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
Tammie from Carlisle, PA
Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord , God of hosts. (Jeremiah 15:16 ESV)
Marcia in Windermere, FL
Psalm 19:14 NLT
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.
Tonia from Minnesota “only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.” Deuteromony 4:9 NIV
Cherie from Morgantown, WV
Pride leads to disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
Proverbs 11:2 NLT
Proverbs 17:22 MSG
A cheerful disposition is good for your health; gloom and doom leave you bone tired.
These commandments I give you today are to be upon your hearts.
Impress them on your children.
Talk about them as you walk along the road,
when you lie down and when you get up.
Deuteronomy 6:6,7 NIV
Bridget Roberts, Cadillac MI
Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God; for God cannot tempted by evil, nor does He himself tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
James 1:12-15 nkjv
Karen F., Unionville, PA
2 Chronicles 15:2b (NIV)
The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
Becky – Clemmons, NC
Our people must also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.
-Titus 3:14
Sabine, Surrey, United Kingdom
be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time; thank God no matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (Message)
Tiffany, Nampa, ID
PSALM 139:4 NLT
You know what I am going to say even before I say it Lord.
Tatiana, Geneva IL
“Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness.”
(Luke 11:34 ESV)
“Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory. – 1 Peter 1:8 (ESV)
Romans 8:4
in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who walk not according to the flesh but according to the spirit.
ESV
Kristi: Inman, SC
“And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.” Romans 5:5 NIV
Turkesshia, Greensboro
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Matthew 5:4 KJV
Robin Ramirez
Ardmore, OK
“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous person is powerful and effective.”
James 5:16(NIV)
Vanessa Kornelsen
Linköping, Sweden
“The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.”
Romans 8:7+8 (NIV)
Heather, Morristown, TN
For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
James 1:7-8 NASB
Liz- Geismar, LA
“..to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn.”
Isaiah 61:2 NIV 1984
Hartland, WI
For what gives you the right to make such a judgment? What do you have that God hasn’t given you? And if everything you have is from God; why boast as though it were not a gift? 1 Corinthians 4:7 (NLT)
Nicole, Polkton, NC
Don’t worry about anything, but pray about everything. With thankful hearts offer up your prayers and requests to God. (Philippians 4:6 CEV)
Melody: NC
Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please God. For whoever comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. NIV
Jennifer, Denham Springs, LA
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us… Gal. 3:13, HCSB
Hallelujah!
Michelle, Carver, MA.
“The LORD your God is in your midst; he is a warrior who can deliver. He takes great delight in you; he renews you by his love; he shouts for joy over you.”
Zephaniah 3:17 NET
Katera, Kentwood, LA
You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden. Matthew 5:14
Angel Bowman
Murfreesboro, TN
Jonah prayed: “I called to the Lord in my distress, and he answered me. From the depths of my watery grave I cried for help, and you heard my cry.”
Jonah 2:2 (GW)
Joan Fredericktown OH
Psalm 119:92 amp
unless Your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction
It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name
O Most High
proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night
Psalm 92:1 NIV
Christy, Edgerton, MN
Kristy – Birmingham, Al
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:13 NIV
Marianne,Saegertown,PA
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 8:12 ESV
He who gives attention to the word shall find good, And blessed is he who trusts in the Lord. Proverbs 16:20. NASB.
Kimberli Fondren from Cottondale, AL
Do everything in love. I Corinthians 16:14
Kristina, Ellenton, FL So do not worry, saying, “What shall we eat?” or “What shall we drink?” or “What shall we wear?” For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:31-34 NIV
“Do you not know that your body is the temple (the very sanctuary) of the Holy Spirit Who lives within you, Whom you have received (as a Gift) from God? You are not your own.”
1 Cor. 6:19 AMP
San Luis Obispo
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Prov. 3:6 (ESV)
Round Rock, Psalm 57:10 ESV
For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
Alaina/Tyler, TX
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
James 1:2-3 NIV
Peggy – Wauseon, OH “Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such along time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘show us the Father?’ Don’t you believe that I am the Father, and that the Father is in me? The works I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.” John 14: 9- 14 NIV
Jamie, Holly Springs, NC
Psalm 142:2-3 NIV
I pour out my complaint before him; before him I tell my trouble. When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who know my way.
Dana Pace, Florida
For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ.
2 Cor. 1:20
Sarah Sour Lake TX Psalm 34:18 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. (NIV)
(Sorry this is late, my Daddy went to be with the LORD on Feb. 6th, 2013 – memorial and burial were last week.)
Hebrews 10:23, NIV:
“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.”
Amber from Fort Worth, TX:
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 (ESV)
Amy, Lawrenceville
Isaiah 41:10 NLT
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.
Breanna Dennis, Belle Vernon, PA
“The wisdom from above is fist of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere.”
James 3:17 NLT
*Sorry! Some medical emergencies have keep me from deciding and posting till now.
Christy
Vidor, TX
Psalm 51:10-12 (NASB)
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from Your presence
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation
And sustain me with a willing spirit.
Marcie-Scottsdale,AZ
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.
I do not give to you as the world gives.
Do not let your hearts be troubled
and do not be afraid.
(John 14:27 NIV)
Anna S, Sullivan, MO
“A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.”
Jeremiah 17:12 (NIV)
Valerie
Lubbock, TX
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. Rom 15:13 (NIV)