**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.
Valerie ~ Oklahoma
#17
“For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” I Peter 3:12 NIV
Amy, Tyler TX
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
James 1:22 NIV
Jodi, Fairhope, AL: Not to us, O Lord, not unto us, But to Your name give glory, Because of Your mercy, Because of Your truth. Psalm 115:1 NKJV
Nancy–Yonges Island, SC — But He said to me “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.” “Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses,so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses,in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” 2 Corinthians 12: 9-10 NIV
Emily Mechanicsville,VA Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. 1 John 5:5 NIV
Alyson Lung- Longmont, CO
“…I am the Alpha and Omega; the Beggining and End…”
Revelation 21:6 NIV
Matthew 11:29
NIV
Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle, and you will find rest for your souls.
Becky, Jacksonville, FL – His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these He has give us his very great and precious promises so that through them you may participate in teh divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. 2Peter 1:3-4, NIV
Put on the full armor of God that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. Ephesians 6:1 (NAS)
Libby, Goodwine, IL
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
James 1:22 NIV
Boni, Manassas, VA; “Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against your soul, and maintain good conduct amont the non-Christians, so that though they may malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when He appears.” I Peter 2: 11-12, NET.
Jennifer – White, GA
“He makes the barren woman abide in the house as a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD!”
Psalm 113:9 NASB
Monique, Elizabethtown, KY Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Philippians 2:3 NIV
Kelley, Round Rock, Tx
So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart,
And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
Psalm 78:72 (NKJV)
Trudy, NC
Hebrews 12:11 (NIV)
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
Karen, Wildwood, MO
“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.
Angela J., Grand Ridge, FL
“Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.” 1 Peter 1:13 The NET Bible
Mona, Rome GA
“I seek You with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.”
Psalm 119:10 (NIV)
Karen, Caledonia, OH
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3 NIV
Becky
Owasso OK
“The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.”
Psalm 9:9-10 NIV
Joan Fredericktown, OH Niv (late cause moved daughter into seminary!!)
Isaiah 55:6
Seek the Lord while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near.
Kelly, Springfield, MO. “Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.” ~Psalm 119:37 (ESV)
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you or forsake you.” (Deuteronomy 31:6 NIV)AMEN!!!
Heather Lagrange/Louisville, KY
“Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings.”
Psalm 17:8 (NIV)
Crystal, Mullica Hill, NJ- ESV Romans 8:6- For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
Becky, WA
NIV 2 Kings 17:41
Even while these people were worshiping the Lord, they were serving their idols….Oh Lord let it not be so of me..My heart cries out for You to fill me with Your Spirit…Oh the we(I) might know the Lord! Let us(me) press on to know Him! Then he will respond to us(me) as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring. (Hosea 6:3 NLT)
Beth, Franklinton, NC
. . . being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. – Philippians 1:6 (NIV)
Jennifer B
Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others,faithfully administering God’s grace in it’s various forms. 1 Peter 4:10 NIV
Lydia, Vicksburg, MS
“In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.”
Psalm 5:3
Andrea Hart, Orlando, FL Ephesians 5:8 NKJV
“For you were once darkness, ut now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.”
Darcie, Bethel,CT: “For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.” 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 NLT
LuAnn, Winfield. John 10:10 NKJV The thief does not come except to steal, kill & destroy. I have come that they may have life and that they may have it mor abundantly.
Piper
Hickory, NC
….apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5 (NIV)
I didn’t sign in last time….
August 15
Create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit with me. Psalm 51:10
But now in Christ Jesus you whowere once far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
Ephesians 2:13 NIV
Stacy Indianapolis, IN James 1:19ESV. …let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.
Tanya, Sheffield, AL: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for those who love him.” 1 Cor. 2:10 NKJV
Kay McNeill from Modesto, CA: And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[a] have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28
Linda R. Springfield, MO ~ For He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight. ~ Ephesians 1:4 HCSB
Jill- Plano, TX
Romans 15:13
New International Version (NIV)
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.
Jeremiah 23:29 NIV
“Is not my word like fire,” declares the Lord,”and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?”
Cathy Boyd.. Winona Lake, IN
Colossians 3:16
Let the message about Christ, in all it’s richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. NLT. 😉
Cindy, Dallas, TX ” I can do all things through Christ who strengtens me.” Phil. 4:13 NIV
Leslie G. – Warner Robins, GA
“Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not unto your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight.”
Prov. 3:5-6 NAS
Heather, Glencoe, AL; “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
John 15:5(NIV)
Audrey, Ohio
The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.
Exodus 14:14 TNIV
For everything that was written in the past
was written to teach us,
so that through endurance,
and the encouragement of the scriptures
we might have hope. Romans 15:4 (NIV)
Robyn Wright of Washington, IN
But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 1 Timothy 6:6-8 (NIV)
Brenda “Sue Sue”, Bainbridge, Georgia
Jude 22 (NIV)
Be merciful to those who doubt, snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear-hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.
Side note:
All my scriptures this year start with what I am to “Be”!
Debbie from Westerville, OH
1 Peter 5:10 NIV
And the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
Elizabeth, Grove City, PA:
Galatians 6:8, NIV: “The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.”