Hey Y’all!
Before I fool anyone, each of you should know that this is Lindsee posing as Beth for this particular SSMT post. She and her girls on a little girl’s getaway that is much deserved. So when she mentioned that she might not be able to work this post out, I told her not to even think of it and enjoy her time away!
Side note: She was telling me yesterday she’s not sure when her last actual vacation was because our siesta mama has spent the last two scheduled vacations either being Bibby for a week (her grandma name), or writing for a week! So! Needless to say, this girl’s getaway is earned and joyfully welcomed! We blessed them as they walked out the doors yesterday and promised them they didn’t need to worry about one detail here. She also assured me she’d hopefully have some fun pictures for you guys when she gets back!
SSMT is a big detail. So here I am. I realize that was a much more detailed description as to why I’m taking over SSMT this time than you probably cared to know, but now it’s in official wording and I’m leaving it.
Beth gave me the option to share my verse with you guys along with the one she’s memorizing this go around, so I decided to take her up on that. The more the merrier, right?
My verse is actually probably very familiar to y’all, but it hit me fresh a couple of weeks ago and knew it needed to be put into my memory for good. It’s one of those verses I know, and I could quote it, but not verbatim and I really wanted to be intentional with it this go around, especially since I really mixed up the version I’m memorizing it in this time which really makes it pop in my mind.
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering, and steadfast spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 (Amplified)
This I know to be so true, I need Jesus. And I need Him to steady my heart, because He alone can do that. Want to hear some synonyms of steadfast? Steady, firm, stable, constant, staunch, and immovable. Each of these descriptions are things I want to be said and true of me. I think it’s so fitting that persevering and steadfast follow each other because it’s in my persevering that He makes my spirit steadfast, but I tend to get really distracted and unsteady pretty quick. Which I guess is why we’re told to persevere in the first place. Maybe it’s just me, but so many times I allow my circumstances to determine my steadfastness. When things are going good (translation: the way I want them too), persevering comes easy, as well as a firm and steady devotion to the Lord, but it’s when the going gets tough, that the tough get going. That’s when it’s time to wrestle that hard thing out with Him. For me, an example that comes to mind is singleness. Some days I love the freedom it brings, while other days I’m wrestling my way through this season. Very quickly I can go from steadfast to discouraged. Steadfast to lazy. Steadfast to frustrated. I want so badly to be faithful in each season of my life, and to truly live in an “undivided devotion” to the Lord that Paul talks about, but we can all admit it’s not always easy. If it were easy, the vast majority would be doing just that.
I don’t always want to do the work it takes to have a clean heart, and a persevering Spirit, but I know all too well that when I’m not yearning for it is the perfect time to ask for it. So I’m asking for a clean heart! That God would renew me from top to bottom.
You’re more than welcome to join me this go around.
Or for those of you curious what our Siesta Mama has chosen, you can join her. This time she is memorizing Colossians 1:16 in the ESV version:
“For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.” Colossians 1:16 (ESV)
Amen. He sees everything. He knows everything. He created everything. If you stop and take that verse a part line by line and dwell on that, it’s really mind blowing.
ALL things were created BY Him. (Things we cannot even lay our human eyes on.)
THROUGH Him.
And FOR Him.
ALL things.
I have no doubt our Siesta Mama would have more to say about that, but I’m just going to leave you with wow. So, if that scripture stirs something up in you, tag on with her.
(And now I’m going to make this really slick transition to close out the post. Could this be any more awkward? I’m kind of gifted in that. You know, making things awkward.)
Well, ladies! Time to persevere to the end! We’re so close. If you got through summer, you can certainly make it through the fall. Oh, and because I’ve been getting some emails and phone calls, I’ll go ahead and let you know that we’re planning on having all things SSMT celebration and details up SOON. Like, hopefully as in the next SSMT post or two. We’re so pumped and we love y’all dearly.
Let’s hear your scriptures!
Tags: Scripture Memory 2013
Cynthia, Virginia
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering, and steadfast spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 (Amplified)
Sherilyn, Warsaw, IN
Return to your rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you.
Psalm 116:7 NIV
Janet Anderson
Edmond, OK
“For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.” Colossians 1:16 (ESV)
Col 4:17 (esv)
And say to Archippus, “See that you fulfill the ministry that you have received in the Lord.”
Carolyn
Carmel, Indiana
2 Timothy 1:7
For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.
Paula, OKC, OK: “Honor your father and mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.” Exodus 20:12 NIV
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV
Margo, Burlington ON
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 NIV
Quita from Trenton, TX
KJV
Ro.15:13
Now the God of hope
fill you with all joy
and peace in believing,
that ye may abound in hope,
through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Ellen K., Stoughton, MA
Daniel 2:23 (ESV) To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, for You have given me wisdom and might and have made known to me what we have asked of You for you have made known to us the king’s matter.
Psalm 51:10 create in me a clean heart, O God. And renew a right spirit in me.
Leah, KC,MO
As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
Proverbs 27:17 NIV
Mikala, Boston,
Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.
Psalm 86.11 NIV
Kerry
Wyoming
Names of God Bible
Is.60:16 “You will drink milk from other nations and nurse at royal breasts. Then you will know that I am Yahweh,your Savior, the mighty one of Jacob, your Go’el.
“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Deut. 29:29
Cindy, Kearney NE
For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. (2 Timothy 1:7 NLT)
Susan from Beverly
Psalm 103:13 HCSB
As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.
Cindy, Largo, FL “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 weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV
But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved. Heb. 10:39 (NIV)
Johanna , Carlsbad CA
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering, and steadfast spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 (Amplified)
Liz from Hilliard:
But I will sing of Your power;
Yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in the morning;
For You have been my defense
And refuge in the day of my trouble.
To You, O my Strength, I will sing praises;
For God is my defense,
My God of mercy.
Psalm 59:16-17 (NKJV)
Jeri, Draper UT
His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Matthew 3:12 NIV
Micki, Prairie Village, KS
I was found by those who did not seek Me. I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.
Rom. 10:20 (Isa. 65:1) NIV
Shelly Hough
Gordon, Texas
Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering, and steadfast spirit within me.
Amplified
Carmela, Forney, TX: And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. (Mark 16:17, 18 KJV)
Natalie, Grand Prairie, TX Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Ephesians 4:2 NIV
Careese in Amarillo, TX
Job 29:13 NIV
The one who was dying blessed me; I made the widow’s heart sing.
Psalm 111:7-8 (NIV ’84)
“The works of His hands are faithful and just; all His precepts are trustworthy. They are steadfast forever and ever, done in faithfulness and uprightness.”
Hebrews 13:5-6 ESV
“Keep your life free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for He has said, ‘I will never leave you or forsake you.’ So we can confidently say, ‘The LORD is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?'”
Romans 1:16 ESV
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes…
For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. Psalm 84:11 (KJV)
Kathy, Festus MO
Galatians 5:6 NLT
6 For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.
Isaiah 26:3
New International Version (NIV)
You wil keep in perfect peace those who minds are steadfast,because they rust in you.
Troy, Ohio
Psalm 51:10 Amplified
“Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right, persevering, and
steadfast spirit within me.”
“When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.”
Isaiah 43:2-3 NLT
Julia – Springfield, TN
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your standagainst the devil’s schemes. Ephesians 6:11
Ashley Edwards, Dallas, Ga
“I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel. Then John gave this testimony, ‘I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on Him.'”
John 1:32-33 (NIV)
You will make known to me the path of life;
in Your presence is fullness of joy;
in Your right hand there are pleasures forever.
Psalm 16:11 (NASB)
Donna, Glendale, AZ
Joanne from Bremerton, WA
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering, and steadfast spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 (Amplified)
Angie, Lee’s Summit
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire.” Hebrews 12:28-29 NIV
I know that You can do all things; no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
Job 42:2 (NIV)
Carolyn, St Catharine’s, ON
Do you see what I’ve done? I’ve refined you, but not without fire. I’ve tested you like silver in the furnace of affliction. Isaiah 48:10 MSG
Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in Your law.
Psalm 119:18 NIV
Pam
Kountze
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Phil. 4:13
NJKV
Bethany, Evart, Michigan Let us hold on to the confession
Of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is
faithful. Hebrews 10:23 Holman CSB
For I can do everything with the help of Christ who gives me the strength I need.
Phil. 4:13. NLT
Susan, Knoxville
And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Colossians 3:14 NIV
Michelle, Alberta, Canada
“if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
– 2 Chronicles 7:14
Wendy Fort Walton Beach, FL
Eph 4:2 NIV
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
Barbara, Lewisburg,KY
“Let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.” Psalm 90:17 NIV
Amy from Everett, WA
And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.
Philippians 4:8 (NLT)