**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.
Katy
Be good to your servant while I live,
that I may obey your word.
Open my eyes that I may see
wonderful things in your law.
I am a stranger on earth;
do not hide your commands from me.
Psalm 119:17-19 NIV
Julie, Jackon, MS
1 Chronicles 16:9 NIV
For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.
Colossians 3:1-4 NIV
Since you have been raised with Christ, set your heart on things above where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind 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.
Jeri Cook, Missouri City, TX
Genevieve, Orange, Texas
“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
Lynette- Aurora,CO
There is no room in love for fear. Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life-fear of death, fear of judgment-is one not yet fully formed in love. (1 John 4:18 MSG)
Jodi Battle, San Diego, CA
I Corinthians 16;13-14 NIV
“Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. 14 Do everything in love.”
Patti – Northville, MI “He must increase, but I must decrease.” (John 3:30) NKJV
Kathleen, Tallahassee:
“O LORD, You are my God;
I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name;
For You have worked wonders,
Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.”
Isaiah 25:1 (NASB)
Pamela Bishop, Ca. Mark 10:37 And they said to him, “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.” ESV
jenny
white hall, ar
pursue peace with everyone, and holiness — without it no one will see the Lord. see to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, defiling many.
hebrews 12:14-15 (hcsb)
Olathe, KS
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31 ESV)
Aliza, NZL.
You have allowed me to suffer much hardship, but you will restore me to life again and lift me up from the depths of the earth.
You will restore me to even greater honour and comfort me once again,
Psalm 71:20-21 (NLT)
Janet, Georgia: “The unfailing love of the Lord never ends! By his mercies we have been kept from complete destruction. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each day.” -Lamentations 3:22-23, NLT
Karen from Martinsville, NJ
“If you need wisdom- if you want to know what God wants you to do- ask Him, and He will gladly tell you. He will not resent your asking. But when you ask Him, be sure that you really expect Him to answer, for a doubtlful mind is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. People like that should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. They can’t make up their minds. They waver back and forth in everything they do.”
James 1:5-8 (NLT)
James 1:5-8 (NLT)
Linda, Newark, DE
in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1Thessalonians 5:16-18
Bunny from Fithian, IL:
Stand, therefore,
With truth like a belt
Around your waist,
Righteousness like armor
On your chest.
Ephesians 6:14 HCSB
Lisa Ferrell, Cumming, GA “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
Dixie in Trophy Club says:
And my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19
New American Standard
Melissa, Waco
Ephesians 3: 16-17, NIV
“I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your heardt through faith.”
Tiffany, Columbus, OH: “We have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.” 2 Cor. 4:2 (NIV).
Dwynne, Chapman KS
(NIV) Psalm 25:1
In you, LORD my God, I put my trust.
Denise, Hernando Beach
I don’t think I posted last time— beginning of school year!
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge– that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:17-19 NIV
Laura, Waco:
For I, the LORD your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I am the one who helps you.”
Isaiah 41:13
Cathy, Houston, TX — My choice is you God, first & only. And now I find I’m your choice. You set me up with a house and yard. And then you made me your heir. Psalm 16:5-6, The Message.
Michelle Calgary (Airdrie) Alberta Canada.
Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul would soon have suffered in silence. Psalm 94:7
Caryn, Fort Worth, TX
“For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age” Titus 2:11-12 (NIV)
Laura Greensboro, NC
“When I whistle to them, they will come running, for I have redeemed them.” Zechariah 10:8 NLT
Arlette, Cheney, WA
In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence,
And his children will have refuge. ~ Proverbs 14:26 NASB
Jana, Port Byron, IL
John 1:4 “What has come into being in Him was life, and the life was the light of all people.”
God will be in control forever! Amen. (1 Peter 5:11 CEV)
Robbyn, Dickinson, ND
Isaiah 30:21 (NIV)
“Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you saying, “This is the way, walk in it.”
Billie, Greenville, KY, “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou annointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.”. Psalm 23 KJV
“And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.”- Mark 12:30 ESV
Kimberly, Amarillo, TX
Andrea, Louisville
“For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.” Romans 10:10
Christa from Michigan
Isaiah 43:18-19
Forget about what’s happened; don’t keep going over old history. Be alert, be present — the past is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create reviers in the dry wasteland.
Hey ya’ll,
We were on vacation when this was due and, thankfully, the Caribbean doesn’t have connection! (at least not on the little ship we were on without paying 30 dollars a second!)
“I will break down your stubborn pride.” Leviticus 26:19
By the way, for all my siestas who love books as much as I do: I read “The Help” while I was on that ship. BUY IT! READ IT! I cried and laughed and prayed for healing for every one of us.
Much love to each of you, Kristi 🙂
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1 NIV
Isaiah 50:4,5 (NIV)
The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears, and I have not been rebellious; I have not drawn back.
Vicky, Enders.
“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.
Devi
Geneva, Switzerland
For now we see in a mirror dimly but then face to face. Now I know in part then I shall know fully even as I am fully known. So now faith, hope and love abide, these three, but the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:12-13 (ESV)
Julie, Sheffield, UK
See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Ephesians 5:15-17 NKJV
Olathe, KS
Psalm 118:21 (NIV 1984)- “I will give you thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation.”
Christina, egenhausen: whatever u do, do ur work heartily, as 4 the Lord rather than 4 men, knowing that from the Lord u will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom u serve. Colossians 3:23-24 NASB
Brenda, Jordan, MN
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”
Colossians 3:12 NIV
Whitney N, Birmingham, AL.
“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” -Luke 10:41-42, NIV
Matt 18:20
“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” (NAB)
Lynnette, Houston, Texas
Joshua 1:9 (NIV)
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
Amanda, Pine Bluff, AR
Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity. (1 Timothy 4:12 NLT)
Jane, St. Louis
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
You have taken account of my wanderings; Put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in your book? Psalm 56:8 NASB