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
“O my people, trust in Him at all times. Pour out your heart to Him, for God is our refuge.”
Psalm 62:8 (NLT)
SHaron Modesto,ca.
Ps 16:2 NIV
I said to the LORD,”You are my LORD, apart from you I have no good thing!!!
True that!
Lila, Salem, OR
In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust His holy name.
Psalms 33:21 (NIV)
” I can do everything through him who gives me strenth.”
Phillipians 4:13
Lynchburg, VA.
Proverbs 29:25 (English Standard Version)
The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is safe.
For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits. James 1:11 NKJV
Theresa Bradford – Pace, Florida
Genesis 28:16 (NIV)
Then Jacob woke up and thought “Surely, the LORD is in this place but I did not realize it.”
Jennie F. from Long Creek, Oregon. “No weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgement. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD and their vindication from Me, declares the Lord.” Isaiah 54:17 ESV
Stephanie McKenzie – Red Deer, Alberta
For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. Romans 6:14
Janet from Port Orange
(Psalm 119:105) Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light to my path.
Orlando, FL
Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. Revelation 21:17 NKJV
Sally from Baton Rouge
Romans 3:22-23 (NIV)
This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
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.
Katherine from The Woodlands, TX
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
1 Corinthians 13:4 (NIV)
Selina, Aberdeen. “And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.” Colossians 3:17 NKJV
Stacy, Greenfield, Indiana “You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast because he trusts you” Isaiah 26:3 NIV
Carol, Poplar Bluff, MO
Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.
Psalm 62:8 NIV
Tina, Houston, TX
Be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. 1Peter 4:7
What then shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Romans 8:31 NIV
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, the peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. James 3:17. (NKJV)
Stacey, Tomball, Psalm 103:17
But from everlasting to everlasting the Lords love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children, with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.
Lindsay, Albuquerque, NM “Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.” Isaiah 40:28
Kelsie, Albuquerque, NM “Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.” Proverbs 4:13 NIV
Alysa, Albuquerque, NM “Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.” Proverbs 30:5 KJV
Leanne, Billings, MT
“Rather train yourself for godliness, for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.”
1 Timothy 4:7b-8 ESV
“I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to His service.”
1 Timothy 1:12 (NIV)
k.joy from Lancaster, PA
Understand, therefore, that The Lord your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and constantly loves those who love him and obey his commands.
Deuteronomy 7:9 NLT
Kathy French, Austin,
“Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” Proverbs 19:21 NIV
Allison L. Tulsa, OK
I lift my eyes toward the mountains. Where will my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. he will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber. Indeed the Protector of Israel does not slumber or sleep.
Psalm 121:1-4, HCSB
But You are a shield around me, O Lord; You bestow glory on me and lift up my head. Psalm 3:5 NIV
Pamm W. from Albuquerque, NM
Isaiah 54:10 (NIV)
“Though the mountains be shaken in the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed, ” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
Kirby from Parsons, KS
“He answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind,” and “Love your neighbor as yourself”. Luke 10:27 NIV
Tanya, Whitewater, KS
“For now we are looking in a mirror that gives only a dim (blurred) reflection [of reality as in a riddle or enigma], but then [when perfection comes] we shall see in reality and face to face! Now I know in part (imperfectly), but then I shall know and understand fully and clearly, even in the same manner as I have been fully and clearly known and understood [by God].”
1 Corinthians 13:12, Amplified
Sara, Plymouth, IN
Devote yourselves to prayer, be watchful and thankful.
Colossians 4:2
Jennifer in Winston-Salem, NC
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
I John 4:12
Lisa S, Plano TX
John 13:34 ESV
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
Jennifer B
Plano, TX
Psalm 121:5 (HCSB)
The Lord protects you;
the Lord is a shelter right by your side.
Nancy – Grand Haven, MI
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
Psalm 19:14 (KJV)
Rena, Tulsa. “Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” -Colossians 3:13 NIV (’84)
Mei, Easley SC:
Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” Romans 4:18
Dawn, Beavercreek, OH
Psalm 34:14 (NLT)
“Turn away from evil and do good.
Search for peace, and work to maintain it.”
Carol Kirby, Amarillo, TX
But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. 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)
St. Catharines, Ontario, CANADA
2 Corinthians 4:8 NCV
We have troubles all around us but we are not defeated. We do not know what to do, but we do not give up the hope of living.
Emilie Eaton, IN
Matthew 11:28 NIV
Come to me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Beth, Roswell, GA
“…and let us run with endurance the race God has set before us…by keeping our eyes on Jesus…”
Hebrews 12 – last part of 1 & first part of 2
Carol Kirby, Amarillo TX
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, Philippians 2:3
Sue, Standish, ME
Psalm 73:26 NIV
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
And Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow The Lord will do wonders among you.” Joshua 3:5. (NKJV)
Lisa Riley from Sussex, WI
If I speak with the tongue of men and of angels but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
1 Cor 13:1 (NIV)
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. Proverbs 3:5-6
Rachel R., Lafayette, IND: “What mighty praise, O God, belongs to you in Zion!” – Psalm 65:1a, NLT
Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed,
save me and I will be saved,
for you are the one I praise.
Jeremiah 17:14 NIV