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
Holbrook, New York
Therefore I, the prisoner of the LORD, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love. Ephesians 4:1,2 NASB
Linda W. from Tomball, TX
“But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him.” Jeremiah 17:7 (NIV)
Deb, Becker, MN
“You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm and see the deliverance the LORD will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid, do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the LORD will be with you.” 2 Chron 20:17 NIV
Lakeisha, Mays Landing, NJ
Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity. Colossians 4:5 NLT
Tammy from Platte City
Who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. 2 Corinthians 1:4 NIV
Denise Wilkin
The Woodlands, Texas
Psalms 103:3
Who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases!
HNV
“In that day, you will no longer ask me anything. I tell you the truth, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name” John 16:23 (NIV).
Angie W. from Liberty, Missouri: The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you. Do not be like a senseless horse or mule that needs a bit and bridle to keep it under control.” Psalm 32:8-9 NLT
Beth, Story City,IA
“For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.”
1 Corinthians 14:33, NKJ
Dawn
Mt. Olive NC
Jeremiah 16:19 NLT
Lord, You are my strength and my protection, You are a safe place for me to run in times of trouble.
18 Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,
19 Is the man who deceives his neighbor,
And says, “I was only joking!”
Proverbs 26:18-19 NIV
Janene from Sibley, LA
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
James 1:2. KJV
Melissa, Scarborough, ME: “But this is the one to whom I look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at My Word.” Isaiah 66:2b ESV
Kim from Dimmitt, Texas
John 14:27 NIV
” Do not let you hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”
Vicki
Murfreesboro, TN
Romans 13:14 (HCSB)
“But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no plans to satisfy the fleshly desires.”
Mikala, Boston
Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth,
Psalm 46.10 NIV
Kalonni, Van Meter, Iowa. “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” 1 John 3:1 NIV
Ellen, Moneta VA
Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. -Proverbs 4:23 (NLT)
Heather from Mckinney, TX “I love the Lord because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy.”(Psalms 116:1 NLT)
Wendy Ft Walton Beach, FL
Gal 6:9 ESV
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
Alexis, Salem OR
” Praise the Lord; prise God our Savior! For each day He carries us in His arms. ”
Psalm 68:19 NLT
Meredith from Columbus, OH: You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit- fruit that will last- so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. -John 15:16 (NIV)
Rejoice in The Lord always, again I say rejoice! Philippians 4:4
Erica, Chicago IL
Psalm 51:10 (Amplified)
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering and steadfast spirit within me.”
Tami KC, MO
Is 43:4 NIV
Since you are precious and honored in my sight,
and because I love you,
I will give people in exchange for you,
nations in exchange for your life.
Lamentations 3:21-23 NIV
[21] Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: [22] Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. [23] They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
christina, Plano, Texas~
But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. Ephesians 5:3-4, NIV1984
Anne, Frisco TX “A gentle answer turns away anger but a harsh word stirs up wrath.” Proverbs 15:1 NIV
September 1
Chyrll, Cordova, TN: This I command you, that you love one another. John 15:17 NASB
“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. (Isaiah 55:8 NLT)
Kathy, Birmingham, AL
“The Lord is your security. He will keep your foot from being caught in a trap.”
Proverbs 3:26 NLT
Christy from Holland, MI
“Be joyful always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, NIV
Karen, Florence KY
You have ascended on high,
You have led captivity captive;
You have received gifts from among men,
Even from the rebellious,
That the LORD God might dwell there.
Ps 68:18 NKJV
Michele, Cumming GA
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to them who love God, to those who are called according to HIS purpose.
Romans 8:28
Amanda, Lexington, KY
“To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power, so that the name of our Lord may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thessalonians 1: 11-12 ESV
Monica
Cheyenne, WY
Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill His promises to Her!
Luke 1:45 NIV
LoriAngela Chilliwack, BC, Canada
The Lord is indeed going before you—he will be with you; he will not fail you or abandon you. Do not be afraid or discouraged!
Deuteronomy 31:8
NET
Marsha Fort Smith
The eyes of the Lord roam over the whole earth to encourage those who are devoted to him wholeheartedly.
II Chronicles 16:9 NAB
Christina McClain, Nampa, ID, HCSB, James 1:16 “Don’t be deceived, my dearly loved brothers.”
The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him.
Nahum 1:7 NIV
Carolyn
Oceanside Ca
Megan, St. Louis…
“The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.” -Psalm 97:5, ESV
Christine Stephansen, St. Louis Park, MN Hebrews 10:23 NIV Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.
Dianna, St. Louis
“Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?” Romans 6:3, ESV
Now to Him who is able to immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in th church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Eph 3:20-21
Kerry from Houston, TX
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.
John 1:1,2 NASB
Lynda from Ocala, FL: Psalm 103:21 – Praise the Lord, all His heavenly hosts, you His servants who do His will. NIV
Amber Moon, Lincolnton, NC
Look straight ahead and fix your eyes on what lies before you. Proverbs 4:25 (NLT)
Bryn, Frisco, TX, Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. NIV
danae | lafayette, in
[those who trust in the Lord] are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. their leaves stay green, & they never stop producing fruit. — jeremiah 17:8 [nlt]
Kristin, Carlsbad, CA “I say to myself, ‘The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.'”
Lamentations 3:24 NIV