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
Hannah from Bolingbrook,IL
God is our refuge and strength,a very present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:1 ESV
Kelly, Glenwood, MD –” Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil- for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.” Romans 14:16-17 NKJV
Lindsey, Jenks, OK
“God, your God, will RESTORE everything you lost; He’ll have compassion on you; He’ll come back and pick up the pieces from all the places where you were scattered.”
~Deuteronomy 30:3 MSG
Betsy, LIncoln Park
“then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.” Psalm 91:10 NIV
Patti — Ft. Worth, Texas
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty right hand, that He may lift you up in due time. 1 Peter 5:6 (NIV)
I had mine picked out, but not written yet….then I read yours Beth. It really grabbed me. So….
Sandy Bowers, Bryan, Ohio
Then Jacob woke up and thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it!”
Genesis 28:16 (NET)
Cherie, Pocatllo, ID
“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your won doing; it is the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8 NRSV)
Beth from Niamey
Psalm 57:2
NIV
I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for my life.
Julie. Hanford, ca. Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
Psalms 119:11. Nkjv
Angie W., Federal Way, WA
Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O Lord, do not abandon those who search for you.
Psalms 9:10 NLT
Vicki Koons, Surprise AZ
Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance, character, and character, hope.
Romans 5:3-4 NET
John 13:7 “Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing but later you will understand.”
Lisa Braun
Warman, SK Canada
Praise the Lord, praise God our Savior! For each day he carries us in his arms. Our God is a God who saves! The Sovereign Lord rescues us from death.
Psalm 68:19-20 NLT
REALLY needed to be reminded of this today. Randomly opened my Bible this morning and there it popped out just for me. ♡
Julie S. Menomonee Falls, WI
For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.
2 Timothy 1:7 NLT
Carolyn, Terrace BC Canada
Psalm 17:8 (NIV)
I have set the Lord always before me.
Because he is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.
Peggy, Queen Creek, “Watch the path of your feet and all your ways will be established. Prov. 4:26, NASB
“It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.”
Psalm 118:8-9 NKJV
WendyC – Cheyenne, WY.
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. Ephesians 3:20 NLT
“This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.”
Isaiah 30:15 NIV
Jude 1:2 (Niv)
Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.
Cindy. Gilbertsville KY
Romans 6:6. NIV:
For we know that our old self was crucified with [Christ] so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
Joan G, Allentown, PA “Don’t lose sight of them. Let them penetrate deep into your heart,” Proverbs 4:22 NLT
Joy from Bethlehem, GA
Isaiah 41:13 (NIV)
For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.
Mary Beth, St. Louis
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.”
Hebrews 10:23 (ESV)
Karen, Redmond. Here is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways.” Haggai 1:7 NIV
Julie from Granbury, TX
Psalm 147:3 (NIV) “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”
Marilyn, Mission Viejo, CA
1 John 5:14 ESV
Now this is the confidence we have before Him; whenever we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
Sherry Deer Park,Tx
Psalm 143:3 “The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in darkness like those long dead.” NIV
Carole, Imperial, CA: Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Philippians 1:27 NIV
Kay,Tucson. Psalm 23:6 KJV. ” Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”
Jan, louisville, KY,
Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. (Revelation 3:2 NIV)
Beth, Toronto: Then Jacob woke up and thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it.” Gen. 28:16 (The NET Bible)
Anita, Lawrenceville
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you. Psalm 89:14. ESV
Anne, Madison, GA
Psalm 139:17-18 NIV
How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake, I am still with you.
Sandi from Morristown Tennessee
Hebrews 6:18-20 (MSG)
We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go. It’s an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God where Jesus, running on ahead of us, has taken up his permanent post as high priest for us, in the order of Melchizedek.
Gina Rosamond, Ca
“Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.”
Proverbs 16:18 NIV
Julie, Madison, GA
One thing I ask of The Lord, this is what I seek,
That I may dwell in the house of The Lord all the days of my life,
To gaze upon the beauty of The Lord
And to seek Him in His temple.
Psalm 27:4 NIV
Stephanie Colucci, Dallas Texas
1 Peter 5:6
New International Version (NIV)
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.
Dee Dee Fernandina Beach, Florida
May The Lord our God show us His approval & make our efforts successful. Yes, make our efforts successful! Psalm 90:17 NLT
Becca, St. Paul, Mn, Then Jacob woke up and thought, surely the Lord is in this place, but I didn’t even realize it! -Genesis 28:16 NET
Nitsa, Eugene, OR. “But I am afflicted and needy; Hasten to me, O God! Thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.” Psalm 70:5
Denissa C.- Brownfield, TX
Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure his greatness. Psalm 145:3 NLT
Elisabeth
Modesto Ca
So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.
Roman 12:1-2 MSG
Emily McAnear, Corona California
He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 1:6 NIV
Amy Brown
New Palestine, IN
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.” -Colossians 3:23 NIV
Beverly Pearland,TX Psalm 68:28 NIV
Summon Your power, O God, Show us Your strength, O God, as You have done before.
Lori in Pine Island, MN
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8. NIV
Brenda Z, Houston, Tx
Forever, O Lord, Your word is firmly fixed in the heavens. Psalm 119:89(ESV)
Psalm 16:11 You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. NKJV
Andrea Dublin, OH
Leslie Benson, Kansas City, MO “Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your gracious spirit lead me forward on a firm footing.” Psalm 142:10 NLT