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, Charlottesville “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
Brittnie , Sugar Land, Texas
Isaiah 41:13 (NIV) “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.”
Laura E- Tampa, Fl – Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. (Joshua 1:8 NIV)
Jane, Houston, TX
John 6:29 (NIV)
Jesus answered, “The work of the Lord is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
Leslie Crawley, Flagstaff, AZ,
“He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding!”
Daniel 2:21
Daniel 2:20 = HCSB
I mean: “Daniel 2:21 is HCSB”
Nichole C, Nashville, TN
Your unfailing love is better than life itself; how I praise you! Psalm 63:3 (NLT)
Tanya, Raleigh NC
The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still. NIV84
Wendy Wilson ( NIV) 2 Sam 22:33-34
It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect. He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to stand on the heights.
Bethany, Muskegon
“And Mary said: ‘My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.'”
Luke 1:46-48 NIV
Marie, Post Falls, Idaho –
“My salvation and my honor depend on God; He is my mighty rock, my refuge.” – Psalm 62:7 (NIV 1984)
Lorene, Lafayette, LA. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 NIV
Dedra Vick
Weatherford
NIV
Provberbs 3:7,8
7)Do not be wise in your own eyes! Fear the Lord and shun evil. 8) For this will bring health to the body and nourishment to the bones.
Joni, Port Neches. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:1-2, NIV84
Jenny, Elida, OH “If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.” James 1:5(NIV)
Mandy from Mt. Vernon
“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.” Hebrews 11:6 (NIV)
Nancy, NW Arkansas
Psalm 25:1 NIV
To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
Grace, Elida, OH “A wise woman strengthens her family. But a foolish woman destroys hers by what she does.” Proverbs 14:1(NIV)
Brenda – Hendersonville TN
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. Rom 15:13 NIV
Casey, San Antonio. “‘You are my witnesses’ declares the LORD, ‘and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me, no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. I, even I, am the LORD and apart from me there is no savior'” Isaiah 43:10-11 NIV
Tanya, Raleigh, NC
The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still. Exodus14:14 NIV84
Yvonne
Fresno, CA
James 5:13 NIV84 Is any on e of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise.
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart;I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” – Jeremiah 1:5 | NIV
Lindsey from Iowa City, Iowa
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you. (Psalms 51:10-13 ESV)
Warrior, AL
Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise His holy name.
Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits — Psalms 103:1-2 NIV84
Charlotte Bankson Gadsden, Alabama
“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast because they trust in You.”
Isaiah 26:3 NIV
Sheila, Beckley, WV Ecclesiastes 7:13 NIV84
Consider what God has done: Who can straighten what he has made crooked?
Becky, Whitehall, WI, Isaiah 58:6 “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?” NIV
Annette, Lee’s Summit, MO, NIV Colossians 1:11 —
“…being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully….” (to be continued on Mar 1st!)
Lezli. Oklahoma City, OK
Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord ’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” (Lamentations 3:21-24 NIV)
Dorian from Grimes, IA
“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
Giovanna, Holbrook NY –
But who can discern their own errors?
Forgive my hidden faults.
Keep your servant also from willful sins;
may they not rule over me.
Then I will be blameless,
innocent of great transgression.
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Psalm 19:12-14 (NIV)
Christy, Conifer, Colorado
2 John 8 Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you are rewarded fully. NIV 1984
(from SSMTC 2011, smile)
1Thessalonians 5:18
give thanks in all circumstances for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus
NIV
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name:bring an offering and come before Him. Worship the Lord in holy splender.
IChronicles 16:29 (NSRV)
Susan, Fort Worth, TX
Philippians 3:14 (NIV)
I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Christina, Nashville, TN
“You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what he said.”
Luke 1:45
NLT
Philippians 3: 13-14 NIV
But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus
Hanni, Indiana:
Future generations will also serve him. Our children will hear about the wonders of the Lord. His righteous acts will be told to those yet unborn. They will hear about everything He has done. (Ps. 22:30-31 NLT)
Andi, Rockwall, TX
Psalm 119:18 NIV
“Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.”
Brenda, Pewaukee, WI: Jeremiah 32:17 (NIV), “Ah, Sovereign Lord, You created the heavens and the earth by Your great power and Your outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.” (Hallelujah!!!)
Tiffany
Salisbury
He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right By his wounds you are healed. 1 Peter 2:24 (NLT)
christina moore, Plano, Texas~
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being.
Ephesians 3:14-16, NIV1984
Ginger, Tulsa OK
Psalm 61:2 King James Version (KJV) From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Durant, OK
Serve wholeheartedly, as you were serving the Lord, not men,
Ephesians 6:7NIV
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,
Colossians 3:23NIV
Albuquerque ESV James 1:4
So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed you will be perfect and complete
needing nothing.
Alison from Southport, NC. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6. NKJV.
Fountain, CO
“LORD,you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.” Psalm 16:5-6 NIV84
Tracy from Euless, TX
2 Corinthians 9:8 NASB
“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed;”
2 Corinthians 9:8 NASB
Peggyann ~ Crestview ~ “Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him.”
Psalm 34:8 NIV My 14 year old Compassion child, Arelis in Columbiam sent verse to me.
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10, NIV