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
Carol, Cashion, OK “Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, and make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.” Hebrews 12:12-13 NASB
2 Cor 9: 10 NKJV
Now may He who supplies seed for the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness.
Nancy from Evansville, IN
For God, who said, “Let light drive out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.. 2 Corithians 4:6 NIV
Eva, Knoxville – (cont.) 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)
Andrea, Pottstown
But we continue to preach because we have the same kind of faith the psalmist had when he said, “I believe in God, and so I speak.”
“I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.”
-John 15:15 NIV
Kristi B.
Houston, TX
Eccl. 12:13 CEV
“Everything you were taught can be put into a few words:
Respect and obey God!
This is what life
is all about.”
Mindy Gloster,La
And, behold I am with thee, I will keep thee in all
places, wither thou goest, and will bring thee again
into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done
that which I spoken to thee of. Gen 28:15
Karen H., Stephenville, TX
Romans 12:14 (NASB)
Bless those who persecute you;
Bless and do not curse.
Do all things without complaining and arguing.
Philippians 2:14 (KJV)
Sherri, Albuquerque, NM “Cease striving and know that I am GOD; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10 NASB
Kay, Deer Park, TX
“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
krystal ward
teague, tx
“and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. for the Lord is your life”
deuteronomy 30:20a NIV
Pam
Kountze
I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of
God which was given to you by Christ Jesus.
1 Cor. 1:4 NKJV
Chris
Canton, NC
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted, and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18
NIV
Southlake, TX
Isaiah 12:26 NIV
“The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation”
Cindy, Largo, Florida “For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control. 1 Timothy 1:7 NET Bible
Proverbs 16:32 NLT it is better to be patient than powerful. It is better to have sel-control, than to conquer a city.
The Lord hears His people when they call for help.
He rescues them from ALL their troubles.
Psalm 34:17
dixie, santa monica, ca
Ezekial 36:27 ESV
And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statues and be careful to obey my rules.
J.J. Ehr, Longmont, CO
NIV
James 1
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
Lezli. Oklahoma City, OK
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. (Colossians 3:23, 24 NIV)
Denise from Lenexa, KS
Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. Each time He said, “My gracious favor is all you need. My power works best in your weakness.”
2 Corinthians 12:8-9a NLT
1 Peter 3:15 NIV
“But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,”
Patrice in Albuquerque
“Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” Col 4:6 NIV
Kristin, Searcy. Also, I will teach you to respect me completely, and I will put a new way of thinking inside you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. Ezekiel 36:26 (NCV, NLT)
Lisa from Waycross, GA
Donna from Albany, GA
Then Jacob woke up and thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it!”
Genesis 28:16 (NET)
Mary , Lilburn
Then Jacob woke up and thought “Surely, the LORD is in this place, but I did not realize it”.
Gen28:16 NET Bible
(Sorry I’m late!)
“Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed;
save me and I will be saved,
for You are the One I praise.”
Jeremiah 17:14 NIV
Carol from Billings
18Â For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
Romans 8:18
ESV
Fran, Eden Prairie, MN
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1 (NIV)
Kim from Cincinnati, OH
Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.
John 14:27 (NASV)
Psalm 105:4 NIV
Look to the LORD and his strength, seek his face always.
Avis, Lone Star, Texas
“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
Dawn, West Monroe, LA
Then Jacob woke up & thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it!” Genesis 28:16 The Net Bible
Evansville, IN
“So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.” Colossians 2:6-7 (NIV)
Teresa, Peoria, IL
Romans 5:5-8, NIV: “And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Paula, Maine
“Now I will arise, says the Lord. I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.” Psalm 12:5 NKJV
Mindy in Franklin, TN
that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, (Ephesians 3:16 ESV)
Julia from Cincinnati, OH
being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 1:6 (NIV)
Wendy, Mechanicsville, VA
Then Jacob work up and thought, surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it!
Genesis 28:16, NET Bible
Laura ~ Plainfield, IN
I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
Psalm 119:11 ESV
Haggai 2:9
Amplified Version
9 The latter glory of this house [with its successor, to which Jesus came] shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts; and in this place will I give peace and prosperity, says the Lord of hosts.
I choose this verse bc is a promise from my faithful God. A promise that I must not forget! Gods Word states that as long as I believe, He is working on me!
I am growing each day. And my latter glory will be greater than my former!
-Just as you do not know the path of the wind or how the bones form in the womb of a pregnant women, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.
Ecclesiastes 11:5, NIV
Maryjo from Chandler,AZ
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1. NIV
Melissa
Midlothian,VA
Isaiah 40:31
New International Version (NIV)
31 but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
Caitlin, McKinney, TX
“…just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:28, NIV
Carol
Albuquerque NM
Hebrews 12:1
1- Therefore since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses , let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles us. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
NIV
Riverton UT
And I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?” (Nehemiah 6:3 ESV)
Diane, Wedgefield, SC – Love God, your God, with your whole heart: love Him with all that’s in you, love Him with all you’ve got! Deuteronomy 6:5, The Message