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
Beth, Fountain Inn,
…which He lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight… Eph. 1:8 ESV
Confession: I’m being consistent with listing my verses but feel very behind in the memorizing of them!
lynn, Louisville, KY
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, an dTimothy our brother,
Colossians 1:1 (NASB)
Ps. 130:1-4 NAS
Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. If You, Lord should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared.
Chester, VA: When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, Lord, supported me. When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy. Psalm 94:18-19 NIV
Sharon, from North Plainfield, NJ
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. ~ Romans 12:21 (ASV)
Amy, from North Plainfield, NJ
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son, of whom it was said, “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.” He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back. ~ Hebrews 11:17-19 (ESV)
Jennifer B. Cincinnati, OH
Psalm 32:7
You are a hiding-place for me,
you will keep me from distress;
you will surround me
with songs of deliverance. (Selah)
(CJB)
Billie, Greenville, KY “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.” Luke 6:36 NASB
Regina, Salado, TX
I have set the Lord always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved. Psalm 16:8 (NKJ)
Carolyn
Indianapolis, Indiana
Then Jacob woke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not know it.” Genesis 28:16 NCV
Delores, Columbia,TN,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
But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.
James 2:18 NIV
Tina from Chesapeake, VA – “There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides You; there is no rock like our God.” I Samuel 2:2(NIV)
Stefanie, Moses Lake, WA
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.
Monica Dowedoff, Abbotsford, BC Canada
Mark 10:27 NKJV
Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.”
NIV Psalm 46:10
Be still and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations;
I will be exalted in the earth.
Nikki from McGregor, Texas. “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness;” Lamentations 3:22-23, NIV.
Spring, TX
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.
Colossians 3:16 (NET)
Marti, Loganville, ga
“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful I know that full well.”
Psalm 139:14 niv
Sharon, Arlington, TX
“But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.” I Timothy 6:6-7 (NIV)
Gail Tyler,TX
As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the LORD is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
Psalm 18:30 NKJV
“The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.” Proverbs 15:28 TNIV
Then Jacob woke up and thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it.” Genesis 28:16 NET
Saige, Shreveport, LA
“Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.” – Jeremiah 29:12 (ESV)
Jesus said to the people, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t be stumbling through the darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.” John 8:12 NLT
Linda G. from Birmingham, Alabama
“He says, ‘Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.'”
— Psalm 46:10 (NIV)
Misti, from Kingwood, TX
“Many, Lord my God,
are the wonders who have done,
the things you planned for us.
None can compare with you;
were I to speak and tell of your deeds,
they would be too many to develop.”
Psalms 40:5 NIV
Surely you desire truth in the inner parts,
You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Psalm 51:6
NIV
Carrie Jones
Ontario, Canada
Alicia, Mesa, AZ
I will extol the Lord at all times; His praise will always be on my lips. Psalm 34:1 NIV
Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered nor will they come to mind. Isaiah 65:17NIV
Judy, Lancaster, PA
I pray that from His glorious, unlimited resources He will empower you with inner strength through His Spirit. Eph 3.16 nlt
Shelly, Rochester MN
The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love. Psalm 145:8 NIV
Lori, Owasso, OK
Making my way through Proverbs 31 🙂
Proverbs 31:23
New Living Translation (NLT)
23 Her husband is well known at the city gates,
where he sits with the other civic leaders.
“This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” John 15:12, ESV
Lisa from Cary, NC
As for me I look to the Lord for help. I wait confidently for God to save me and my God will surely hear me. Do not gloat over me my enemies for though I fall,I will rise again. Though I sit in darkness the Lord will be my light.
Micah 7: 7-8
Sara Poole Middleburg, Fl.
Proverbs 19:11
A person’s wisdom yields patience, it is to one’s glory to overlook an offence.
NIV
Caty from Stockbridge, GA – Hereby we perceive the love of God, becasue he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. ~I John 3:16 KJV
Cathy, Fridley
Seek the LORD while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near.
Let the wicked change their ways and banish the very thought of doing wrong.
Let them turn to the LORD that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will forgive generously.
Isaiah 55: 6-7, NLT.
Debbie from Prattville, AL:
Worry weighs a person down;
an encouraging word cheers a person up.
Proverbs 12:25
NLT
Michelle, Tennessee
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves. Phil 2:3 (NIV)
Jane, Houston
“I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.”
Psalm 32:8 (NLT)
Cari, from Alexandria, LA
“Come to me, all you who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11: 28 – 30 NAB
Psalm 25:5 Lead me in thy truth,and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day..
Kelley, La Verne. James 2: 13 For judgement is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgement.
Becky, Stromsburg, NE
Ephesians 3:20-21 NIV
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work in us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Alaina // Tyler, TX
This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:24 NASB
Beth, OMaha NE,
Romans 8:32 HCSB
He did not even spare His own Son but offered Him up for us all; how will He not also with Him grant us everything?
Susan, Greenville, SC James 3:11-12 NIV
Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
Jamie, Coupeville, WA
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.
Romans 13:14, NASB
Elena from Elma, New York
1 Chronicles 16:34 NLT
“Give thanks to the Lord for He is good! His faithful love endures forever.”