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
Pat Tayes. TN
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,
and a light unto my path.”
Psalm 119:105 (KJV)
Janice, Tulsa. Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress to keep oneself unstained by the world. James 1:27 (HCSB)
Joy Klassen
Manitoba, Canada
Psalm 139:7-8
New International Version (NIV)
7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
Theresa, Cincinnati. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. John 15:8, NIV.
Be still before The Lord and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their evil schemes.
Psalm 37:7
NIV84
Do everything without grumbling and faultfinding and complaining… Phil 2:14a AMP
Johnine
Murfreesboro, TN
Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart.
1 Peter 1:22
NIV
Kate from Tacoma, WA
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:18 NIV
Lindsay from Tampa, Florida
“but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you.”
Psalms 139:12 (NLT)
Julie, Waco
“You LOVE Him even though you have never seen Him. Though you do not see Him now, you TRUST Him; and you REJOICE with a glorious, inexpressible joy. The reward for trusting Him will be the SALVATION of your soul.”
1 Peter 1:8-9 (NLT)
Melissa J from Houston, TX
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 NIV
Jennie Spearin Granite Bay Ca
“The Lord your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17 NKJV
Amy, Chesterfield, MO
“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:32 NIV
Wiggins MS
But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more. Psalms 71:14 (KJV)
Children are a gift from The Lord. Babies are a reward.
Psalm 127:3 (NCV)
Isaiah 53:6
We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us have turned our own way; and The Lord has laid it on him the iniquity of us all
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. (Psalms 51:10-12 KJV)
See I have engraved you on the palms of my hands.
Isaiah 49:16. NIV
Jennifer Pipes in Russellville, Arkansas
Psalms 63:7 NLT
Because you are my helper, I sing for joy in the shadow of your wings.
Deana, Waco TX
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
Colossians 3:15 (NIV)
So speak encouraging words to one another. Build up HOPE so you’ll all be together in this, no one left behind. I know you’re already doing this; just keep doing it. 1Thess 5:11
Katie- Cypress
I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you. Genesis 28:15 NIV
Krista~Gunter, TX
“A heart at peace give life to teh body, but envy rots the bones.” Proverbs 14:30 NIV
Cathy princeton,tx
Psalm 40:13 Be pleased O LORD to save me
O LORD, come quickly to help me. NIV
Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises in her! Luke 1:45 NIV
Jess, Dickinson, ND
Psalm 55:22 (NIV)
Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you, he will never let the righteous fall.
Laura from West Paducah, KY
8 Do not rejoice over me, my enemy!
Though I have fallen, I will stand up;
though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light. Micah 7:8 (HCSB)
Larissa Simpson Benbrook, Tx
“For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.” Isaiah 41:13 NIV
Mika,Austin,Texas Jesus told her,”I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this Martha?” John 11:25-26
Shanalea from Riverside, CA
Let your roots grow down into him and let you lives be built in him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taugh, and you will overflow with thankfulness.
Colossians 2:7 NLT
“Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.” Matthew 5:41 NKJV
This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel says: In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength.”Isaiah 30:15ä NIV
Leigha, White Oak, TX, Proverbs 16:3, NLT
“Commit your actions to the Lord, and your plans will succeed.”
Boy am I way behind posting!! This is my 4th memory verse. Should have been posted February 15, 2013.
NIV — Romans 15:13
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!!
Karen, Ontario,Canada “My help cones from the Lord. the Maker of heaven and earth” ps 121 vs 2 NIV
Khristina, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
NIV Psalm 55:3
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
Khristina, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
NIV Psalm 56:3
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
Dawn in Menomonee Falls, WI
James 1:13-15 ESV
“Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am being tempted by God,’ for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.”
Kelly Ayers, Denton, TX
Whenever it came to rest, he said: Return Lord, to the countless thousands of Israel.
Numbers 10:36
Lisa McGriff, Abbeville, Alabama
Do not judge, or you to will be judged.
Matthew 7:1
NIV
Then he said to all, “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. ”
Luke 9:23
New American Bible
Erica Voss
Stafford, VA
And the Holy Spirit helps us in our distress. For we don’t even know what we should pray for, nor how we should pray. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will. And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
Romans 8:26-28 NLT
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstance; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
“Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on the vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail,
And the fields yield no food;
Though the flock may be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls—
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
The LORD God is my strength;
He will make my feet like deer’s feet,
And He will make me walk on my high hills.”
Habakkuk 3:17-19 NKJV
She brings him good, not harm all the days of her life.
Proverbs 31:12 NIV
Hebrews 10:38 NIV
But my righteous one will live by faith. And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him.
Kathy
Greer, SC
I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving kindness.
Jerimiah 31:3 NIV
Amber J., Tampa, FL, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.” (Hebrews 12:1-3, NIV)
Marsha C, Kannapolis, NC
“All scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. ”
2 Timothy 3:16 ESV
Annalee in Houston
Psalm 91:1 (NIV)
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High,
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.