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
Linda G. Richmond, VA
The Lord is close to the broken-hearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18 NIV
Betsy Roberts – Antwerp, OH
Isaiah 41:10 ESV
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Dawn
Silver Spring, MD
Prov. 3:5 ESV
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
Nancy, St. Petersburg FL
I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.
Psalm 9:1 ESV
Michelle from Waterloo, ON, Canada
“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mightly power.”
Ephesians 6:10 NIV
Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past.
Behold, I will do something new, now it will spring forth; will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.
Isaiah 43:18-19 NASB
Vicki, Lubbock, TX
But whoever listens to me will live in safety
and be at ease, without fear of harm.
Proverbs 1: 33 NIV
Lori, Richmond, VA
The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 18:21 NIV
Beverly, Vicksburg, MS
Lamentations 3:25 ESV
“The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.”
“But the Lord is faithful and will give you strength and will protect you from the Evil One.”
2 Thessalonians 3:3 NIV
Misty Sanders
North Charleston, SC
Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Galatians 1:10 NIV
Trinna, Covington, “For God is not a God of confusion but of peace.” 1 Corinthians 14:33a (ESV)
“God blesses those whose hearts are pure, for they will see God.” Matthew 5:8
Linda Mobile,AL “Rejoice in The Lord always, and again I say: Rejoice! ” Philippians 4:4 NIV
2 Corinthians 12:9
But he said to me “my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect on weakness” therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weakness, so that Christ’s power may rest in me.
Isaiah 30:15 The Message.
God the master,the Holy of Israel has this solemn counsel: “Your salvation requires you to turn back to me and stop your silly efforts to save yourselves. Your strength will come from settling down in complete dependence on me.”
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. (Psalm 34:18 (NIV))
Kari
Amery,WI
For you were once darkness but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light. Ephesians 5:8
Michelle from Chesapeake, VA
Our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
2 Corinthians 4:17 (NIV)
James 2:17 NLT
So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.
Tracy, Tangent, OR
Col. 3:1-2 NKJV
1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
Kim, Amherst, OH
Deut. 7:9 NIV
Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God,
keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.
Carolyn, Rocksprings, TX
If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you,no disaster will come near your tent. Psalm 91: 9-10 (NIV)
Galatians 5:23 (NIV)
gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Brad and Gwen Eungard
Adam, Eleanor, Amelia, and Owen
Stuttgart, Germany
Terri from Mechanicsville:
‘In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.’
Psalm 71:1 (NIV)
Peggy, Yorktown, VA
Indeed, the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. — Heb 4:12 NRSV
Courtney, Houma, LA
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,
1 Peter 3:15, NIV
Acts 2:28 NIV You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.
Rachel Owasso, OK
Romans 12:1 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.
Selena- Cordele, GA
God, create a clean heart for me and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10
“Be still and know that I am God…) Psalm 46:10
jesus is jusst asking me to stop striving and start trusting, believing, and resting in His presence..
Ellen, Aurora, OH
“Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love for I have put my trust in you.”
Psalm 143:8 NIV
Connie from Carterville, IL
Therefore let everyone who is godly offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found; surely in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach him.
Psalm 32:6 ESV
Carole from Webb City, MO: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Matthew 5:9 NIV
Sharon, McKinney, TX
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering and steadfast spirit within me.
Ps. 51:10 Amplified
Laurie from Dallas, Texas
“……He would not drink it, but poured it out to the Lord”
2 Samuel 23:16 New King James Version
Mindy from Austin, TX, “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13, NIV.
Jeannie, Nashville, Tn.
“Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit,for anger resides in the laps of fools”. Ecc. 7:9 NIV
Amy
Tyler, TX
If the Lord had not been on our side-let Israel say-If the Lord had not been on our side when men attacked us, then they would have swallowed us alive in thier burning anger against us. Then the waters would have engulfed us; the torrent would have swept over us; the raging waters would have swept over us. Praise the Lord, who has not let us be ripped apart by their teeth. We have escaped like a bird from the hunter’s net; the net is torn, and we have escaped. Our help is in the name of Yahweh, the Maker of Heaven and Earth.
Psalm 124 (HCSB)
Hilary, Columbus, GA
Jacob woke up from his sleep. He said, “God is in this place – truly. And I didn’t even know it!” He was terrified. He whispered in awe, “Incredible. Wonderful. Holy. This is God’s House. This is the Gate of Heaven.”
Genesis 28:16-17 The Message
Sandy, San Antonio
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24. NIV
Lisa Mottin, Davidsville, PA
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
1 Peter 5:10 ESV
They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” Luke 24:32 NIV
wow, I have been a believer for about 3 years and I remember the first time my heart my heart was on fire from Gods word and I didn’t know what was happening but The Lord spoke so clearly giving me direction. I found this verse afterwards and was so excited that His word testifies to everything he does in our lives!
I saw Heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called
Faithful and True.
With justice He judges and wages war.
Rev. 19:11 NIV
Lynette, Nashville, TN
To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. Jude 1:1a-2 ESV
Neeley from Auburn, AL
James 3:17 NIV
“But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy, and good fruit, impartial and sincere.”
Sherri, Pueblo West, CO
1Cor 15:19-20 The Message
1st
19 If all we get out of Christ is a little inspiration for a few short years, we’re a pretty sorry lot.
15th
20 But the truth is that Christ has been raised up, the first in a long legacy of those who are going to leave the cemeteries.
Carolyn, St. Catharines, ON
The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” Deut 31:8 (NIV)
Lori D., Georgetown, TX
Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge. Ps. 62:8 (NIV)
Patty B, Marysville, OH
Isaiah 48:17 (NIV84) This is what the LORD says- your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.