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
Hannah Alamo tn
28 Sovereign Lord, you are God! Your covenant is trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant.
2 Samuel 7:28
Molly, Chicago
John 10:10 NIV
The enemy comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
Hudson, NC
Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. Hebrews 10:24 NLT
JoLee, Arlington, TX Deuteronomy 30:19-20 ” … I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life …”. NIV
Katie – Decatur, IL
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord , my Rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 NIV)
Kym Schnittker, Highlands Ranch, CO, “Finally, brothers, 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.
Susan Bymaster, Ames, OK
Do not give the devil an opportunity
Eph 4:27
NASB
Lynn, Lancaster, KY, Isaiah 40:28-31 – “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 not 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.” ESV
Karen K. in Houston, TX – His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters. Rev 1:15 NASB
Jennifer, Houston
Then Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are standing in My way. You are not thinking how God thinks. You are thinking how man thinks.”
New Life Version (NLV)
Dana from Cimarron, KS But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful. Psalm 68:3 NIV
Dawn, Silver Spring, MD
2. Corinthians 1:3 (NIV 84)
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort
Sharon Carter (Louisville, KY)
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.”
(Message) “If you don’t know what you’re doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You’ll get his help, and won’t be condescended to when you ask for it. Ask boldly, believingly, without a second thought. People who “worry their prayers” are like wind-whipped waves. Don’t think you’re going to get anything from the Master that way, adrift at sea, keeping all your options open.”
TANE MCGEHEE UVALDE,TEXAS
KJV JOSHUA 1:9
HAVE NOT I COMMANDEDTHEE? BE STRONGAND OF GOOD COURAGE; BE NOT AFRAID, NEITHER BE THOU DISMAYED: FOR THE LORD THY GOD IS WITH THEE WITHERSOEVER THOU GOEST.
Feb. 15, 2013
Michelle from Okeechobee, Florida:
Psalm 51.10 Create in me a pure heart O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me!
NIV
Laura, Indianapolis IN
“Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you”.” Hebrews 13:5 ESV
Laurie, Dallas, Texas: “Nevertheless, I am continually with You; You hold my right hand. You guide me with Your counsel, and afterwards, You will receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is nothing on earth that i desire besides You. My flesh and my heart may fail,but God is the strength of my heart and portion forever.
Psalm 73:23-26 ESV
Mindy, Rowley, IA
James 4:4 NKJV
Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
I look up to the mountains–does my help come from there? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth! Psalm 121:1-2 (NLT)
Scottsdale, AZ:
“Through the Word, we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us.” 2 Timothy 3:17 (MSG)
Hannah from Lima, Peru
yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.
The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to go on the heights.
Habakkuk 3:18-19 (NIV84)
Cindy from Largo, Florida
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10 NIV
My heart has heard you say, ‘Come and talk with me.” And my heart responds, “Lord, I am coming.'” Psalms 27:8 NLT
Ephesians 2:10 NAS
For we are HIs workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
Dee, Wheaton: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: the old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)
Roxy Gilbert, Riverton Utah
Psalm 103:1-5 NIV
Praise the Lord, my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Praise the Lord, my soul,
and forget not all his benefits—
who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Becky Curcio
Eldred, PA
“The Lord delights in those who fear Him, who put their hope in His unfailing love.” Psalm 147:11 (NIV)
Luke 10:20 NASB
Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.”
and now Father, glorify Me in Your own presence with the glory that I had with You before the world existed.
John 17: 5
Anna, Little Elm, TX
“May my heart be blameless toward Your decrees, that I may not be put to shame.”
Psalm 119:80 (NIV 84)
Barbara
Romans 15:13 (ESV)
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may about in hope.”
Holly, Glendale, AZ:
“God is not a man, so He does not lie. He is not human, so He does not change His mind. Has He EVER spoken and failed to act? Has He EVER promised and not carried it through?”
Numbers 23:19 NLT
Sheila, Katy, TX
Now, brother and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, ” 1 Thessalonians 5:1 NIV
Jennifer, San Antonio TX, Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Romans 12:12 ESV
Kelsey M., Granite City, IL- “for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” 2 Timothy 1:7 (ESV)
Linda, Anderson, IN. 1 Sam. 12:24 NKJV
Only fear the Lord, and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Psalm 65:11 NIV “you crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.”
Brenna from Chatham, IL
Deuteronomy 6: 4-5 (NLT)
Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.
Paula, Russell KY
Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.” John 6:29, NLT
Meagan, Bedford, TX. And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28 (NKJV)
From Sherry Trawick in Salisbury, NC. “Don’t be afraid for I am with you. Do not be dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 NLT
Sarah Bell, Mossy Head, FL:
Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit. (Psalms 51:10, 12 NASB)
Cathy, Lincoln, NE
“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.”
Psalm 19:14, NIV
Unto thee O LORD, do I lift up my soul. Psalm 25.1 KJV
Paige, DeWitt, AR
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)
Lydia Patterson, Andalusia, Alabama.
One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked Him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12:28-31 NIV 1984
Ariana, Niles, MI
Ariana, Niles, MI
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.” – Lamentations 3:22 (NIV)
Marlise, Jacksonville,FL
“Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circunstance.”(I Corinthians 13:7 NLT)
Mary, Olney Springs, CO: But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. James 1:4-5, NKJV