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
Becky, Lynchburg, VA
For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek Me [inquire for and of Me and require Me as you require food] and you shall live! Amos 5:4 AMP
Vicki @ Corpus CHRISTi Tx
Matthew 11:28
Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.(NKJV)
Katie g; Knoxville, tn
“that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”
Hebrews 6:12 (NKJV)
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:9 NIV)
Ashlie McDonald-SLC, UT
Galatians 5:22
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ”
ESV
Bethany, Frisco, TX.
Romans 8:31 (NIV)
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us who can be against us?
Andi Crumrine, Rockwall, TX
“Search for the Lord and for his strength; continually seek him.”
1 Chronicles 16:11 NLT
But God demonstrates His own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 (NET)
Erin
Chippewa Falls, WI
“Then Jacob woke up and thought,’Surely the LORD is in this place, but I did not realize it!'”
Gen 28:16 NET
Help me to do your will, for you are my God. Lead in good paths, for you spirit is good.
Psalm 143:10
Chrissy Hilliard, Aurora, IL
“When anxiety was great within me,your consolation brought me joy.”
-Psalm 94:19 (NIV)
Anne from Glen Allen, VA
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8 NIV
Vanessa from Victoria, TX
If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Romans 12:18 NIV
Susan, Locust Grove VA:
“I am confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Wait for the LORD;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the LORD.”
Psalms 27:13-14 NIV
Kristin, Panama City,FL
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
(Hebrews 4:13 NIV)
Linda, Mandeville, LA
“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful,”
Hebrews 10:23 (NIV)
Jennifer from West Palm Beach, FL
“But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.” Luke 2:19, ESV
xoxo
Phyllis, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Proverbs 31:30 The Amplified Bible
Charm and grace are deceptive and beauty is vain
( because it is not lasting), but a woman who reverently and worshipfully fears the LORD, she shall be praised.
Janet from Odessa, TX
“Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:9. HCSB
Lindsey Buchanan St. Augustine, FL
“My heart says of you ‘seek his face.’ Your face Lord I will seek.” Psalm 27:8 NIV
Kristi. Rogersville, TN
Psalms 92:4 NIV
For you have made me glad by your deeds, Lord;
I sing for joy at what your hands have done.
Susan, Knoxville, TN
Arise, cry out in the night, so as the watches of the night begin; pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children, who faint from hunger at the head of every street. Lamentations 2:19 NIV
Tabitha Schenkel
Liberty, NC
“You made me; you created me. Now give me the sense to follow your commands.”
Psalm 119:73 NLT
Katie Euken
Muscatine, IA
“I know that You can do anything and no plan of Yours can be thwarted. (Job 42:2 HCSB)
Allison, Cypress TX
“For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory.” 2 Corinthians 3:10 NIV
Melissa from Goshen, KY…
Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.
Ephesians 3:17-18 (NLT)
3 And not only this, but [c]we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; 4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; Romans 5:3-4 nasb
Jennifer, Fort Worth
“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith.” 1 John 5:4 NKJV
Carrie Gill, Tyler, TX. “But now, this is what the Lord says-He who created you, Jacob, He who formed you, Israel. ‘Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are Mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior'” Isaiah 43:1-3a NIV
“Honor your father and mother” is the 1st commandment that has a promise added; so that all may be well with you, and you may live a long time in the land.” Ephesians 6: 2-3
Stephanie. Danville. Ky
10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2. Corinthians 12:10. NIV
( just finished Gideon study)
Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of spirit, which is the word of God. ephesians6:17 NIV
Dawn in Monett, MO
James 3 :17 NIV
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.
Christy, Lima
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. Psalms 32:8 (NIV)
Jean Herrick Princeton Maine
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:6 (ESV)
Jenna from Liberty NC
“But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God. “(Acts 20:24 NLT)
The Lord will keep you from all harm–he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
Psalm 121:7-8 NIV
Sara from Virginia, “Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.” (Proverbs 31:10, KJV)
Leanne from Eden Prairie, MN
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. (Hebrews 10:23 NIV)
Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. (2 Corinthians 4:1, ESV)
Pam, Brighton, CO
Colossians 3:18
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
“But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.”
Isaiah 53:5 NIV
Connie – Fulton, KY
Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Colossians 3:13 NIV
Luke 11:34 NCV
“Your eye is a light for the body. When your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But when your eyes are evil, your whole body will be full of darkness.”
Leah Cullen – Ramona, CA
Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, (1 Peter 1:8 NIV)
Susan, St. George, UT
“But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” 2Cor. 12:9
“He who did not spare His own Son, but gave him for us all – how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things.” Romans 8:32 NIV
Rene’ Pingel, Cape Girardeau, MO
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
Joy from Lubbock, TX:
“He will not let your foot slip, he who watches over you will not slumber;…” Psalm 121:3
Susie H., McKinney, TX
“He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper.”
Psalm 1:3 NKJV