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
Joni, Littleton, CO
2Timothy 1:7 NKJV
“For God did not give us a spirit of fear; but a spirit of power, of love and of a sound mind.”
Debra
Dallas, GA
The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.
Deuteronomy 31:8 (NIV)
Lord you alone are my portion and my cup, you make my lot secure. Psalm 16:5
Amy from Lufkin, Tx.
But His delight is in the law of The Lord, on his law he meditates day and night.
Psalm 1:2
Connie, Amarillo, TX
“Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things.” Phil. 4:8 NIV
Patti, Shalimar, FL, Get down on your knees before the Master, it’s the only way to get on your feet. James 4:10 (MSG)
Lisa-Frisco, TX; “You are my refuge and my shield, your word is my source of hope.” -Psalms 119:114 NLT
Liz, Nashua, NH
Matthew 7:3 & 4
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?”
Virginia, Longmont CO
Ephesians 4:2 NLT
“Be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other because of your love.”
Bevra, Midland, Tx, “Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken” (Psalm 62:5-6). NIV
Sarah, Greenwood, AR
“For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” Matthew 12:34b ESV
Sarah in Wilmington, DE (getting ready to run a 1/2 Marathon this week!)
I can do all things through Christ[a] who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:13 NKJV
Cindy
Bellingham, Wa
Romans 8:1 NIV
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus
Lala Ball Cooper in Ruston, Louisiana, says:
“Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.”
1 John 2:18 KJV
Allison, Scottsdale, AZ – For Valentine’s Day…and every day:
“Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrong-doing, but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
(1 Cor. 13:4-8) The New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)
Ashley Pointer from Spring, Texas
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might. Ecclesiastes 9:10 NIV
Christain Kotoucek from Norman, OK
Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. (Psalm 51:12 NIV)
Angie W., Federal Way, WA
Test Me in this way,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out a blessing for you without measure.” Malachi 3:10 HCSB
Jeni Michener, Trophy Club, Texas
“The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Exodus 14:14
NIV
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23 NKJV
Karla, Maumee, OH
“My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.” James 1:19-20 (NIV)
2 Sammuel 22:50
Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations. I will sing the praise of your name.
Amanda B
Oklahoma City
Sorry im a few days late i was out having a baby!!!
Brandy Hennessy, Mooresville, IN;
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and self- dicipline. 2 Timothy 1:7
Exodus 33:13 (NIV) – If You are pleased with me, teach me Your ways so I may know You and continue to find favour with You.
Charlotte, Easley SC
“So faith comes from hearing the Good News, and people hear the Good News when someone tells them about Christ.” Romans 10:17 (NCV)
April Nicole, New Orleans
“Brothers, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead, I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus.”
Phillipians 3:13-14, HCSB
Laurie Giddings
Lake Stevens, WA
“A soft answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
Proverbs 15:1 (ESV)
Be still and know that I am God. Psalms 46:10
Leanne, Abbotsford BC, Canada
For we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood, but against the evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against those mighty powers of darkness who rule this world, and against wicked spirits in the heavenly realms. Eph. 6:12 NLT
Monica, Abbotsford, BC Canada
Ps 16:7-8 NIV
I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I have set the Lord always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
“But first, be concerned about His Kingdom and what has His approval. Than all these things will be provided for you.” (Matthew 6:33) NIV
Lezli, Columbus, GA “For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.” Colossians 1:16, NIV
Meli, College Station, TX
James 4:2 (NIV)
We often have not because we ask not.
The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.
Psalm 118:14 (NIV)
Nikki, Wichita, KS
“To appoint to them that mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.” Webster’s Bible
Rebekah; Sayre, PA
“Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”
Hebrews 4:16 NIV
Christine, Augusta, Ga
“Now this is what the Lord says-the One who created you, Jacob, and the One who formed you, Israel-“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you: I have called you by your name; you are Mine.” Isaiah 43:1 HCSB
Almut, London, GB
You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wished to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. James 4,4
Christa, Denver, CO
“Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.” Nahum 1:12b ESV
Psalm 119:37 (CEV)
Take away my foolish desires,
and let me find life
by walking with you.
Donna from Angleton, TX
Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. I Peter 5:7 ESV
Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires.
Psalm 37:4 NLT
“There’s no fear in love.” -1 John 4:18 esv
Heather, Fleming Island Florida
Hebrews 4:16 (ESV)
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Terri
Senoia, GA
“Show me your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; on You I wait all the day. ”
Psalm 25:4-5
NKJV
Ann, Little Rock, AR
But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made The Lord God my refuge, That I may tell of all Your works.
Psalm 73:28 NASB
Lynn in Leonardtown, MD ” because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified; and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.” ESV Romans 10:9-10
Susan-Statesville, NC
And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
2 Cor. 12:9
Stephanie Columbus, OH KJV Acts 26:18 To open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgivenss of sins and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in Me.
Cheryl from Brisbane,
“But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. (James 3:17, 18 ESV)”