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
Barb from Wetumpka, AL
Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.
Psalm 62:5
NIV
Is. 25:1 ESV
O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.
Christy, Summit, MS; “His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.” 2 Peter1:3 NIV
Fareen
Las Vegas, NV
“Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such 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 will live and also do this or that.’ But as it is, you boast your arrogance; all such boasting is evil. Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.”
James 4:13-17 NASB
We love because He first loved us.
1 John 4:19 (NIV)
Lindsey from Dubach, LA…”For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.” (2 Corinthians 2:15 NIV)
Rachel in Thousand Oaks, California –
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”
Romans15:13 (ESV)
Kaci; Moultrie, GA
“A joyful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”
Proverbs 17:22 ESV
John 15:15
I have called you my friend. Oswald Chambers Bible quote-
Amy- Fort Polk, LA
The Lord is a friend to those who fear Him. He teaches them His covenant. Psalm 25:14 (NLT)
“Give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His love endures forever.”
Phil 4:8
Jaton – Longview, TX
Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving .
Colossians 4:2
Kathy, Aiea:
“I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.” (Ps. 116:1 NIV)
Luann, Grand Junction CO
Philemon 1:6 NIV
“I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.”
Debbie, Spartanburg SC
Acts 4:12 NIV
“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”
Linda, Longview:
It is not fancy hair, gold jewelry, or fine clothes that should make you beautiful. No, your beauty should come from within you—the beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit that will never be destroyed and is very precious to God. I Peter 3:3-4 NCV
Gena Gilbert, Rowlett, Texas
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
Psalm 51:1 NIV
Gen. 28:16 NIV
When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it.”
I am soon to be moving from the town where I was born again in Christ 14 years ago. This is a wonderful verse for me to carry into my new home!
Fran, Gulf Shores, AL
James 1:22 (NLT) But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.
Kathi Johnson Spartanburg SC
For the Lord your God is living among you.
He is a mighty savior.
He will take delight in you with gladness.
With his love, he will calm all your fears.
He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.” Zephaniah 3:17 NLT
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. Psalm 103:8 ESV, Cheryl H., Huntington, WV
Nicole Turnquist from Selden, NY
“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 (NAS)
Cheryl Couperus: Redlands, CA
1 Corinthians 13:12 (NIV)
“Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.”
Karen C, Carmel, IN “The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever. The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom and his tongue speaks what is just.” Psalm 37:29-30 NIV
Mary
Silver Spring, MD
Romans 6:6 (HCSB)
For we know that our old self was crucified with Him in order that sin’s dominion over the body may be abolished, so that we may no longer be enslaved to sin.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 (NRSV)
Marilyn Wirsz Odessa, FL
“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9 ESV
I came across this verse when reading Ann Voskamp’s post on her birthday-8/15/13. Since I had already chosen my verse #16 to be Ps. 141:3, I saved this one for #17. I love it as I have a passion for what this verse relates:
Isaiah 58:10 “…and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.” Oh,Lord Jesus, let my light rise in the darkness…..
ROBIN….Orange city, Iowa
Psalm 40:15 “May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha! be appalled at their own shame.” NIV
Olivia, Madison,MS-
1 Peter 5:6 ESV
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,
Shannon, Warner Robins, GA
“The LORD named you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit.”
Jeremiah 11:16a HCSB
Kim, Colonial Heights, VA
“And the LORD said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you
rest.”
Exodus 33:14, NET
Jeanette Dahm, Tualatin, OR
Genesis 28:16 NIV
When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it.
Jane from Geneseo, Illinois
Psalm 94:18-19
When I said, “My foot is slipping,”
your love, O LORD, supported me.
When anxiety was great within me,
your consolation brought joy to my soul.
(NIV)
Jan, Marion IA; 1 John 4:9 By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him.NASB
Elizabeth, Broomfield, CO
Then the Lord passed by in front of him (Moses) and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth
Exodus 34:6 NASB
Kerry, Nederland, TX
Gently instruct those who oppose the truth. Perhaps God will change those people’s hearts, and they will learn the truth.
2 Timothy 2:25, NLT
Jody from Traverse City, MI
they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
~Psalm 91:12 (NIV)
San Bernardino Ca.
I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.
Phillipians :4:13 Net
Jessica from Clare, MI
they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
~Psalm 91:12 (NIV)
Judy from Gladwin, MI
they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
~Psalm 91:12 (NIV)
Judy
Panama City, Fl
Ps 16:5 (NCV)
The LORD is all I need. He takes care of me.
Dawn, Colleyville, TX.
Call to me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know. Jeremiah 33:3 NASB
Anne, Minneapolis
Proverbs 10:19
When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise. NIV
Colleen Duebber. Cincinnati OH
Then Jacob woke up and thought, ‘Surely the LORD is in this place, but I did not realize it!’
Gen. 28:16 NET
Susan, Tallahassee, Fla.
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power. 1 Corinthians 4:20
Megan JOY Burdzy – Calgary Alberta, Canada – The LORD your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing. -Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
Ellen K., Stoughton, MA
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you. (Psalm 51:10, 12, 13 ESV)
Ephesians 8B – 10: With all wisdom and understanding he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure which he purpposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment – to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ. NIV
Tammy
Ingleside, TX
Ruth, Westerville OH
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Roman 8:28 NIV