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
Dana Nance
Blue Ridge, TX
So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
1 Corinthians 3:7 NIV
Maria – Macomb, MI
Deut 32:4 NIV
He is the Rock, His work is perfect;
For all His ways are justice,
A God of truth and without injustice;
Righteous and upright is He.
Colossians 3:1-2 (NIV)
SInce, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
from Stanley, WI
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Rm 15:13 NIV
Darcy, Houston. “Then Jacob woke up and thought,’Surely the LORD is in this place, but I did not realize it!'” Genesis 28:16 The NET Bible
Can I add 15 and 16? Computer died! Sorry!
The earth is filled with your love, LORD; teach me your decrees. Psalm 119:64 NIV
For we know that our old self was crucified with Christ so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin. Romans 6:6 NIV
Sharon from Van, TX
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted, and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18
NIV
Haley
Conway, AR
“And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.” (Luke 2:52 NIV)
Laura H., O’Fallon, MO “I am the vine, you are the branches, if a man remains in me and I in him; he bear much fruit’ apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 NIV
Nina
Moore, OK
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. Colossians 4:6 NIV
Amy
Birmingham, AL
“Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong.”
I Cor. 16:13 ( NIV)
St. Louis, MO – They will rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations. (Isaiah 61:4 NIV)
Melissa, Greensburg, KY – “He must increase, but I must decrease.” John 3:30, NAS
Romans 4:20 MSG
Nor did he survey Sarah’s decades of infertility and give up.
Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:18 NIV
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. 1John 3:18 ESV
Melissa, St. Mary’s County, MD “And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.” Genesis 28:16 KJV
My grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness.
2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV)
Diane J., Wood River, IL:
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 (NKJV)
Bambi-Houston, TX
In a few minutes you’re going to do battle with your enemies. Don’t waver in resolve. Don’t fear. Don’t hesitate. Don’t panic. God, your God, is right there with you, fighting with you against your enemies, fighting to win. Deuteronomy 20:3-4 The Message
Kim; Poplar Bluff, MO. “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 (ESV)
CHRISTIE – GRAHAM,WA
“For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
ROM 8:38 NASB
Michelle O’Banion, Grandview, TX
John 7:38 HCSB
The one who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him.”
Philippians 2:3-4 “Do nothing out of rivalry or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves. Everyone should look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.” HCSB
Lyli, Fort Lauderdale:
“The prudent sees the evil and hides himself, but the naive go on and are punished for it” (Proverbs 22:3, NASB).
Linda, Dora, Al
For the life of every living thing is in your hands, and the breath of every human.
Job 12: 10 NASB
The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17. NIV
Patti McConville
Salem, Oregon
But you are a shield around me, O Lord;you bestow glory on me and lift up my head.
Psalm 3:3 NIV
Rita Cottonwood, az
Romans 15:13 ESV
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Liz from Hilliard, OH says:
“Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.”
Colossians 4:5-6 (NIV)
Michelle W
Boynton Beach, FL
Send forth Your light and Your truth, let them guide me;
let them bring me to Your holy mountain, to the place where You dwell. Psalm 43:3
Connie Kempf from Eugene, OR says James 1:21 “Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.” NKJV
Romans 12:1-2 (MSG)
So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.
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Lisa from Arlington, Tx says:
“One who is full loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.” Prov 27:7 ESV
Blair from Harrisburg, NC
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
Galatians 4:4-5 ESV
Gina, Bolivar, MO
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)
Sandra, Rock Hill, SC
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
John 14:27 NIV
Tina, Zalma, MO Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. Psalm 107:1 (NIV)
Connie, Mountain House, CA- who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,
who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Ps. 103:3-4 NIV84
Pamela, Mechanicsville, VA.
Then Jacob woke up and thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, but I did not realize it!”
Genesis 28:16 The NET Bible.
Pauline, Eau claire Wi, “How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them” Psalm 139:17 NKJV
Shannon, Buda, TX,
For he knows how we are formed,
he remembers that we are dust,
As for man, his days are like grass,
he flourishes like a flower of the field;
Psalm 103:14 &15 NIV
Mary Ann, Woodbury, MN
For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith. 27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
Galations 3:26-27 The NET Bible
Elaine
McVeytown, PA
“And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.”
Colossians 3:17
NLT
Susan, Houston, Psalm 111:10, ESV – “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
Pat S., Lago Vista, TX
“Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.”
Colossians 4:5-6 (NIV)
Jamie, Crossett,
“Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.” 2 Corinthians 12:10 NASB
Christine, SLC
So we can confidently say, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?’
Hebrews 13:6, ESV
Lynn, Lake Villa, IL
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
Don’t you know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God in your body. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 HCSB
Marita, Maricopa,AZ
Ps 46:1-5
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
KJV
Amy from Everett, WA
“Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.” (Proverbs 29:25 NIV)