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
Michelle Bordelon Prairieville, LA
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
I’ve been so anxious to get to this one!!
“You crown (surround) the year with your bounty (good), and your carts overflow with abundance.” ~ Psalm 65:11 (NIV)
It’s Gonna be a GOOD Year!
Hollie R.
Granbury, TX
April, Lake Charles, LA
“For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but your received the Spirit of sonship. And by Him we cry out, ‘Abba, Father.'” ~ Rom. 8:15 (NIV)
Chella from Texas
“When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my father.” – John 15:8 NLT
Lauren D, Forney,TX
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:58
Angie W. – Allen, TX
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. (Ephesians 4:32 NIV)
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, the Lord is my portion, therefore I will wait for Him. The Lord is good to those whose hope is in Him, to the one who seeks Him”~ Lamentations 3:22-25 NIV
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13 NIV
Nancilea, The Woodlands, TX
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
(Ephesians 4:32 ESV)
Robyn, Ballwin, MO
Matthew 6:34 (NIV)
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
I pour out my complaints before him
and tell him all my troubles.
When I am overwhelmed,
you alone know the way I should turn.
Psalm 142:2-3 (NLT)
Valerie, Omaha. He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Romans 8:32 NKJV
Kathryn, Oceanside, “Throw your burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the godly to be upended” Psalms 55:22 NET
Jane, Bakersfield, CA
“I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.”
Philippians 4:12
Judy, Virginia
“Do everything with out complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without Fault in a crooked or depraved generation in which you shine like stars in the universe.” Philippians 2:14(NIV)
Jeni Vevay, IN
Luke 24:8 (NIV) Then they remembered His words.
(I know it is short but it is so me….struggle, struggle struggle then I remember His words.)
The meek shall inherit the land & delight themselves in abundant peace. Psalm 37:11 ESV
Sonya
Aurora, Colorado
“Hear O Israel, The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes
of your houses and on your gates.”
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 NIV
Abby Kaufman
Vacaville CA
This is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more
Phillipians 1:9, NIV
Deep calls unto Deep
at the roar of your waterfalls;
Your breakers and your waves
have gone over me.
By day the Lord commands his steadfast love,
and at night His song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life. Psa. 42: 7-8, ESV
Debbie, Hattiesburg, MS:
“Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.”
Galatians 5:1 (NKJV)
Debi – Merrimack, NH
“Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: you must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to get angry.” James 1:19 (NLT)
Jacee-Bothell, WA
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for mt oiwer is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. FOr the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Valerie, Fultondale, AL
“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” 2 Corinthians 5:21 NIV
Rachel, Blairsville, GA. “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.” Luke 12:32, NIV.
Fort Lewis, WA
Turn away from evil and do good. Search for peace, and work to maintain it. (Psalms 34:14 NLT)
Cindy from Valdosta, GA
But those who hope in The Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:31
Lynn, Shelby Twp., MI
Greater love has no one than this; that he lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 NIV
Csb Philippians 2:1-2 if then there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship with the spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy by thinking the same way, having the same love, sharing the same feeling, focusing on one goal
Kenslea, Birmingham AL
Promise me, O women of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and wild deer, not to awaken love until the time is right. Song of Songs 2:7 NLT
Michelle- Windermere, Fl, However, it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him” 1 Cor. 2:9 (NIV84)
Renada Hays Sedalia, CO.
Hard work means prosperity, only a fool idles away his time proverbs 12:11 the lliving bible
Wendy from Abilene, TX
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (ESV)
Psalm 90:12, 14, 17 (NRSV)
“So teach us to count our days
that we may gain a wise heart.
Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,
so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us,
and prosper for us the work of our hands”
Kept forgetting:
Megan JOY Burdzy – Calgary, Alberta Canada – “I am God, the God of your father,” the voice said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make your family into a great nation. I will go with you down to Egypt, and I will bring you back again. – Genesis 46:3-4 (NLT)
Lori in Newnan, GA
“My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.”
~Psalm 73:26 (NIV)
Michelle, Alberta, Canada
“The Lord is Good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;”
Lamentations 3:25 NIV
Karon, Canton, NC
The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
James 5:16b NKJV
Gina, Tulsa, , Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love. 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 NIV
Marita – Maricopa, AZ
Isa 45:22
22 “Turn to me and be saved,
all the ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.
ESV
Leslie in Houston, TX
“She looks for wool and flax
And works with her hands in delight.” (Proverbs 31:13, NASB)
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him
and He will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)
Allison, Colorado Springs
“Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!”
Luke 1:45 NIV
Cassie, Trafalgar
I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of The Lord in the land of the living. Psalm 27:13
Sarah from Texas
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the door frames of your houses and on your gates.” Deuteronomy 6:5-9 NIV
Jeannie, Palmer
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. Hebrews 11:8
Sheri from Naples, Italy:
A wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 14:1 UNASB
Anne, Maine
Romans 8:28 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. NIV
Candis, South Bend IN.
He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. Psalms 47:3-4
Whitewright, TX
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 6:12 NIV