**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.
JennLee, formerly of Perfect Austin, now of Vienna, VA:
Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers righteousness on you.
-Hosea 10:12, NIV ’84
Ouida in Trenton,TX
I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will continually be in my mouth. My soul will make its boast in the LORD; The humble will hear it and rejoice. O magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together.
Psalm 34: 1-3
Megan-Kansas City, KS
Hebrews 11:1 NIV
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, and certain of what we do not see.
Sorry this is so late!!
Patty, Northern Virginia: Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. – Joshua 1:8 NIV
Ruth, Odin, IL
“March on, my soul; be strong!”
– Judges 5:21b (NIV)
(I hadn’t chosen this verse to memorize yet even though your post several months back touched me greatly. Now one of Travis’ new worship songs reminded me of it, and it’s such a good verse for me to be rehearsing right now.)
Adele-Alys, Matthews, NC: Psalm 126:6 NET Bible The one who weeps as he walks along carrying his bag of seed, will certainly come in with a shout of joy carrying his sheaves of grain.
Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Ephesians 6:13 NIV
Mindy, Rowley, IA Romans 5:5 “Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been ppoured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” NKJV
Robin Pollitte
Morehead, Ky
“Wait on the Lord! Be strong and confident! Wait on the Lord!” Psalm 27: 14 RSV
Michelle, Prosper, TX
“For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.”
Colossians 2:9-10 (NKJV)
The final verses of Psalm 121 from the “Stepping Up” bible study.
“The Lord will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. The Lord will protect your coming and going both now and forever.”
Psalm 121:7-8
Heather
Mosinee, WI
Merredith, champaign …. I am the Alpha and the Omega says the Lord God, who is and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty. Rev 1:8 NIV
“Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.”
Psalm 25:4-5
Whoops! On mine I meant to put Laurel from Lubbock, Texas
Dallas, Tx:
Is. 26:3:
“You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.” (NIV)
Lyn
Littleton NH
Come to Me all who are weary and heavy-laden
And I will give you rest.
Matt. 11:28. NASB
Eposi
Houston, TX
“Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and depart from evil.”
Proverbs 3:7 (NKJV)
Laura Denver, NC
Luke 1:45 NIV
“Blessed is she who has believed that what the LORD has said to her will be accomplished.”
Linda, Carolina Beach, NC
“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrows; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart”. Hebrews 4:12 NIV
“You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For You created everything, and it is for your pleasure that they exist and were created.” Revelations 4:11 NLT
“The one who plants and the one who waters work together with the same purpose. And both will be rewarded for their hard work.” 1 Corinthians 3:8
Beth, Cary, NC
Blessed are those whose ways are blameless,
who walk according to the law of the Lord.
Blessed are those who keep his statutes–
and who seek him with all their heart.
They do no wrong
but follow his ways.
You have laid down precepts
that are to be fully obeyed.
Psalm 119:1-4 (NIV)
Cheryl, Midlothian Va
Having believed you were marked in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit..
Ephesians 1:13b NIV
Rhonda ~ Kalamazoo, Michigan
Come unto me all you who are WEARY and heavy laden and I will give you rest!
Matthew 11:28 (NIV)
Dannel
Holtwood PA
Romans 8:17 NIV-again
Now if we are children, then we are heirs-heirs of God and coheirs with Christ, if indeed we share in His sufferings in order that we may also share in His glory.
Julia, Wellington, AL
[For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death.
Philippians 3:10 AMP
Stephanie, Mount Carmel, TN
“Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord. Blessed are they who keep his statutes and seek Him with all their heart.”
Psalm 119:1-2 NIV
Ps. 119:89 Your word, O Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.
By wisdom a house is built, and by knowledge it is established; and by understanding the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. Proverbs 24:3-4 NASB
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.NIV Liz Gladstone
Ti-Leigh
Orlando, FL
Humble yourselves, therefore, under
God’s might hand, that he may lift you
up in due time.
1 Peter 5:6
NIV
Bettie Tolar
Pasadena, TX
Sept 15, 2011
NIV
Revelation 2:19
“I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.”
Patty from Vicksburg
“Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.” Ecclesiastes 5:1-2 NIV
Linda/Augusta
Death and Life are in the power of the tongue!
Proverbs 18:21
Danville, CA
Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.
Ephesians 6:11 NIV
Alison, Norman, OK
God Blesses those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Matt 5:4 NLT
“you will be accepted if what you do is right, but if you do not-watch out! sin is crouching at your door, waiting to devour you, but you must overcome it!”
genesis 4:7 gnt
my verse is Psalm 100:4
Hill, Los Angeles
Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
Psalm 139:24, NLT
Cindy in Raleigh
Psalm 119:14-16 (NIV)
I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.
Christine
Wichita, KS
“I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.”
Philippians 1:20 (NIV)
Elysa, Raleigh
Malachi 3:16 NIV
16 Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the Lord and honored his name.
Three Rivers, MI. “Yes, be bold and strong! Banish fear and doubt! For remember, the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 TLB
1 Peter 1:13 NIV Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.
Jan, Winnipeg, Manitoba, “This is what the Lord says-your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.” ” (Isaiah 48:17 NIV)
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my make.
John 15:16 NIV
AH, Sovereign Lord,you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you. Jeremiah 32:17
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
-2 Timothy 1:7 [KJV]
Wanda
North Canton, Ohio
Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
James 1:23-24 NIV
Teri in Tampa
Yet I am confident I will see the Lord’s goodness
while I am here in the land of the living.
Psalm 27:13 (NLT)