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
“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.”
Ephesians 6:10 (NIV)
Janae – Riverside, PA Exodus 14:14(NLT) “The LORD himself will fight for you. Just stay calm.”
Colleen, Cape Town, South Africa
Colleen, hold unswervingly to the hope you profess, for He who promised is faithful.
Hebrews 10:23, NIV
Jane from Calgary, Alberta
Colossians 1:16 (NASB)
“For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.”
Eva in Wichita, KS
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Psalm 51:10 NIV
Nicole//dallas//Luke 11:2
Jesus said, “This is how you should pray: “Father, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come soon. ” (Luke 11:2 NLT)
Debbie
Georgetown TX
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (James 5:16 KJV)
Emily, Coralville. “Blessed is the man who always fears the LORD, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.” Prov. 28:14 NIV
Heather
Little Rock, AR
You realize, don’t you, that you are the temple of God, and God himself is present in you? No one will get by with vandalizing God’s temple, you can be sure of that. God’s temple is sacred—and you, remember, are the temple. (1 Corinthians 3:16, 17 MSG)
Rachel, Surprise, AZ
“How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!” ~Psalm 133:1 (NIV)
Jennifer, Kailua, HI:
Psalm 77:14-You are the God who performs miracles;you display your power among the peoples.
Thank you for this sweet verse. Its bringing comfort when I cant sleep tonight. I lost my father Friday. We will bury him today.
My favorite verse -Be still and know that I am God.
For the life of a creature is in its blood. It is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life. NIV Lev 17:11
Jill, Williamsburg
Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my I inquiry. I said , ” I will confess my transgressions to the LORD “- and you forgave the guilt of my sin.
Psalm 32:5 NIV
Amy in Waipahu, Hawaii
God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to His eyes.
2 Samuel 22:25 MSG
Terri, Papua New Guinea. “‘And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'” Matthew 6:13, NIV.
Psalm 119:105 (NIV)
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
Traci
Knoxville, TN
Heather, Louisville
“7 “But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him.”
Jeremiah 17:7 NIV
Bonnie Port Orchard, WA
Though they stumble, they will never fall, for The Lord holds them by the hand.
Psalms 37:23 NLT
Lexington, Ky
James 5 :13
Is anyone of you in trouble?
He should pray.
Is anyone of you happy?
He should sing songs of praise.
Jeanna
Powhatan, VA
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 of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. (2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV)
Heather, Talllahassee, FL Restore to me the joy of your salvation and sustain me with a willing spirit. Psalm 51:12 NASB
Cindy, living in Cochem, Germany: He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1 (NIV)
Patti from Tampa: 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. 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 12:9-10 (NIV)
I Corinthians 1:18 NIV
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God.
Lauren, Charlotte, NC. He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Psalm 91:1-2 ESV
Moreen, Sydney, Australia
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)
Kim, Valdosta, GA
Mark 11:22-24, NKJV
So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. For assuredly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, “Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that the things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.”
Kelly, Auburn , Al. – He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1 NIV
Sherry, Winston-Salem, NC
Humble yourselves therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your cares upon Him, because He cares about you.
1 Peter 5:6-7
Becky, Roswell GA
“We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.”
Romans 6:6, NLT
Susan Miles. Jonesboro, Arkansas
1 Corinthians 4:20 NIV
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
Susan-Statesville,NC
Then Jacob woke up and thought,”Surely the LORD is in this place , but I did not realize it!”
Gen.28:16 (NET)
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patients, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23 NI
Lynn from Leonardtown
‘for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. (2 Timothy 1:7 ESV)’
Canyon, VA
“…the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.”
Psalm 103:16 NIV
Carrie Guion, Wentzville, Mo.
O God, you are my God: I earnestly search for you. My soul thirst for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water. Psalm 63:1 NLT
Linda, Delray Beach, FL
“LORD, I have heard of your fame;
I stand in awe of your deeds, O LORD.
Renew them in our day, in our time make
them known; in wrath remember mercy.”
Habakkuk 3:2 NIV
Allison – Huntsville, TX
JAMES 4:7-10 NIV
7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
Stacy Carmel, IN. A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls. Prov 25:28 ESV
Erika from McKinney, “Then he said to them all, ‘whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me'”. NIV
Dallas, GA
“But now, this is what the LORD says- he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: ‘Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.”
Is. 43:1 NIV
Marie, Easley, SC
We also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Romans 5:3-5
Julie P
Tierra Verde FL
God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21 NET)
Rachael Clark, jersey shore pa
Phil 3:7
“But whatever was to my profit I now consider a loss for the sake of Christ.” Phil 3:7(NIV)
Alice, Chesapeake Va.
Colossians 4:2 NIV
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
Toni, Argyle, TX
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39, NASB
Kristine, Welland, ON
“Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.”
1 Thessalonians 5:23,24 (ESV)
James 1: 5, 6
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.
above verses are NKJ!
Kathy, Houston, TX
Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 5:16