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
Jess R Katy, Tx
Confess your trespasses[a] to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. -James 5:16 NKJ
Nicole, Tucson: “Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.” Revelation 1:3 NIV
Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. (Hebrews 10:23 NLT)
Emily S.~ Weatherford,TX ~ “But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him.”
Janice in Abbeville
“For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.”
I Corinthians 4:20 (NIV)
When the cares of my heart are many,
your consolations cheer my soul.
Psalm 94:19. ESV
Martha, Brevard NC
“Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love.”
1 Cor. 16:13-14
Carolyn from Nashville, TN
Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful
Hebrews 10:23 HCSB
W.Richland
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.
Ephesians 3:17b-18 NIV
Ashley from Dexter, Michigan
“My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.”
John 17:15 NIV
Hebrews 12:2
looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God
Katie Swaney (McDonough, GA) – At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split (Matthew 27:51 NIV)
Barb, Urbandale, IA
If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
Romans 8:10 (NASB)
Tammy, Van, TX Philippians 4:4-5 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.
(NIV)
Lori, Flower Mound, TX
“As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you.”
1Samuel 12:23, NIV
Ouida in Trenton,TX
O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.
Psalm 34:3 (NASB)
Be kind & compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.
Eph. 4:32 HCSB
Kay
Plainview, TX
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” 1Corinthians 10:31 NIV
Rebecca Benston, Springfield, OH
The precious sons of Zion,
Valuable as fine gold,
How they are regarded as clay pots,
The work of the hands of the potter!
~Lamentations 4:2 NKJV~
Lisa A, Frisco, TX
“The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace.” Psalm 29:11 NIV
Judith, Orillia, Ontario
2 Peter 2:10b,11 – NIV
For if you do these things, you will never stumble & you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ.
Sue. Groveport, OH
Psalm 34:11 NIV
Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Shelley, Fort Walton Beach, FL
“Jacob woke up from his sleep. He said, “ God is in this place—truly. And I didn’t even know it!” He was terrified. He whispered in awe, “Incredible. Wonderful. Holy. This is God’s House. This is the Gate of Heaven.”
Genesis 28:16 (MSG)
Carol in Kansas City
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold everything he had and bought it. (Matthew 13:45, 46 NET)
Judy
Fairmont, MN
The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters, He restores my soul. He gguides me in paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.
Psalm 23:1-3 (NIV)
Matt.6:33 NIV
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Pam Houston
Buena Park, CA (currently on road in NE Colorado)
“How precious are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them.” Psalms 139: 17 (NASB)
I know what I am doing.
I have it all planned out – plans to take care of you, not abandon you,
plans to give you the future you hope for.
Jeremiah 29:11 The Message
Corinne in Chehalis, Washington
Heather
McDonough GA
“But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.”
(Hebrews 10:12, 13 ESV)
Karla Dumal
Gulfport, MS
He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart. Psalm 15:2 KJV
Lauren, Dedham, MA: “Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.” Psalm 25:16 (NIV)
Missie, Marble Falls, TX
“For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.” Isaiah 43:19 NLT
Christine, Chandler,AZ
“If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”
Luke 9:23 NIV
Chris M, Seattle, WA
Matthew 6:24 NIV
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of it’s own.
AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME, I WILL RESPOND TO YOU. I didn’t write the address down! It is New Living Translation, and it was a direct answer to prayer. Because I was not getting answers to my prayers. It was so precious to have Him speak to me that way!!!!
Julie, Hawaii
And we know that all things work together for the good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
Romans 10:23, nkjv
Betty M Voltaire, ND Ps 139:17 KJV “How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, oh God: how great is the sum of them.”
Kate K.,
Lafayette, IN
“Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a loyal spirit within me.”
Psalm 51:10 NLT
Tessa from Nacogdoches TX
1 Samuel 2:2 HCSB
There is no one holy like the Lord.
There is no one besides You!
And there is no rock like our God.
Ellen, Spring,TX
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
Philippians 2:3 (ESV)
Jennifer from Liberty, NC
Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs, and don’t forget to thank him for his answers.
Philippians 4:6
Living Bible (TLB)
You shall have no other gods before me.
Deuteronomy 5:7
New International Version (NIV)
Betty from Waveland, IN: “May my spoken words and unspoken thoughts be pleasing even to you, O Lord my Rock and my Redeemer.” Psalm 19:14 TLB.
Kristi, White Pigeon, MI – Psalm 37:7 NIV “Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.”
Natalie, Grand Prairie, TX
Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured.
Colossians 4:12 (NIV)
Marie- Franklin, TN
If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
James 1:5 NIV
Better the poor whose walk is blameless
than a fool whose lips are perverse.
Proverbs 19:1 NIV
Lisa Curtis
Jackson, MO
Create in me a clean heart God and renew a right, persevering and steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 Amplified
Melissa from Flemington, NJ. Isaiah 41:10, “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” KJV.
Psalms 107:1 NIV
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his love endures forever.