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
Janelle, WBP, FL:
For we do not have an enduring city here; instead, we seek the one to come. Therefore, through Him let us continually offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of our lips that confess His name.
Hebrews 13:14-15 HCSB
Kelly, Auburn, AL – “Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exhalted amoung the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10 NASB
JoAnne; Deville, Louisiana
Matthew 11:12 (NIV 1984) “From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.”
Amy Hawk, Hood River, OR, “The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O Lord, endures forever — do not abandon the works of your hands.” Psalm 138:8, NIV84
Ephesians 2:1-3 (am memorizing Ephesians)
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience–among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
Jana from San Angelo, TX.
Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.” John 6:35, NIV
Lorain in Rathdrum, ID
She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.
Proverbs 31:13 NIV
Lauren from Demopolis, AL: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:1,2 ESV
Julia
Ft Worth, Texas
Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
NIV
Sharon Lititz, PA
Psalm 63:8 KJV
My soul followeth hard after thee, thy right hand upholdeth me.
Isaiah 55:8-9NIV “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
Kathy, Danvers
Lamentations 3:21-23 NIV
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.
Candy; La Grange, Texas
But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk
I Corinthians 7:17 KJV
Jenny; Kelowna, BC
Matthew 6:34 The Message
Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.
Denise
Lenexa, KS
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified…for
the Lord your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.
Deuteronomy 31:6 NIV
Rachel, Fairland, IN
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24 NIV
Alicia, OKC
You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander and filthy language from your lips.
Colossians 3:7-8
NIV
Natalie Johnson; Leesburg, GA; “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” John 10:10 NIV
Kylie, Wichita, KS “Listen carefully to my words. Do NOT lose sight of them. Let them penetrate deep into your heart. For they bring life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.” Proverbs 4:20b-22 (NLT)
Sarah, Truman MN
His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
2 Peter 1:3 NIV
Chantel; Watson, LA; Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6:34, NIV
Beth, Lititz, PA
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
Karin from Clinton, NJ
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 NIV
Marky – Pocatello, ID – Hebrews 11:1
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” NRSV
Laura from Souderton, PA:
This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength.”
Isaiah 30:15 (NIV)
Lisa,Wichita KS
For I am Lord of your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. Isaiah 41:13
Emili milwakee WI, Psalm 112:7 -8 “He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord. His heart is secure, he will have no fear; in the end he will look in triumph on his foes.”
but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. (Philippians 2:7 ESV)
Kate chalker
highland , california
2 corinthians 10:5 ESV
we destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God and take every thought captive to obey Christ
Diane; Charleston, IL
“If you are being foolish, exalting yourself, or if you are devising evil, put a hand over your mouth! For pressing milk produces curds, pressing a nose produces blood, and pressing anger produces strife.”
Proverbs 30:31-32 RSV
Karen
Houston, TX
Commit to The Lord all that you do and you will succeed.
Proverbs 16:3, NIV
Everyone who hears these words of Mine and puts them into practice is like a wise [woman]who built [her] house on the rock. Matt.7:24 (NIV)
Lizzie Smiley, San Antonio Siestas
“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 NIV84
Angela, Warsaw
The meat of their fellowship offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day it is offered; they must leave none of it till morning. Leviticus 7:15 (NIV)
Heather, Shokan, New York
Do not be wise in your own eyes, fear the LORD and depart from evil. It will be health to your flesh and strength to your bones.
NKJV Proverbs 3:7-8
Karen, Carmel, IN
Psalm 37: 2-3 NIV
Trust in the Lord and do good;
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture
Delight yourself in the Lord
and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.
Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.
Phil 2:3, NIV
Gloria Haynes, Shreveport, LA
“Commit your work to The Lord, and your plans will be established.”
Proverbs 16:3 ESV
Psalm 16:2
I say to The Lord, “You are my Lord, apart from you I have no good thing!”
TNIV
Charlotte, NC
Sabrina
Lincoln, Nebraska
Proverbs 16:3 New Living Translation
Commit your actions to the Lord, and your plans will succeed.
Dana, Shawnee, KS,
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
Linda from Tomball, TX “Let every detail in your lives–words, actions, whatever–be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way.” Colossians 3:17 (The Message)
Corley in Conway, AR:
“For God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but one of power, love, and sound judgment.” 2 Timothy 1.7
From the Great Forsake and Take! 🙂
Leslie, Spartanburg, SC, Psalms 66:20 “Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me!” NIV
Pam, Corydon, Indiana
“Be earnest and unwearied and steadfast in your prayer (life), being (both) alert and intent in (your praying) with thanksgiving.”
Colossians 4:2
Amplified
Cindy, Nashville, TN
“I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” Psalm 27:13 NIV
Mary Ann Columbia Mo Deuteronomy 6:23ESV
And He brought us out from there, that He might bring us in and give us the land that He swore to give our fathers.
Melissa, Conway, AR
“If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out out selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.” Philippians 2:1-4 (NIV)
Danville, PA
Casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you.
IPeter 5:7 KJV
Kathleen Watkins Ga
“You will know that I am the Lord when I deal with you for my name’s sake and not according to your evil ways and corrupt practices.” Ezekiel 20: 44 NIV