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
Mary, Lexington Park, MD
You are My witnesses, says the Lord, and My servant whom I have chosen, that you may know Me, believe Me, and remain steadfast to Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
Isaiah 43:10 AMP
Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.
Matthew 7:19-20 ESV
Debbie Weaver, Cumming, GA.
“I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in His holy people and His incomparably great power for us who believe.” Ephesians 1:18,19 NIV
Kari, Frisco, TX
“Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.”
James 1:19
Janell -Frisco TX. Then Jacob woke up and thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it!” (Genesis 28:16 NET).
Elizabeth Meagher Mechanicsville, VA
“You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the Lord your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed.”
Joshua 23:14, NIV
Jen (Prosper, TX)
I love you, LORD; you are my strength.
Psalm 18:1 NLT
Michelle Virnelson Parma, Ohio
“3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.” James 3:17 NET
“And let the beauty and delightfulness and the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; confirm and establish the work of our hands – yes, the work of our hands, confirm and establish it.” Psalm 90:17 (AMP)
Lisa from Denver
2Cor 12:9 NIV
But he siad to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.
Jennifer, Frisco, TX:
Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. (Proverbs 3:5 NLT)
Rachel H., Alabama,
“So here I am in the place of worship, eyes open, drinking in your strength and glory. In your generous love I am really living at last! My lips brim praises like fountains…” (Psalm 63:2-4 MSG)
Courtney from Lima, Ohio
“Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world…”
Philippians 2:14-15 NKJV
“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.”
2Corinthians 9:8 (NIV,84)
Kathy
St. Louis, MO
Ali – Clearwater, Florida
James 1:5 NIV
“If any of you lacks wisdom , you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.”
Sarah Whitt, Fort Worth:
“Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.”
Psalms 139:23 HCSB
Carolyn Orofino, Idaho
…you will see the LORD your God and you will find him if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 4:29
I also appreciate the versions on NET Bible, Voice Bible, and HCBS!
Lori, Toledo
“Then Jacob woke up and thought ‘Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it!”
Gen 26:18 NET
Michelle K., Warner Robins, GA
“o Lord, Your name endures, Your reputation, O Lord, lasts.” Psalm 135:13 NET
Janice – Topeka, KS
Then Jacob woke up and thought, surely the Lord is in this place but I did not realize it.
NET Bible
Kelly, Charlotte, NC
Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
Romans 12:9 ESV
Phyllis
Gilmer, Tx
NIV Colossians 4:6
“Let your conversation always be full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.”
Stephanie V. Tulsa Ok,
*Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. (Ps 37:4, nkjv)
Gretchen, Gahanna, Ohio–Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away,yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 2 Corinthians 4:16 NIV
Rachel, Mt. Carmel, PA
Hebrews 11:6, NIV – “Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”
Rosie, Tacoma WA
The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who
will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love; he will exult you
with loud singing.
Zephaniah 3:17 ESV
Sharon, Mineola, Texas
9-1-’13
Now this is eternal life:that they may know you,
The only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you
have sent. JOHN 17:3, NIV
Leslie
Wisner, La.
I pray that God, the source of all hope, will infuse your lives with an abundance of joy and peace in the midst of your faith so that your hope will overflow through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13 The Voice
Judy Pauley, Norfolk, Va.
Teach me to do your will, for you are my god. May your gracious Spirit lead me forward on a firm footing.
Psalms 143:10 NLT
Cindy Cannon, Otterville, IL
Create in me a pure heart, O God and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalms 51:10 (NIV)
Pat, Hot Springs, AR
Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28 KJV
Kandi from Tallahassee, Florida
Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you. Psalm 9:10 NIV
Ginny from Henderson. “for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.” 2 Peter 1:21 (NASB)
Kellye, Las Vegas. Christ now gives us courage and confidence, so that we can come to God by faith. Ephesians 3:12 (CEV)
Jordan, Columbia, MO. “Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them.” Jonah 2:8 NIV
Jeannie from Charlotte, NC
to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, Eph. 4:22, ESV
Traci from Evansdale, IA
“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”
Acts 4:12 NIV11
Fort Worth, TX
“Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy.” Psalm 101:2 NLT
Gail, Phoenix
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 KJV
Patti – Colorado
“Then Jacob woke up and thought; Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it.”
Genesis 28:16 – The NET Bible
Tracy F.
Lake St. Louis, Missouri
“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to see the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter-when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?”
Isaiah 58:6-7
Diana – Indpls 2 Cor. 10:5 NIV
We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,
Keely from Hermann, MO: 1 Corinthians 13:8 “Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.”
Kathleen,Phoenix:
You’re my place of quite retreat. I wait for your word to renew me.
Psalm 119:114 (NIV)
Michele, Rockmart, GA
I sought the Lord, and he heard me.
And delivered me from all my fears.
Psalm 34:4 NKJV
Megan, Stow, OH, Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits— Psalm 103:1-2 NIV
Abbie, Omaha
Psalm 37:18 – 19 (NIV)
The days of the blameless are known to the LORD, and their inheritance will endure forever. In times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.”
Tomi, Des Moines. In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. Hebrews 1:1-3 NIV
Cathy, Russellville, AR
Genesis 28:16, NET
Then Jacob woke up and thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it!”
Amy; Milton, WA
“He give strength to the weary and increases power to the weak.”
Is. 40:29