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
Kim, Corning, NY. “Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice! Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually! (Psalm 105:3, 4 ESV)
Amanda, Chandler AZ
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
Hebrews 10:23, ESV
Lindsey, Nashville, TN
And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord–that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.” Job 28:28 (NIV)
Deborah, Katy, TX
Phil 1:6 NIV84
“Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in your will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
Lisa, from Huntsville, AL:
Col. 2:8 , NIV 84:
See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.
Julia, Whidbey Island, WA: ” But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.” 1Cor 1:27 NET
Mary, Frisco “I love you Lord, my strength.” Psalm 18:1 (NIV)
Allison, Katy, TX
Phil 1:6 NIV84
“Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in your will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
Liz
Nashua, NH
Psalm 27:13-14
“I remain 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.”
Amanda, Katy, TX
Phil 1:6 NIV84
“Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in your will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
Cyndi, Katy, TX
Phil 1:6 NIV84
“Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in your will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
Kara, Houston, TX
Phil 1:6 NIV84
“Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in your will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
Tiffany, Katy, TX
Phil 1:6 NIV84
“Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in your will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
“To that end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his call, and may complete every plan he has to do you good, and every work of faith in power”
2 Thessalonians 1:11 KNT
Heather from Hayden, AL: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John 1:7. KJV
Genesis 28:6 NET Kathy, Austin
“Then Jacob WOKE UP, surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it!”
Katy
Mount Juliet, TN
“Whoever fears the Lord has a secure fortress, and for their children it will be a refuge.”
– Proverbs 14:26
Kelly from Sherman, TX. “Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, ‘Now, I have put my words in your mouth.'” Jeremiah 1:9 NIV
Alicia, Riverton UT
Jeremiah 17:9, ESV The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
Anita; Purcellville, VA
And who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Song of God by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 1:4 NIV84
That’s supposed to be “SON” of God!!
Cathy, Richmond,VA
Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved._ Romans 10:13
Debi, Ava, Fl. Hebrews 10:23. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. (NKJV )
You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy”
Psalm 30:11 NIV
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. (Colossians 3:12 NIV)
Pam — almost Knoxville, TN, (we move in two days!)
” You, Eternal One, are my sustenance and my life-giving cup.
In that cup, You hold my future and my eternal riches.” Psalm 16:5 (Voice)
Heather G.
Fredericksburg, VA
For 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. Ephesians 2:10 NLT
Judy, Virginia “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 43:10 (NIV)
Kelly from Denver..
Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His face continually.
Psalm 105:4
NASB
Janet, Tulsa
“Test me, Lord, and try me, examine my heart and my mind” (Psalm 26:2; NIV)
Christina, Tyler,TX
Revelation 3:5 All who are victoriouss will be clothed in white. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life, but I will annouce before my Father and his angels that they are mine. (NLT)
Kim from Bloomington, IL
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28 NASB
Terri Frasure from South Lebanon, Ohio
“He made the earth by his power, established the world by His wisdom, and spread out the heavens by His understanding.
When He thunders, the waters in the heavens are in turmoil, and He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain and brings the winds from His storehouses.”
Jeremiah 10:12-13 (HCSB)
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 ESV
Johnnie, Wake Forest, NC
Phyllis Amarillo, TX
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions–it is by grace you have been saved.
Ephesians 2:4 NIV
Paula, Brownwood, Tx
Examine me, and probe my thoughts!Test me, and know my concerns! See if there is any idolatrous tendency in me,and lead me in the reliable ancient path! Psalm 139:23-24. NET
Johannah, Alexandria, LA
“Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.” Hebrews 10:23 NLT
E’Von,Houston, 2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV)
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Kasey from Newnan, Ga “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.” Deuteronomy 29:29 NIV
Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Psalm 51:12, NIV
Crystal from Phoenix
James 3:17-18 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. Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.
Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the Gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending as one man for the faith of the Gospel without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. Phil. 1:27-28a. NIV
Frisco, TX NLT
Philippians 2:12b-13
Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear. For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.
Lindy I White of Oklahoma City, OK.
“The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.”
Romans 8:6, NIV
Theresa from Tenaha,
Then Jacob woke up and thought ‘Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it.
Genesis 28:16
Vicki, from Grapevine, Texas
Let all that I am wait quietly before God,
for my hope is in him. ~ Psalm 62:5 NLT
Kim
New Port Richey, FL
Proverbs 3:29-30 NLT
“Do not plot against your neighbor for they trust you. Don’t make accusations against someone who hasn’t wronged you.”
Cindy, Mt. Gilead, Ohio
John 17:3 KJV
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Dana, San Angelo, Texas
“I will praise The Lord at all times. I will constantly speak His praises.”psalm 34:1-2. (NLT).
Colossians 3:17
NIV
17 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.
Bonnie, Alexandria, LA
“But you, o Lord, are a shield around me; you are my glory, the one who holds my head high.”
Psalm 3:3 NLT