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
Pride leads to disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
Proverbs 11:2 (NLT)
Melissa
Waco, TX
Alexia-Champaign, IL
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28 NIV
Jeri, Lynchburg, VA. “I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed….nothing will be impossible for you.” Matthew 17:20 NIV 84
Bethany, Pittsburgh
Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
1 Peter 5:8
Shera. Lynchburg, VA
1 Thessalonians 1:5a
…. our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; …. ASV
Margie Allen,TX
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. Eph 1:3 NIV
Mound City, KS
If I speak in the tounges of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
1 Corinthians 13:1 NIV
Nedrea Haley from Hoover, Alabama
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Colossians 4:2. (NIV)
September 1, 2013
Stephanie Mitchell, Biloxi MS
Proverbs 3:35 (NIV)
The wise inherit honor, but fools get only shame.
September 15
Stephanie Mitchell, Biloxi MS
Proverbs 20:9 (NIV)
Who can say “I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin”?
Melissa, Locust Grove, GA
Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God’s grace, which was given me by the working of his power.
Ephesians 3:7 ESV
Almut, Liverpool, GB
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Romans 12,1 ESV
Sarah from Jay, Ok
“And ye fathers provoke not your children to wrath, but bring the up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
Ephesians 6:4 (KJV)
Taylor, Elma NY
Psalm 37:37 (NLT)
Look at those who are honest and good, for a wonderful future awaits those who love peace!
GOD LOVES YOU! 🙂
Taylor, Elma NY
Psalm 141:3 (NCV)
Lord, help me control my tongue; help me be careful about what I say.
GOD LOVES YOU!:)
Tina
Waxahachie, Texas
Ephesians 6:11 (NIV)
“Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.”
Shelly Hough
Gordon, Texas
Ephesians 3:16-21
I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge–that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus through out all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
NIV
Lauren Mendoza Cypress CA
No distrust made him waiver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.
Romans 4:20-21; ESV
Cara, Highlands Ranch, “Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body she was freed from her suffering.” Mark 5:29, NIV
Penny, Cincinnati. “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.” Hebrews 10:23, NIV
Mel Ann Sullivan – Millry, AL – Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. If anyone does not stumble in what is says, he is a perfect man able to keep his whole body in check. James 3:1-2 NLT
Vanessa Brown from Anderson, SC:
For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. Luke 6:45 (NIV)
September 1
DLynn; Argyle, TX
1 Corinthians 13:4 NIV
4. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
James 2:19
New International Version (NIV)
You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
Commit your way to The Lord trust also in him, and he shall bring it to pass.
Psalm 37:5 nkj
Stephanie – Tampa, FL
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
Charlotte Good
Mesquite, Texas
But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.
2Thessalonians 3:3 NIV
Beth, London Ontario
Ephesians 4:29 NIV
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.
. . . He exerted when He raised Christ from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms
Ephesians 1:20
Forgive my tardiness in posting September verses. School has been really busy since I started a new school and new position.
“You’re my place of quiet retreat; I wait for your Word to renew me.”
Psalm 119:114 (The Message)
Michelle, Auburn, IN
I have beheld You in the sanctuary and have seen Your power and Your glory.
Because Your love is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
Psalm 63:2-3 NIV
Victoria M
Greenbrier AR
John 11:35
Jesus wept
Lauren, San Marcos, Tx. “The fear of the Lord teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honor.” Proverbs 15:33 NIV
Ashley, Kingwood
“Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”
Isaiah 30:21 NIV
Lori
Bangor, Maine
O God of my fathers, I acknowledge and glorify You, for You have bestowed wisdom and power on me. Now You have enabled me to understand what I requested from you. For You have enabled me to understand the king’s dilemma.
Daniel 2:23 ( NET)
Donna, Fort Wayne, IN
For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— (Romans 5:7 ESV)
Catherine ~ Grants Pass, OR
“If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.” John 15:6 (NIV)
Mandy, Watkinsville, GA
Ephesians 3:20 (NIV)- “Now to Him who is able to…”
Cindy, New York City (catching up….we moved from VA to NYC in August)
“For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.”
1 Corinthians 4:20 NIV
Elizabeth, Gainesville, GA
“We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.”
Colossians 1:28
Oh, that my actions would consistently reflect your decrees! Then, I will not be ashamed when I compare my live with Your commands. Psalms 119:5-6
1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV
So whatever you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it for the glory of God.
Gail Jones
Decatur, TX
Psalm 51:18 NIV
In your good pleasure make Zion prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
NIV
I Peter 2:9
You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Let your speech always be gracious,seasoned with salt,so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
Colossians 4:6
Meredith, Blacksburg, VA
Even youths shall faint and be weary,
and young men shall fall exhausted
Isaiah 40:30 ESV
Summer, McCurtain, OK
Therefore, get your mind ready for action, being self disciplined. 1 Peter 1:13 HCSB
Tina, Cincinnati Ohio – Proverbs 3:5-6 – Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. (NIV)
Melissa J – Houston, TX
Ephesians 5:21 NIV
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
“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 imagine. Glory to Him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever.” Ephesians 3:20-21