Hey, beloved Scripture Memory Team!
I so hope you are blessed in the presence of Christ Jesus today. I am all the way in Baltimore, Maryland serving a wonderful group of women at our Living Proof Live. Our dear Lindsee is pinch-hitting for me this time around and she also has some great information for you regarding our upcoming celebration. Her portion will pick up immediately following my 19th verse. I’m choosing my verse this round from the theme Scripture God gave us for our Friday night session here at Living Proof Live in Baltimore. I want to remember it forever. You don’t have to hear the session to see why it is enormously relevant and a powerful Scripture indeed to have hidden in your heart. You’re welcome to share it with me if you don’t have a selection ready.
Beth, Houston. “I continually look to the Lord for help, for He will free my feet from the enemy’s net.” Psalm 25:15 The NET Bible
I love you guys so dearly! OK, Lindsee, take it from here!
Girls, registration for the SSMT is flourishing and we already have over 1000 ladies registered. Praise God! Don’t stress if you’re not already registered, we have plenty of room. Registration will officially close two weeks before the event, so know that you have plenty of time. We are so excited and can’t wait to celebrate with you! When we say you are highly treasured around here, we mean it.
With that said, we have had a lot of unique questions come in that are not covered in the FAQ page so we wanted to put them here and then we’ll put them on that page as well. We hope this is helpful to you as you plan your trip to Houston in January. We don’t want anyone to feel left out or lost.
Are my children welcome to attend the celebration?
While we all know how much our Siesta Mama loves little ones (grin), and understands that some of them might be memorizing scripture with us, her teaching is specifically geared toward women 18 and older. Please use caution in bringing little ones. As a reward, we encourage you to do a special party for your children if they have been memorizing with you. Make it a special time to celebrate their hard work.
Is there anything LPM can do to help Siestas in the same region connect prior to the January meeting?
We are blessed to hear you are coming to SSMT in 2012! As much as we would love to publish a regional list of those attending, we are unable to do this due to the confidentiality of each individual’s information. This is for your protection, ladies. Thanks so much for understanding. If you would like to put your Facebook page (not your email or phone number) in the comments section, we will post it, as we know you have more control over the privacy of that. We should all be very careful about what we post on the World Wide Web for all to see!
Can we do t-shirts, pink feather boas, etc to help connect with other Siestas in the airports and restaurants?
First of all, y’all are AMAZINGLY creative and fun! We love that and are so blessed by your anticipation for this special weekend. In light of these fun ideas, we have a special photo op planned on Friday evening. This will be your special keepsake from LPM for the weekend. If you want to make your own fun memory (ie. t-shirts, bracelets, boas, etc) by all means have a blast with it! We’ll look forward to seeing you in 2012!
I want to attend the SSMT Celebration, but I’m nervous about coming solo. What should I do?
Please come! We promise you will be blessed! Many women came solo in 2010 and left with new friendships and blessings in abundance. During the celebration, we will have you pair off with another Siesta sitting around you and say your verses. It will be a very rich time of celebration indeed. Don’t let coming alone keep you from coming. You will not be the only “one” coming!
Since today is the first of October, we are only three months away from the celebration. Can you believe that? We are so looking forward to January and know you are too!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Sheila Armstrong, Union City, Indiana
Psalm 37:3-4 NIV
Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Yvonne
Louisville, KY
Proverbs 16:9 NIV
In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.
Sadie
Nicholasville, KY
Psalm 68:19 (HCSB)
May the Lord be praised! Day and night He bears our burden, God is our salvation.
Amy, St. Louis, MO
“Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.” Ruth 1:16 (NIV)
Brittany Kay, Gainesville, FL
May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, – Romans 15:5 NASV
I worked on my verse, but think I forgot to post last time. Here’s last time & this:
Psalm 1: 4-5 ESV
The wicked are not so,
but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
Chesney, Chicago. “I continually look to the LORD for help, for He will free my feet from the enemy’s net.” Psalm 25:15 (NET)
Molly, Wilmington, DE:
“Surely God is my help; the LORD is the one who sustains me.” Psalm 54:4
Because Your love is better than life, my lips will glorify You. Psalm 63:3 NIV
Lora, Mooresburg
“I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.” Psalm 27:13 NIV
Sandra Stamey, China Grove, NC
“The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants; and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.” Psalm 34:22 KJV
Olivia Tennessee
I am the vine and you are the branches; the one who remains in me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without me. John 15.1 HCSV
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.”
Hebrews 12:11 (NIV)
Pat
Crawfordsville, IN
Numbers 6:24-26
24 “‘“The LORD bless you
and keep you;
25 the LORD make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
26 the LORD turn his face toward you
and give you peace.”’
New International Version (NIV)
Liz Gladstone Or
Linda, Westport
Now to Him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think-according to the power that works within you.
Ephesians 3:20
Isaiah 10:20, NKJV
And it shall come to pass in that day
That the remnant of Israel, and such as have escaped
of the hosue of Jacob,
will never again depend on him
who defeated them,
But will depend on the LORD,
the Holy One of Israel,
in truth.
Atlanta, GA
“Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,
who daily bears our burdens.’ Psalm 68:19 NIV
Anna, Sullivan, MO
“I continually look to the Lord for help, for He will free my feet from the enemy’s net.” Psalm 25:15 The NET Bible
Heidi, Round Rock, TX
“I continually look to the Lord for help, for He will free my feet from the enemy’s net.”
Psalm 25:15 The NET Bible
Amy, Sweeny, TX
But here is what I tell you, Love your enemies, pray for those who hurt you, then you will be sons of the Father who is in Heaven. Matthew 5:44,45
sydney, Tucson, AZ
Psalm 34:17 NIV
The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.
Trisha Wall, Midland, TX: He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8, NIV
Jovin, Houston TX
1 Thessalonians 5:19 (NCV)
Do not hold back the work of the Holy Spirit.
Maggie, Mesilla Park
“But let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit which in God’s sight is very precious.” −1 Peter 3:4 ESV
Carrie Hunter
Hindman, KY
James 4:17 NIV
Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.
My eyes are always on the Lord, for he rescues me from the traps of my enemies. ~ Psalm 25:15 (NLT)
2 Corinthians 6:1-2 (NIV)
“As God’s fellow workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. Fo he says, ‘In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.’ I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.”
Jennifer
Charleston, SC
Allison, Eau Claire WI,
Isaiah 43: 18-19 NIV
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Even now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.”
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God–not by works, so that no one can boast.
Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV
Elise–Newark
Marcia, Salem, IN
As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in Him.
Psalm 18:30 NIV
Proverbs 3:6. (NIV)
“In all your ways submit to Him and He will make your paths straight.”
Have you heard the song–Jesus, Draw Me, Ever Nearer by Keith and Kristyn Getty. As I read your memory verse it made me think of it…I prayed the words of that song for you.
Julie. Jackson, MS
1 Peter 5:7 NIV
Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.
Rachel- College Station, TX
“You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.” Eph 4:22-24
Allison, Tampa. Psalm 25:15, NASB
“My eyes are continually toward the LORD, for He will pluck my feet out of the net.”
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Colossians 3:17 NIV
LATE, LATE, LATE! Why am I always late!
Kathy, Houston:
“I continually look to the Lord for help, for He will free my feet from the enemy’s net.” Psalm 25:15, NET
Janelle, Dallas, TX
Turn to me and be gracious to me; give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your maidservant.
Show me a sign of your favor, that those who hate me may see and be put to shame because you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me. Psalm 86:16-17 ESV
“Who, when he was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;”
I Peter 2:33 NKJ
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, don’t let yourself be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Gal. 5:1 NIV
Awilda, College Station, TX
Romans 5:6,8 (NIV, 1984)
You see, at just the right time, when [I was] still powerless, Christ died for [me] the ungodly…But God demonstrates his love for [me] in this: While [I was] still a sinner, Christ died for [me].
Abby Corvallis OR
Only the living can praise you; Each generation can make known your faithfulness to the next. Isaiah 38:19 NIV
Something I need to demonstrate to my children;)
Cindy Gandy
Hazlehurst, MS
Psalm 23:1
The LORD is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
Cheryl, Vancouver BC
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. John 10:10 NIV
Judy, East Chain,MN
“I continually look to the Lord for help, for He will free from the enemy’s net.” Psalm 25:15
Luke 1:37 NLT For nothing is impossible with God!
Lisa, Lynnwood, WA
“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)
Martha, Catawba, NC
Romans 6:6(NASB)
Knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, that our body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
Karen Orem, UT
And He will be the stability of your times,
A wealth of salvation, wisdom and knowledge;
The fear of the LORD is his treasure. Isaiah 33:6, NASB
Acts 17: 24-25 NIV
The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.
Matthew 5:14
New King James Version (NKJV)
14 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.