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 -Versailles Ky
“Since my youth, O God, you have taught me, and to this day I decalre your marvelous deeds.”
Psalm 71:17
Bonnie B, Florence, Co
“My eyes are ever on the LORD, for only He will release my feet from the snare.”
Psalm 25:15 NIV
Tanis, Terrace
“…Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty,who was and is and is to come!” Revelation 4:8.
See song by The City Harmonic – Holy (Wedding Day)
~Suzie, Fort Mill, SC
“Though the mountains be shaken and 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. Isaiah 54:10 (NIV)
Durant, OK
Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm.
Let nothing move you.
Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:58 NIV
Psalm 62:5-6 (NIV)
“Yes, my soul, find rest in God;
my hope comes from Him.
Truly He is my rock and my salvation;
He is my fortress, I will not be shaken.”
Jeanine,Toronto,Canada
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.” James 1:2,3 NIV
Sheila, Bethesda. Why do you complain, Jacob? Why do you say, Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord; my cause is disregarded by my God”? Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. Isaiah 40:27-28 (NIV)
Cassia, Spring, TX
Romans 1:16 NKJV
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it. 1st Thess 5:23-24 NIV
May God himself, the God who makes everything holy and whole, make you holy and whole, put you together—spirit, soul, and body—and keep you fit for the coming of our Master, Jesus Christ. The One who called you is completely dependable. If he said it, he’ll do it! 1st Thess 5:23-24 The Message
I loved both versions…
Dianne Jones, Fairfield, CA – “Oh, that we might know the Lord!
Let us press on to know him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring.” – Hosea 6:3 (NIV)
Actually, NLT. Ooops!
Stacey Gaines
Corpus Christi, TX
“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”
(Colossians 1:9, NIV)
Karen, Lynnwood, Wa
“But you, Lord , are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high.” Psalm 3:3 (NIV)
Gay
Round Rock, Tx
“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.”
Hebrews 10:23 NIV
He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might he increases strength.
Isaiah 40:29 NKJ
Debbie, Sevierville
The Lord IS my Shepard, to feed, guide and shield me, I shall not lack.
Psalm 23:1 Amplified
Tanya, Raleigh, NC
Hebrews 10:23 ESV
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
Tess
Cartersville, Ga
1 Peter 1:3 ESV
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
from Scottsdale, AZ
We prove ourselves by our purity, our understanding, our patience, our kindness, by the Holy Spirit within us, and by our sincere love.
2 Corinthians 6:6 NIV
“Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God.”
Psalm 146:5 NIV Pam in San Diego
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
Colossians 3:4-7 KJV
Cheri
Louisville, KY
Elsie, Scottsbluff NE
Isaiah 6:3 (NASB)
…Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts; His glory fills the whole earth
Tami, DS, LA
Hebrews 3:13 HCSB
But encourage each other daily, while it is still called today, so that none of you is hardened by sin’s deception.
Debbie, Sevierville
The Lord IS my Sheperd, to feed, guide and shield me, I shall not lack.
Psalm 23:1 Amplified
Cyndi from Sterling, VA
to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Ephesians 3:21 (NKJV)
Marcia, Portland, OR : I Kings 6:58 NIV
May he turn our hearts to him, to walk in obedience to him
Kathleen D
Bernardsville, NJ
Isaiah 43:2 NIV
….”When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze”.
“I am the light of the world. Whoever believes in me will never walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
John 8:12 NIV
Maggie, Seattle, WA
“In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.” -Proverbs 16:9 (NIV)
Kim Rushville, OH
“Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.” Prov 4:23 ESV
Sarah, Montrose, CO:
More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
Romans 5:3-5 (ESV)
Emily, Abu Dhabi
The One who breaks open the way will go up before them;
they will break through the gate and go out.
Their King will pass through before them,
the Lord at their head.
Micah 2:13 NIV
Lisa, West Des Moines, “God sets himself against the proud, but he shows favor to the humble.” James 4:6b (NLT)
Kristen, Clearwater, FL “I cried out to the Lord in my suffering and HE heard me and set me free from all my fears.” NLT Psalm 34:6
Pamela, New Bern NC
I waited patiently for the Lord: and he inclined to me, and heard my cry. He also brought me out of a horrible pit, out of miry clay, and set me feet upon a rock, and established my steps.
Ps. 40 1-2 KJ 2000 Bible
Conyers, GA
2 Corinthians 4:7 ( KJV )
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
Cor 13:1 Net
If I speak in the tongues of men and angels,
but I don’t have love,
I am a noisy gong or clanging cymbal
Judy- Maple Valley, WA.
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
Proverbs 4:23 NIV
Jo Ann Julia, Columbia, Missouri
Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:24-25 NIV
Peggyann ~ Crestview, Florida
“Do to others as you would have them do to you.”
Luke 6:31
NIV
Karen, Dover, NH “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.” II Corin 4:16-17 (NIV)
Hannah, Miramar Beach. And may love the Lord your God, obey His voice, and cling to Him. For He is your life and the length of your days, that you may dwell in the land. Deut 20:30 NKJV
Danielle from Cedar Park, TX
So let us know, let us press on to know the Lord. His going forth is as certain as the dawn; and He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.
Hosea 6:3 (NASB)
Jan, Denton TX, “But as for me, I will always have hope. I will praise You more and more. Psalm 71:14 NIV
Jane, Milton, GA. Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his.
He changes times and seasons; he sets up kings and deposed them. Daniel 2:20-21 NIV
Beth R
Liberty Lake, WA
James 1:17 NIV
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. Romans 8:9 NASB
Alison from Southport, NC. “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 14:27. NKJV.
Laura Hagedorn, Wausau, WI., But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. “Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house. Matthew 12:28-29 (NIV)
Judy from Lake Charles, LA
“for the power of the wicked will be broken,
but the Lord upholds the righteous.”
Psalm 37:17 (NIV)