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
Jennifer
Germantown WI
“Let the Lord lead you and trust Him to help. Then it will be as clear as the noonday sun that you were right.” Psalm 37:5-6 (CEV)
Ronnie from Ostrander, Ohio
James 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. (ESV)
Kathleen….. Saint Joseph,MI
Isaiah 26:3
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you.
NIL
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1 John 2:15 ESV
Whitney Caves
Clinton, MS
Theresa from Plainfield, IN
Gentle words are a tree of life.
-Proverbs 15:4 (NLT)
Melanie, Armuchee, GA
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3 (ESV)
Kathy Carenza from the beaches of West Coast Florida
Isaiah 53:4-5 NIV84
Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
I am God, your God. Who teaches you how to live right and well. I show you what to do, where to go.
Isaiah 48:17 message
Jessica from Sioux Falls, SD
“But if we hope for what we do not have, we wait for it patiently.”
Romans 8:25
Anita Livingston – Odem, Texas
Romans 8:38 TEV
For I am certain that nothing can separate us from His love: neither death nor life, neither angels nor other heavenly rulers or powers, neither the present nor the future,
Mandy from Mt. Vernon
“Now that you have purified yourself by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.”
1 Peter 1:22 (NIV)
Whitney Janzen. Edmond, ok.
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.
2 Corinthians 4:7 NIV
Jacqui. Lemoore, ca. Always be joyful never stop praying be thankful in all circumstances for this is gods will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NLT
Romans 8:37 kjv
Nay in all things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Suzy Myers
Bay Springs, MS
1 Peter 3:3-4 (NIV)
“Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.”
21 His master said to him, Well done, you upright (honorable, [a]admirable) and faithful servant! You have been faithful and trustworthy over a little; I will put you in charge of much. Enter into and share the joy (the delight, the [b]blessedness) which your master enjoys.
Matthew 25:21 AMP
Leverett, MA
The righteous cry, and the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.
Psalm 34:17 NASB
Andrea M, Okotoks, AB
Psalm 139:17 – How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
How vast is the sum of them!
“For no matter how many promises God has made, they are ‘Yes’ in Christ, and so through him the ‘Amen’ is spoken by us to the glory of God” (2 Corinthians 1:20)
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. Romans 15:13
Emily Mechanicsville, Va NIV
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen.
HCSB
Morag, Bishop, CA
“Patience is better than power, and controlling one’s temper, than capturing a city”. Proverbs 16.32 (HCSB)
Jennifer, Tomball, TX “For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with streams of water, springs, and deep water sources, flowing in both valleys and hill . . . ” Deut 8:7 HCSB
These things I have spoken to you,that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.
John 15:11 NIV
Marsha, Knoxville, TN
“If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom will not be able to stand.”
Mark 3:24 (NET)
Paola, Pinellas Park, Fl
I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity.
1 Chronicles 29:17a NIV
Psalm 61:2 KJV
From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
“Satisfy us in the morning
with your unfailing love
that we may sing for joy
and be glad all our days.”
Psalm 90:14 NIV
Linda, Fort Collins, CO
Nancy Coffey
Barboursville WV
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! His faithful love endures forever.
~ Psalm 106:1, NLT
Laura, Townsend, MA
Better one handful with tranquillity
than two handfuls with toil
and chasing after the wind
Ecclesiastes 4:6 NIV
Rachel~Ohio
Romans 12:12 NIV
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Pam, Apple Valley, Minnesota
yet I will rejoice in the LORD,I will be joyful in God my Savior.
Habakkuk 3:18 NIV
Hannah, Lake Charles, LA
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
1 Samuel 16:7 NIV
Denise, Davis, ILL. “”O my strength,I will sing praises to You; For God is my stronghold, the God who shows me lovingkindness”.-Psalm 59:17-NASB
Susan- Berryville, VA
For with God nothing will be impossible.” (Luke 1:37 NKJV)
Chelsey S. from Amarillo, TX
“A fool shows his annoyance at once,
But a prudent man overlooks an insult.” Proverbs 12:16 (NIV)
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. Ps. 133:1 NKJV
Barb Wisconsin
When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles
Ps 34:17 ESV
Becky Jo
Chesterfield MI
Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
James 5:7-8 ESV
Lisa Christopher, Olympia, WA
“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.” (Psalm 19:14, NIV)
Kristie Lovely
Queen City, TX
“How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them.”
Psalm 139:17 NKJV
Lisa, Enterprise , AL
~ Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge.
— Psalm 62:8
Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation,by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. (NIV)
Bethany, Spring, TX
“Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.”
1 Peter 3:8, ESV
Melissa, San Antonio, TX
Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.
Eph 6:11 (NIV)
LaDonna Trigo. Hammond, LA
Genesis 28:16 NET
“Then Jacob woke up and thought, ‘Surely the LORD is in this place but I did not realize it!”
Deb, Pelzer, SC
1 Peter 4:12-13 (NIV) “Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed with His glory is revealed.”
Barb, Kentwood MI:
Guard my life and rescue me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you”
Psalm 25:20 NIV84
Tammy from Fort Myers, FL “The one who follows instruction is on the path to life, but the one who rejects correction goes astray.” Proverbs 10:17 HCSB
Carolyn, Austin, TX
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. Psalm 103:8 NIV