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
Pat S., Lago Vista, TX
Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:25-26 NIV
Beth, Wynnewood, OK
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Galatians 5:25 KJV
Christy, Summit, MS; “He is your praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes.” Deuteronomy 10:21 NIV
Midland,, TX
22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. James 1:22 (NIV)
Danielle from Cedar Park, TX
“No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price, for I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God which cost me nothing.”
2 Samuel 24:24 NASB
Sharon, St. Louis. “For the Lord is good; His mercy and loving-kindness are everlasting, His faithfulness and truth endure to all generations.” Psalm 100:5 AMP
Gretchen, Thousand Oaks, CA Duet 1:21 NET
Look, He has placed the land in front of you! Go up, take possession of it, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, said to do. Do not be afraid or discouraged!
Debbie from Holbrook, NY
The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray.
1 Peter 4:7 NIV
Kari
Amery, WI
I Chronicles 16:11 NIV
Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.
Nicole from Newton, Iowa
Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. (Hebrews 11:1 NLT)
Dawn, Mt. Olive, NC
Psalm 51:10 NIV
“Create in a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”
Melissa, Greensburg, Kentucky – “My eyes are continually toward the LORD, For He will pluck my feet out of the net.” – Psalm 25:15, NAS
Laura, Minneapolis, MN.
“For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.”
Hosea 6:6, ESV
Michelle K., Warner Robins, GA
I can do ALL things through Him who strengthens me. Phil 4:13 NASB
In everything you do, stay away from complaining and arguing so that no one can speak a word of blame against you. You are to live clean innocent lives as children of God in a dark world full of crooked and perverse people. Let you lives shine brightly before them. Hold tightly to the Word of Life, so that when Christ returns, I will be proud that I did not lose the race and that my work was not useless.
Philippians 2:14-16 NLT
Jennifer
Lexington, KY
Proverbs 31:31 CEV
“Show her respect-praise her in public for what she has done.”
Teresa, Walla Walla “In Your strength I can crush an army; with my God I can scale any wall.” Psalm 18:29 NLT
Amy from Shorewood IL
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. (Romans 12:12 NIV)
Durant, OK
Colossians 3:16NIV
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
I am praying for you and your family, Beth!
Diana, East Peoria, IL
The Word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.
Deuteronomy 30:14 NIV
Tara, Eustis
Acts 2:28
You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’
Michele, Cumming GA
The Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Psalm 21:7
Melissa, LaGrange GA, Romans 8:1(NIV)
“Therefore there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
Melissa, St. Mary’s County, MD “Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.” Jeremiah 31:21 KJV
Elaine, Jefferson, GA
So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today – to love the LORD your God and to server him with all your heart and all your soul – then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and oil. I will provide grass in the fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied. Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them. Then the LORD’s anger will burn against you, and he will shut the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce, and you will soon perish from the good land the LORD is giving you. ~Deuteronomy 11:13-17 NIV~
Phyllis, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
1 Cor.4:20 Amplified
For the kingdom of God consists of and is based on not talk but power (moral power and excellence of soul).
Amanda Porter.
Lubbock, Texas.
When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul. (Psalm 94:19 ESV)
Jeremiah 33:3
call to me and I will tell you great and unserachable things you do not know
Soni from Gulfport, MS Lamentations 2:19 RSV
…pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord! Lift your hands to him for the lives of your children….
Dixie, Santa Monica, California
Isaiah 14:22 NET
Do any of the worthless idols of the nations cause rain to fall?
Do the skies themselves send showers?
Is it not You, O LORD our God, who does this?
So we put our hopes in you because you alone do all this.
Lynchburg, VA
James 1:3 (ESV) for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
Rene, Overland Park, KS “I know that You can do anything and no plan of Yours can be thwarted.” Job 42:2 HCSB
Michelle, West Des Moines, IA
The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.
Psalm 16:6 NIV
Sandi from Morristown, TN
Isaiah 26:3-4 MSG
People with their minds set on you, you keep completely whole, Steady on their feet, because they keep at it and don’t quit. Depend on God and keep at it because in the Lord God you have a sure thing.
Joan, Carter Lake IA
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the everlasting way. (Psalms 139:23, 24 HCSB)
Berni, Albuquerque
“Through Him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging His name. And do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.” Hebrews 13:15-16NET
Tiffany, Summerville, SC, “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:10 NIV
Gina~Rosamond, Ca
Ephesians 2:8 NIV
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.
In those days when you pray, I will listen. Jeremiah 29:11 NLT
Lori, Flower Mound, TX
Children’s children are a crown to the aged and parents are the pride of their children.
Proverbs 17:6 NIV
Kimberly, Fresno, CA
“If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.”
Galatians 5:25 (NASB)
Peggy, Yorktown, VA
Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice.
Eph 4:31 NRSV
Trinna, Covington, “Keep your lives free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.'” Hebrews 13:5 (ESV)
Dawn in Monett, MO
Isaiah 33:6 NIV
He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is the key to this treasure.
Debbie, Fort Thomas, KY
“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:32 NIV
Judy of Marietta, GA says: “Don’t grumble about each other, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. For look–the Judge is standing at the door!” James 5:9 NLT
Patti, Phoenix AZ John 7:24 [NIV] “Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”
Britt, Burlington, NC. You also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:5 NIV
Cindy Cannon, Otterville, IL
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary, and they shall walk and not be faint. (NIV)
Judy- Maple Valley, WA.
Is. 55:12
You will go out in joy and peace and be key forth in peace. The mountains and hills will burst into song before you and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.