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
Stephanie S. from Richardson, TX
“Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him.”
Ecc. 10:12 (NASB)
Jessica Arkadelphia, Ar
2Peter 1:3 NIV
His divine power gas given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
Hannah, Mt. Holly, NC
Psalm 139:1-2 (ESV)- O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You discern my thoughts from afar
Pam, Springfield MO
“May the God of hope fill you will all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13 (NIV)
Vicki Limes
Sachse TX
“Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!” Luke 1:45, NIV
Darcy, Edwardsville, IL
“And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”
-Ephesians 4:17-19
Psalm 37:4 NIV
Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Sara Koumrian, Downey, CA
“Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.”
Psalm 37:4 NKJV
Allison Dalke, Edmond, Oklahoma
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.
Deuteronomy 31:6, NIV
J.J., Longmont, CO
John 16:33
(NIV)
33 “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.”
Jenna- Omaha, NE
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.” –James 1:2-3 (NIV84)
But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul. (Deuteronomy 4:29 NIV)
Emily Byrd: Baton Rouge, LA
So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience…
Colossians 3:12
New American Standard
Paige ATL NIV
Isaiah 54:6 The Lord will call you back as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit–a wife who married young, only to be rejected, says your God.
Shannon, Tuscaloosa
“Whether, then, you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.”
1 Cor 10:31 NASB
Sara Koumrian, Downey, CA
“Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.”
Psalm 37:5 NKJV
For God shall bring every work into judgement, with every secret thing, whether it be good,or whether it be evil. Ecclesiastes 12:14
Tami, Happy Valley, OR
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Psalm 25:14 NIV
Alisa, Clinton,MS
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
Blessed are the pure at heart, for they shall see God.”
Matthew 5: 7 & 8 ESV
Connie from Fairhope AL Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. Heb 11:1 NLT
Amanda Cross, Van Buren, AR
Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread,and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good,and delight yourselves in rich food. Isaiah 55:2 ESV
Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; uphold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
Romans 12:9-10 ESV
Sacramento, CA
I love you, O Lord,
my strength.
Psalm 18:1 NIV
Shawna Dazey Kent, WA
“For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.” -Psalm 33:4 NIV
Ashley P; Colorado Springs: You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. (Psalms 16:11 NIV84)
Kristen
Round Rock
Now this I know: The Lord gives victory to his anointed. He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary with the victorious power of his right hand. (Psalm 20:6 NIV)
Alice from Houston
Who has heard of such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? Or shall a nation be brought forth in a moment? For as soon as Zion was in labor, she brought forth her children.
Isaiah 66:8 AMP
Michelle from Highlands Ranch, CO
Rejoice always, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (1 Thessalonians 5:16, 18 NIV)
Tiffany, Greensboro, North Carolina
James 1:5 NIV
“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.”
Cheryl Cash Fort Portal, Uganda
“LORD, my heart is not proud; my eyes are not haughty. I do not get involved with things too great or too difficult for me.”
Psalm 131:1 HCSB
Katie Linder, College Station, TX
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
2 Corinthians 4:16-17
Sharon, Pontotoc, MS
But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued
about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment,
but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
Jude 9 NASB
Katie Linder, College Station, TX
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
2 Corinthians 4:16-17 NIV
I know my Redeemer lives, and that in the end 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
Annabel, Whitewater, KS
Let us be joyful and glad! Let us give him glory!
It is time for the Lamb’s wedding. His bride has made herself ready. Rev. 19:7, NIrV
Shauna, Farmington MN. She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. (Proverbs 31:27 ESV)
Beth from Niamey
1 Peter 2:6 “See, I lay in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”
NIV
Emily, Coralville, IA A person without self-control is like a house with its doors and windows knocked out. Proverbs 25:28, The Message
Tanya, Whitewater, KS
You must know (recognize) that you were redeemed (ransomed) from the useless (fruitless) way of living inherited by tradition from [your] forefathers, not with corruptible things [such as] silver and gold, But [you were purchased] with the precious blood of Christ (the Messiah), like that of a [sacrificial] Lamb without blemish or spot.
1 Peter 1:18-19, Amplified
Michelle Weihing, Frisco, TX
Hebrews 10:23 NET – And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.
Naomi
Olympia,WA
Jeremiah 6:16 Here is what ADONAI says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask about the ancient paths, “Which one is the good way?” Take it, and you will find rest for your souls. Complete Jewish Bible
Amber, Birmingham
Isaiah 41:10, HCSB
Do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be afraid, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you; I will help you;
I will hold on to you with My righteous right hand.
Ephesians 6:17 ( NIV)”And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God”
Vivian, Birmingham, Alabama
The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust in my name. When they call on me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them. I will reward them with a long life and give them my salvation.
Psalm 91:14-16 NLT
Katy Motsinger, Frisco, TX
“Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check.”
James 3:1-2 NIV
Dena K., Columbus, OH:
The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord , have never forsaken those who seek you. (Psalm 9:9, 10 NIV)
Jennifer, Medford OR
But I have trusted in Thy lovingkindness; my heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation. I will sing to the Lord, because He has dealt bountifully with me.
Psalms 13:5-6 (NASB)
Abby from Columbus,TX
Jeremiah 29:11
“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.”
NIV
Kristin, Jacksonville, AL
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. (Psalms 34:18 ESV)
Sarah from Lincoln, NE
“But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.” James 1:6, ESV