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
Laura, Sabina, Oh
II Timothy 2:15
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
KJV
Psalm 27:8
“My heart says of You, “Seek His face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek.”
Louisa, London
“Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.”
Hosea 6:1 ESV
The mind of a sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace. Romans 8:6
Marilyn, Harvey, Iowa, The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.
1 Thessialoninians 5:24 NIV
Mark 12:24,27 (NKJV)
Jesus answered and said to them, “Are you not therefore mistaken,because you do not know the scriptures nor the power of God?”
“He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living. You are therfore greatly mistaken”
Jan from albuquerque, nm
Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 NLT
Connie, Durham, NC, ” But love your enemies, do good to them and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the the most high, because He is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.” NIV
“May integrity and uprightness protect me because my hope is in You.”
Psalm 25:21 Krisitn, Austin
Charleston, SC “I am honored all over the world. And there are people who know how to worship me all over the world, who honor me by bringing their best to me. They’re saying it everywhere: ‘God is greater, this God-of-the-Angel-Armies.’ Malachi 1:11 (MSG)
Birmingham, Alabama “I am honored all over the world. And there are people who know how to worship me all over the world, who honor me by bringing their best to me. They’re saying it everywhere: ‘God is greater, this God-of-the-Angel-Armies.’ Malachi 1:11 (MSG)
Jolinda Ross- Yukon, Oklahoma, I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” Lamentations 3:24 NIV
Carrie Wiley – McKinney, TX. “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.” Romans 15:13ESV
Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the Lord.
Psalm 27:14 NIV
Greenville, SC
Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord your God is with you, He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.
Kristen, Costa Mesa CA – “…The joy of The Lord is your strength.” (Nehemiah 8:10 NIV)
Psalm 105: 4 (NIV)
Look to the Lord and his strength;
seek his face always.
Katie G. – Crawford, Texas – “But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” 2 Cor. 4:7 (NIV84)
Sara Brownlee
Pottsville, Arkansas
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Jesus Christ.
Philippians 4:7 KJV
Michelle Dyck, Oklahoma City, Ok
(sorry it’s late)
“Many are the woes of the wicked, but the Lord’s unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts in Him.” Psalms 32:10, NIV
Meggie, Winnipeg, Canada.
“For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken,” says the LORD, who has mercy on you. Isaiah 54:10 NLT
Kim, Brooklyn, “He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.” (Psalm 1:3 NKJV)
Sara, West Plains, MO
Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always. 1Chronicles 16:11 NIV
There, in the presence of The Lord your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice in everything you have put your hand to, because The Lord your God has blessed you.
Deuteronomy 12:7 NIV
Susan Melling , Kansas City
Lauren Spence from Decatur, TX
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
Anna Fowler, Seattle, WA
“Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.” (1 Thessalonians 5:18 NLT)
Revelation 5:11-13
The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth. Psalm 145:18 NIV
Sarah, West Valley City, Ut
Nor should there be obscenity, or foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.
Ephesians 5:4 NIV
“Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” NIV
“Devote Yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” Col. 4:2 NIV
Joy, Warrior, AL
Romans 8:7-9 ESV
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law. Indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
Carolyn, Terrace BC Canada
Romans 8:6 NIV
The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is peace.
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV
Megan here from Stafford, VA
John 16: 20-22 NIV
I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come, but when her baby is born, she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. So with you: Now s your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice and no one will take away your joy.
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. James 1:5 (NKJV)
Ann
Ft Lauderdale, FL
“Make me walk in the path of your commands, for that is where my happiness is found.” Psalm 119:35 NKJV
pat w. green bank,wv. May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other. 1 Thessalonians 3:12 NIV.
Matthew 5:44
NIV
Kaity Seavolt Haysville, Kansas
“But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you…”
Raquel Sydney Australia
“Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstamp from its place.” Revelation 2:5 NIV
Look, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?
Jeremiah 32:27
“Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.” 2 Thessalonians 3:16 (NIV)
Angie Summerville, SC
Bec Sandeman, Bendigo, Australia
“Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.” 2 Thess.3:16(NIV)
Michelle, Bothell, WA: Psalm 18:2 “The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my savior; My God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the power that saves me, and my place of safety.” NLT
Susan from Madison,MS
1 Peter 3:4-NLT
You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.
Donna. Deer Park. NIV
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart my portion forever. Psalm 73:26
Pamela, Missouri
Ps 103: 11&12 (HCSB)
For as high as the heavens are above the earth,so great is His faithful love toward those who fear Him.
As far as the east is from the west,so far has He removed
our transgressions from us.
I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud
and your sins like a heavy mist.
Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
Isaiah 44:22 NASB
Ema
Normal, IL
John 15:5 NKJV
“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
Twyla, Lubbock. “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)
Wendy – Modesto, CA
No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will never leave you nor forsake you.
Joshua 1:5
NIV