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
Pam, Cary, NC
Lord, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress. Isaiah 33:2
Karen Tucson, Arizona
“The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Exodus 14:14 NIV
Kim, Nashville, TN
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15 (ESV)
Carol, Houston, Ephesians 2:10, NLT, We are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
NIV
Prov. 4:23
Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.
Mtn. Home, AR
Carrie
Prior Lake, MN
1 John 2:6 (NIV)
Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.
Mound City, KS
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
NIV 2 Corinthians 5:17
Mindy – Franklin, TN
“for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.” (Hebrews 5:13, 14 ESV)
Brandy M Brown
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
Friendship Baptist
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
jenny
white hall, ar
and you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. and you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that i am giving you today. repeat them again and again to your children. talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders.
deuteronomy 6:5-8 (nlt)
Kristy, Cleveland, OH “I sought the Lord, and He answered me and delivered me from all my fears.” Ps 34:4 (HCSB)
Kerry Buell, St. Louis, MO
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”
Galations 5:22-24 NIV
Jeanette, Mansfield, TX – And rend your heart and not your garments. Now return to the Lord your God for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness and relenting of evil. Joel 2:13, NASB
Nare B, London UK:
I am The Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you: ‘do not fear I will p
you. Do not be afraid, you work Jacon, little Israel, do not fear. I myself will help you’ declares The Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 41:13-14
NIV
Kim- Trenton,Texas.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O LORD, my strength and my redeemer.
Psalm 19:14 NKJV
Cami
Murray, KY
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go. I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. Psalm 32:8 NIV
Claire Knubley. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
“He must increase, but I must decrease.” John 3:30 (ESV)
Emma, Conifer, Colorado
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Colossians 3:17 NIV 1984
krystal, teague, tx
be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. I Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
Rebecca Alburn
Salem, OR
Psalm 32:8
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you and watch over you.” NIV84
Lezlie, Prince George, VA – Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. (1 Corinthians 13:4 NIV)
Proverbs 31:25
NASB
Strength and dignity are her clothing and she smiles at the future
Misty, Midland TX
Sheila, Rosharon, TX.
‘Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.’ 1 Thess. 5:11 ESV
Sharon, Van TX
“I sought the Lord and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.”
Psalm 34:4 NIV
“One thing have I asked The Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in they house of The Lord all the days of my life.to gaze upon the beauty of The Lord and inquire in his temple. Psalm 27: 4”
NIV
Cheryl: Redlands, CA
Isaiah 40:29 (NIV
)
“He gives strength to the weary, and increases the power of the weak.”
Tina from Ohio
One thing I have desired of the Lord , That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord , And to inquire in His temple. (Psalms 27:4 NKJV)
Kari – Lakeville, MN
“The LORD is my light and my salvation; I will fear no one. The LORD protects me from all danger; I will never be afraid.” (Psalm 27:1 TEV)
I accidently put in Feb 1 verse instead of Feb 15! So sorry- here is Feb 15 verse:
Paula, Russell KY
For the word of the LORD holds true,and we can trust everything he does. Psalm 33:4 NLT
Ashley from Huddleston, VA – “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
Tuscaloosa, AL
Romans 8:28
“We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” NIV
“Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.” Proverbs 12:11 ESV
Psalms 19:13 NIV
Keep your servant from willful sins, may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.
Dwan, Kings Mountian, NC
But as for me, I trust in you, O Lord, I say, “You are my God.” Psalm 31:13 NKJV
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything with prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to god.
phil. 4:6 niv
Nichole alvin texas
Kuenok
Evanston, IL
Romans 8:38-39 (ESV)
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord
Victoria M. Greenbrier, AR
Should you not fear me?” declares the Lord . “Should you not tremble in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting barrier it cannot cross. The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail; they may roar, but they cannot cross it. (Jeremiah 5:22 NIV84)
Beth, Wisconsin. “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in You. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord Himself, is the rock eternal.” Isaiah 26:3-4
Katie, Pittsburgh
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thought than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:8-9 NIV
Ina from Lancaster, PA.
With promises like this to pull us on dear friends, let’s make a clean break with everything that defiles or distracts us, both within and without. Let’s make our entire lives fit and holy temples fit for the worship of God.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Jackie Bridges, Mooresboro, N.C.:
Psalm 52:8
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in and confidently rely on the loving-kindness and the mercy of God forever and ever. (AMP)
Karen from Mandeville:
“Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, ‘The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, nor will people say, “Here it is,” or “There it is,” because the kingdom of God is in your midst.’ ” Luke 17:20-21 NIV
Amanda, White Rock BC, Canada, “The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.” Psalm 37:23 NLT
Leanne, Smithfield, NC. Psalm 19:14 NIV. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O Lord, my Rocjk and my Redeemer.
Blake, McKinney
“Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in Him.” Psalm 62:5, NLT
Marie – White Pine, TN
The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in Him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for The Lord upholds him with his hand.
Psalm 37:23-24 NIV
Catherine from Collierville, TN
Hebrews 13:15 HCSB
Therefore, through Him let us continually offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, that is the fruit of our lips that confess his name.
Elizabeth, from Wasco
Job 19:25A – “As for me, I know my Redeemer lives” NASB
Leah from St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.
The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. (Psalms 16:5, 6 ESV)
Carla F., Houston, Tx.
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thess. 5:16-18 (NIV)