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
Crystal Johnson, Columbia, SC
“Then Jacob woke up and thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it!” Genesis 28:16 (NET)
*Beth, that verse resonated with me SO much when I read it! Wow*
Sam
Rowley, IA
Philippians 4: 6-7 NKJV
Be anxious for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God:
and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Kimberly in Madison, ME:
Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. Jeremiah 33:3 NKJV
Tracy from Kentucky
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all things will be added to you. Matthew 6:33 ESV
“Unless the Lord builds a house its builders labor over it in vain; unless the Lord watches over a city, the watchman stays alert in vain.” Psalm 127:1 (HCSB)
Diana—San Patricio, TX. “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9 (NIV)
Denise from San Antonio, TX
But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.
(Psalm 3:3 ESV)
Romans 8:17 NIV Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
Jean, Platte City, MO
Psalm 73:28 (NIV)
But as for me, it is good to be near God.
I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge;
I will tell of all your deeds.
Susan Paine: Would love to have this as our small group is looking for a new Bible study. This would be perfect.
Whitney from Cape Girardeau, MO
“I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for Him. The Lord is good to those who hope is in Him, to the one who seeks Him.”
Lamentations 3:24-25
**Sorry I’m three days late posting! I’m 37 weeks pregnant…can we blame pregnancy brain? HA!
Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for ua lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. ESV Romans 1:24,25
Suzann Benson
Kingwood WV
Cheryl Primeaux
Ephesians 4:15 NIV
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.
Pensacola, FL
Debbie – Royse City – Psalm 139:1 NIV – YOU searched me LORD, and You know me.
Kelli, Apex NC
Have the mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 2:5 ESV
Lori, Odessa, TX
Philippians 4:4 (NIV)
Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!
Anniston, Alabama
“The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.”
Proverbs 21:5
NIV
Nancy D.
Round Rock, TX
“His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.” (2 Peter 1:3 NIV)
Linda from Wake Forest, N.C. says,
Matthew 6:33(NIV)
But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given
to you as well.”
I am responding to Beth Moore’s “give-away” of Bible Study materials. I am excited by this opportunity! I am a member in a small rural Texas town named Jones Creek (population:2200). We have a small, but growing, Bible Study group dedicated to studying The Word.We would love an opportunity to have access to more of Beth Moore’s materials.
Thank you,
Hopeful
Psalm 139:23-24 (NIV84)
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.
Sara, Dallas, TX – “‘Martha, Martha,’ The Lord answered, ‘you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better and it will not be taken away from her.'”
Luke 10:41-42.0 (NIV).
Rebecca Stewart
Julian, NC
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.
Colossians 3:23 NIV
Jaclyn, Round Rock, TX
“Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I wasn’t even aware of it!” Genesis 28:16 NLT
Julia, Flower Mound, TX
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright ad godly lives in this present age
Titus 2:11-12 NIV
Jennifer, Denham Springs, LA
“Walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and give Himself as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” Ephes. 5:2, NIV
Tara, Eustis
Psalms 119:35
Lead me in the path or your commandments; for I delight in it. NIV
Stephanie, Austin, “And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. “. 1 Peter 5:10, NET Bible
Noreen
Calgary, AB
“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)
Becca, Camp Pendleton, CA.
“Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” ~ Proverbs 19:21 NIV
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. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Hebrews 12:1 NIV
Johanna, Carlsbad CA
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father, which is in heaven.”
Matthew 5:16 (KJV)
John 11:40 “Then Jesus said, ‘Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?’ ” NIV
Teresah, Redmond OR
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law? Jesus replied: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as your self.” Matthew 22:36-39 NIV
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. (1 Peter 5:7 NIV)
Nashville, TN
By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me–a prayer to the God of my life.
Psalm 42:8 NIV
I did my first Bible study at my church, Living Word Lutheran Church in Grapevine, TX. It was your study of the book of Deuteronomy. I cannot tell you how much I loved it. And I fell in love with your teaching. We are going to start our next one on September 12th and I cannot wait. I am so excited. It will be on your teaching of the book of Galations. You truly inspired me to want to learn more about the Bible. I grew up in my hometown church and bible stories were taught. But now I want to learn more. I turned 60 on August 6 of this year but I feel you’re never too old to learn. Thank you so much for inspiring me and other women to pick up the Bible and study it.
Amber, Norman, OK
2 Corinthians 12:10 NIV
That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Bev van Vuuren – south Africa – I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints – Ephesians 1:18.
“My blessing is on those people who trust in ME, who put their confidence in ME.”
Jeremiah 17:7 NET
Helen Wall
Crystal City, Manitoba, Canada
1 John 2:9 (ESV)
Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness.
Katherine, Atlanta GA
Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
Psalm 56:6
Beth, Mansfield, TX
More than anything else, however, we want to please him, whether in our home here or there. (2 Corinthians 5:9 GNB)
Laurie, Oklahoma City. “He did this when he revealed to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,” (Ephesians 1:9 NET)
Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.” Joshua 3:5 old NIV
The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup. You hold my lot.
Psalm 16:5 ESV
from Littlestown, PA
“…that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death…” Philippians 3:10 (ESV)
Lisa, Greensburg, PA
“And do not be afraid of intimidation when it comes upon you, nor of the attack of the ungodly when it comes at you; for the Lord will be over all your ways. And He will plant your feet firmly that you may not be shaken.”
Proverbs 3:28-29 (RSV)
Susan Clinton, MS
Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the Lord has been good to you.
Psalm 116:7 NIV
Lizz M. Brick NJ
Jer 17:7,8 (NASB)
Blessed is the man who trusts I The Lord and whose trust is in The Lord. For he will be like a tree planted by the water that extends its roots by a stream and will not fear when the heat comes but it’s leaves will be green and it will not be anxious in the year of drought nor cease to yield fruit.