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.)Ā  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.Ā  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,Ā 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. 2601
    PAT sCHRAMM says:

    For with God nothing shall be impossible. Luke 1:37

  2. 2602
    yvonne newsome says:

    Yvonne, King, NC, When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.
    Luke 12:11 & 12, NIV 1984

  3. 2603
    Veronica says:

    Veronica-Atlanta, Georgia
    Faith is being sure of what we hope for, it is being certain of what we do not see. Heb 11:1 (nirv)

  4. 2604
    Tamberly Wheeler says:

    Tamberly, Flower Mound
    Phil 4:7 (ESV) And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

  5. 2605
    Margaret says:

    Hebrews 1:3,4 NRSV
    He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

  6. 2606
    Kaitlin says:

    Kaitlin Houston,TX

    Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, ā€˜Here I am.ā€™ ā€œIf you take away from among you the yoke, the putting out of the finger, and speaking wickedly; and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then your light shall rise in darkness, and your obscurity be as the noonday.”Isaiah 58:9-10 World English Bible

  7. 2607
    Susan Kowalcek says:

    Susan, Tucson, AZ. The eyes of the Lord are everywhere,Ā keeping watch on the wicked and the good. Proverbs 15:3 NIV

  8. 2608
    April says:

    Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and possess the land. Exodus 23:30 ESV

  9. 2609
    Bobbie, Litchfield, MN says:

    “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.”

    Romans 8:28 (NKJV)

  10. 2610
    Alyson Lung says:

    Alyson; Longmont, CO
    And do everything with love. (1 Corinthians 16:14 NLT)

  11. 2611
    Rebecca says:

    Rebecca, Chattanooga, TN

    The Lord works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed. He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel. The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.
    Psalm 103:6-10 ESV

  12. 2612
    Laura Holt says:

    Laura Holt, Huntsville, AL
    “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds through Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 4:6-7 (NKJV)

  13. 2613
    Margaret Walker says:

    Margaret Memphis, TN

    Lamentations 3:21-24 (ESV)

    But this I call to mind,
    and therefore I have hope:
    The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;[a]
    his mercies never come to an end;
    they are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.
    ā€œThe Lord is my portion,ā€ says my soul,
    ā€œtherefore I will hope in him.ā€

  14. 2614
    April says:

    April, Portland,ME

    Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and possess the land. Exodus 23:30 ESV

  15. 2615
    Christy says:

    Christy; Nappanee, IN
    For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
    Romans 8:38-39, NIV

  16. 2616
    Tonya says:

    Tonya from Quantico, VA

    John 16:33 NIV ā€œI have told you these things, so that in me you

    may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have

    overcome the world.ā€

  17. 2617
    Britney says:

    Britney– Concord, NC– “For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.” -Philippians 2:13 (NKJV)

  18. 2618
    Connie says:

    Connie, Kingwood, TX

    For God so loved the world. That he gave his only begotten son. That whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
    John 3:16. NIV

  19. 2619
    Patricia says:

    Patricia from Croton-on-Hudson, NY “Judge not, that you be judged. For with the judgement you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.” Matthew 7:1-2~ Revised Standard Version-2nd Catholic Edition

  20. 2620
    Angela Wallace says:

    Angela, San Diego, CA

    “I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve.”

    Jeremiah 17:10 NIV

  21. 2621
    Holly says:

    Holly Longmont, Co

    We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19 NIV

  22. 2622
    Lynzie Brewer says:

    Lynzie
    Conway, AR

    “Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from before your birth, carried from the womb;
    even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.” Isaiah 46: 3-4, ESV

  23. 2623
    Rachel Bryant says:

    Rachel from Pineville, La
    But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
    James 3 : 17 NKJV

  24. 2624
    Casey Gilliam says:

    Casey Gilliam, Frisco, TX

    “For I know the plans I have for you,ā€ declares the Lord, ā€œplans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

  25. 2625
    Susan says:

    Susan, Carbondale, IL

    Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will isā€“his good, pleasing and perfect will. (Romans 12:2 NIV84)

  26. 2626
    Crystal says:

    Crystal
    Tenaha, TX

    May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, my Rock and my Redeemer.
    Psalm 19:14 NIV

  27. 2627
    Laura says:

    Laura, San Antonio, TX

    James 1:13-18 NASB
    “Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death. Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no shifting shadow. In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.”

  28. 2628
    Val Dyer says:

    Val, Ann Arbor, MI
    Proverbs 8:17 NRSV

    I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.

  29. 2629
    Janice Pitchford says:

    Janice in Abbeville,Al

    “Commit to The Lord whatever you do and He will establish your plans.”
    Proverbs 16:3 NIV

  30. 2630
    Connie Feight says:

    Connie,Sioux Falls SD “but when the archangel,Michael,contending with the devil,was disputing about the body of Moses,he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgement,but said,the Lord rebuke you.” Jude 1:6 esv

  31. 2631
    Vickie says:

    Vickie, Spokane, WA.

    I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

    Psalm91:2, NIV

  32. 2632
    Lisa says:

    Lisa from Hillsboro, Or

    Psalm 33:22 NLT

    Let your unfailing love surround us Lord, for our hope is in you alone.

  33. 2633
    Marissa Torres says:

    Marissa, Houston, Tx

    Jeremiah 31:3
    ā€œThe LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness.ā€(NIV)

  34. 2634
    HannahBryant says:

    But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
    james 3: 17 NKJV

  35. 2635
    Stephanie says:

    Stephanie Lancione Chambersburg

    And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrificeā€”the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. (Romans 12:1 NLT)

  36. 2636
    Kathy from Ivins, Utah says:

    Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Romans 12:2 NLT

  37. 2637
    Carrie says:

    Carrie, Atlanta. “For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” 2 Timothy 1:7 ESV

  38. 2638
    Kara Bonn says:

    Kara from West Palm Beach,

    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 30:21 ESV)

  39. 2639
    Tammy says:

    Tammy from Maryville MO
    I know that my Redeemer lives, and that he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see him with my own eyes-I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me! Job 19:25-27

  40. 2640
    Stephanie says:

    Stephanie, Valrico, FL Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. (Mark 11:24 ESV)

  41. 2641
    Tammy T says:

    Tammy T. Woodstock, GA

    Matt. 5:9 KJV Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.

  42. 2642
    Sharie says:

    Sharie Simmer Chillicothe, MO

    The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, and with my song I shall thank Him. Psalm 28:7 NASB

  43. 2643
    Susie says:

    The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Deuteronomy 31:8 NIV

  44. 2644
    Robie ;Bakersfield California says:

    Deliver me, O Lord,from mine enemies; I flee unto thee to hide me. Psalm 143:9 KJV

  45. 2645
    Jenny Watson says:

    Jenny Watson, Littleton, CO

    “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.” Matthew 7:12 NIV

  46. 2646
    Jill Knight says:

    Jill,Fort Ashby, WV

    “For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock.” Psalms 27:5 NIV84

  47. 2647
    Melissa says:

    Melissa Grayson, GA
    You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.
    I Peter 3:4 (NLT)

  48. 2648
    Jane says:

    Jane, Northfield, MN “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified, do not be dscouraged for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go” Joshua l:9 NIV

  49. 2649
    Danna M. says:

    Danna; Atlanta,TX.
    Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Colossians 3:12 NIV

  50. 2650
    Shannon Davis says:

    Shannon, Mt. Olive, Al

    Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

    Phil 4: 6-7

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