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
Romans 8:4 (NIV) And so he condemned sin in sinful man, in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.
Shaunna, New Strawn, KS: “Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” (Isaiah 40:28-31 ESV)
Southlake, TX: Many are the plans in a person’s heart,but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. Proverbs 19:21 NIV
Proverbs 4:23 NIV “Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.”
Katie
Kansas
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:15 NASB
Donna, Franklin, TN
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3 (ESV)
Valerie ~ Oklahoma
“Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you!”
Psalm 73:25 NIV
Pam in Texas
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Romans 12:2. (NIV)
Candice Childers
Ferris, TX
The wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.
James 3:17 NASB
Christa from AZ
Romans 12:2 (NLT)
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of the world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.
Jeannie, Charlotte NC
2 Tim. 1:7 (ESV)
for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Karin from Brandon: And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28; NIV
“Whoever has ears, let them hear what the spirit says to the churches. the one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.”
-Revelation 2:11
Jeri May, Salt Lake City
Sorry for delay on my verse. I’ve had my verse picked out, but been on vacation.
NIV
This is what The Lord says- your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am The Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go. If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your well-being like the waves of the sea.” Isaiah 48:17-18
Eph 4:31-32 (ESV)
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you. Along with all malice. (32) Be kind to one another tenderhearted, forgiving one another as God in Christ forgave you.
Hannah, Pleasant Hill, MO.
James 1:2-8, ESV
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you I know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete , lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double minded man, unstable in all his ways.
Stacey in Columbus, MS
“Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. (Job 5:17 NIV)
Diana from Bridge City Tx
Phillipians 1:6 ESV
And I am certain of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Dayna Vaczi, Overland Park, KS
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me-put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4:9 , NIV
Liz from Hilliard,OH
Let no foul or polluting language, nor evil word nor unwholesome or worthless talk [ever] come out of your mouth, but only such [speech] as is good and beneficial to the spiritual progress of others, as is fitting to the need and the occasion, that it may be a blessing and give grace (God’s favor) to those who hear it.
Ephesians 4:29 (AMP)
Andrea, New Brunswick, Canada
“but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” declares the Lord. Jeremiah 9:24 NIV
Kristin from Trinidad, CO:
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
John 15:3-4 (kjv)
Julie, Houston. “And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.” Hebrews 13:16 (NIV)
Psalm 25:15-16 ESV
“My eyes are ever toward the LORD,
for he will pluck my feet out of the net.
Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am lonely and afflicted.”
Antioch, CA: And all your sons will be taught of the LORD; And the well-being of your sons will be great. (Isaiah 54:13 NASB)
Sabrina from Hereford, PA
But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.
1 Corinthians 12:18, NIV
Elena, Elma
Philippians 2:14-15 NLT
“Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people.”
Proverbs 10:22
The LORD’s blessing enriches, and struggle adds nothing to it.
HCSB
Proverbs 8:17 (NASB)
“I love those who love me; and those who diligently seek me will find me.”
GOD LOVES YOU! 🙂
Kellie, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
“Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” Psalm 42:11, NIV
Debbie, Cathey’s Valley, CA
“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
Ephesians 4:32 (NIV)
Becky, Oklahoma City, OK
These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart. Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Deuteronomy 6:6-7 HCSB
Pam from Round Tock, TX
Romans 12:12, ESV
Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
Nancy Standiford, Vancouver, WA
Psalm 19:14 (ESV)
14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.
I delight greatly in the Lord; Â my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Wendy
Vero Beach
“Therefore put on the full armor of God,
so that when the day of evil comes,
you may be able to stand your ground,
and after you have done everything,
to stand.”
Ephesians 6:13 (NIV)
Kristin
Clearwater, FL
When doubts fill my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.
Psalm 94:19 nlt
I delight greatly in the Lord;
    my soul rejoices in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
    and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,
as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,
    and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels (Isaiah 61:10)
Dina, Garden Grove, Ca, “Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble.” (Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, NLT).
Reneé Kelley from Houston, Tx:
For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 2 Corinthians 4:17 ESV
Charlotte, Lexington, SC
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:34 NIV
Mildred, Montserrat.
But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice and wait for your God always. Hosea 12:6 NIV
I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
Isaiah 43:25 (NASB)
Suzanne, Chesapeake,VA Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary,and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:28-31
Janet Winter from Huffman, Texas
1 Peter 5:6-11 NIV
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
10 And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
Bridget, Lagos Nigeria:
I am with you on this Mrs Beth
“But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “THE LORD REBUKE YOU!”….
Jude 1:9, NIV
Jenny – Tulsa, OK
Romans 15:13 (NASB):
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Karla, Broomfield
Friends, this world is not your home, so don’t make yourselves cozy in it. Don’t indulge your ego at the expense of your soul.
1 Peter 2:11 MSG
A man’s heart plans his way but The Lord directs his steps.
Prov. 16:9 NKJV
Debbie Kerr
White Lake, MI
Eunice Odenton
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of the death, I fear no evil; For though art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.”
Psalm 23:4
NAS