**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.
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:8 (NIV)
Stephanie
Pawleys Island, SC
Lisa, Jacksonville FL
Jeremiah 6:14 ESV
“They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace’, when there is no peace.”
Dawn – Orland Park, IL: “The LORD hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles.” Psalm 34:17 (NLT)
DLynn; Amarillo,TX
Proverbs 10:22 NASB
it is the blessing of the Lord that makes rich, and He adds no sorrow to it
Erin, Evant-Texas
Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completly as the Master forgave you.
Colossians 4: 13 THe Message
Yvonne
Fresno
Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage. Psalm 84:5 NIV
Kristy, Woodstock, Ga “Do all things without grumbling or complaining so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation among whom you appear as lights of the world,” Philippians 2:14-15
Cortni/ Coden,AL/ “in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” Psalm 56:11 NIV
Lindsey, Jenks, OK
“That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweights 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 4:16-18
Elizabeth Meagher Richmond, VA
“Blessed is the man who preserves under trail, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.”
James 1:12
Lindsey from Dubach, LA is memorizing Isaiah 40:29,31 (NIV). “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. 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.”
Dawn, Clinton PA
if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
2 Chron. 7:14, NIV
Liz, Logansport: “When Peter saw him, he asked, ‘Lord, what about him?’ Jesus answered, ‘If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.'” John 21:21-22, NIV
Kate from Cheney, WA
For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out].
Hebrews 11:6b Amplified
Penney
Caribou, Maine
If your heart is broken, you’ll find God right there;
if you’re kicked in the gut, he’ll help you catch your breath.
Psalm 34:18 The Message
2 Corinthians 10:4-5
The weapons we fight with are not weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. NIV
“Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
1 Samuel 16:7
NIV
Sam v.
Woodstock, VT
Becky Jo
Chesterfield MI
“Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.” (James 1:16-18 ESV)
Melanie, Lebanon, Ks
Hebrews 11:11 (amp)
Because of faith also Sarah herself received physical power to conceive a child, even when she was long past the age for it, because she considered [God] Who had given her the promise to be reliable and trustworthy and true to His word.
Patty
Talbott, Tn.
“God rescues us from the hand of our enemy and enables us to serve Him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.” Luke 1:74-75 (NIV)
Beth,Troy
“…My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
2 Cor 12:9a (NIV)
“The unfailing love of the LORD never ends! By his mercies we are kept from complete destruction. Great is his faithfulness, his mercies are made afresh each day.” Lamentations 3:22-23 NLT
Shelly, Rochester MN. Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7 NIV
Heather, Dadeville
“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
Missy S, Winston-Salem, NC
“I’ll never forget the trouble, the utter lostness, the taste of ashes, the poison I’ve swallowed. I remember it all–oh, how well I remember–the feeling of hitting the bottom. But there’s one other thing I remember, and remembering, I keep a grip on hope:
God’s loyal love couldn’t have run out, his merciful love couldn’t have dried up. They’re created new every morning. How great your faithfulness! I’m sticking with God (I say it over and over). He’s all I’ve got left.
God proves to be good to the man who passionately waits, to the woman who diligently seeks. It’s a good thing to quietly hope, quietly hope for help from God. It’s a good thing when you’re young to stick it out through the hard times.” ~ Lamentations 3:19-27 (MSG)
Going for broke this month, but I couldn’t bear to split it up because it’s so beautiful all together!
Leah from Athens, Georgia, but writing from the beaches of Topsail Island, North Carolina…
Isaiah 59:1 (NKJV) – “Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; nor His ear heavy, that it cannot hear.”
Cary, Celina TX
Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. 1 Peter 1:13 NIV
“He must become greater; I must become less”
John 3:30 (NIV)
Wow is all I can say about this scripture. It just speaks to me. Thank you Jesus……
Johanna, Carlsbad CA
Psalm 46:10
“Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.” NIV
Sharon, Griffin, Ga
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
1 John 1:7 NKJV
Decatur, Alabama: I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” Psalm 16:2 ESV
Kim, Atlanta, GA
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.” – Matthew 11:28 (NASB)
Heather, Lewiston, ID:
I cry to you, LORD;
I say, “You are my refuge,
my portion in the land of the living.” Psalm 142:5, NIV
Conne, Angel Fire
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.” Ephesians 1:3 NIV
Gay Beck, Plain City, OH
Psalm 57:5 (NIV)
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be all over the earth.
Beth, I hope you don’t mind if I share a memory tip that I am using.
**Note: Today as I am reviewing my prior memory verses, I am grouping the verses in sets of six (6). Group I = Verses # 1 – #6. Group II = Verses #7 – 12. Group III = Verses # 13 – # 17 plus upcoming #18.
Mary, Chattanooga, TN
I Thessalonians 5:19-22
“19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt 21 but test them all; hold on to what is good, 22 reject every kind of evil.”
Julie
Clanton, AL
Do everything without complaining or arguing. Philippians 2:14, NIV
Troy, Ohio
Psalm 103:1-5 NIV
Praise the Lord, O my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Praise the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits-
who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Dora, Houston, TX:
“When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise.”
–Proverbs 10:19 (NIV)
Judy Littleton, NC
Now YOU are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
I Cor 12:27 (ESV)
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me and know my anxious thoughts;
And see if there be any hurtful way in me,
And lead me in the everlasting way.
Psalm 139:23-24 NASB
Dana,Blue Ridge, Tx
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.
2 Peter 1:3 NIV
Mary H.
Ardmore, AL
Today is my birthday!
2 Peter 2:11-12
“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.
the remainder of Isaiah 61:1-4, 3b-4 (NIV)
to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor. They will rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations.
Gwen, Kennesaw, GA “Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.” Matthew 6:34 The Message
Philippians 4:5-7 NIV
5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Tracey Knight ~ Arkadelphia AR
Do not withhold your mercy from me, O LORD; may your love and your truth always protect me. Psalm 40:11 (NIV1984)
Kathryn – Atmore, AL – But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him.~Jeremiah 17:7 (NIV) My prayer: Lord, please help me trust COMPLETELY in You and You alone!
Aug.15th
“For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.”
2 Corinthians 1:20
Sept. 1st
“For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.”
2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV)
Stephanie Techau
Cynthiana, Ky
Rachel, Rochester, NY: “Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.” ~ Prov. 31:30 (NIV)