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.)Â 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
Holly Pratt, KS So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic. (Isaiah 28:16 NIV)
Annie Atchison
South Chesterfield Va
Psalm 84:1-2 (NIV)
How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
Julie in Carlsbad, CA
“For nothing is impossible with God.”
Luke 1:37 (NIV)
Kathy, Shattuck, OK
“You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.” Psalm 139:3 NIV
Luke 6:45 New International Version (NIV)
“A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.”
But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous jedgement, but said, “The Lord rebuke you” Jude 1:9 (ESV)
Lynn, Lake Villa, IL
Joshua 1:9 NLT
This is my command – be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
Martha, Dickinson, ND
Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. I will praise you, O LORD my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name.
Psalm 86:11-12
NIV
Nayo from Evanston, IL
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV84
“Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.” (Psalm 25:4-5)
Katherine, Charlottesville, VA:
“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us” (Rom. 8:18).
Christina McClain Nampa, Idaho James1:3 HCSB “knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.”
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.” Do not be afraid for I myself will
help you, declares The Lord, your redeemer, The Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 41: 12,13. NIV. Winston-Salem, NC
Rebecca, Houston. Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4, NIV
II Timothy 1:7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. (NIV)
Anita, Big River, Saskatchewan, Canada
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.
Hebrews 12: 1 NIV84
Cris, Mooresville, IN-
Psalm 118:24- ESV
This is the day the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Alesha, Charlotte, NC
Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her! Luke 1:45 NIV
Danielle, Evansville: “See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut.” Revelations 3:8 (NIV)
Whitney from Mt. Vernon, TX…”Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.” John 5:24 (NASB)
Jenny, Houston
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. -1 Corinthians 10:13 (NIV)
Eva, Knoxville. (cont) If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to her. James 1:5 (NIV)
Suzy, Grove City, Ohio
Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill His promises to her. Luke 1:45 NIV
(borrowing Lindsee’s verse on her phone because it really spoke to me).
Cyndy, Columbia, SD
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. James 4:8 ESV
Linda from Stanley, WI
I Peter 2:24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. NIV
Desiree from Calgary, Alberta.
Every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation, or shifting shadow. James 1:17 NASB
Kathy, Fishers, IN
I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
Ps. 34:4 NIV
Heflin, al
Moses answered the people, ” do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance The Lord will bring you today.” Exodus14:13 niv
Heather K. Mosinee, WI
“He shall cover you with his feather and under his wings you shall find refuge; his truth shall be your shield and buckler.”
Psalm 91:4 NKJV
Kristin from Frisco, TX –
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Nicole, Somerville NJ
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.”
1 John 4:18-19(NKJV)
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. 19 We love Him because He first loved us.
Carol-Bellaire, TX
God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.
John 4:24(NKJV)
Ruth Cherry, Royse City, Texas
“For where two or three come together in my name, there I am with them.”
Matthew 18:20 NIV
Kate K.
Lafayette, IN
“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 NIV2011
Dee from Alden: “I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.” Jeremiah 29:14 NIV
Having moved over 35 times in my life, many of which felt like banishment, this verse offers me such hope.
Stacy from Hinckley, England
The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way, though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand.
Psalm 37v23-24 ESV
6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.
Romans 8:6
New International Version (NIV)
Kari, Charlottesville, VA
When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset. So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword. (Exodus 17:12, 13 TNIV)
Isa 30:21 NIV
Marcia, Portland, OR Philippians3:13b-14 NIV
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.
Abilene, TX
Ephesians 4: 31-32
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander,
along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to
one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
NIV84
Amanda, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. God is passionate about His relationship with you! Exodus 34:14
Rachel in Thousand Oaks, CA:
“Watch the way you talk. Let nothing foul or dirty come out of your mouth. Say only what helps, each word a gift.”
Eph 4:29 The Message
Lisa Campo; Blue Bell, PA
“I will lead the blind on their journey; by paths unknown I will guide them. I will turn darkness into light before them, and make crooked ways straight. These things I do for them, and I will not forsake them.”
Isaiah 42:16 NAB
Rebecca, Louisa, VA
But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His unfailing love, to deliver them from death and to keep them alive in famine. ~ Psalm 33:18-19 (NIV)
Kathy, Wake Forest, NC
“Whether, then, you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.”
1 Corinthians 10:31, NASB
Cindy
Flemingsburg, KY
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
Psalm 143:8 ESV
Cathi, Morristown TN
Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put them down, not cut them out.
Col 4:6 (The Message)
Avayd Ann, Kansas City, KS. For your Creator will be your husband; the Lord of Heaven’s Armies is His name! He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, the God of all the earth. Is 54:5 NLT