Hey, Everybody!
I just loved Lindsee’s previous post! Didn’t you? (Oops, I know better than to ask a question on SSMT day that might tempt you to answer with more than your verse. So scratch that. But at least know that I’ve been heavily into writing lately and am almost desperate for Siesta interaction. We’re going to need a livestream soon and for my sake much more than yours.) I love some occasional randomness here on the blog. Well, I actually love it more often than occasionally. But I appreciate it most of all when random and awkward meet in the hall and hold hands like seventh graders who think they’re in love. Now we’re talking. Random doesn’t get better than that. And we got some mighty fine random awkwardness out of those lists.
But, alas, today is not random. Today is for taking the next big step in our life-thriving, heart-guarding, mind-saving journey of memorizing 24 Scriptures in 2013. Wooooohoooooo!
I am a little tickled over the verse I’m about to share with you because I really like to offer one up that many of you could consider as a selection in case you’re drawing a blank. I give that process thought every single time I write an SSMT post and have for each year we’ve practiced it. It’s the least I can do as your resident Siestaville rally girl. This time I just couldn’t make it happen, however, because I’m memorizing out of the Book of Jude and I need to proceed to the next verse. So, with seriousness and focused intention plus a side order of mild amusement, I offer you my official 2013 SSMT Verse 4:
Beth, Houston. But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.” Jude 1:9 ESV
What??!? That’s not the exact verse you’ve been longing to memorize? It’s not like I read your mail?? Finding out what happened to the body of Moses has not been your latest Scripture obsession?? This may be the first time – lo these many SSMT years – when no one opts to jump with me into my selection. You’ve got to admit it’s gloriously intriguing though. I’m totally taken with it and have been reading through a commentary as I’ve proceeded in the memorization. Jude is short on words and wild as a bucking bronco in a cramped corral on themes. Don’t dream of suggesting that the verse has little relevance for us. When the enemy is harassing you, just try occasionally saying out loud with lungs full of faith, “The Lord rebuke you” and see what happens. And I’m going to see what happens, too, because I’ve never diligently gone for that approach either. I don’t have many conversations with the enemy and I hope you don’t have an overabundance of them either. Our dialogues need to be directly with God who triumphs over every principality and empowers us with His Spirit and shields us with His hand. But I do indeed at times voice rebukes and occasional directives for him to get out of my yard and away from my family. In Jesus’ Name.
Over the last decade or so, I’ve switched from saying “Get behind me, Satan” when I feel like he’s hard at work around me and messing with my loved ones to “Get behind JESUS, Satan.” Jesus is the one who coined the command in Matthew 16:23 and I’m not at all sure it’s the same ballgame with the same outcome when we repeat the words like we have the exact level of authority. Anyway, I don’t especially want Satan working behind my back. Do you? I want him behind Christ’s. With Jesus in between the two of us, we find safety.
OK, Sisters! Let’s hear your verses! Name, City, Verse, Reference and Translations please! I love you so much. I’m honored to journey with you on this adventure Home.
Tags: Scripture Memory 2013
Kayla Epperson
Winchester, KY
Then he said to them all: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it.”
Luke 9: 23-24 NIV
Megan, Northlake, TX
Lord , who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. (Psalms 15:1, 2 KJV)
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us
Hebrews 12:1
Hannah Turner
Maryville, Tennessee
JulieP, Tierra Verde, Florida
Hebrews 6:19 NET
“We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, which reaches inside behind the curtain,”
Elizabeth Boulware: Columbus, TX
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. ”
3 John 1:4 NIV
Stephanie; Ogden; “The Lord will guide you always; He will satisy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame.” Isaiah 58:11; NIV
Carol
Little Rock, AR
Romans 8:11
But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
NASB
Scottsdale, AZ
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
Tessa from Bryan, TX
“To Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy.” Jude 1:24 NIV
Jennifer from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
“I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.” Psalms 139:14 ESV
Diane Conner
Vinton, La
7 rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
Phil 2:7-8 NIV
Claire, Houston, 1 Peter 5:6, NIV, Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.
Vicki-Lake Jackson
The Lord is pleased with those who respect him, with those who trust his love.
Psalm 147:11 NCV
All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.
John 6:37 NASB
Carrie from Highlands Ranch
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Galation 6:9 NIV
Beth, Overland Park, Kansas
“What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.” – Romans 6:1-4 (NIV)
Shelley, Shalimar, FL
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
righteous and having salvation is he,
humble and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”
Zechariah 9:9 (ESV)
Jill, austin, TX
Lamentations 3:22-23 (esv)
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Sadee
Celebration, Florida
Psalm 57:1, ESV
Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,
for in you my soul takes refuge;
in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge,
till the storms of destruction pass by.
Psalms 139:4 NIV84
Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord .
Stacie
Livonia Mi
Debbie, PA, Nothing is impossible with God. Luke 1:37
Pat B.,Water Valley, MS
These things are written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you might have life through his name. John 20:30 KJV
Karen, Virginia Beach, VA
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 1984)
Bethany Shelton – Salem OR – “The Lord replied, “Look around at the nations; look and be amazed! For I am doing something in your own day, something you wouldn’t believe even if someone told you about it. (Habakkuk 1:5 NLT)”
Aimee- Houston, TX
“Train yourself to be godly. For physical training is of some value but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and life to come.” 1 Tim 4:7-8 NIV
Miriam – Granby, CT
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
(Colossians 2:8 ESV)
Melody P from Clinton, NC
For as in one body we have many members, and the memebers do not have all the same function, so we though many, are one Body in CHrist, and individually members one of another.
Romans 12:4-5 ESV
The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you!
2 Timothy 4:22
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Rhonda. SanAngelo,TX
do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6, 7 ESV)
She is more precious than jewels; nothing you desire compares to her.
Proverbs 3:15
Holman CSB
Shelly~Golden,CO
You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear Him and keep his commandments and obey His voice, and you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him.
Deuteronomy 13:4 ESV
For God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but one of power, love, and sound judgment. 2 Timothy 1:7 HCSB
NKJV, John 8:36- “Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed”.
Create i me a clean heart oh LOrd, and renew a right spirit in me. Ps 51:10
Phillipians 4:9
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me- put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
Cindi, Houston,TX
In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
Proverbs 16:9 NIV
Lisa, Plano, TX: “This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” John 15:8 NIV
Melinda
Burgin, KY
But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
Psalms 3:3
KJV
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. II Cor.5:17.
Robin, Birmingham
“But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.” Romans 6:17-18 esv
Sara / Highland Village, TX
He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
Colossians 1:17
(NASB)
Deborah Davis
Elgin,Texas
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness,
and all these things shall be added to you.
Matthew 6:33 (NKJV)
Brooke, Mobile, AL
For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Yet God, with undeserved kindness, declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when He freed us from the penalty for our sins.
Romans 3:23-24 (NLT)
Amy
Burnsville, MN
Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, people’s in exchange for your life.
Isaiah 43:4, ESV
Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.
Psalm 31:24 NIV
Lindsay from Grapevine, Tx:
“the Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.” psalm 37:23 (NLT)
DLynn; Argyle
Psalm 139:11-12 NIV
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
Amy and Taylor Watson San Antonio, TX
NIV
For no word from God will ever fail. Luke 1:37
Trisha Wall, Midland, TX:
“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:13-16
Ann, Cataula, GA
“If You are pleased with me, teach me Your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with You. Remember that this nation is Your people.” The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you , and I will give you rest.” Exodus 33:13, 14 (NIV)
Carla, South Florida
I pray that the eyes of your heart (understanding) may be enlightened in order tha you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints. Ephesians 1:18 NIV