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
Erica, Huntington, IN
“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.” 2 Timothy 3:16-17 NIV
Bonnie Wallace, Charleston SC
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:9 NIV
Cherilyn M., Colfax NC
“For he is our peace, the one who made both groups into one and who destroyed the middle wall of partition, the hostility” Ephesians 2:14, NET
2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV
The Lord said, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.”
Cindy Alton NH Psalm 119:11 I have stored up your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. ESV
RAnd I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?” (Nehemiah 6:3 ESV)
“Shouldn’t you have mercy on your fellow servant just as I had mercy on you?” Matthew 18:33 (NIV)
Dawn – Pampa, TX
The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him.
Nahum 1:7 NIV
“I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled!” Luke 12:49 NASB
Sherree from Mansfield, TX
“Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.” 1 Peter 3:15 NIV
Shawn in AZ
Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be generous to you; and therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him. Isaiah 30:18 NKJV
Live as free people, without employing your freedom as a pretext for wickedness; but live at all times as servants of God.
1Peter 2:16 (TAB)
Ashley from Memphis, TN. The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. Psalm 34:17
Dina Garcia, Anaheim, CA,
Romans 12:2 (NIV) Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Wanda
North Canton, Ohio
A righteous man leads a blameless life; blessed are his children after him. Proverbs 20:7 NIV
Melissa Droegemueller, San Antonio, TX
You should have the same attitude toward one another that Jesus Christ had. Philippians 2:5
SSMT #17: How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered. Psalm 139:17 of 24 NLT
Laurie, Gibsonville, NC
“Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, extend to the skies, and Your faithfulness to the clouds.”
Psalm 36:5 Amp Bible
Becky, The Woodlands,TX – Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 (NIV)
Lisa, Andalusia, Alabama
The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him. (Nahum 1:7 ESV)
Brea B. – Gardendale, AL
Therefore, repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.
Acts 3:19 NASB
Janet in Lenoir, NC
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.
Romans 12:10 NIV
Caroline, Aiea
My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things to wonderful for me. Psalm 131:1-2 NIV
Toma, Antelope, CA
“Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.”
1 Corinthians 13:6 NIV
Isaiah 41:10 NKJV
Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
Crystal, Livonia, Michigan
“Ye are not under the law but under grace”
Romans 6:14 KJV
**Thank you mama Beth for a great Word today!!** I needed to hear it and memorize it!!
Natalie- Austin, TX
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double edged sword it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow.
Heb 4:12 NIV
Christy
Fayetteville,AR
Psalm 126:6
NIV
He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him.
Sandy, Long Beach, Ca.
The Lord is good, a refuges in times of trouble.
He cares for those who trust in him.
Nahum 1:7 NIV
Zephaniah 3:17 KJV “The Lord they God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.”
Sandy from Ft. Gibson, OK
…to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor. Isaiah 61:3 NIV
Dallas, TX
Psalm 139:13 ESV
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.
Ruth, GooseCreek, SC
Ephesians 3:17 NIV
So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love
mitzi, Brandon, MS
Your Word, O LORD, is eternal; It stands firm in the heavens.
Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established
the earth, and it endures.
Psalm 119:89-90 NIV
Teresa, Austin, TX
Numbers 6:24-25 NIV
The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
Joni Clarinda, IA
My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all: and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
John 10:29 NASB
Molly from Pierce, NE
Don’t do anything from selfish ambition or from a cheap desire to boast, but be humble towards one another, always considering others better than yourselves. (Philippians 2:3 GNB)
Kristin A. in Cheney, WA (logging on late to catch up on a couple)
“We know that our old self was crucified in Him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.” – Romans 6:6 ESV
Megan-Kansas City, KS
2 Corinthians 2:12 NIV
We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.
Brigette Brock
Morehead, KY
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5:1
NIV
For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29:11 NLT)
Kerre, Chattanooga, TN. For where your treasure is there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:21 NIV
Lisa, West Columbia,Texas
“Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.”
Colossians 3:19 (NIV)
Sam Rowley,IA
Philippians 4:6-7 NKJV
Be anxious for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;
and the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Candace, Narvon, PA
II Corinthians 2:15,16 NIV
For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task?
Ester 4:13. Be still for a while and Praise God for his favor, His grace and his Awesomeness.God is able to do the impossible ad is always: near. He loves us un conditionality .
Mary
Woodway, Texas
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’’
Matthew 25:40 (NIV)
Carol Wilson
Choctaw, OK
Don’t be afraid of them for The Lord your God fights for you. Deut. 3:22. Holman
Matia, Fort Worth
“For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.” Romans 10:10 ESV
Lauren Morton, Decatur TX. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23 NIV84