orlando
Proverbs 4:23
“above all else guard your heart for it is rhe wellspring of life”
NIV
Kathy, Cochran, GA
Always be ready to answer everyone who asks you to explain about the hope you have.
1 Peter 3:15 (NCV)
April, Greensboro, NC
“Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.” 1 Peter 3:9 NIV
Marilyn, Amarillo, TX: “Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep His promise” Hebrews 10:23
Lisa from Waycross, GA
Donna from Albany, GA
“Unto you, O Lord, do I bring my life” Psalm 25:1 (Amplified Version)
Proverbs 4:20-22 (NET)
My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart; For they are life to those who find them and healing to one’s entire body.
Kathi, Jacksonville, Fl “She is clothed with strenght and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.” Proverbs 31:25 NIV
Psalm 34:18(the NET Bible)
“The Lord is near the brokenhearted; He delivers those who are discouraged.”
Jessica~Jacksonville, Fl
“If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.”
Psalm 139:8. NIV
Carrie Hunter
Hindman, KY
1 Peter 1:6-7 NIV
In ths you greatly rejoice, though now, for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith- of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire- may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
“Let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger, for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.”. James 1:19-20
Jayne- Frisco,TX
NASB
I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in your words. -Psalm 119:147 ESV
Carmen, Knoxville
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV
Nikol, Birmingham, AL: “If it is true that you look favorably on me, let me know your ways so I may understand and continue to enjoy your favor. ” Exodus 33:13 (NLT)
Piqua, OH. I know, I know, I am late. 🙂
Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart.
Job 22:22 NIV
Jan, Denton, “The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride.” Ecc.7-9
oops! sorry, had a typo. The reference should read Ecclesiastes 7:8.
Lisa, Granville, Ohio Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:1 NIV
Holly from Alpharetta
Jeremiah 29:11 (The Message)
This is God’s Word on the subject: “I’ll show up and take care of you as I promised and bring you back home. I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.
“Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His presence continually!” Ps. 105:4 ESV
Pam in Texas using The Everyday Bible
God has chosen you and made you his holy people.
He loves you. So always do these things: show mercy
to others, be kind, humble, gentle, and patient.
Colossians 3:12