What???? Are you kidding me??? Verse 21?!?
We’re just four verses from the finish line, Sisters! To God’s great glory, we’re doing this thing! I grinned from ear to ear two weeks ago when someone posted “Jesus wept” as her verse. That’s fair game! All of us could use a little catch from time to time. You guys bring me so much joy. May God cause His love and power to explode within you because you’ve worked so hard and fought so many distractions to get to this point.
OK, Girlfriends, here’s mine:
Beth, Houston. “Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God. Whoever speaks, let it be with God’s words. Whoever serves, do so with the strength that God supplies, so that in everything God will be glorified through Jesus Christ. To Him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.” 1 Peter 4:10-11 The NET Bible
Let me hear yours!
Stay the course, Sweet Things. You are so dearly loved and planned for by God.
Sabrina
Morristown, Tennessee
“Uphold me according to Your promise, that I may live, and let me not be put to shame in my hope!” Psalm 119:116 ESV
2 corinthians 2:14 niv
But thanks be to God who always lead us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him.
Janice, Bakersfield, CA
Let us, then, feel very sure that we can come before God’s throne of grace. There we can receive mercy and grace to help us when we need it. Hebrews 4:16 NCV
Katharine Lee Jonesboro, AR
“Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s Glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.”
John 11:4 NIV
Rebecca, Chattanooga, TN
So Jesus said to the Twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.”
John 6:67-69 ESV
Lynda, Monterey:
“And you must show mercy to those whose faith is wavering.”
Jude 1:22 (NLT)
Kim, Dickinson, ND
For, whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
I Peter 3:10 NIV
Eniola, Lagos. For I know the thoughts I have towards you, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and an expected end. Jeremiah 29:11
Julie, Texarkana- “the Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing. ” Zephaniah 3:17
This is one of my favorites. I especially need “quieting” right now.
Cassandra, Crawfordsville, Indiana, “For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.” Phillipians 3:20 NAS
Oops, this Phil 3:20-21
Thanks!
Hi Cassandra! I live in Crawfordsville too! Nice to know that there’s another Siesta nearby 🙂
Mikelan OPKS
James 1:6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
p.s. HAPPY JAMES STUDY RELEASE DAY!!!! (and red cup day at Starbucks too! what a day) 🙂
1 Corinthians 10:24
Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.
Aimee, North Aurora
Deidra – Waynesboro
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
Song of Solomon 2:4 KJV
Candace
Colorado Springs
“Now I can rest again, for the Lord has been so good to me.”
Psalm 116:7 NLT
Carol, Florence, MA
I am still confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the Lord.
Psalm 27:13-14
Christy, Karen, Cheryl “A Cord of three Strands” Jay, OK
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.” Colossians 3:16
Cheri, Savage,MN Proverbs 27:2 NET
“Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else and not your own lips.”
Marilyn, Fort Pierce, FL, Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. Matt. 5:16, NIV
“There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1 NIV
Casi
Woodway, Texas
Patty, Granite Bay, CA 1Peter 4:10 NIV “Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.”
Janet, Georgia: “Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them.” –Psalm 10:17, NLT
Lyli, Fort Lauderdale: “Be conscientious about yourself and your teaching; persevere in these things; for by doing this you will save both yourself and your hearers” (I Timothy 4:16, HCSB).
Brandy- Prattville, AL. But thanks be to God, who always leads us in His triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place. 2 Corinthians 2:14
JennLee, Vienna, VA
For you have heard my vows, O God;
you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
-Psalm 61:5, NIV ’84
Cindy, Rock Hill, SC
But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things shall be added to you. Matthew 6:33 (NAS)
Tracey Knight ~ Arkadelphia AR
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross! Philippians 2:5-8 NIV84
Isaiah 43:6-7 (NIV)
I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’ Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth-everyone who is called by my name, whome I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”
Shellie
Moscow, Idaho
Janet, Richland, Ms
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
2 Corinthians 12:9
Linda Bend, OR
Matt 6:14 NIV
For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Jan, Loveland
Praise the LORD O my soul,
and forget not all His benefits_
who forgives your sins and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion.Ps 103:2-4 NIV
Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in it’s various forms. If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.
1. Peter 4: 10-11(NIV)
Amber, Euless TX
John 16:33 NIV
I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world
Joyce, Lebanon, Tennessee
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.
Matthew 21:9 NKJV
Chrissy
San Tan Valley, Arizona
“And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but king to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.”
2 Timothy 2:24-26 ESV
Summer, Royse City, TX
Psalm 19:14 (NIV)
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.”
Debbie from Westerville, OH
Hebrews 12:1 NIV
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverence the race marked out for us.
Allyson – Winnsboro, SC:
“He will cover you with his feathers,and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.” Psalm 91:4 (NIV)
Rachel, Surprise, AZ
Because 4.5 months into our marriage, we just found out my husband as a large mass on the left side of his body…
“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” ~2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV)
Gail, Phoenix
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,
Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.
Proverbs 16:24 NKJV
Ali C., Dublin, CA
The Lord is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. He will not constantly accuse us, nor remain angry forever. (Psalm 103:8-9 NLT)
“His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’.
Matthew 25:21
Chyrll – Memphis, TN Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to Himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 2 Corinthians 5:17,18 ESV
I cant believe I made it this far….
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 1 Thessalonians 5:18
although I can’t remember if I posted the last time or the time before…!!
#19 – Delight thyself also in the Lord and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4
#20- The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill and to destroy. I am come that they (me) might have life, and that they (me) might have it more abundantly. John 10:10
Piper
Hickory, NC
Cindy, Wapakoneta, Ohio
Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”
Isaiah 30:21 (NIV)
Cheryl, Vancouver BC: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1 (NIV)
Karen, Sacramento CA
“Everything is permissible for me–but not everything is beneficial. Everything is permissible for me–but I will not be mastered by anything.” —1 Corinthians 6:12 (NIV)
Psalm 119:41-42, NLT
LORD, give me your unfailing love,
the salvation that you promised me.
Then I can answer those who taunt me,
for I trust in your Word.
Amy, Hood River, OR, The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me; his word was on my tongue. 2 Sam 23:2, NIV
Laura, Morgantown, WV
Everyone who called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made. – Isaiah 43:7 (NIV)
Jennifer from Chantilly,
Let us throw off everything that hinders
and the sin that so easily entangles,
and let us run with perseverance
the race marked out for us.
Hebrews 12:1, NIV
Diane, Killeen, TX: “I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in His holy people.” Eph 1:18 NIV