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
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Psalm 119:105 (NKJV) Suzanne, Houston
boy of boy sister am I behind this week…:(
Amanda
Derby, KS
Psalms 46:10 NKJV
Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
Kathy from Syracuse, NY
Psalm 90:12
“Teach us to make the most of our time, so that we may grow in wisdom.” (NLT)
Shelli, Karalee, Katelyn; Royse City, TX: … whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye. Zechariah 2:8
Debbie, Marion, IN “How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!.” Psalm 139: 17 NIV
Beth, London, U.K. “Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name, by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power not one is missing.” (Isaiah 40:26 ESV)
Terry, Carbondale, IL
“For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD bestows faith and honor. No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.”
Psalm 84:11 (ESV)
For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we no longer should be slaves to sin.
Romans 6:6 NIV
“But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. (Jeremiah 17:7 NLT)
Michele, Pearland, TX
“And I will be a father to you
And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,”
Says the Lord Almighty
2 Corinthians 6:18 NASB
Amy Gossen
Carthage, mo
But with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord, your Redeemer. (Isaiah 54:8b NLT)
Mickey, Blue Springs, MO
Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning,
Luke 12:35
Paula, OKC,OK: “You shall not Murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet you neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.” Exodus 20:13-17 NIV
Vanessa from Calgary , AB
Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast because he trusts in you (NIV)
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” Ephesians 6:12 (NIV)
Kristin, Clearwater, FL
Stacey, Omaha, NE
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14 NIV
Emily (age 13)
Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall. Proverbs 16:18 NLT
Ally (age 11)
Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce. Proverbs 3:9 NLT
Sharron, Spring, TX
Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you. Be self-controlled and alert.
1 Peter 5:7-8 NIV
Juliana
Livermore, CA
Psalm 104:34 Amplified Bible
May my meditation be sweet to Him; as for me, I will rejoice in the Lord.
Pamela Williams, Olive Branch, MS
Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.
Colossians 4:2 NLT
Jennifer from Leesburg, GA:
“Little children, keep yourselves from idols.” (1 John 5:21 NKJV)
Cheryl in Fairhope, AL – “Then Jacob woke up and thought, ‘Surely the LORD is in this place, but I did not realize it’! ‘ ” Genesis 28:16 NET)
Angela, Warsaw
Therefore since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe for our “God is a consuming fire”. Hebrews 12:28-29 (NIV)
I am the vine you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit, apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5
Wynell
Athens, GA
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
Ephesians 4:29(NIV)
Katie Davila, Tomball, TX:
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6:33 (ESV)
Kay S
Lake Lure, NC
As soon as I pray, you answer me; you encourage me by giving me strength. Psalm 138:3 (NLT)
Danielle S.
Garden City, KS
I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.
Luke 18: 17 (NIV)
Roxanne Hummelstown, Pa
ESV Proverbs 1:5
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Amy, Seattle, “Then Jacob woke up and thougth ‘Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it.” Genesis 28:16 The NET Bible
Erin in Euless, TX
Lamentations 3:25 (MSG)
“God proves to be good to the man who passionately waits, to the woman who diligently seeks.”
Margo, Laramie WY
Psalm 103:6 NAS
The Lord performs righteous deeds
And judgments for all who are oppressed.
Edmond, OK
Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! Ps. 139:23 ESV
Heidi, Victoria, BC, Canada
Matthew 22:37-40
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 neighbour as yourself.” All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.
RaeLeen – Greenwood,
Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
Isaiah 58:8 (NIV)
Olivia
Lapwai, Idaho
From eternity to eternity I am God. No one can snatch anyone out of my hand. No one can undo what I have done. Isaiah 43:13 NLT
D’Anne, Loganville, GA When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet. (Proverbs 3:24 NIV)
Fearing people is a dangerous trap, but trusting the Lord means safety. (Proverbs 29:25 NLT)
Brittnie, Sugar Land, Texas
John 15:4 (NIV) Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
Sandy
Dodge City, KS
Jesus replied, “What is impossible with men is possible with God.
Luke 18:27 NIV
Peggy
Mauriceville,Texas
Psalm 46:10 (NIV)
Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
Karen, Cheyenne, WY
Psalm 1:3 (NIRV) “He is like a tree that is planted near a stream of water. It always bears its fruit at the right time. Its leaves don’t dry up. Everything godly people do turns out well.”
You must also rid yourself of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filtby language from your lips. Col 3:8 niv
Tatiana, Geneva IL
“The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.” (Exodus 14:14, ESV)
Susan Oak Ridge, Tn
O that his left hand were under my head and his right arm embraced me.
Song of Solomon 2:6
Joan A. , Dousman, WI
Make the most of every opportunity. Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in conversation, not put them down, not cut them out.
Col 4:5-6 MSG
Lea from Granger,IN: “O God, you are my God; earnestly I will seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. Psalms 63:1 (ESV)
Laura
Auburn AL
Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.
Colossians 2:7 NLT
Birmingham, AL: “For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, ‘Abba! Father!’ ” Romans 8:15
Linda in Holland, OH
Proverbs 31:26 (NLT)
26 When she speaks, her words are wise, and she gives instructions with kindness.
Karen, Hewitt
“You, O Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light”. Psalm 18:28 NIV