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
Kate from Sterling, VA
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10, ESV
Lyli, Fort Lauderdale:
“Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves” (Romans 12:10, NIV).
Orange, TX
Rom.12:2 NIV
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Dee in Visalia, CA
Taste and see that The Lord is good. Oh the joys of those who take refuge in him! Fear The Lord, you his godly people, for those who fear him will have all they need. Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry, but those who trust in The Lord will lack no good thing. (Psalm 34:8-10)NIV
Melissa, St. Mary’s County. MD Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. Jude 9KJV
“For because He Himself (in His humanity) has suffered in being tempted (tested & tried) He is able (immediately) to run to the cry of (assist relieve) those who are being tempted & tested & tried (& who therefore are being exposed to suffering) Hebrews 2:18 Amplified Version
Ellen White
Saint Augustine, FL
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Galatians 6:9 NIV
I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
Psalm 63:5 (NIV)
Wendy from Owen Sound, ON: “He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant – not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.” 2Corinthians 3:6 NIV
The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” (Exodus 14:14 NIV)
Jennifer, Cullman, AL
Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her! Luke 1:45 NIV
Angela
Littleton, Colorado
“So be content with who you are, and don’t put on airs. God’s strong hand is on you; he’ll promote you at the right time. Live carefree before God, he is most careful with you.”
1 Peter 5:6-7.
MSG
Rachel D., Meridian, “The LORD will go forth like a WARRIOR, He will arouse His zeal like a man of war. He will utter a shout, yes, He will raise a war cry. He WILL PREVAIL against His enemies.” Isaiah 42:13 (NASB)
Heidi – Chicago, IL
“Take control of what I say, O Lord, and guard my lips.”
Psalm 141:3 NLT
Rachel, Rochester, NY: “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” Romans 12:2 (ESV)
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. Galatians 5:16 ESV
Amy Leonardtown, MD
Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you. Jeremiah 32:17 (NIV)
Amy from Charleston
“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.” Philippians 3:12, NIV
Cheri, Savage, MN Deuteronomy 30:14 NIV
No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.
Courtney Eastman, Kingsport TN: “Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken” Isaiah 54:10a
Kristen from Mount Joy, PA
Luke 1:45 Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished. (NIV)
Candace, Texas:)
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
Matthew 11:30 NASB
Nicole, Ocean Springs, MS
Against You, You only, I have sinned
And done what is evil in Your sight,
So that You are justified when You speak
And blameless when You judge.
~Psalm 51:4 (NASB)
For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. the Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be His people, His treasured possession.
The Lord did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. But it was because the Lord loved you and kept the oath he swore to your forefathers that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the powers of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.
Deuteronomy 7: 6-9 NIV
Jennifer Craven
Winston-Salem, NC
How great is the goodness you have stored up for those who fear you! You lavish it on those who come to you for protection, blessing them before the watching world.
Psalms 31:19 NLT
Andrea M, Okotoks, AB
Psalm 139:4
Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely (NIV)
Kristin, Belmont, NC – “Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” Philippians 2:3-4 ESV
Delanie, Spring Hill, TN Ps 19:1 NLT
The heavens tell of the glory of God. The skies display his marvelous craftsmanship.
Katie, Jonesboro, AR
“She is clothed with strength and dignity and she laughs without fear of the future.” Proverbs 31:25 (NLT)
Leanne
Sallis, MS
Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!
Luke 1:45 NIV
Whitney Janzen.
Edmond, Oklahoma
A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.
Luke 6:45 NLT
Melissa, San Antonio, TX
Hebrews 4:16 (NLT) So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
Lonnie, Omaha NE:
Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. (Ephesians 6:11 NLT)
Kristen Canton, MI. ” give thanks I The Lord, call on his name, make knowin among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted” Isaiah 12:4 NIV
Woops change “I” to “the” in my last post- auto correct
Ashley, Cary, NC “O Lord, you hear the desires of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear to do justice for the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.” Psalm 10:17-18 ESV
Amy, Winter Haven
“The fruit of that righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.” Isaiah 32:17 (NIV)
“For with God nothing is ever impossible and no word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment.” Luke 1:37 AMP
Laura- Vernon, BC, Canada
“So then, banish anxiety from your heart and cast off the troubles of your body, for youth and vigor are meaningless.”
Ecclesiastes 11:10 NIV
Anna
Birmingham
The Sovereign LORD has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.
Isaiah 50:4
NIV
Michelle, Houston “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, NIV 1984
Tyler, TX
Psalms 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
“All praise to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. He is the source of every mercy and the God who comforts us. He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When others are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.” 2 Corinth. 1:3-4 NLT
Karen
Wildwood, MO
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:1, NIV.
Marilyn Wirsz, Odessa FL
The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. Deuteronomy 28:12 NIV
Sherri Bennett, Huntington Beach, CA:
“The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.”
Psalm 138:8, ESV
Olivia, West Sussex, UK. “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. 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”. Romans5v1-5, NIV.
DeAnne, Talmage
The Lord is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped.
My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to Him in song. Psalm 28:7 NIV
Abigail from Charleston
“Not so the wicked!
They are like chaff
that the wind blows away.”
Psalms 1:4, NIV
Norrell
Prattville, AL
And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”
Luke 9:23
Psalm 25:4 NLT
Show me the path where I should walk, O Lord;
Point out the right road for me to follow.