WHAT???? The 20th verse???? You know what that means, don’t you? Those of you who have clocked in every single time so far have accumulated enough verses to qualify for the celebration! However! If you’ve gotten this far, you surely want to see it all the way to 24 and not just for the celebration but for the fortification and fruit of 2 dozen Scriptures in your darling head. Scripture memory has meant so much to me this year. Except for a full-on-crisis season of time when I promise you I would have lost my ever-loving mind without it, I have never sensed more of a harvest deep in my soul from the process. I so hope you can also testify that your year would have been altogether different without it.
I will get right to it because I am expecting a ton of family over to celebrate Amanda’s 32nd birthday and I have a Texas-size pot of chicken and dumplings to cook! Here’s mine:
Beth, Houston. But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess. Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you. 1 Peter 3:15-16 The NET Bible
Let’s hear it, Siestas! Hey, don’t be alarmed if it takes me a good while to moderate all the verses or even if it sits on zero for a little while. I’ll bring them in every couple of hours so I can still get the most out of a Saturday off. I hope you have some Sabbath time this weekend, too!
Talk to you very soon.
You’re a big deal around here.
Gayle, Salinas
Oh that you would bless me and extend my borders. Please be with with me in all that I do and keep me from all troubles and pain. I Chron. 4:9 NLT
Tami, Palm Coast, FL. I have run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free. Ps. 119:32 (NIV)
Crystal, Munford, TN
My soul is consumed with longing for your laws at all times. Psalm 119:20 NIV
Denise – Meredith NH
How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings.
Psa 36:7 (NIV)
Jane, Milton, GA Cast all your anxiety on him because He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 NIV
Jocelyn (Greer/Greenville, SC)
“The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.” Zephaniah 3:17 ESV
Colleen, Lyndonville NY
I labor for this, striving with His strength that works powerfully in me. Col 1:29
Lisa, West Des Moines, IA “I take joy in doing your will, my God, for your law is written on my heart.” Psalm 40:8 NLT
Jane, Normal, IL
My little children, I am writing these things to you that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have a Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; -1 John 2:1, ASV
(thanks for the encouragement to get back on track, Siesta Mama!)
Sandy, Deming, NM
If anyone speaks, let him speak with the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen
1 Peter 4:11 NKJV
Michelle, West Des Monies, IA
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His love endures forever.
Psalm 136:1 NIV
Liz, Logansport: “My victory and honor depend on God alone. He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me.” Psalm 62:7 (NLT)
Lexington, KY
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 1984
Adrienne
Jasper, TN
“He fulfills the desires of those who fear him, to all who call on him in truth.”
Psalm 145:19 NIV
Tess
Cartersville GA
Numbers 23:19 NIV
“God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?”
Evanston, IL
I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the LORD has done. The LORD has chastened me severely, but he has not given me over to death. Open for me the gates of righteousness; I will enter and give thanks to the LORD.
This is the gate of the LORD through which the righteous may enter. I will give you thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation.
Psalm 118:17-21 (NIV)
Ha! I mis-typed…! I’ll try again
Adrienne
Jasper, TN
“He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.”
Psalm 145:19 NIV
Karessa, Peoria, IL: “Is not my word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?” Jeremiah 23:29 NIV
Vickie, Poplar Bluff, MO:
Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. Revelation 3:19
Kelly, Charlotte, NC
Teach me your way O Lord and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.
Psalm 86:11 NIV
Judy Littleton, NC
Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! Romans 11:33 NIV
Joyce, Wahpeton ND
2 Cor 4:7-9
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted but not abandoned; struck down but not destroyed.
Tammy,
Lusby, MD
Deuteronomy 28:6
You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. (NIV)
April, Boerne, TX
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
“The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of this 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.”
2 Corinthians 3-5
Shiffra, Vicksburg, MI
“But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breast plate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.” 1 Thess. 5:8
Barb, Denver:
With my whole heart I have sought You; oh let me not wander from Your commandments.
Your Word I have hidden in my heart that I might not sin against You. Psalms 119:10-11NKJV
A Belated Happy Birthday, Amanda!!
Paula, Brownwood, Tx
So keep your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will happen just as he told me.
Acts 27:25. NIV
Angie, Kansas City, MO: Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts. Isaiah 26:8 NIV
Jennifer, Singapore
“…Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” -Mark 6:31b NIV
DeAnne, Talmage
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up.
James 4:10 NIV
Traci, Vadnais Heighs, Mn.
Isaiah 30: 21-23 (NLT)
“Your own ears will hear Him. Right behind you a voice will say, “This is the way you should go,” whether to the right or to the left. Then you will destroy all your silver idols and your precious gold images. You will throw them out like rags, saying to them, “Good riddance!” Then the Lord will bless you with rain at planting time. There will be wonderful harvests and plenty of pasturelend for your livestock!”
Valerie, Omaha, NE
Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.
1 Peter 5:7 NLT
DeeDee. Houston, Tx
Pray diligently. Stay alert, with your eyes wide open in gratitude.
Colossians 4:2
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Lawan, Lawton, OK-The Lord watches over all who love him,
but all the wicked he will destroy. (Psalm 145:20 NIV84)
Sandra
Wichita Falls, TX
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28 NIV
Anne, Minneapolis
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song. Psalm 28:7, NIV
Patty…Vicksburg, MS
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6. NIV
Kerry, Nederland, TX
Share your food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need your help.
Isaiah 58:7
New Living Translation
Lauren, Asheville, NC Romans 12:1 NLT
“And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.”
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
Ephesians 6:10-11 NASB
Ginger
Wetumpka, AL
Melanie, Lebanon, Ks
Hebrews 13:5b-6
[God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!] So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently and boldly say, The Lord is my Helper; I will not be seized with alarm [I will not fear or dread or be terrified]. What can man do to me?
Sharon, Hamburg NY
“For we are God’s masterpiece. He created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for us long ago.” Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)
Lacie, Americus This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24 NIV
“Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD, is my Strength and my Song; He has become my salvation.” Isaiah 12:2 (NIV)
Kay, Tupelo, MS
Bobbie, College Station
Phil 4:11(NIV)
I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.
Kelly, Greer, SC
“Teach me Your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.” -Ps. 86:11 (NASB)
Kimberly, Ocoee,FL “I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and extablished my goings.”
Psalm 40:1-2 KJV
Shelli, Glen Allen “But 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.” (Isaiah 40:31) NIV
Kathleen, Marietta, GA
For God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but one of power, love, and sound judgement.
2 Timothy 1:7
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