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
Nancy Rose – Psalm 45:11 For your Royal husband delights in your beauty. Honor Him for He is your Lord.
I’m finally caught up on memory!
Lise, Cumming, GA
For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
PHI 1:6
NAS
Laura
San Antonio, TX
James 4:11-17
Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge of it. There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you who judge your neighbor? Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow, we shall go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and also do this or that.” But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil. Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do, and does not do it, it is sin.
NASB
Cheya, Houston. “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.” (Ephesians 4:29 ESV)
Laura, Clay Center, KS
1Peter 3:4 (ESV)
“…but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.”
Laura Beth, Jackson
Colossians 1:13-14, NLT
For He has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins.
Pat, Seffner, Fl
Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.
Who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases.
Psalm 103:3 NIV
Kim Safina
Central Coast California
To everything there is a season a time for every purpose under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1
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“Ber” Month Blessings!!!
SeptemBER
Leah from Ontario, Canada
#17. 2 Timothy 3:16-17. (NIV) All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Christine, Atlanta, GA – Unto you, O Lord, do I bring my life. Psalm 25:1 AMP
Fairview,TN. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. Heb 10:23. ESV
jenny
white hall, ar
it is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.
2 samuel 22:33 (nlt)
Mary from Brookfield, Ct
The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
Luke 18:27 KJV
Tajuana ~ Texas
‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you
great and unsearchable things you do not know.’
Jeremiah 33:3 (NIV)
Amy G. Clovis Ca
Rom 8:14-15 NLT
For all who are led by the spirit of God are children of God. So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves, Instead you received God’s spirit when he adopted you as his own children.
Karen F, Unionville, PA
Ephesians 6:12 (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.
Leah, Houston
Romans 8:37 (NIV84)
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
Monica Pribe, Blacklick, OH ” Do all things without grumbling or disputing” Philippians 2:14 ESV
Cindy Gandy
Hazlehurst, MS
Hebrews 10:23(ESV)
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
Andrea, Woodstock GA
“Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.”
Psalm 9:10 NIV
Jessy from Houston, Tx:
“For this child I prayed, and The Lord has granted me my petition that I made to Him.”
~1 Samuel 1:27 (ESV)
Lichelle Austin NIV
1cor 13:7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstances.
Kimberly, Watha
Psalm 28:9 NASB
Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd also and carry them forever.
Rachel Sweatt
Canyon, TX
“Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.” Romans 8:34, ESV
Leslie
Alpharetta, GA
Philippians 3:10-11
I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, become like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
Charlene, Waterloo, ON
For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)
Keri
Little Rock, AR
Oh taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
Psalm 34:8
Sheri, Morrisville, MO
Colossians 1:9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, NIV
Caryn from Grand Prairie, Tx
“And they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.” 2 Timothy 2:26 (NIV 84)
Amanda Benson, Eagle Butte, SD
1 Peter 1:13 NIV
Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.
And God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and with Jacob. And he looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them. -Exodus 2:24-25
Crystal- Gridley, IL
Millry, AL – You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. Was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way? For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. James 2:24-25 NLT
Kendra W., Dallas:
“Call to me and I will answer you and tell you
great and unsearchable things you do not know.”
Jeremiah 33:3 (NIV)
Commit your plans to The Lord and they will be established. Proverbs 16:3
Tara G.
Sherwood, AR
Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye. Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.
Matthew 7:1-6, ESV
For nothing will be impossible with God.
Luke 1:37 ESV
Debbie
Portland, OR
Meggie, Winnipeg, Canada
“And having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And having called them, he gave them right standing with himself. And having given them right standing, he gave them his glory.” Romans 8:30 NLT
Carolyn, St. Peters
One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly but comes to poverty. Proverbs 11:24 NIV84
PerryLove Doubrava * Gallatin, TN * “Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands” * Isaiah 49:16
“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from The Lord which made heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1-2 KJV
Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you where ever you go.
Heather, Charleston. I am thrilled to pieces to be studying Ephesians this fall with nine other ladies. This verse stands out as we begin our overview of this marvelous book:
Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved children. Ephesians 5:1 ESV
***Y’all I found a great website to help with Scripture memorization especially if you like to type like I do. It’s called Scripturetyper.com. They have iPhone and iPad apps, too. You type the verse you are learning over and over. It will delete some of the words in the verse to challenge you then others until you have learned the whole verse by memory.
I hope this helps you as you press on with memorization!! 🙂
“All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful”. (Psalms 25:10 NIV)
Michelle from Norman, OK. “Oh you’ll see the king- a beautiful sight! And you’ll take in the wide vistas of land. In your mind, you’ll go over the old terrors: ‘What happened?’… ‘Gone! Out of sight forever’!” Isa. 33: 17-19 MSG
Tracey Moyers from Loganville, GA
“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.”
Proverbs 4:23 NIV
Katie Melton from Loganville, GA
“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.”
Proverbs 4:23 NIV
Becky Wang, Ohio
Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you. Joshua 3:5 NIV
Ann, Cataula, GA
Jeremiah 32:38 – 40 (NIV)
They will be my people, and I will be their God. I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear me for their own good and the good of their children after them. I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me.
Paula Stemple, Marlinton, WV
Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint. (Isaiah 40:30, 31 NLT)