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
Gina, Chattanooga TN
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Romans 12:12 NIV
Becky, St. Augustine, “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 1:8 NIV
Rose, in Dallas
Deuteronomy 10:12-13, ESV
And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord which I am commanding your today for your good?
Christen, Denver CO
And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules
Ezekiel 36:27 ESV
Nancy, St. Augustine, FL
For God is sheer beauty; all-generous in love, loyal always and ever. Psalm 100:5 (MSG)
Sharon Stiglic – Boca Raton, Fl
“The Lord hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those who are crushed in Spirit.”
Psalm 34: 17-18 (NLT)
Sarah Lozier Biddeford, ME
“For it is not an idle word for you; indeed it is your life. And by this word you will prolong your days in the land, which you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”
Deuteronomy 32:47 (Whoot!)
Jennifer ~ Garland, TX
Oh, Lord GOD! You Yourself made the heavens and earth by Your great power and with Your outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You! Jeremiah 32:17 (HCSB)
Sharon, McKinney, TX
John 14:21 Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him. NIV
Kayla – Clinton, MN
Psalm 34:8 NASB – “O taste and see that the Lord is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!”
Ivy Morrison
Willis, TX
1 Corinthians 13:2 MSG
“If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith to say to a mountain, “Jump”, and it jumps, but I don’t love, I’m nothing.”
Danika, Tulare, CA
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.
Romans 8:28 NIV
I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
Galatians 2:21 (ESV)
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
Colossians 4:2
Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners,Christ died for us. KJV
When you produce much fruit,you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father.
John 15:8 NLT
Kristy Rome, Georgia “The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms And he thrust out the enemy before you and said, Destroy” Deuteronomy 33:27 ESV
TAMI FROM FLORIDA
JUDE 1:9 (NIV)
But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
Pam, San Marino, CA
Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. Proverbs 4:23 NLT
Jill Osborne, Winter Haven, FL
“For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”
Colossians 3:3 ESV
Linda. Omaha, Nebraska
Lam.3:22-24
The Lord’s loving kindnesses never cease,
His compassions never fail,
They are new every morning,
Great is His faithfulness.
The Lord is my portion, says my soul.
Therefore I have hope in Him.
NAS
Carolyn
Houston, TX
Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in Me. John 14:1 NIV 84
Titus 2:3-5 (RSV)
…”Train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be sensible, chaste, domestic, kind and submissive to their husbands, that the word of God may not be discredited.”
Diana
Temple City, CA
Kathy – Epsom New Hampshire
Psalm 139:23,24 NIV
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
“When Christ, who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.” Colossians 3:4 (NIV)
Kristin, Florida
Robbie, Magnolia,TX
Niv
The name of the Lord is a strong tower
The righteous run to it and are safe.
Proverbs 18:10
Help me run Lord!
Gay Wilgus, Fenwick Island, Delaware
Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not go weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Isiah 40:31 (NIV)
Stephanie, Canton, GA: “Therefore if any person is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away. Behold the fresh and new has come! (II Corinthians 5:17, AMP).
Alexis, Anderson,SC
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. James 1:5 (NIV)
Titus 2:11-12
For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people.It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.
NIV
Tammy
Lantana,TX
It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; He will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.
Deuteronomy 31:8
ESV
Sara Wyatt, Pratt, KS
For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love and self-discipline.
2 Timothy 1:7 NLT
Sarah, Sydney, Australia.
“Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a loyal spirit within me. Do not banish me from your presence,
and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and make me willing to obey you.” Psalm 51:10-12 NLT
Emily Jordan
Virginia Beach, VA
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
Romans 8:28 (NAS)
Darlene, Mt. Airy, MD. And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen. Philippians 4:19-20. NASB
I wasn’t sure what verse I wanted to memorize this time and I had been thinking about a couple. But then I talked to my daughter and when she told me her verse I felt like it was just what I needed also. So here we go and thanks Monica, my precious daughter. You are a big inspiration to me and I love you so much. This is to my father’s glory,that you bear much fruit,showing yourselves to be my disciples.John 15:8(NIV) Twyla McAmis,Cleveland,Tennessee.
Nevertheless I am continually with You; You hold me by my right hand. You will guide me with Your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart fail; but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:23-26 (NKJV)
I am very much needing to be rehearsing that my total security is in my Father God Almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth. He is my “portion” God Himself is MY INHERITANCE! Whom shall I ever fear?
Mar Jo The Woodlands, TX: How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things Romans 10:15. NIV
This is real love-not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.
1John 4:10, 11. NLT
Trish- Pamplico, SC
Sam, Hanscom AFB, MA
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;”
Proverbs 3:5, NIV
Morag, Bishop, CA
“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the LORD “and bring you back from captivity…”
Jeremiah 29: 13-14a
Dina haynie
Of Benjamin he said,may the beloved of the Lord dwell in security by Him, who shields him all the day,and he dwells between His shoulders
Deuteronomy 33:12 (nasb)
Gina, Waynesville, NC
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
1 Peter 3:9 NIV
Heidi – Stewartville, MN
But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.
Acts 7:55-56 KJV
Beth, Waco, TX
“Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and to show true humility toward all men.” Titus 3:1-2 NIV
We take captive every thought and make it obedient to Christ.
2 Cor 10:5 NIV
Katie, SC
Tori, Robinson, TX
“We who are strong must be considerate of those who are sensitive about things like this. We must not just please ourselves.”
Romans 15:1 NLT
We love because he first loved us. 1John 4:19 Niv
Marilyn from Missouri: But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto thee.Matthew 6:33 KJV
Brooke, Bartlesville
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:9 ESV)