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
Psalm 50:14-15 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: and call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Karie-Phoenix
Now all glory to God, who is able through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.
Eph 3:20 NLT
Monica, Hicksville, NY
“Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces.”
Psalm 34:5(NLT)
WAYNE, PA
For we are God’s masterpiece.
He created us anew in Christ Jesus,
so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago Eph 2:10 NLT
Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong.
1Corinthians 16:13
Elise–Newark
Frances, Orange, TX
I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Gen. 22:17 NIV
Kelly W., Fowler, CA
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
Psalm 4:19 (KJV)
Oops… Psalm 94:19
The Lord has been my defense, and my God the rock of my refuge.
Psalm 94:22 NKJV
Dana
Boerne, TX
Pam In South Texas
The end of a matter
is better than its beginning,
and patience is better than pride.
Ecclesiastes 7:8 (NIV)
Sally from Baton Rouge
Psalm 17:6 (NIV)
I call on you, O God, for you will answer me; give ear to me and hear my prayer.
vickie henderson
Russellville, ar
1 Thessalonians 5:21
Test everything. Hold on to the good.
NIV
Shannon Pate
Little Rock, Arkansas
“Jesus replied, ‘You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.'”
Matthew 22:29 NIV
“Then Jacob woke up and thought, ”Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it.'”Gen 28:16 NET
Kaitlyn from Tampa
1 Peter 4: 9-10, NIV
“Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in it’s various forms.”
Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You. Jeremiah 32:17 (NKJV)
Marisa, Michigan
Ephesians 1:8 NLT
He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding.
Diane – Roswell, GA
“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8 (NIV)
“If I should say, “My foot has slipped,” Your lovingkindness, O Lord, will hold me up. When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, your consolations delight my soul.” Psalm 94:18-19 NASV
Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits-who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Psalm 103:1-5 NIV
Christina
Louisville, KY
But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.
1 Timothy 6:6-7 NIV
Dana from Ashland, KY “Let love be your highest goal.” 1 Cor. 14:1a NLT
Jen Lee, Ames, Iowa: “For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you…Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the Lord says to you: “Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s’.” 2 Chronicles 20:12, 15 (NIV)
Kristi, Gardner, KS
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. (1 John 4:4 ESV)
Becky, Vicksburg, MS
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word. II Thessalonians 2:16-17
Brenda from Southern Maryland
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. James 3:17 ESV
NKJV, Romans 5:4: and perseverance character, and character, hope”.
Jill from Sterling Heights, MI
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. ~ Philippians 4:8 (NIV)
Jen Evans Seville Ohio James 1:4 NLT 4 So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.
Kathy, Danvers
Ephesians 1:18 NIV
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 His holy people,
Tangila, Pearland TX
“You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created all things, and they exist because you created what you pleased.” (Revelation 4:11 NLT)
Shaci-Aztec,New Mexico
Romans 12:21 NIV
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
2 Corinthians 4:17 NIV
“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.”
Kathy Hazlehurst, Ms.
Proverbs 16:7 HCSB When a man’s ways please
the LORD, He makes his enemies to be at
peace with him.
Janice Victoria BC
Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary.
Isaiah 40:31 NAS
Merredith, Champaign. ” the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Phil 4:7 ESV
Allie, South Pasadena CA
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
Amy, Washington DC, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering, and steadfast spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 (AMP)
Victoria – Salt Lake City, UT – Isaiah 40:31 (ESV)
“But they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
Lisa S.
Kinston,NC
Psalms 92:8 KJV
But thou, Lord, are most high for evermore.
Cindy, Beaumont TX: But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. Galatians 1:8 (NKJV)
NIV Study Bible
Psalm 27:5 For in the day of trouble He will keep me safe in His dwelling, He will hide me in the shelter of His tabernacle and set me high upon a rock
Paula, Houston, Tx
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
— Psalm 51:10 (NIV, 1984)
Annie, Alabama
A man’s wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.
Proverbs 19:11 (NIV)
Schel, Bayou Vista, TX – “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 ESV
Erika Gadsden,Al
“Rather clothe yourselves with The Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.” Romans 13:14 NIV
Jamye L., Greenbrier, AR
53 Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked, Who forsake Your law.
54 Your statutes are my songs In the house of my pilgrimage.
55 O LORD, I remember Your name in the night, And keep Your law.
Psalm 119:53-55 NASB
Susan, Fort Worth, TX
Romans 12:14 NIV
[14] “Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.”
Prov. 11:25: A generous man will prosper; He who refreshes others will himself be refreshed. NIV
First Corinthians 13:3NIV
If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad: Greetings.
2 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
My daughter Grace and I will be memorizing the book of James for our homeschool this year. 3 verses a week for 36 weeks. Perfect.