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
Brenda – Hendersonville TN
Still, the Lord is true to His promises; He will hold you up and guard you against the evil one. 2 Thes. 3:3 The Voice
Michelle Baylerian, Waukesha, WI
Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
James 1:4 NIV 1984
Proverbs 16:3, Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.” NLT
GJ
Hawkinsville GA
PSALM 103:17 (NKJV)
But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlastingOn those who fear Him,And His righteousness to children’s children,
Indianapolis, IN
Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you. 1 Samuel 12:24 (ESV)
Janet Jarmula Ronkonkoma, NY
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” Heb 11:1 NIV
My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
Psalm 121:2
Stephanie, Hamburg Ar. It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees. The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pices of silver and gold. Psalms 119:71-72
Olda, Huntsville
But you, as a person dedicated to God, keep away from all that. Instead pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness. Compete well for the faith and lay hold of that eternal life you were called for. Â Â 1 Timothy 6:11 – 12a. (The NET Bible)
Sue – Troy, Michigan – “Instead you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil. Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” James 4:15-17 (NIV)
Dorinda, O’Fallon, MO. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will. Ephesians 1:5 NIV
Laura K in Spearfish, SD
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
Be still and know that I am God;I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. Ps. 46:10
Donna from Bartlett, TN
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
Sheila from Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada – “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”-Philipians 4:8 NIV
Tina, Columbus Ohio
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. James 1:19 & 20 NIV
Suzanne Bailey, Harrisville, RI
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5:1 ESV
1Thessalonians 5:16-18
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.”
Acts 17:24-25 NIV…Dusti from Van Buren, Arkansas
Tracey from Shawnee, Kansas
Mark 5:19 (NET)
But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him, “Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you, that he had mercy on you.”
Suzanne
Tenaha, TX
Psalm 139:23 NIV
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Test me and know my anxious thoughts.
Psalm 139:23
Lori,Pennsylvania
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.”
2 Timothy 1:7 (NLT)
Who is like the Lord our God
who is seated on high.
Psalm 113:5
ESV
You have searched me, Lord, and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
Psalm 139:1-2 NIV
Mary Beth, now in Thailand, Ephesians 2:10 NIV for we are Gods handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Diane from Littleton, CO
Romans 11:34-35 NIV
“Who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been His counselor?”
“Who has ever given to God,
that God should repay him?”
Lilburn, GA
You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you. (John 15:16 NASB)
Stephanie King – Richardson, TX
Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory.
1 Peter 1:8 TNIV
Laura, Englewood. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Psalm 139:15 NIV
Cathy Morris Sedona, AZ Psalm 139:7-10 NIV
“Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
Even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.”
Kelly Snodgrass
Rogersvile, TN
1 John 3:1a ESV
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.
Kelly, Jackson, MI:
“Who establishes the mountains by His strength, Being girded with might.”
Psalm 65:6
Pam D., Hendersonville, TN: “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering, and steadfast spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 AMP
Brianna from Huntsville, AL
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Colossians 3:2 (KJV)
Jan
Bemus Point, NY
I Timothy 1:18-19 (NIV)
18 Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well,
19 holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.
And in French:
1 Timothee 1:18-19
18 Timothee, mon enfant, voici le conseil que je t’adresse en accord avec les propheties prononcees autrefois a ton sujet: et t’appuyant sur ces paroles, combats le bon combat
19 avec foi et avec cette bonne conscience dont certains se sont ecartes au point que leur foi a fait naufrage.
Beautiful, Jan!
Ces prophĂ©ties Ă©taient les plus susceptibles de confirmations Timothy’s cadeaux et appel au ministère. Oh, mais auriez-vous pas aimĂ© entendre eux?
Micki. Prairie Village, KS
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering and steadfast spirit within me.
Ps. 51:10. AMP
Judy Littleton, NC
As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more.
Psalm 71:14 NIV
Nicole Hudnall, Lynchburg, 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)
“You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule.” Matthew 5:3 MSG
Angela Talley, Murfreesboro TN
2 Corinthians 12:9
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 weakness, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
Susan L. (central IL) There is one Lord, one faith, and one baptism. (Ephesians 4:5, NCV)
Kristel Hines from Russellville, AR
“but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,” 1 Peter 1:15 ESV
Cheri, Savage, MN Ephesians 3:16 NIV
I Pray that out of His glorious riches He may strenghen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being.
Whitney, Ames, OK
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9 ESV
Hannah, Perry, MI
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”
Galatians 5:22-23, NIV
Come and listen, all who fear God, and I will tell what He has done for me.
Ps. 66:16 HCSB
Ginger
Wetumpka, AL
Dawn, Raleigh, NC, Psalm 51:6, “But you desire honesty from the womb, teaching me wisdom even there.” NLT
Berni, Albuquerque
“Love bears up under anything and everything that comes,
is ever ready to believe the best of every person,
its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances,
and it endures everything [without weakening].”
1Corinthians 13:7AMP
Kendra Husband, Charlotte, NC
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body, you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom and as you sing songs with gratitiude in your hearts to God. 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.” (NIV Col. 3:15-17)
Julie from Bristol, Tennessee
Proverbs 3:21-22 NIV
Do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight, preserve sound judgment and discretion; they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck.