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
Kaye, Savannah, GA; But as it is written: What eye did not see and ear did not hear, and what never entered the human mind—God prepared this for those who love Him. 1 Corinthians 2:9, HCSB
Cindy B. from West Palm Beach, FL
Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 NIV
JoAnn, Columbus, OH
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peasce of God , which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. NIV
Tammy, Boiling Springs, NC, Exodus 14:14 The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still. Exodus 14:14
Kyndra, Houston, TX
Philippians 4:6 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving present your requests to the Lord.” NIV
Christine, Andrews Texas
Psalm 56:3 (NASB)
3Â When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You.
Cait, Hamilton, ON
Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! Psalm 34:8 ESV
Rebecca Croucher-Winchester, KY
Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.
Jeremiah 32:17 NIV
Magan Lewis, Lakeway, TX
My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed of anything,
but that now as always, with all boldness,
Christ will be highly honored in my body,
whether by life or by death.
Phil 1:20 (HCSB)
Julie from Victorville
He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. (Psalms 121:3, 4 ESV)
Becky, Vicksburg, MS
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Galatians 6:9 NIV
Sandy, Vienna, VA I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]”
—John 16:33 amp
Mary Lisa, Glenwood, MN: Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts. Isaiah 26:8 (NIV)
Beth, Paducah, KY
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, (Ephesians 1:3 NKJV)
Heather Wright, Andersonville, TN- Psalm 119:4 (NAS) You have ordained your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
“For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.” Isaiah 55:12 (ESV)
Diane, Commerce Twp., MI
1 John 3:18 NIV Let us not love with words or speech, but with actions and in truth.
Annherst from Saline, MI
“Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” John 14: 1-3 KJV
Kathy
St. Louis, MO
“Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with my righteous right hand”
Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)
April, Greensboro, NC “For your unfailing love is higher than the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.” Psalm 108:4 NLT
Liz Dunbar
DuBois, PA
Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged, for The Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
Joshua 1:9 NLT
Lois, Prospect Heights, Illinois
See, a king will reign in righteousness and rulers will rule with justice.
Each man will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm,
like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.
Isaiah 32: 1-2 (1984 NIV)
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? (Matthew 6:27 NIV)
“By day the Lord directs his love,
at night his song is with me…..
A prayer to the God of my life.” Ps. 42:8 NIV
Rebecca, Las Vegas, ‘You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace ;the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.’ Isaiah 55:12 NIV
Janet, Lenoir, NC
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. Ephesians 6:10-11 NIV
Gay Beck, Plain City, OH
Matthew 7:7 (NIV)
Ask and it will be given to you;
seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.
Carrie Cole, Libby, MT
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:34 NIV
Do not remember the former things,
Nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing,
Now it shall spring forth;Shall you not know it?
I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert (Isaiah 43:18 – 43:19 NKJV)
Nicole from Norman, OK
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand.
John 10:27-28 (NIV)
Candace, Colorado Springs
“The moment I called out, you stepped in; you made my life large with strength.”
Psalm 138:3 The Message
Debbie, OR –
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 weakness, so that Christ’s power may rest on me, that is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weakness, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12: 9-10 NIV
Heather, Aberdeen SD
James 1:6 NIV
But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
Krista, Tomball
For the Lord your God is living among you.
He is a mighty savior.
He will take delight in you with gladness.
With his love, he will calm all your fears.
He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.
Zephaniah 3:17
“She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.”
Proverbs 31:25 NLT
Mary Rantala Duluth, MN
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14
Eugene Oregon
Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am alone and afflicted. The destresses of my heart increase; bring me out of my sufferings.
Psalm 25:16-17
this will be #3 and #4 for me.
Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don’t try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track. Don’t assume that you know it all. Run to God! Run from evil! Your body will glow with health, your very bones will vibrate with life! Honor God with everything you own; give him the first and the best. Your barns will burst, your wine vats will brim over. But don’t, dear friend, resent God’s discipline; don’t sulk under his loving correction. It’s the child he loves that God corrects; a father’s delight is behind all this.
Proverbs 3:4-6
Amy S. from Saint Cloud, FL
“Even when I go through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff-they comfort me.”
Psalm 23:4
(HCSB)
Kathryn from Kentucky
James 1:12 NIV
“Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that The Lord has promised to those who love him”
Heather, Hot Springs, AR, Psalm 25:4, AMP
“Show me your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths.”
Susan from Innisfil, ON, Canada
“Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; he who comes to me will not hunger and he who believes in me will never thirst”
John 6:35 NASB
Carmen, Loveland, OH
He has showed you, o man, 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
Ramona Gellick,
Medina, Ohio
Romans 15:13 (NIV1984)
13 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.
Platte City, MO
“Even to your old age, I am He,
And even to gray hairs I will carry you,
I have made, and I will bear;
Even I will carry, and will deliver you!”
Isaiah 46:4 NKJV
Kay, Sierra Vista, AZ
Luke 8:15, NASB
And the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance.
Mary Ellen in Billings, MT
“We were filled with laughter, and we sang for joy. And the other nations said, “What amazing things the Lord has done for them.” Ps. 126:2 NLT
Pam G, Oregon
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
2 Timothy 1:7, NIV
Toma, Antelope, CA
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the Lord, who makes you holy.”
Exodus 31:12-13, NIV