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
Wendy Pratt. Mission,BC,Canada
Psalm 46:1 NLT
God is our refuge and strength,always ready to help in times of trouble.
Kelley Mansfield, Sharpsburg, GA
Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. Romans 13:10 NIV
Monica Pribe, Blacklick, OH “Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.” Psalm 51:6 -ESV
Sallie Belle, Tupelo, MS
My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weakness, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. ESV 2 Corinthians 12:9
Mick S. Cinti Ohio
Ezra said to them, “Go, eat and drink what you enjoy, and give some to him who has nothing ready. For this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be sad for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Nehemiah 8:9-11 NIV
Amy, Albemarle, NC
Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
Romans 8:5, NIV
Genesis 3:1 “Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” ESV
Vicki Knott, Greenwood, S.C.
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18 NIV
if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
2 Corinthians 7:14 (NKJV)
Jennifer – Wilmington DE – Getting together this morning with 8 of the 20 women doing this with me this year to share and practice our verses!!! Fits this verse to a T!! 🙂
Ephesians 3:20-21 (NIV)
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Robin Mullins, Noblesville, IN
“And I am certain that God who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.” Phil 1:6, New LIving Translation.
Santa Rosa Beach, FL
“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.”
Ephesians 3:21&22 KJV
Charlene, Houston, Psalm 136:26 NASB
Give thanks to the God of heaven, for His lovingkindness is everlasting.
(late)Janice, Burkburnett, TX
Psalm 139:23-24(NLT)
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
Ashleigh, Mobile, AL
“Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.”
Hebrews 5:8-10 (ESV)
Nancy, Bethlehem, PA…Zephaniah 3:17…NIV
“yahweh your God is among you, a warrior who saves. He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will bring you quietness with His love. He will delight in you with shouts of joy.”
Linda, Johnstown, PA
John 15:5 (HCSB)
“I am the vine, you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without Me.”
Amanda, Durham, NC. “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour fourth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard.” Psalm 19:1-3 NIV
Debbie
Millen, GA
Isaiah 61:4 AMP
4 And they shall rebuild the ancient ruins; they shall raise up the former desolations and renew the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations.
Susan,
Norfolk,VA
Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boaste. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.
James 3:5 NIV
Judy-Taylors SC
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 TNIV)
Rom 5:5 NIV “…and hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.”
Brooke from Waco, TX: Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Romans 12:12 (ESV)
Pam, Houston, TX
Consider it pure joy, brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:2-4, NIV
Fran, Stedman, NC
“I will sing to the Lord, because He has dealt bountifully
with me.”
Psalm 13:6 NKJV
Lisa, Wichita,KS
I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?
Jeremiah 32:27 NIV
Janet
Charleston, SC
Each time he said, “My gracious favor is all you need. My power works best in your weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may work through me.
2 Corinthians 12:9
NLT
Kelli Hine
Sheridan, IN
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord Himself, is my strength and my defense, he has become my salvation.
Isaiah 12:2
Kristy Dorminy, Woodstock, Ga
Psalm 5:1-3
Give ear to my words, O Lord, Consider my groaning. Heed the sound of my cry for help, my Kind and my God, for to YOu I pray. In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice; in the early morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch.
Melissa Collum McDonough, GA
“As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord” Joshua 24:15
NIV (Had to make verse 4 easy as I am still trying to memorize verse 3)
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NAS
4 Love is patient, love is kind and is not not jealous: love does not brag and is not arrogant,
5 does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered,
6 does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Pam, Holland, MI
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 1 Cor 13:4 NIV
Kim, Oklahoma City
2 Corinthians 12:9
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. NIV
“Thus says the Lord who made the earth, the Lord who formed it to establish it— the Lord is his name: Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. (Jeremiah 33:2, 3 ESV)
Cindy, Richmond, VA – “Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.” Psalm 51:9-12 ESV –
Paula from Maine
“No promise from God is empty of power, for with God there is no such thing as impossibility.” Luke 1:37 Passion Translation
Note: this verse can be translated in two different ways. The translator has chosen to include both for this verse.
Kim – St. Louis, MO
Forget about what’s happened; don’t keep going over old history. Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new. It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it? There it is! I’m making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands. – Isaiah 43:8-19 MSG
Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoner (NIV) Linda from Tallahassee
Tiffany, Texas City, TX
Lainey, Texas City, TX
For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourself with Christ.
Galatians 3:27, NASB
Jessie Rossville, GA Psalm 139:1 NKJV
O Lord, You have searched me and known me.
Vilma, Rancho Cucamonga. The Spirit and your desires are enemies of each other. They are always fighting each other and keeping you from doing what you feel you should. (Galatians 5:17 CEV)
Lynne from Manakin-Sabot, VA
Finally, Brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable -if anything is excellent or praiseworthy -think about such things. Philippians 4:8 (NIV)
Hannah from Chico, TX
Have nothing to do with foolish igorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. 24 And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,25 correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowlede of the truth,
2 Timothy 2:23-25
Linda, Moneta Va
Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.
Prov 4:23, NKJV
Achara, Jacksonville
I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you protect them from the evil one.
John 17:15, ESV
TAMI WALKER
AUBURNDALE, FLORIDA
JUDE 1:9
But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
Thank you Beth. I needed this.
Whitney from Cape Girardeau, MO
“He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him. I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors: You have given me wisdom and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the dream of the King.”
Daniel 2: 22-23 NIV
Melissa, San Antonio. Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. Revelation 3:20, NIV.
Matthew 6:20 NIV
Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven where moths and vermin do not destroy and where theives do not break and steal- for where you treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Susan R.- Chapel Hill, NC
Beth, Dyersburg, Tennessee
See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. Hebrews 12:15 NIV