**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.
But the word is very near you,in your mouth and in your heart so that you may obey it..Deut.30:14(NKJ)
Kristi, OKC
“Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.” Proverbs 27:6 NKJV
Heather F, Beaumont, TX
I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift my hands. Psa 63:4 (NIV)
Carolyn,
St. Peters, MO
Forget the former things. Do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now spring up; do you not perceive it? Isaiah 43:18-19a NIV
Debbie, Houston “A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.” Psalm 91:7 NIV
Sarah, Isle, MN
Let us not become weary in doing good,
for at the proper time we will reap a harvest
if we do not give up.
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people,
especially to those who belong to the family of believers.
Galations 6:9-10 (NIV)
For GOd is working in you, giving you the desires and the power to do what pleases him. Philippians 2:13
Greenacres, FL
..the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay. Romans 8:21 NLT
Amy 7634, SF Bay Area, CA:
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”
1 Peter 4:8 (NIV)
Tammy – Lubbock, TX
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word. Ps. 119:37 (NIV)
Verses for Aug 1/Aug 15 that I missed while on vacation:
Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight. Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain. Ps. 119:35-36
Karla, Broomfield,
“The one who can break through barriers will lead them out they will break out, pass through the gate, and leave. Their king will advance before them, The LORD himself will lead them.” Micah 2:13 (NET)
Heather, Sedalia, Alberta
“He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from calamity.” Proverbs 21:23 NIV
Ephesians 3:20&21 (NIV) “Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine according to His power that is at work in us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever! Amen.”
Rachel Landolt
College Station, TX
“Be still and know that I am God.”
Ps. 46:10a ESV
My husband and I just moved and have been without internet for the last few weeks. I have been waiting for our internet to get connected to post. I’m so glad to finally get back on here.
Tiffany, Chesterfield:
“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.” Psalm 19:14, NASB
Carol
Carthage, NY
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but on what is unseen.
For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:18 NIV
“Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings.” Psalm 17:8 A prayer of David and mine~~
Atlanta, GA
‘I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.’
Jeremiah 31:25
Sandy, Galveston
Rejoice in the Lord ALWAYS. I will say it again: rejoice.
Phillipians 4:4
Brenda, Greenville SC
Proverbs 18:10 NIV
The name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous run to it and are safe.
Kathryn, Glendale AZ, “Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised” Proverbs 31:30 NIV
Psalm 46: 10,11 NIV
He says, “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Glory in His Holy Name, let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. Look to the LORD & His strength; seek His face always.
Psa 105: 3-4
Paula – Arvada
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
James 1: 2-4 NIV
Sherry
Oklahoma
“Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever.”
I Cor. 13:8 NLT
I’m reporting in from Kona, HI! While on a walk this morning I saw a flyer advertising the simulcast for today at Kapaau, HI. Had no idea that one would be fairly close to where are vacationing I wont be able to attend but will pray for great victory!!!
Kay, Houston:
Satisfy us in the morning with Your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
~Psalms 90:14 NIV
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. Isaiah 43:18
Emliy D, Portsmouth , England
With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?
James 3v9-11 (NIV)
(doing this all month)
Isaiah 43:2- When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not bescorched, nor will the flame burn you. NAS
Debbie Smyrna, TN
John 14:1-3 KJStudy Bible
Let not your heart be troubled, ye believe in God believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions, if it were not so, I would have told you. I go and prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself, that where I am there ye may be also.
Kim Safina, Los Osos, California
*just got back from Seattle. a bit late!
In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
Matthew 5:16
But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
Psalm 1:2 Niv
Katherine, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. (NIV)
“But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.” Luke 6:27 NIV
Johnnie
Wake Forest, NC
Jerri Carl
Princeton TX
Psalm 119:34 NIV
Give me understanding, and I will keep your law
and obey it with all my heart.
Madelin
Thousand Oaks, CA
“For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you, And My covenant of peace will not be shaken,” Says the LORD who has compassion on you. Isaiah 54:10
“But He would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” Psalm 82:16 ESV
Rita Harrison, Cantonment, FL
“Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you may obey its lusts, and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. For sin shall not be mastered over you, for you are not under the law, but under grace.”
Romans 6:12-14 NASB
Lisa Corbin,KY “You have enclosed me behind and before,and laid Your hand upon me.”
Psalm 139:5
Amy, St. Louis, MO
Joshua 1:9 (The NET Bible)
“I repeat, be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic, for I, the Lord your God, am with you in all you do.”
Sarah, St. Peters, MO
“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.” 2 Timothy 4:12 (NIV)
My verse is 1 Timothy 4:12, not 2 Timothy!
Jamie, Phoenix: Isaiah 43:1 NIV
But now, this is what the Lord says—
he who created you, Jacob,
he who formed you, Israel:
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
“If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.”
James 1:5 NIV
Sydney, Tucson, AZ
Psalm 25:8 NIV
“Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in his way.”
Ann in Houston
God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble. Ps 46:1 NIV
Psalm 100:4 (NIV)
Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him,
to the person who seeks Him.
Lamentations 3:25 (Holman Christian Study Bible)
Note: I haven’t posted my verses in several months – I feel so bad…I HAVE been putting them in my spiral and have been learning them, just haven’t come on the blog to log my verse in on the 1st and 15th…
“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 a hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
Lisa McGriff, Dothan, AL
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6:34 NIV
Cindi, Madison, MS
“You are my hiding place, you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.” Psalm 32:7 NLT