Hey, Sweet Things! I’m writing you from the same pajamas I put on this morning after a bath. The flu hit the Moores and Jones with a fury at the first of the week and, at this point, Keith, Melissa, Annabeth, and I all have it. Our little four year old ran 103 degrees today. It broke our hearts. She’s been to the doctor and, needless to say, Amanda is not getting an inch from her. You will not waste a prayer on all of us and I’m going to stop and pray right now for those of you who are ailing or have sick families.
Gracious Father, touch us with Your outstretched hand, heal and restore us. Take authority over our bodies and our households and command all sickness to depart in Jesus’ Name. Forbid any further spread of viruses, Lord, and speak wellness and strength over us. Show tender mercies particularly to our young and our elderly. Grant us the wisdom to acknowledge Your goodness and faithfulness to us and to give You all glory for the full restoration of our health. Apply the power of the Cross to all that concerns us. You are worthy of all praise. By Christ’s stripes we are healed. You are faithful and true and we adore You, Lord. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
At the first of the week before my fever spiked, God had me in Jeremiah 31. It is such a beautiful chapter of Scripture about restoration and the way back home for even the furthest wanderer. I’ll post the verse I found most visual as my selection for our 22nd entry. Here goes:
Beth, Houston. “I will say, ‘My dear children of Israel, keep in mind the road you took when you were carried off. Mark off in your minds the landmarks. Make a mental note of telltale signs marking the way back. Return, my dear children of Israel. Return to those cities of yours.'” Jeremiah 31:21 The NET Bible
I’m going to go ahead and post this an evening early in hopes of sleeping in a bit in the morning. I’m planning to be back at work with full strength on Monday, God willing and grace-bearing. I love you and it is such an honor to serve you.
OK, Sisters! Let’s hear your verses! Only 3 more to go!
Tags: Scripture Memory 2013
Julie, Gresham, OR
“Therefore, God elevated Him to the place of highest honor and gave Him the name above all other names.”
Philippians 2:9 (NLT)
Leanne from Eden Prairie, MN
The Lord gives His people strength; the Lord blesses His people with peace. (Psalms 29:11 HCSB)
Dena from Columbus, OH:
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. (Romans 8:28 NKJV)
Vanessa, Rio Rancho NM
The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. Matthew 12:35 NIV
Lisa Braun
Warman, SK Canada
No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.
1 Corinthians 2:9 NLT
Nancy, Lee’s Summit
“The LORD your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take delight in you, He will quiet you with his love, He will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17 NIV
Carrie Gill, Tyler,TX. “He will cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.” Psalm 91:4. NIV
linda, colorado springs.
jesus wept.
john 11:35 (niv)
Odessa, TX
“But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” I Corinthians 15:57 NIV
Cherie – Pocatello, ID “I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.” (Matthew 5:44 NKJV)
Jen Smith – Clearwater, FL
“God has decreed that you will be powerful. O God, You who have acted on our behalf, demonstrate Your power.”
Psalm 68:28 NET
Julie, Hawaii;
In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
Proverbs 3:6 nkjv
Lynn, Lake Villa, IL
2 Corinthians 3:16 NLT
But whenever someone turns to The Lord, the veil is taken away.
Cathy, Richmond, VA You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 1 John 4:4 NIV 84
Kari
Charlottesville, VA
Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. (Philippians 4:8 NKJV)
Jude 21 TNIV Keep yourselves in Gods love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
Deb in Windsor, CT:
They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed.” But I prayed, “Now strengthen my hands.”
-Nehemiah 6:9, NIV
Shelly Wilson, Fort Worth, TX
Hebrews 4:16 (NIV) – Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, that you may have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.
Philemon 1:6. NIV
Lisa in Moyock, NC
Laura, Houston
“And those who criticize will accept instruction.”
Isaiah 29:24b (NAS)
Lyn Steriti
Littleton, NH
How sweet are Thy words to my taste!
Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Psalm 119;103 NASB
Lori from Toledo
Psalm 62:1 MSG
“God, the one and only-I’ll wait as long as He says. Everything I need comes from Him, so why not? He’s solid rock under my feet, breathing room for my soul. An impregnable castle: I’m set for life.”
Elaine – Powder Springs – So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.
(Hebrews 2:1 NLT)
Becky, Roswell, GA
“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done.”
Philippians 4:6, NLT
Ephesians 5:20 NLT
Give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Vicki Knott, Greenwood, SC
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, God died for us. Romans 5:8 (NIV)
Mindy, Indiana
Ephesians 1:3-4 How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He’s the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, (Message)
You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he that is in the world. I John 4:4 NAS
Susan, Fort Worth, TX
Romans 12:19 NIV
Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord.
Vicki, Wilmington, NC
But let justice run down like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
Amos 5:24 NKJV
Cindy- Houston
“…Love one another as I have loved you. So, you must love one another.”
John 21:15 (NIV)
Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Psalm 23:6 (NIV)
Kely Snodgrass
Rogersville, TN
Psalm 37.31 NET
The law of their God controls their thinking; thier feet do not slip.
*Kelly, LOL
Angie G
Albertville AL
“If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.” John 15:24 NASB
Vanessa from Victoria, Texas
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. (Matthew 7:7 NIV)
Linda from Birmingham, Alabama
“Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.”
~~Psalm 141:3 (NIV)
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments. Psalm 78:7 (KJV)
Vicki, Peoria,IL
“You shall have no other gods before me” Exodus 20:3
Doris, Whitevile, NC
Psalm 34:1ESV
I will bless The Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
James 4:7 NIV
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
“The Lord is my portion says my soul, Therefore I hope in Him!”
Lamentations 3:24 NKJV
Mary Jane, Troy KS
“for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.” 1 John 5:4-5 NIV
Katherine, Atlanta, GA
Psalm 100 – The Message
On your feet now—applaud God!
Bring a gift of laughter,
sing yourselves into his presence.
3 Know this: God is God, and God, God.
He made us; we didn’t make him.
We’re his people, his well-tended sheep.
4 Enter with the password: “Thank you!”
Make yourselves at home, talking praise.
Thank him. Worship him.
5 For God is sheer beauty,
all-generous in love,
loyal always and eve
Candy from St Louis
I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me. (Psalm 57:2 ESV)
Lisa, Garland, TX Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind! (Psalm 31:19 ESV)
Schel, Bayou Vista, TX “The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincerefaith” 1 Timothy 1:4 (ESV)
Rita
Cottonwood, AZ
Psalm 118:28
28 You are my God, and I will give you thanks; you are my God, and I will exalt you., AZ
Christy from Holland, MI
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.”
Colossians 3:23, NIV
Pushkala, Louisville, KY: Be Confident of this that He who began a good work in me will carry it to completion until the day of Chris Jesus. (Phil 1:6) NIV
Eleanor
Memphis, TN
Matt. 27:37-39
And He said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment and a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.