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.
Melissa; Nashville, TN
John 4:14 (NIV) “but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of watter welling up to eternal life.”
*I am repeating this verse from last time. Thankfully I’m ahead because several of my memory verses were 2 or more together. Lord help me! 🙂
Julie, Sheffield, UK
Hebrews 12:28 NKJV
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.
Jan, Hawkinsville, GA
Colossians 4:6
(NASB)
Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.
Decatur, Alabama: “I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:14
Michelle, New Richmond ~ Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. Ps 119:105 NIV
“Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!”
2 Corinthians 9:15 NIV
“Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!”
2 Corinthians 9:15 NIV
Leverett, MA
When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness.
Romans 6:20 NIV
Auburn, AL Josh. 24:15 choose today whom you will serve . . . But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.
katie g
knoxivlle, tn
“With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,”
Ephesians 6:18 NASB
Kit, Central Islip, NY
“I am the way and the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”
John 14:6 NASB
Celeste, Los Angeles & Toronto: Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Ephesians 6:13 NKJV
Deb, Windsor, CT:
“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own.” 1 Corinthians 6:19, NIV
Bunny from Fithian, IL
Take the helmet of salvation,
and the sword of the Spirit,
which is God’s word. (Ephesians 6:17 HCSB)
( I know we aren’t supposed to put comments, but I was so excited to post my verse this morning that I posted it way back in the spring on verse 9! I thought it was a little strange because you were talking about getting through the summer! Hope I’m in the right place now. I’ll go drink some more coffee.)
Amy, Snellvile GA
Psalm 1:4 “Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.” NIV
“Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.” James 1:12 NAS
Rachel, Rochester, NY “But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-love, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.” ~ James 3:17 (NIV)
Susan,Silverhill,AL: “The end of all things is near. Therefore, be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. Above all, love each other deeply because love covers over a multitude of sins.” I Peter 4:7-8 (NIV)
Anita, Purcellville, VA
“Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,
yet I will rejoice in the LORD,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.”
Habakkuk 3:17-18 NIV
Lee Ann, Wewahitchka, FL
“The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
And he who is wise wins souls.” –Proverbs 11:30
Here’s to hoping our baby arrives today after hour and hours of contractions! Have a great day.
Hannah from Albuquerque, New Mexico
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,
whose confidence is in Him.
He will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit.
Jeremiah 17:7-8
Lanita from Lake Jackson:
1 John 4:11 NIV
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Mary Kay
Fulshear
“BUT IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED HIM, AND IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A DRINK; FOR IN SO DOING YOU WILL HEAP BURNING COALS ON HIS HEAD.”
ROMANS 12:20
NASB
Deborah, Markham, VA
“”…Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.”
Daniel 10:12b NIV
Sally
Columbus, OH
” They speak of You with evil intent; Your adversaries misuse Your Name.”
Psalm 139:20
NIV
Tesa
Perry, GA
When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my hearts delight,
For I bear your name,O Lord God Almighty.
Jeremiah 15:16
Peggy, Corpus Christi, Tx
“But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
Joshua 24:15 NKJV
Chris
Canton, NC
“Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come to you. Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.”
Psalm 102:1-2
NIV
Chrissy, Clemmons, NC
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
Sandra, Swainsboro,GA
For whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech. He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
1 Peter 3:10-11 NIV
“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear GOD and keep HIS commandments,
For this is the whole duty of man.
For GOD will bring every work into judgment
Including every secret thing.
Whether it is good or whether it is evil.” Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
“He who does not love does not know GOD, for GOD is love.” 1 John 4:8
sorry I left off NKJV for both passages
Katie, Augusta, Ga ¤ Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord. 1 Thes 4:17 (NASB).
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Hebrews 4:16 NIV
Woodstock, VT
michelle
Psalm 24:1 nasb
The earth is the LORD’s, and all it contains,
the world, and those who dwell in it.
Pam Hendersonville, NC Matthew 6:21-“For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” KJV
Happy Birthday, Amanda!
Tracey from Shawnee, Kansas
Deuteronomy 6: 6-7 (NIV)
These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Yanna, Bryan, Texas “The most important one is this: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one,Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.'” Mark 12:29-31 NIV
Beckie, Washington, DC: “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Romans 12:2
Hannah, Perry, MI
As we keep his commands, we live deeply and surely in him, and he lives in us. And this is how we experience his deep and abiding presence in us: by the Spirit he gave us.
1 John 3:24, The Message
Tiffany, ATL
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. Ps. 23:1 ESV
Joy, Alpharetta. “And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others.” 2 Corinthians 9:8 NLT
Joy, I almost chose 2 Cor 9:11 which was given to me a few years back. Reading your posted verse is a blessing and reassurance. Thank you.
Jeremiah 31:25 (NIV)
“ I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.”
I do not always read through the verses. There are several Siesta verses that touched me deeply this morning, your verse is one of them. Blessings
Berni, Albuquerque
“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 3:17NIV
Jo Ann Lincoln,NE
Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek Him. Hebrews 11:6 NET
Bonnie Huntington, WV
2Cor. 4:16-17 NIV
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
Nancy-Yonges Island, SC
“So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.” Col 2: 6-8 NIV
“In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.”
John 14:2-3 NIV
Yvonne
Fresno
Psalm 84:8 NIV
Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty; listen to me, O God of Jacob. Selah
Lindsey
Fuquay-Varina, NC
“Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.” – James 1:12 (NIV)