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
David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him… But David found strength in the LORD his God. I Samuel 30:6 NIV
Stacey DeYoung-Morocco,in
1 Samuel 7:12 Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the Lord has helped us.”
Heather S., Louisville, KY
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 2:4-5 NIV
“I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.”
Psalm 4:8 NIV
Jill P., Ames, IA
2 Cor. 4:10 (NLT)
“Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies.”
Olivia, West Sussex, UK, “To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul; in You I trust, O my God” Psalm 25 v 1 NIV.
Connie, Pickerington, OH “For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.” HCS Bible I Corinthians 4:20
Pushkala, Louisville, KY – Be joyful in hope, patient, in affliction, faithful in prayer. Rom 12:12 NIV
Suey, Houston, Then Jacob(Suey) woke up and thought
surely the Lord is in this place(my home and not to be scared) but i did not realize it.
Jude 16: These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own desires.
TNIV
Jennifer, Cullman, AL
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. Isaiah 43:19 NIV
“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” -Matthew 11:38 NKJV
Yanna Bryan, Texas “How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!” Psalm 139:17 ESV
Deborah, Hartsville, SC; “But the lovingkindness of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness to children’s children.” -Psalm 103:17 NASB
Pamela from Round Rock
17)The angel of the Lord encamps around
those who fear him, and delivers them.
(Psalm 34:7 ESV)
Janice, Bakersfield, CA
He came to that which was his own , but his own did not receive him.
John 1:11 NIV
Then the Lord replied: “Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. (Habakkuk 2:2-3a NIV)
Barb of Crown Point, IN
For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,
Romans 8:6 NASB
“Consider the work of God, for who is able to straighten what He has bent? In the day of prosperity be happy, but on the day of adversity consider-God has made the one as well as the other so that man will not discover anything that will be after him.
Ecclesiastes 7:13-14
NASB
Jayne- Frisco, TX
john 20:29 niv
then Jesus told him (Thomas) “because you have seen Me you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed”.
Nancy Beda, Boardman, Ohio
Thank God for his Son-a gift too wonderful for words!
II Corinthians 9:15 (NLT)
Kathy, Festus MO Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, (Colossians 3:23 NIV)
Linda Jewell
Sedona, AZ
John 12:46 NIV
I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should stay in darkness.
Karen J from Westminster, MD
In Him and through faith in Him, we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
Ephesians 3:12 NIV
“Look, I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this land, for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
Genesis 28:15 HCSB
Karen, Norfolk, VA: How precious to me are your thoughts, O God, how vast is the sum of them. Psalm 139:17 (NIV)
Carla, LaFayette, Al.
The Lord is wonderfully good to those who wait for him and seek him. Lamentations 3:25 NLT
Sally, Columbus, OH
” if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot disown Himself”
2 Timothy 2:13 NIV
Jer 17:7 NLT
Blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.
Loris, SC
La Chiel from Portland, TN
I am able to do all things thru the one who strengthens me. Phillipians 4:13 NET
Connie Salmen, Longmont, CO
Do all things without grumbling or disputing; Philippians 2:14 (NASB)
Caroline, Rio, WI
“Trust in The Lord forever, for The Lord God is an everlasting rock.”
Isaiah 26:4 (ESV)
Brandy A, Cross Anchor, SC
The Lord is more pleased when we do what is right and just than when we offer him sacrifices. Provers 21:3 (NLT)
Debbie Torkelson, Annandale, VA
“So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God’s law”. Romans 7:21-22, NIV
Toni, Greer, SC, “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.” Psalm 8:3-5 NIV
Heather
Gloucester, VA
David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of the Lord is finished. (1 Chronicles 28:20 NIV)
Candy from
St. Louis
‘The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.'” Lamentations 3:24 (NIV
Kim Cliatt, Loganville, GA
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”
Ephesians 6:12 NIV
Donna D, Sarnia, Ontario
“..but because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood. Therefore He is able to save completely those who come to God through Him, because He always lives to intercede for them.”
Heb 7:24-25 NIV
Lauren from Magee, MS:
“Do you think all God wants are sacrifices – empty rituals just for show? He wants you to listen to Him! Plain listening is the thing, not staging a lavish religious production.” ~1 Samuel 15:22 (the Msg)
Anna in Mobile, AL
The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take delight in you: in His love He will no longer rebuke you; but will rejoice over you with singing.
Zep 3:14-17 NIV
Karessa, Peoria, IL: Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 ESV
Matthew 14:27 ESV
But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”
Lisa from New York
Karen, Clarksville, The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” Psalm 34:18 NIV
Cheryl, Le Chesnay France
Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart. Colossians 4:2 (NLT)
Fran, Stedman, NC
“Exalt the LORD our God; worship at His footstool! Holy is He! Psalm 99:5 ESV
Alice, Dallas, TX: Trust in The Lord with all your heart, and lean not unto your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 NKJV
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. (1 Corinthians 13:7 NLT)
Bethany, Evart, Michigan. Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. Psalms 147:5 KJV
Amy from Shorewood IL
Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else. (1 Thessalonians 5:15 NIV)