Three more to go!
Three more to go!
Three more to go!
(Hear that all cheerleader like)
Ladies, the finish line is in sight! Let’s run the rest of this race marked out for us. What a privilege this has been, you guys.
I think I told you guys recently that I’d gotten a new Bible. I absolutely love it. I always choose one Book of the Bible to read through carefully when I get a new one and this time I chose the Book of Acts. I’ve been so incredibly inspired by it. The verse I’m memorizing this time is for the sake of prayer. (Do you guys often use your memory verses in prayer, turning them into intercession? It really stirs up my faith and my strength.) I’m praying that what happened when Peter was in the midle of bringing the Scriptures to attentive listeners will happen in our environments, too. I’m praying this for my pastor and those who hear the Scriptures through him. I’m praying it for myself and for those I’m privileged to serve. I now pray it for you and those you teach and encourage with the Word of God.
Beth, Houston. “While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the Word.” Acts 10:44 ESV
Lord, let it be! Drench Your listeners with Your Spirit! While we are right in the middle of sharing the Scriptures, fall on every single person who hears. I want this so much. I want a fresh anointing, don’t you? I think our God is willing to give it. Let’s ask Him boldly! All we have to do is make absolutely certain that He gets every ounce of credit. Oh, what He’d be willing to do if we jealously guarded His glory and humbled ourselves as slaves of God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ok, Girls. How about yours?
I love you so much.
Melissa, Vicksburg, MS: “When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul.” Psalm 94:19 NIV.
I am wonderfully and fearfully made.
Psalm 139
Fresno, CA
Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.
Colossians 1:21 (NIV)
An anxious heart weighs a woman down, but a kind word cheers him her up. Proverbs 12:25 NIV
Karen: Cookeville, TN. Psalm 23:1 KJV
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ.
Hebrews 3:14 NLT
Jill in palm Coast, FL
Tammy, Monroe,Ga.
“And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord.”
Luke 1:45 NASB
Sharon, Barrington
“Taste and see that the Lord is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.” Psalm 34:8
Job 28:28 (NIV)
“Then He said to the human race,
‘The fear of the Lord – that is widson,
and to shun evil is understanding.'”
Jen N., Auburn Ohio: “Be not far from me, O God, come quickly, O my God, to help me.” Psalm 71:12, NIV.
Cheryl midlothian va
See I have engraved you on the palm of my hands
Your walls are ever before me
Isiah 49:16
Lord, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, LORD. Repeat them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy! Habakkuk 3:2 NIV
Lisa Rose
Moyock, NC
I fell off the “siesta scripture memory wagon”, but that is OK. In this season of my life, God is showing me that I cannot do all and be all. The scripture to hold in my heart is for me in God’s timing. It may be one per month, or one per several weeks. But… you wonderful siestas! To scroll through and read the different scriptures – It’s all such a blessing and inspiration!
I must have missed the post about Beth’s new Bible. I know how I “drool” over all the different Bibles at the Christian bookstore and what drama I put myself through when trying to decide on a new one. I would love to hear about Beth’s adventure.
Keep up the wonderful work siestas.
Lisa
Janice, Arcanum Oh
Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
NASB 2 Corinthians 9:15
Marilyn Horton
Fort Smith, AR
“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity.” (1 Timothy 4:12, NIV)
Hannah K.; Maryland; Psalm 71:3 “Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort : thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.” (KJV)
Lisa Wylie,TX
Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
Psalm 105:1. NIV
Ann H, Murrells Inlet,SC
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.”
Psalm 91: 1-2 NIV
Erin, Seattle. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus. Phil. 2:5 NRSV
Jaye – Southlake, TX
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 15:1 (NIV)
diane, Baraboo, Wi.
….be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. 1Peter 3:4 NIV
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion:
Greetings. (James 1:1 ESV)
Karen Orem, UT
Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do IMMEASURABLY more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, Ephesians 3:20 NIV
But the Lord replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”
Jonah 4:4
Jeannette, Land O Lakes, FL. “No sooner were these words out of Peter’s mount than the Holy Spirit came on the listeners.” Acts 10:44 MSG
Sandy, Lexington, KY
“My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only he will relaese me from the snare.” Psalm 25:15 (NIV)
Beth and Tori, Waco, TX
“Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.”
Galatians 5:25 NIV
Lisa
Van Buren, AR
Zechariah 4:6
… “Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord of Hosts.
NKJV
Carol Kirby Amarillo, TX Luke 9:23 NIV
Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.
Emily from Birimingham, AL {formerly Washington, DC} … “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.” John 16:33 NIV
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” – Romans 8:38,39
Angela J., Grand Ridge, FL
7 The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him,
Nahum 1:7 (NIV)
Natalie
Austin, TX
Matt 5:11 NIV
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Matthew 5.10
I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said to you: You are My servant; I have chosen you and not rejected you.
Isaiah 41:9, HCSB
Leslie G.-Warner Robins, GA
But if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God who gives to all men generously and without reproach and it will be given to him.
James 1:5 NAS
Kristy, Woodstock, GA
Psalm 89:15 “How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! O Lord, they walk in the light of Your countenance.”
Susanne, El Paso, TX
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Philippians 4:5-7 (NIV 1984)
Houston – “He who guards his mouth and his tongue, guards his soul from troubles” Proverbs 21:23 NASB
Barbara, Prospect, KY: “Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.” Ephesians 6:13 NIV
i’m so tardy…. sorry!!!
Elaine – Brea, CA
(using a different version because I love the way this is worded…)
Psalm 50:15
Contemporary English Version (CEV)
Pray to me in time of trouble.
I will rescue you,
and you will honor me.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:1 KJV
Sue Kirkman, Clemmons, NC
Romans 8:28, KJV:
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:38-39, KJV:
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
“For God is not a God of disorder but of peace.”
I Cor. 14:33 NIV
Jolie, Cottage Grove, MN
I lift my eyes toward the mountains.
Where will my help come from?
My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
Psalm 121:1-2 HCSB
Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth! Psalm 47:1,2 NIV
Suzann Benson
Kingwood WV
colossians 4:5 Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders, make the most of every opportunity.
Leigh Gray
Illinois
“When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with the wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.” James 4:3 NIV
Kathy – Aurora, CO
Sorry a little late – in the process of moving and up to my nose in boxes!
Psalm 23:5 NASB
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows.
Megan, Grants Pass
Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near. (Philippians 4:5 NASB)