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
Blanche, Pearland, TX
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
Psalms 40:11 KJV
Heather, Morristown, TN
. . . for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.
James 1:20 NASB
jc, Frisco, tx
Jeremiah 10:6
(NET Bible)
“I said, “There is no one like you, LORD. You are great. And you are renowned for your power.”
I am posting three verses this time because I did not get mine posted for August 1st and 15th. For he chose us in him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight in love.Eph.1:4(NIV)August1st. In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.Eph.3:12(NIV)August15th. No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us Romans 8:37(NIV)Sept.1st. Twyla McAmis,Cleveland,Tennessee.
Leah, KCMO
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.
The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
Romans 16:20(NIV)
Kim, Pearland, TX
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalm 91:1 NIV
Sacramento,CA
Above all else, guard your heart,
for it is the wellspring of life.
Proverbs 4:23 NIV
Stephanie, Morgantown, WV.
Psalm 37:4 (ESV). Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Carmen Summersville, WV “Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have with one another. Forgive as The Lord forgave you.” Colossians 3:13 NIV
jaclyn, Naperville, IL
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. Colossians 4:6 NIV
Rita – Alva, Florida
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”
Hebrews 10:23 (NLT)
Staci from Corona, Ca “From of old no one had heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him. Isaiah 64:4 ESV
Christa from AZ
Psalm 139:23-24 (NLT)
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.”
Karen Edlund
Rochester, MN
Psalm 62:6 NLT
“He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will not be shaken.”
Holli from Corona, Ca The Lord is righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made. Psalm 145:17 NIV 84
Cher Goeder, Toledo, Ohio
Proverbs 24:10 NIV
If you falter in times of trouble, how small is your strength!
Cher Goeder, Toledo, Ohio
Proverbs 24:10
If you falter in times of trouble, how small is your strength!
Amy from Noble, OK
Ephesians 6:13 (NIV)
Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
Bombey
Bellaire, TX
Luke 6:45b For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks. NIV84
“He heals those who have a broken heart. He heals their sorrows.” ~ Psalm 147:3 (NLV)
Menomonee Falls, WI
In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, And his children will have refuge. Proverbs 14:26 (NASB)
Sherri, Marietta, GA. “But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to Him and asked, “Lord, don’t You care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” Luke 10:39 NIV
James 4:10 (NIV)
“Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.”
“Love from the center of who you are; don’t fake it. Run for dear life from evil; hold on for dear life to good.”
Romans 12:9 The Message
Susan from Greensburg:
“Surely as I have planned so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will stand.” Isaiah 14:24 NIV
Andrea Nicholson, McKinney, TX
Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
1 Chronicles 16:11, NIV
Mary Anne
Osler, SK, Canada
“For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies,
but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world,
against mighty powers in this dark world,
and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 6:12
NLT
Hebrews 1:3
Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact expression of His nature, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After making purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
Heidi
Fayetteville, GA
Cyndi Munson, Oklahoma City, OK
“Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding.”
Proverbs 3:5, NIV
Emily in Anchorage, AK
“For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us” (Psalm 103:11-12 NIV).
Than Jacob woke up and thought “surely The Lord is in this place, and I did not realize it”
Gens is 8:16. NET Bible
Psalms 19:14(ESV)”Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my
heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my strength and my redeemer.”
Jessica, Carlsbad, CA “But you are not like the world, for you are God’s chosen people. You are a royal priesthood, a holy nation, you are covered by God’s love and are His possession so that you may declare praises to Him.” 1 Peter 2:9 (NLT)
Kim from Center, TX:
For You, O Lord, have made me glad by Your work; at the works of Your hands I sing for joy. Psalm 92:4 (ESV)
Cara, Oswego. All your children will be followers of the Lord and your children will enjoy great prosperity. Isaiah 54:13 NET
“Dear children, let us not love with words or speech
but with actions and in truth.” 1 John 3:18 (NIV)
Matthew 5:11 NIV
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
Lala Ball Cooper in Ruston says…
“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” 1 John 3:2 KJV
Susan, Wynne
James 4:8 (NASB)
8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Rebecca, Portland, tx
Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor
and gave him the name above all other names,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:9-11
Traci in MN
Psalm 86:15 (NIV)
But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.
Lisa S. in Montgomery, TX
Genesis 28:16 NET
Then Jacob woke up and thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, but I did not realize it.”
Gina, Waynesville, NC
Am I now trying to gain the approval of people, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ!
Galatians 1:10 (NET)
Charmaine, Miami – “The Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7 NKJV
Pam, Sioux Falls, SD
“Then Jacob woke up and thought, ‘surely the LORD is in this place, but I did not realize it!'”
Gen 28:16
The NET Bible
The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” (Exodus 14:14 NIV)
Lydia from Warman, Canada
I sought the LORD and He answered me;
He delivered me from my fears.
Sharice, Shelby, NC
“Then Jacob woke up and thought, ‘surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it!'”
Genesis 28:16 (NET Bible)
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the father, but by me. (John14:6) (KJV)
Alesha, Charlotte, NC…
Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning,
for I am trusting you.
Show me where to walk,
for I give myself to you.
Psalm 143:8 NLT