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.
Dawn from Lafayette, LA
Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.
Psalm 9:10 NIV
Andrea, Pottstown
But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatains 5:22-23(NIV)
**our computer lost power last week and would not turn on at all. I was telling the father of lies, that he was not going to win this battle. The computer’s power component got fixed in a jiffy, in time for me to post my verse, a little late, but here it is, Praise our Lord and Savior! 🙂
Cheryl, Everett Psalm 139:1 Niv
“O Lord, you have searched me and you know me.”
Tracey, Knightdale, NC:
I continually look to the Lord for help, for He will free my feet from the enemy’s net. Psalm 25:15
Allyson
League City TX
Psalm 34:3-4 ESV
Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt His name, together! I sought the LORD, and He answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
Susan, Cumberland, RI
“Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.” Col. 4:6 KJV
Joyce, Exeter, RI
“Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.” Col. 4:6 KJV
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Colossians 3:13, NIV
Traci from Lakewood, WA
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 1:8 (NIV)
Kristen, Largo FL “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, the certain of what we do not see.” Heb 11:1 NIV
“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted amoung the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10
Patricia, Dallas, Tx
1 John 4:19 {ESV}
We love because he first loved us.
Raines, Albany, GA: Point out anything in me that offends You, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. Psalm 139:24 NLT
“I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him the same bringeth forth much fruit, for without me ye can do nothing.”
John 15:5 (KJV)
Sue Kirkman, Clemmons, NC
Psalms 100:1-5, KJV:
1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
Kim, Richmond, Tx, “The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple.” NIV, Psalms 19:7
Vevay, IN
John 3:17 (NASB)
“For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.”
Sallie Howell, Tupelo, MS
” See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland.” (Isaiah 43:19 NIV)
Barb Ontario Canada
The steps of the godly are directed by the Lord. He delights in every detail of their lives. Though they stumble, they will not fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand. Psalm 37:23 & 24 NLT
Beth, London, ON
And this is my prayer – that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. Philippians 1:9-12
Geri
Deer Park, TX
John 5:23 NASB
He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
Sarah S., McKinney, TX
Psalm 62:1 NIV
“My soul finds rest in God alone;
my salvation comes from him.”
Debbie, Houston “…then no harm will befall you,
no disaster will come near your tent.” Psalm 91:10
I continually look to the Lord for help, for He will free my feet from the enemy’s net. Psalm 25:15 NET
Dana
Boerne, TX
Psalm 28:8-9 (NIV) The Lord is the strength of His people, a fortress of salvation for His anointed one. Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them forever.
Kristin
Clearwater, FL
“Lord, your unfailing love is better than life itself, how I praise you.” Psalm 63:3 NLT
My husband’s birthday and Bosses day fall on the same day every year which I find very amusing. My husband turned 60 yesterday and ran his 22nd Marathon to celebrate. He is a great husband but he would never say he is my BOSS 🙂
Love to the LPM bosses and all my Siestas,
Linda
This was supposed to be posted in 10/17/11 post about bosses day. Hope you can get it in the right place. Thanks.
Staci, Bismarck, ND “How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down–this leaning wall this tottering fence?” Psalm 62:3 (NIV)
Lisa from Greenville, SC
“If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and ti will be given to him.” James 1:5
April, Lake Charles, LA
“If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love in words or tongue but with actions and in truth.” ~ 1 John 3:17-18 (NIV)
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 hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 NIV.
Leanne, Billings, MT
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Isaiah 40:29 NIV
Robbie, Southaven, MS: “He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.” Isaiah 40:28b-29 (NIV)
Sara, Greenville, SC – “I sought the LORD’s help and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.” Psalm 34:4 (NET)
Betty from Austin, TX: 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 41:31 NIV
“Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Yeshua the Messiah is revealed.” 1Peter 1:13
Julie ~ Waco
“Now all of us can come to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us.” Ephesians 2:18 NLT
John 10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
Robin
Snohomish, WA 98290
Beth and Tori, Waco, Texas
“Whoever claims to live in Him must walk as Jesus did.”
I John 2:6 NIV
Jeanie from Martin, SD
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Ephesians 4:2 NIV
Three times each day Daniel would kneel down to pray and thank God, just as he always had done.
Daniel 6:10
NCV
Marla Lame Deer
Ephesians 3:17 So that Christ may dwelling your hearts through faith and I pray that you being rooted and established in love. NIV
The LORD your God will fight alongside you and help you win the battle. Deuteronomy 20:4 CEV
Amanda W., Kelowna, BC, Canada:
“The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; Your love, O Lord, endures forever-do not abandon the works of your hands”
-Psalm 138:8 NIV
2 Corinthians 3:18 HCSB
We all, with unveiled faces, are reflecting the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.
Pam
Brighton, CO
Rhonda
Gilmer
Ephesians 4:1-3
New King James Version (NKJV)
I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Kathleen
St. Louis, MO
Psalm 1:4-6, NIV
Not so the wicked! They are like the chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgement, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. For the LORD watched over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
Nicole, Manitoba Luke 6:21 NIV
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Jessie, Meriden, CT
“If you keep yourself pure, you will be a utensil for honorable use. Your life will be clean, and you will be ready for the Master to use you for every good work.”
2 Tim. 2:21
Jennifer J. – Texarkana, AR
He will have no fear of bad news;
his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
His heart is secure, he will have no fear;
in the end he will look in triumph on his foes.
Psalm 112:7-8 (NIV1984)