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
Beth, Wynnewood, OK
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Galatians 6:9 NIV
Lori, Friendswood, TX
“Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.”
Prov. 16: 24 (ESV)
Vicki, Peoria,IL
13 And I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel.” 1 Kings 6:13 (NIV)
Beth C, Huntsville, AL
And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
Colossians 4:3 (NIV)
Ohio
Gentle words are a tree of life; a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.
Psalm 15:4 NLT
Shanwa Longmont, CO
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over multitude of sins.”
1 Peter 4:8 (NIV)
Shelley from Shiloh, IL: ” So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.” 1 Cor. 3:7 ESV
Melissa, Augusta, GA
To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:3, NIV
Marcia Jordon, Fulton, MO
Romans 8:15 (HCSB) For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, “ Abba, Father! ”
Psalm 103:1 (ESV)
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name!
Amy 7634, SF Bay Area
Then Jacob woke up and thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it!” ​
​Genesis 28:16 (NET Bible)​
Joyce Davidson, Big River, Saskatchewan, Canada
“The troubles of my heart have multiplied; free me from my anguish.”
Psalm 25:17 NIV 84
Teach me to do your will,for you are my God.
May your gracious Spirit lead me forward on a firm footing.
Psalm 143:10(NLT)
kathy from leesville, la And now dear children, continue in Him, so that when He appears we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming. 1 John 2:28 NIV
Ashley Roberts, Fort Worth, TX
Come to me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28 NIV
Sherie
The Woodlands, TX
The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand. Psalm 37:23,24 NLT
Christy L.
Royal Palm Beach, FL
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. (Isaiah 41:10 NLT)
Gina from Ruston, LA
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8 NIV)
Tilley Hawkins from Franklin, TN
“You crown the year with your good blessings,
and you leave abundance in your wake.”
Psalm 65:11 (NET)
How precious to me are your thoughts God! How vast is the sum of them.
Ps. 139:17 NIV
Myra Gentry, London, England
“The Lord wants to show His mercy to you. He wants to rise and comfort you. The Lord is a fair God, and everyone who waits for His help will be happy”.
Isaiah 30:18 NCV
Stephanie in Woodward, Ok
The world is not our home,
we are looking forward to
our everlasting home in
Heaven.
Hebrews 13:14
Living Bible
The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace. Psalm 29:11
Esther, Lincoln, NE
Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces. Psalm 34:5 NLT
Kelli, Dover
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5 ESV
Isaiah 61:1. NIV
The Spirit of the sovereign Lord is on me
Because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,
We are getting ready to study Breaking Free at our church again. It’s been at least ten years, we are looking forward to seeing a whole new group of ladies Break Free! God is Good
Christa, Memphis TN
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. (Romans 12:12 NIV)
Tammy/Siloam NC—-Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. (NIV)
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 (NIV)
Sandy, Clatskanie OR
Psalm 119:64 The earth is filled with your love (mercy KJV) O LORD, teach me your decrees. NIV
Lisa Garland,TX. “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. (Matthew 7:7 NIV)
Lauren from Conyers, GA
A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
Proverbs 14:30 NLT
Midland, TX
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17 (NIV)
Leigh, Woodway, TX
O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you;
  my soul thirsts for you;
my body longs for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
  beholding your power and glory.
Because your steadfast love is better than life,
  my lips will praise you.
So I will bless you as long as I live;
  in your name I will lift up my hands.
My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food,
  and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,
Psalm 63:1-5 (ESV)
Laura from Prairieville, LA:
I spread out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Psalm 143:6 NIV
Linda, Little Rock, AR Then Jacob woke up and thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it.” NET
Brenda from Byhalia, MS
Philippians 4:6 NIV
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”
Cindy, Biloxi, MS
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Colossians 4:6 NIV
Edna
O’Fallon, MO
Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God;believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
John 14:1-3, ESV
P.S. I dare you to read it without singing the Rich Mullins song in your head! 🙂
Melanie Johnson from Georgetown
When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought,”Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” Genesis 28:16 NIV
“We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.” Romans 6:4 NIV
Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law. Psalm 119:18 NIV
Redfield, AR
2 Corinthians 8:4 (NIV)
[4] they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing* in this service* to the saints.*
Erin from Murfreesboro TN
behold, You delight in truth in the inward being, and You teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
Psalm 51:6 ESV
Pat, Littlefield, Tx
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven…….A time to search and a time to give up. A time to keep and a time to throw away. ”
Ecclesiates 3: 1,6
May the words of my mouth and meditations of my heart be pleasing in your sight. Psalm 19:14 NIV
Cindy, Nashville, TN “They will be like a shrub in the desert. They will not experience good things even when they happen. It will be as though they were growing in the desert, in a salt land where no one can live.” Jeremiah 17:6 NET
There is no one holy like the Lord. There is no one besides you! And there is no rock like our God. 1 Samuel 2:2 (HCSB)
Lisa Riley from Sussex, WI
3Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!
So great is your power
that your enemies cringe before you.
Psalm 66:3 ((NIV)
Pamela from Shelby Township MI
Come near to God, and God will come near to you.
James 4:8a NCV