Hey, you Scripture-memory fiends! Our next to last verse! I’m so happy! But I’m also wishing it would all slow down a little bit and not be over so fast. You, too?? What a year, Siestas. What a year. I told you several SSMT posts ago that my memory work with you has never meant more to me or held a more prominent place in my personal life and I still mean that. I am so thankful for this process that I am almost without words.
I am on my way to Pensacola, Florida for our final Living Proof Live (I go in on Thursdays these days) so, once again, I better get with it! I chose this particular verse (and version) specifically in view of the holiday spending-madness that many of us have ahead. You won’t find a single Scrooge at this ministry. Like many of you, we all love to shower our friends and family members in Christmas gifts to the degree that we’re able and we pray to have pure hearts as we give. We give these small tokens of grace to one another this time of year because of the priceless Gift God has given to us in Christ Jesus. I think it can be a beautiful thing and I also respect those who, by conviction, choose not to participate in the retail hype. I get that completely. Those of us who will be in the malls and shopping online, however, might really be blessed by a mutual reminder to try to stay within our means over these next few weeks and not pile up debts. It takes the joy right out of the giving if we’re paying for it for the entire next year…and with interest. SO, how about this Scripture this time around?
Beth, Houston. “Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.” Romans 13:8 NIV
Smiling. Man. God seems to have a word for everything, doesn’t He?
I love you guys so much! I can’t wait to see some of you in Pensacola! The rest of you pray for us, okay?
Sharon – Montgomery, AL
“Do not merely listen to the Word, and so deceive yourselves. DO what it says. Anyone who listens to the Word but does NOT DO what it says is like a man who looks at his face in the mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away immediately and forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and CONTINUES TO DO this, not forgetting what he has heard, but DOING IT – he will be blessed in what he DOES.” – James 1:22-25 (NIV, emphasis mine) 🙂
Diane, Commerce Twp., MI
Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity.
Proverbs 21:23 NIV
Linda, Blue Springs, MO
Psalm 139:9-10 ESV
9. If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10. even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me.
Janice – Arcanum, OH
But when Jesus heard this, He said, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire compassion and not sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Matthew 9:12-13 NASB
Audrey, Ohio
Hebrews 10:23-25 TNIV
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another-and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Katie, Augusta, Ga: Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass. 1 Thes. 5:24 (NASB)
Martha, Clearwater, FL
” Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in your sight, O lord, my strength and my redeemer.”
Psalm 19:14 NKJV
Dayla, Springfield, MO
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love, and of self-discipline.
2 Timothy 1:7 NIV
Erika, San Antonio, TX:
“And I will lead the blind
in a way that they do not know,
in paths that they have not known
I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I do,
and I do not forsake them.
(Isaiah 42:16 ESV)
Psalm 119:71 AMP
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
Cindy, Fort Worth,TX
Teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12
Isaiah 40:11 “He will feed His flock like a shepherd, He will gather His lambs within His arms; and will carry them next to His heart, and will gently lead those that are with young.”
Karen-Leonard,TX
Romans 12:18 NIV
If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone
Psalm 119:76 NIV
May our unfailing love be my comfort according to your promise to your servant.
Peg, Naperville, IL
“…The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.” James 5:16 (NIV)
Elaine ~ Powder Springs ~ I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you and watch over you. (Psalm 32:8 NIV)
Kristl, Hagerstown: 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
Psalm 138:3 (NLT)
When I pray, you answer me, and encourage me by giving me the strength I need.
Bonnie, Huntington, WV
James 4:17 NIV
Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.
Margot, Round Rock, TX
Psalm 62:1 (NLT)
I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from Him.
Love your scripture choice, Beth. It’s so appropriate at this time of year!
Barb, Lakewood CO Luke 11:9-10 NKJV
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks, receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
Blessings and love to all my Siestas in this beautiful season of Christ!
Amber, Euless TX
Hebrews 12:14
Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the lord.
Adrienne
Jasper, TN
“…so My word that comes from My mouth will not return to Me empty,but it will accomplish what I please, and will prosper in what I send it [to do].”
Isaiah 55:11 HCSB
Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31 (ESV)
Angela; Covington, GA
“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. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
II Corinthians 12:9-10
Lynn, Lake Villa, IL
Romans 8:28 NIV
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.
Dawn in Monett, MO
Proverbs 31:25 She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.
Julie, Texarkana-“This is why you must take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand.” Eph. 6:13 NIV
Lu – Raleigh,NC -2Corinthians 4:18 NIV
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Psalm 139:13-18 NIV
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you.”
wildlyblessed, Crawford, Texas: “Then Jesus explained, ‘My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work.” John 4:34 NLT
Jan, Loveland,CO
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come. NIV 2Cor5:17
Elkins, AR
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Phil 4:6(NIV1984)
Mary Ann, Woodbury, MN
If any on you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
James 1:5(NIV)
Pam ~ Rome,GA
“For his anger lasts only a moment,
but his favor lasts a lifetime!
Weeping may last through the night,
but joy comes with the morning.” Psalm 30:5 (NLT)
We claimed this verse after being in labor all night with our first born. Hannah JOY arrived in the morning.
She is now a missionary teacher in Lima, Peru and married a Godly peruvian young man. Now we pray for God’s timing in man’s paperwork to allow them to come to the states to visit. Perhaps Hannah JOY(&Jhonatan)could arrive in the morning of December 24?
I trust whatever ‘weeping’ you are experiencing will seem but for a night. I tend to weep alot lately with ‘chemo brain’.
Cara, Highlands Ranch, “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.” Romans 12:1, NIV
Cheryl ~ NC
Be gracious to me, God, be gracious to me,
for I take refuge in You.
I will seek refuge in the shadow of Your wings
until danger passes.
~Psalm 57:1~ HCSB
Can’t wait for the new year. Hope you will be starting a new year of verse memorization. I didn’t catch on to this process until it was to late in 2011. I need all the help I can get with memorizing scripture. The “prize” of a conference in January just for the Siestas might be the right motivation for me to begin.
Love you all there at the ministry. Keep up the good work. (God’s work)Sondra, Lincoln, Calif.
Allison, Washington, DC
Mark 10:21 (ESV)
And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
“Be joyful always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
1Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
“Reflect on what I am saying for the Lord will give you insight into all this.” 2 Timothy 2:7 NIV
Ps. 32: 7, 10 NASB
You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance.
Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but he who trusts in the LORD, lovingkindness shall surround him.
Hilda in Pearland
Kathy Wilmington nc
Psalm 105:1-2 Amplified
O give thanks unto the Lord, call upon His name, make known His doings among the peoples! Sing to Him, sing praises to Him, meditate on and talk of all His marvelous deeds and devoutly praise them.
Hannah, Perry, MI
“In simple humility, let our gardener, God, landscape you with the Word, making a salvation-garden of your life.”
James 1:21, The Message
Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Psalm 90:12
Glennell, Buda
“Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.” Romans 13:8 NIV
Kim
Orange City
Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
Jeremiah 33:3 NIV
Eleanor
Memphis, TN
Joining you in memorizing James……..Lord willing!
James 1:1-8 NIV
1) James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings. 2) Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3) because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4) Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5) If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6) But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7) That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; 8) he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.
Donna D, Sarnia, Ontario
For who is God besides the Lord?
And who is the Rock except our God?
It is God who arms me with strength
and makes my way perfect.
2 Sam 22: 32-33 NIV
Crystal, Mullica Hill, NJ-
Romans 8:12- ESV-So then, Bothers we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.