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
Burlington, VT
Have faith in Him in all circumstances, dear people.
Open up your heart to Him;
the True God shelters us in His arms.
Psalm 62:8
Debbie, Fairfax, VA
What is impossible with man is possible with God. – Luke 18:27 (NIV)
Marissa in Wisconsin:
“Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted.”
Matthew 5:4 (NLT)
“But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.” Heb. 10:39 NIV (1984)
Dawn – Pampa, TX
Create in me a pure heart, O God & renew steadfast spirit within me .
Psalm 51:10. NIV
Rachelle, Starkville
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus
has made me free
from the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law could not do
in that it was weak through the flesh,
God did
by sending His own Son
in the likeness of sinful flesh,
on account of sin:
He condemned sin in the flesh.
4 that
the righteous requirement of the law
might be fulfilled in us
who do not walk according to the flesh
but according to the Spirit.
Romans 8: 2-4 NKJV
Nicki, Worcester, UK
Psalm 138:3 NIV
[3] When I called, you answered me; you greatly emboldened me.
Jill from Oak Ridge TN
I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to itand nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him. Ecc. 3:14 NIV
Ivah, Sacramento, Ca
Creat in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 NIV
Jude 4 NIV
For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago hve secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.
Ashley, Kingwood, TX
“He will be great and will be called the son of the Most High. The Lord God wil give him the throne of his father David.” Luke 1:32 NIV
Patti from La Porte
“Glorious and majestic are his deeds,
and his righteousness endures forever.”
Psalm 111: 3 NIV
Patti from La Porte
“He has caused his wonders to be remembered;
the Lord is gracious and compassionate.”
Psalm 111:4 NIV
Sandy from Centennial,CO
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.”
Psalm 139:23-24 NASB
Allyson
League City TX
Psalm 86:2
“Preserve my life, for I am godly; save your servant, who trusts in You-You are my God.”
(I’m playing “catch up posting” and this may be a duplicate, sorry 🙂
Burlington, VT
Let my words and my thoughts be pleasing to you, Lord, because you are my mighty rock and my protector. Psalm 19:14 Contemporary English Version
Sandy From Centennial, CO. “Rejoice always. Pray without Ceasing. In Everything give thanks; for this is God’s Will for you in Christ Jesus.” I Thes. 5:16-18 NASB
Allison, Jersey Village
And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
Mark 16:15 ESV
Lynchburg, VA.
Psalm 51:12 (English Standard Version)
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and uphold me with a willing spirit.
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts in you” Is 26:3 ESV
Sandy from Centennial, CO. “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts in you” Is 26:3 ESV
So I have looked for You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.
Psalm 63:2 NKJV
Sandy from Hygiene Colorado Proverbs 17:17a: ” A friend loves at all times,” NIV
Create in me a pure heart, O God and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Psalm 51:10 NIV
Austin
jn 1:14
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Savannah, Arkadelphia AR
Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.
Matt 5:5, NIV
Sandy from Hygiene Colorado Genesis 9:15b “Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.” (NIV)
Shannon Houston, TX
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 NIV
Ruth, Odin, IL
“in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.”
-Romans 8:4 (NIV84)
Morgan, Commerce TX. The habitation of the just shall be blessed. Proverbs 3:33 NIV
Lucette from Thunder Bay, Ontario “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.” Phil. 4:6 (NKJV)
“I will say to the north and south, bring my sons and daughters back to Israel from the distant corners of the earth. Isaiah 43:6. NLT
Greenville Ohio
Sandy from Centennial, CO “For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison. While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal”. 2Corinthians 5: 17-18 NASB
Sara, Jackson- “let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions.”
Romans 6:12 ESV
Selina, Aberdeen. “For by grace are ye saved through grace, and not that of yourselves. Not of works, lest any man should boast.”. Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV
Stacy, Greenfield, Indiana “May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Thessalonians 5:23 NIV
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. Romans 8:28 NIV
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 NIV
Mechanicsville, VA
‘If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.’
John 14:7 NIV
Emilie Eaton, IN
Psalm 32:8 NIV
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go. I will counsel you and watch over you.
Depart from evil,and do good; and dwell for evermore.
Psalms 37:27 KJ
Johnine from 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. I Peter 1:22 NIV
Whitney from Russellville, TN
Blessed is he who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but who delight themselves in The Lord and meditate on his law day and night. They are like a tree planted by streams of water which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither – whatever they do prospers. Psalms 1:1-3. TNIVi
Holly from Alpharetta, GA
He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.
Psalm 103: 3 NLT
Holly from Alpharetta, GA
He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies.
Psalm 103: 4 NLT
Sandy from Centennial,CO says “And the Lord is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you,He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear, or be dismayed” Duet31:8 NASB
Burlington, VT
The wise in hart accept commands,
but a chattering fool comes to ruin. Proverbs 10:8
Psalm 51:12 NKJ
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
Michelle Jones, Jacksonville
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Philippians 2:3 KJV
Sandy from Centennial, CO says “The Lord is my portion” says my soul, “therefore, I have hope in Him.”
Lamentations 3:24 NASB