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
Amy, Tyler,TX
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings.
Consider it pure joy my brothers and sisters whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perserverance.
James 1:1-3 NIV
Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vine, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior. Habbakuk 3:17&18 (NIV)
Bonnie Whitaker, Lynchburg, VA
Kim Smith, Senatobia, MS- Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 ESV
Carol, Kansas City, MO
He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord really wants from you: He wants you to promote justice, to be faithful, and to live obediently before your God. (Micah 6:8 NET)
Sarah, Rockwall
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. (Philippians 4:6 NIV84)
Hannah, Perry, MI
“May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify [me] through and through. May [my] whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of [my] Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls [me] is faithful and he will do it.”
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 (NIV)
Above all, fear the LORD and worship Him faithfully with all your heart; consider the great things He has done for you. 1Samuel 12:24 HCSB
Ginger
Wetumpka, AL
Debbie, Sevierville NIV
But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved. Hebrews 10:39
Jessica
Cochranville, PA
“Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him and he will bring justice to the nations” Isaiah 42:1 NIV
Angie, Lees Summit
Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Luke 6:37-38 NIV
Lisa, Houston, TX
“For with God nothing will be impossible.”
Luke 1:37 NKJV
Kristy, Tallahassee, FL:
[I pray] that He may grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power in the inner man through His Spirit,
Ephesians 3:16 HCSB
Kristi, Austin
“He will not let your foot slip-
he who watches over you will not slumber.”
Psalm 121:3 NIV
Thus says the Lord, “restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded, says the Lord and your children will return from the enemy’s land. And there is hope for your future, says the Lord your children will come back to their own country.
Jeremiah 31:16-17
Amplified
Cindy in Raleigh NC
Psalm 32:7 NIV
You are my hiding place, you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.
Rochet from Kennesaw, GA
Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Hebrews 12:3 NIV
Lisa, West Columbia, TX
“When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.”
Colossians 3:4 (NIV)
Dawn, Clinton, PA:
But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs. 1 Timothy 6:6-10, ESV
Lisa Braun
Warman, Saskatchewan, Canada
Psalm 121:5-8 “The Lord protects you; the Lord is a shelter right by your side. The sun will not strike you by day, or the moon by night. The Lord will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. The Lord will protect your coming and going both now and forever.”
For the Stepping Up study and in preparation to return to Israel in March ♥
Carole, Imperial, CA: The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever. Isaiah 40:8 NIV
Lori, Friendswood, TX
“Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 1 Cor. 13: 6 (NIV)
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Psalm 51:1, NIV
Linzi Conners, Slidell, LA, “These things I have spoken to you, so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33
Eleanor
Memphis, TN
I Cor. 10:13 NKJV
No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
Kim, West Long Branch, NJ
Ps. 119:105 NIV
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
Rene, York, PA. Psalms 139: 11-14 “If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,’ even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”
“Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that confess his name. And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.” Hebrews 13:15–16 (NIV)
33 Teach me, Lord, the way of your decrees,
that I may follow it to the end.
34 Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law
and obey it with all my heart.
35 Direct me in the path of your commands,
for there I find delight.
Psalm 119:33-35 (NIV)
Kay, Plainview, TX “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8 NIV
Shawna, Bates City. “Then Jesus opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.” Luke 24:45 NCV
Oops forgot to include my name and city.
Laura Hagedorn, Wausau, WI.
Jeanine, Toronto, Canada
“The Lord shall preserve you from evil. He shall preserve your soul. The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.” Psalm 121:7-8 NKJV
Gretchen, Thousand Oaks, CA
Romans 8:12-13 NET
So then, brothers and sisters, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh (for if you live according to the flesh, you will die) but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.
Lisa from Sioux Falls, SD
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. ~ I John 4:11-12 (NIV)
Amy from Pineville LA:
“The Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We observed His glory, the glory as the One and Only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14 HCSB)
Lindsey
Scenery Hill, PA
Ephesians 4:29 ESV
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Donna D, Sarnia, Ontario
“He Who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these,
for He is the Maker of all things,
including Israel, the tribe of His inheritance –
the Lord Almighty is His name.”
Jerm 10:16 NIV
Beth, Minneapolis, MN
“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!”
Philippians 4:4 NIV
Jeremiah 3:15 (NIV84) Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding.
Karen from Westminster, MD
Love that Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. Mark 12:30 NIV
Brandy McCombs, Jay, OK “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
Shiffra Vicksburg, MI “Don’t be weary in prayer; keep at it; watch for G-d’s answers and remember to be thankful when they come.” Colossians 4:2 (TLB)
Dimy Mixon from Griffin, Ga.:
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”~ II Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)
“Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.” I Peter 5:7 NIV
Jean Grant, Carlisle PA
Psalm 1:5 (NIV1984)
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
Kim, Arab Alabama
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jer. 29:13 NIV
Terri Frasure from South Lebanon, Ohio
“The Lord is good, a stronghold in a day of distress; He cares for those who take refuge in Him.”
Nahum 1:7 (HCSB)
Joy, Caldwell
The Lord gave me the following two verses as to why I am going to Peru this coming May. I am memorizing it in Spanish but will post English; as well.
“I long to see you so that I may impart you some spiritual gift to make you strong – that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:11-12 NIV
“Tengo mucho deseos de verlos para impartirles algun don espiritual que los fortalezca; mejor dicho, para que unos nos animemos con la fe que compartimos.” Romanos 1:11-12 NVI
And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.” mark 5:34 (ESV)
Kelli, Nashville, tn
Meegan, Kansas City
Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me. Do not banish me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you. Then I will teach your ways to rebels, and they will return to you. (Psalms 51:10-13 NLT)