I cannot believe my eyes! Verse 17! And you, my dear sisters, have outdone yourselves. You are still numbering 2000+ this far into the year so it looks like our hard-working team is going to finish 2013 STRONG. I pray that even today you would feel a great rush of God’s sublime pleasure over you.
You’ll notice by the date on this post that I published it late Saturday night. Our handsome nephew is spending the night with us and he’s sleeping in the area of our house where we get the best internet connection. I thought maybe he might be a bit more blessed if I did not wake him up first thing Sunday morning and need in his room with my laptop.
My selection this time around comes from my morning devotional yesterday. I have loved this verse for so long and, this many years from the first time I saw it, the tears still burned in my eyes over the beauty of it.
Few things strike awe in our wondering, wandering hearts like waking up all the sudden to a fresh revelation that God is right there in that place. And has been all along.
To shake up the look of our SSMT post this time around, I believe I’ll share my verse with you in pictures. This should be an extremely familiar sight to you at this point:
In case you need to see the verse a little closer up:
I love to look up a verse in a number of different translations. I was touched by each one I found for Genesis 28:16 and I’m memorizing it out of the NET. But I was completely captivated by how The Message worded what Jacob whispered. Isn’t it beautiful?
Incredible. Wonderful. Holy.
God, we love You. We long for You. We want to see you revealed and perhaps most of all in the places we least expect to find You. Awaken us to Your Presence. Hear the song of our souls even when our lives betray it.
Awake, my soul, and sing
Of Him who died for thee,
And hail Him as thy matchless King
Through all eternity.*
OK, Sisters, I’ve shared my verse with you. Now you share your verses with me!
*Lyrics from the great hymn, Crown Him with Many Crowns
Tags: Scripture Memory 2013
Vickie, Polar Bluff, MO. “But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Matthew 5:44 NIV
Jane Mattox from Lubbock, Texas:In this manner therefore pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts As we forgive our debtors.
And do not led us into temptation, but deliver us from evil
For yours is the kingdom, and the power and the glory forever Amen. Matthew 6:9-13 NKJV
Kelly, West Richland
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. (Hebrews 10:23 ESV)
debbie jo, greenwood, “Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.” I Peter 3:3-4 (NIV)
Michele Powell, Nampa, ID
Psalm 103:8 (NIV)
The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
Eleanor
Memphis, TN
I Peter 1:3 ESV
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.
Genesis 28:16 NET
“Then Jacob woke up and thought; ‘Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it!'”
Tammy,
Lusby, MD
2 Thessalonians 3:16A (NKJV)
Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way.
Hilary from Langley, Canada:
“My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.”
Psalm 139:15-16 (NIV84)
Susan,Fairhope,AL-I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. Philippians 3:10-11 (NIV)
Laura, League City, TX:
“But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Cor. 15:57
I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
Philippians 4:13, NIV
Jordin, Albuquerque, NM
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 8:38-39, NIV
Vicki, Smithwick/Marble Falls, TX
“Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!” Psalm 27:14 ESV
Dayla, Springfield, MO
As for you, go your way until the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days, you will rise again to receive the inheritance set aside for you.
Daniel 12:13 New Living Translation
Sandy E.: Kansas City, Missouri; “Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.” Psalm 9:10 NIV
We pray that you’ll have the strength to stick it out over the long haul–not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glory strength God gives. It is strength that endures the endurable and spills over into joy. Colossians 1:11 (Msg)
Rachel, Frankfort, IL
For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.
Isaiah 41:13 NIV
Katy
Frisco, TX
“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. (Isaiah 55:8 NLT)
Kathy Bryson
Albuquerque, NM
Zephaniah 3:17 NIV84
The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.
Diana, North Attleboro, MA
Devote yourselves to prayer; stay alert in it with thanksgiving. Colossians 4:2(HCSB)
Christina, Lancaster, CA
Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen
Ephesians 3:20-21
ESV
Sue ~ Hartland, MI
Proverbs 3:7 & 8 NASB
Do not be wise in your own eyes: Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
It will be healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.
Cindy, Fort Worth, TX
It is written, “Man shall live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”
Matt. 4:4 NIV
Annette, Stouffville ON
The heart of the wise teaches his mouth,
And adds learning to his lips.
Proverbs 16:23 NKJV
Amy, Houston:
The LORD is my strength and my shield;
My heart trusts in Him and I am helped;
Therefore my heart exults,
And with my song I shall thank Him. (Psalm 28:7 NASB)
Barb~St Cloud, MN~Isaiah 43:18-19(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 wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
Sarah, Colorado Springs, CO
Col 4:6 Let your conversation be gracious as well as sensible. NIV
Soni from Gulfport: Proverbs 16:32 NLT
It is better to be patient than powerful. It is better to have self-control than to conquer a city.
Kathryn, Sarasota, FL: Judges 18:6
The priest answered them, “Go in peace. Your journey has the Lord’s approval.”
Laurie from Edmond
Isaiah 46:6
“Even when you are old, I will be the same. Even when your hair has turned gray, I will take care of you. I made you and will take care of you.I will carry you and save you.”
Janice, Harrison, AR
“So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, ‘You are a God of seeing,’ for she said,
‘ Truly, here I have seen Him who looks after me.’ “. Genesis 16:13. ESV
Cara from Houston
“A person’s fear sets a trap for him, but one who trusts the LORD is safe”
Prov 29:25 GW
Romans 10:10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. NIV
Melissa-Fort Worth, TX- “My soul, wait in silence for God only,For my hope is from Him.” Psalm 62:5 (NASB)
Sharon Allen, Redmond,Wa
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God. For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness.
Is 61:10 NKJV
Melisa; Waco, Texas
“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.”
Ephesians 4:32-(ESV)
Sue Big Rapids, MI
Ps 91:9 NASB For you have made the Lord, my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place.
Jennifer, Kodak, TN
If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even the pagans do that? Matthew 5:46-47 NIV
It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings to search things out. Proverbs 25:2 (HCSB)
Cathi, Morristown TN
I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. (Psalm 16:7 NIV)
Victori Alvarez ~ Washington, OK
Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 16:24
Mary~Columbia, PA~He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
—Psalm 91:1
Jill Knight Fort Ashby, WV
“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every though to make it obedient to Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV
Terri Sims, Orange TX
“Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruits of their deeds.”
Isaiah 3:10 NIV
Jo Anne, Chicago, IL
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
Heather, from Frisco, TX:
Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple. (Job 5:2 NIV)
Norfolk, VA
2 Timothy 1:7
For God did not give us a spirit or timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self discipline.
NIV
Sherry
Indianapolis, IN
Psalm 56:4 (NIV)
“In God, whose word I praise—
in God I trust and am not afraid.
What can mere mortals do to me?”
Joy – Georgetown, TX – “Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters.” Romans 14:1 NIV