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
Erika, OH
“They are blessed whose thoughts are pure, for they will see God.
Matthew 5:8, NCV
Marta, Anchorage AK
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you”, declares the Lord “and will bring you back from captivity.”
Jer 29:11-14 NIV
Jennifer-Knoxville, TN-“For I am the LORD your God, who upholds your right hand, Who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.” Isaiah 41:13 NASBNASB
Anisha McKinney TX
We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ. 2 Cor 10:5 ESV
Gena Carter, Conway, AR
Psalm 142:7 NIV. “Set me free from my prison, that I may praise Your Name. The righteous will gather about me because of Your goodness to me.
Karen, Redmond. Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16 NIV
Mary Kell Lilburn, GA. Humble yourselves, therefore under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 1 Peter 5:6 NIV
Bryn, Frisco, TX, 1 Peter 5:6, Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time, NIV
Denissa, Brownfield, TX
Study this book of instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do. Joshua 1:8 NLT
Mary in Sartell, MN. Proverbs 16:3 (NIV)
Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.
Rachel, Orlando, Florida
“As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.”
-Psalm 103:13 ESV
Cindy from Fort Worth, TX
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
I John 4:10-11, NIV
Kay – Deer Park
For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you.
1st Thessalonians 1:4 NIV’84
Leslie, Sand Springs, OK, “I 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.” John 16:33 (NIV)
Dawn, Pampa , TX
Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear The Lord and shun evil. Proverbs 3:7. NIV
Prov. 3:5 (NIV) “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.”
As the deer pants
for streams of water
so my soul
pants for you,
O God.
Psalm 42 NLT
Barrett, Plano, Texas
Oshkosh WI
But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness. Psalm 86:15 NIV
Debbie G, Poplarville, MS
The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 1:14 (NIV)
Jennifer,Sisters,OR
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:15-16 ESV
Joyce Lobmaster, St Louis, MO
To the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. Ephesians 1:6 NIV 1984
Cheryl Frerichs, Kankakee, IL
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. Matt. 6:33 KJV
Julie, Gresham, OR
“And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow – not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below – indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39 (NLT)
Lawana- Fayetteville, AR The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. (Zephaniah 3:17 ESV)
Janice Waco, Tx
“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.” The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.”
Lamentations 3:22-26, NIV
Ginger, El Paso, TX: “For great is your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.” Psalm 108:4 NIV
“God will put his angels in charge of you to protect you wherever you go.” ~ Psalm 91:11 GNT
Vanessa, Rio Rancho NM
I sought the Lord and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Psalm 34:4 NIV
Mandeville, LA
Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Psalm 23:6 (NIV)
Janet from St. Louis
Philippians 2:4 (NIV)
Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Sarah, Tacoma WA
1 Kings 2:2b-3 (NIV)
“So be strong, show yourself a man and observe what the Lord your God requires. Walk in his ways and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and requirements as written in the Law of Moses so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go.”
The LORD your God is with you,
the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you;
in His love He will no longer rebuke you,
but will rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
Janet Long Clinton, MO
Mark 10:27 (NIV1984)
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”
Sharon
Houston
8For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God— 9not the result of works, so that no one may boast. Ephesians 2:8 NRSV
Jennifer, Jackson, TN
“Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!” Luke 1:45 NIV
Ashley Skinta, Frisco, TX
The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.
1 Corinthians 10:13 NLT
NIV ~ Psalm 27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation—
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life—
of whom shall I be afraid?
Megan, Potlatch ID
Psalm 16:7-NKJV I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.
Shannon: Charlotte, NC- “And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their own good and the good of their children after them. I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me. I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.” Jeremiah 32:38-41
Chelsia from Waverly, MN
“For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.” 2 Cor 2:15, ESV
Jane Kay, Brandon, MS.
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
Ephesians 1:17-19 NKJV
Katelyn P., Arlington, TX
“Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”
1 John 4:8
Jenny
Corona, Ca.
Let us not love with words and speech but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:18, NIV
Donna West, Edmonds, WA Isaiah 61:1 NIV
The Spirit of the Soverign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has appointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners.
Mitzi from Lepanto, AR
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. James 1:21 NIV
Kate from Parker, CO:
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Psalm 19:14 (NIV)
Be still and know that I am God. ~ Ps 46:10 ~
Saskatoon, Sk. Canada
Cindy, Longmont
Psalm 77:14 – You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the people’s.
NIV
Michele, Nampa, Idaho
Isaiah 55:6 Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. (NIV)