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
Rhonda, Hattiesburg MS: “This is what The Lord says, he who made the earth, The Lord who formed it and established it–the Lord is his name: Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.”
Sherry Potter – Carrollton, TX
Zephaniah 3:17
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.
Carrie Jones
Ontario, Canada
Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
Galatians 5:25 (NIV)
Romans 8:6 (NIV)
The mind of a sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the spirit is life and peace.
Helena, Highlands Ranch, CO
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. (1 Peter 4:8 NIV84)
Wanda
Osborn, Missouri
Psalm 27:5 (NIV)
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.
Betsy, Lincoln Park, NJ
“The law was added so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,” Romans 5:20 NIV
Chyrll, Memphis, TN Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in Me. John 15:4 NASB
“But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be town Him. And in my name his horn shall be exalted.”
-Psalm 89:24 (New King James Version)
Jennie Spearin, Granite Bay, Ca
Psalm 63:3 NKJV
“Because Your loving kindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You.”
Kim C from Franklinton, LA
Psalm 19:14 ESV
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Janet, West Linn, OR
I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
Psalm 146:2 NIV
Kathy, Syracuse, NY Matthew 11:28-30 (NIV)
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Melody from Independence, MO. “For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.” Isaiah 41:13
Portland, Tn – “God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.” 1Corinthians 1:9 NIV
Carmela D, Forney TX : Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. (Romans 8:26 KJV)
Annette, Stouffville ON Canada (near Toronto)
She opens her mouth with wisdom,
And on her tongue is the law of kindness.
Prov. 31:26 NKJV
Jennie Spearin, Granite Bay Ca
Psalm 91:11 NKJV
“For He shall Give angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways.”
Sharon, Nederland TX, Proverbs 4:23 Guard your heart
above all else, for it deterines
the course of your life.
Kristin, Searcy. The Lord is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed. Psalm 28:8 (ESV)
Shar Cowley, Murray UT.
My child, listen when your father corrects you. Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
Proverbs 1:8
Karen, Dover, NH “Teach us to number our days aright that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 (NIV)
Kelley, San Diego, Ca
Who is the man that fears the Lord?
Him shall He teach in the way He chooses.
He himself shall dwell in prosperity,
And his descendants shall inherit the earth.
Ps. 25:12-13 (NKJV)
Nikki in Richmond, VA
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”
Colossians 3:23-24
Cathy from Monroe, GA
Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. Psalm 62:5 NIV
Chanda from St. Petersburg, FL
Psalm 86:11
Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.
NIV
Redfield, AR
[4] Who redeems your life from destruction,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
Psalms 103:4 (NKJV)
The Heavens declare the Glory of God, the skies proclaim the work of His Hands, day after day they pour forth speech, night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard.
Psalm 19 verses 1,2 and 3
NIV
Melinda, Oconomowoc, WI: “May the God of hope fill you with 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
Kelly in Independence, MO. Psalm 142:3 NLT When I am overwhelmed, you alone know the way I should turn.
Joan, Dousman, WI
If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory and power forever and ever. Amen. 1Peter 4:11 NIV
Sue in Grand Rapids, MI
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 ESV
Liz Kirkindoll from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
“The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”
Exodus 14:14 (ESV)
Nancy, Junction City, Arkansas
“Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed, save me, and I shall be saved, for You are my praise.” Jeremiah 17:14 NKJ
Martha, Georgetown, TX, Psalm 37:5 NLT, Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust Him, and He will help you.
Jennie Spearin, Granite Bay CA.
Isaiah 58:8 NKJV
“Then your light shall break forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousenss shall go before you; The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.”
2 Tim. 1: 11,12
Kelly from Cape Girardeau, MO:
I have asked one thing from the Lord; it is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, gazing on the beauty of the Lord and seeking Him in His temple.
Psalm 27:4 HCSB
Melody Faith, Knoxville, TN
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.” I John 4:7 (NKJV)
Vickie, Wichita, KS
1 John 4:9-10 (NLT)
God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
Laurie Leander, Texas
Romans 8:15-16
New International Version 1984
15 For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
Janet from Odessa, TX
Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
Philippians4:6 HCSB
Susan Mahnel, Locust Grove VA
It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.
Ephesians 1:10-12 The Message
Bethany Kennell. Boerne, Texas.
2 Peter 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: KJV
Sharon, Houston, NASB, Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Carol, Midland,Texas
If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you.
Exodus 33:13
“For I am the LORD, your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.” Isaiah 41:13
Andrea Purcell
New Palestine, IN
Psalm 119:114-115 (NIV)
114 You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word. 115 Away from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commands of my God!
My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. 2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV
Joanne, Pearl City, HI
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for
you in Christ Jesus.Do not put out the Spirit’s fire; do not treat prophecies with contempt. Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-22 (NIV 1984)