2013 Siesta Scripture Memory Team: Verse 4!

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.

 

 

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  1. 951
    Lisa, Flowery Branch, GA says:

    We are afflicted in everyway,
    but not crushed;
    perplexed, but not despairing,
    persecuted, but not forsaken,
    struck down, but not destroyed.
    2 Corinthians 4: 8-9
    New American Standard

  2. 952
    Ava says:

    “Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.” Ephesians 6:19-20, NIV

    Ava-Tyler Tx.

  3. 953
    Emily says:

    Emily from Birmingham, AL … “I sought the Lord and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.” Psalm 34:4 (ESV)

  4. 954
    Adelyn Lewisburg says:

    Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and you will continually do good, kind things for others. All the while, you will learn to know God better and better. NLT

  5. 955
    Paula Williamson says:

    Paula, Houston, TX

    Commit to The Lord all that you do and you will succeed.
    Proverbs 16:3, NIV

  6. 956
    Kassie Dulin says:

    Kassie Dulin from Southlake, TX
    “Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord!” (Luke 1:45, NKJV)

  7. 957
    Erma Kelso says:

    Erma, Houston.
    Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil and cling to what is good. Rom. 2:9 NIV

  8. 958
    Trish Murph says:

    A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

    Proverbs 15:1 (NIV)

    Trish from California, MD

  9. 959
    Brooke says:

    Brooke, French Lick, In
    Surely the Lord your God has blessed you in all your undertakings, he knows you are going thru this wilderness. These 40 yrs the Lord your God has been with you;you have lacked nothing. Deut.2:7 NRSV

  10. 960
    Jan Kalne says:

    Jan, Littleton CO

    Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, (1 Peter 3:1 NIV)

  11. 961
    Carolyn Schwindt says:

    Carolyn
    Kearney, Nebraska
    Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not conceited.
    1 Corinthians 13:4 HCBS

  12. 962
    Debbie says:

    Debbie, Fort Thomas, KY
    Spend your time and energy in training yourself for spiritual fitness. Physical exercise has some value, but spiritual exercise is much more important, for it promises a reward in both this life and the next.
    1 Timothy 4:7b-8 NLT

  13. 963

    Jennifer, Cypress, TX
    Hebrews 5:13-14 NIV
    “Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.”

  14. 964
    Concetta says:

    Concetta, White Oak, TX, Psalms 4:8 NLT ” In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone,
    O Lord, will keep me safe.”

  15. 965
    Cindy says:

    Cindy, Belleville, IL
    I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people. Ephesians 1:18 NIV

  16. 966
    Sarah Ross says:

    Sarah, Colorado Springs
    1 Chronicles 29:11
    Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and the earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and Yours it is to be exalted as Head over all.
    (Amp)

  17. 967
    Amanda says:

    Amanda
    Albuquerque, NM
    For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps. (1 Peter 2:21 NLT)

  18. 968
    Dianne says:

    Dianne, FL

    “Commit your works to the Lord, and your thoughts will be established.”

    Proverbs 16:3

  19. 969
    Vasthie says:

    Vasthie Orlando, FL

    Surely the arm of the Lord is not to short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins has hidden his face from you so that he will not hear. Isaiah 59:1-2 NIV

  20. 970
    Debbie Mayo says:

    Debbie
    Decatur,Al

    But you shall have power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to
    Me in Jerualem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria and to the end of the earth.
    Acts 1:8 NKJV

  21. 971
    Angie from London, United Kingdom says:

    “This is the one I esteem’ says the Lord, ‘he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.”
    Isaiah 66:2 (ESV)

  22. 972
    Audrey Davidson says:

    Audrey from Fayetteville, AR

    “Stand firm in your faith, or you will not stand for anything.”

    Isaiah 7:9b NIV

  23. 973
    Michelle Alosa says:

    Michelle Alosa Concord, NH
    James 1:19-20 NLT
    “Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires.”

  24. 974
    Kathleen says:

    Kathleen , Georgetown, TX
    Colossians 3:13 NIV84
    Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as The Lord forgave you.

  25. 975
    Brianna Taeuber says:

    Frisco, TX

    May you be strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for all endurance and patience, with joy giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the saint’s inheritance in the light. –Colossians 1:11-12, Holman

  26. 976

    All who have ears and can hear listen to what the Spirit has to say to the churches. NIV Sally Denton Rev. 3:6

  27. 977
    Suey says:

    Suey, Houston,II Thes. 1:2, Grace and peace to you. NIV

  28. 978
    Brittney says:

    Brittney, San Angelo, TX “Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom, teaching, and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” Colossians 3:16 NASB

  29. 979
    Nancy Borrett says:

    Nancy–Yonges Island, SC

    “For as the rain and snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall My word be that goes out from My mouth; it shall not return to Me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55: 10-11 ESV

  30. 980

    And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. Isaiah 30:20-21 ESV

  31. 981
    Buffy Edelstein says:

    Buffy from Frisco, TX: Blessed is she who has believed that The Lord would fulfill his promises to her. Luke 1:45 NIV

  32. 982
    Trechell says:

    Spring, TX
    Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that everyone will see your progress.
    1 Timothy 4:15 (NET)

  33. 983
    Lynne Jones says:

    Lynne Jones, Gainesville VA

    As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
    2 Samuel 22:31

  34. 984
    SarahBeth says:

    Sarah, Wilmington, NC

    So Christ has really set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law. Galatians 5:1 NLT

  35. 985
    Renee Law says:

    Renee
    Huntington, West Virginia

    Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. (Psalms 139:14 NLT)

  36. 986
    Neeley says:

    Neeley from Auburn, AL

    James 3:4 NIV- ” Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. “

  37. 987
    Teri says:

    Teri, Wayne, MI

    to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn in Zion. – Isaiah 61:2 NIV

  38. 988
    Brandee Loftis says:

    Brandee from White House, TN

    You direct me on the path that leads to a beautiful life. As I walk with You, the pleasures are never-ending, and I know true joy and contentment. Psalm 16:11, The Voice

  39. 989
    Josie says:

    Josie ~ Salem, OR
    Psalms 27:4
    NASB
    “One thing I have asked from the Lord , that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord and to meditate in His temple.”

  40. 990
    Sarah says:

    Sarah
    Webb City, MO

    “In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.

    Psalm 5:3 NIV

  41. 991
    Ginger says:

    Ginger, Phoenix, AZ

    “O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; You perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; You are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue You know it completely, O LORD.”
    Psalm 139:1-4 (NIV1984)

  42. 992
    Diera Smith says:

    Diera – Austin
    “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus..”
    Ephesians 3:20-21a NIV

  43. 993
    Jackie UK says:

    Jackie UK Romans 12:1-2 The Message

    So, here’s what I want you to do, God helping you:

    Take your everyday, ordinary life- your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking- around life- and place it before God as an offering.

    Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for Him.

    Don’t become so well adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking.

    Instead, fix your attention on God.

    You’ll be changed from the inside out.

    Readily recognise what He wants from you, and quickly respond to it.

    Unlike the culture around you,always dragging you down to it’s level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.

  44. 994
    Kim Kizzia says:

    You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in You. Isaiah 26:3 ESV

  45. 995
    Michelle Baylerian says:

    Michelle Baylerian
    Waukesha, WI

    Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives
    Galatians 5:25 NLT

  46. 996
    Janice Rempel says:

    Janice R, Steinbach, MB “For the king trusts in the Lord; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken.” Ps 21:7

  47. 997
    Haylee Scott says:

    “Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'” (Isaiah 41:10 NASB)

  48. 998
    Robin Freeman says:

    Robin Freeman~Garland, Tx

    The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

    Proverbs 18:21

  49. 999
    Lisa from Philadelphia says:

    Isaiah 43:1 Amplified
    But now, thus says The Lord, your Creator, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel, Do not fear, for I have redeemed you, I have called you by name; you are Mine.

  50. 1000
    Tammy Andrea says:

    Tammy
    Pottsboro,TX
    Praise be to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spirital blessing in Christ.
    Ephesians 1:3 NIV

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