Hello, Siestas! My name is Diane Vaccaro, and I live in Fresno, CA. I’m a pastor’s wife and a mom of 3. I’m honored to share my verse today in a more formal way than usual. Often in our family we talk about how reflecting on scripture is paramount for transforming our hearts. God’s living Word can do more than we could ever imagine if we only give it time to seep into our thoughts and heart for a moment or two… or ten. It’s in those moments of reflection that I’m open and available to consider how the verse applies to my own life and heart. A quick read often leaves me with a short memory of what I’ve read, and a missed opportunity for revelation of who God is and how he loves. Memorization isn’t the goal, but a tool to continue to mediate on the Word, wherever I am, and ponder it, repeating it in my mind and mouth so that it becomes part of me.
Here’s my verse:
Diane – Fresno, CA
“The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17
What I love about this verse is that it brings together God’s attributes as a mighty warrior and as one who delights, even to the point of singing over me. Strength and tenderness. He is a God that can take on my enemies without neglecting the tender and vulnerable places of my heart. And I’ve got an enemy…I don’t know about human ones, but I’m confident that The Enemy is always on the hunt. It is part of being a believer. It’s part of my life in ministry.
As I reflect on this verse I wonder where I’m trying to be the warrior instead of letting God do the fighting. I wonder if I fight fights that aren’t mine, neglecting the ones God has put before me for victory if I’d only fight.
And I wonder if I’ve become so distracted that I miss the singing. Has God been singing over me a melody so sweet while I’ve been straining to hear the world’s approval? I really want to hear the song of God. The world’s song pales in comparison.
One day I was alone in my car and not listening to music (both are seldom). I was praying and pleading and at one point simply asked God, “Do you delight in me?” This verse was pulled from somewhere in my memory as if to say, “Yes, I delight in you. You bring me great joy. I’m singing over you.”
Mighty God, my prayer is that you would set my feet in the direction of my battles, that I would fight with courage and bravery, knowing that you will supply all I need. Show me when I try to fight battles meant for you. I want to duck when your sword comes crashing through, bowing to your will and power. Quiet my heart and soul that I would hear you – hear your direction and your joyful singing over me. I want your song to be the soundtrack of my days.
My prayer is that you, Siesta, will experience the Mighty Warrior and the songs of delight that he sings over you today.
Dana McKinney Starkville, MS. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. Hebrews 10: 36
Michelle O’Banion, Grandview, TX ~*
Psalm 139:4 NIV
Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord , know it completely.
Joy- Georgetown, TX “To You, Lord, I called; to the Lord I cried for mercy:” Psalm 30:8 NIV
Memory verse 8:
Psalm 81:9-10
You shall have no foreign god among you you shall not worship any god other than me.
I am the Lord your God who brought you up out of Egypt open your mouth wide and I will fill it
Lisa, from Huntsville, AL:
Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still bear fruit in old age; they will stay fresh and green
Ps. 93:13-14 NIV 84
Alice, Chesapeake Va.
Psalm 100:5. NLT
For the Lord is good. His unfailing love continues forever, and His faithfulness continues to each generation.
You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah (Psalms 32:7 NKJV)
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothes yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Colossians 3:12 NIV
Sherry Wright Mill Creek, IN John 15:11 NASB
These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.
E… Westlake, 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. Romans 8:28, NIV
Samantha Gallant Marion, IN
“So Samuel said to all the Israelites, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths and commit yourselves to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”
Lori Pannell, Houston, TX “…so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,…” Ephesians 3:17
Sierra Skowhegan Maine
John 3:6
“Human life comes from human parents, but spiritual life comes from the Spirit.” NCV
Sheilah, Melbourne, FL
May God Himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and He will do it.
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
Cassi, Paris, TX
The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. Psalm 145:18 NIV
Stacey DeYoung- Morocco,In.
Psalm 56:3 (NASB)When I am afraid,I will put my trust in You.
Toni Cassidy from Toney, AL.
“Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass.” 1Thessalonians 5:24 NASB
TJ, Clinton, OK
“In peace I will lie down and sleep, for You alone, Lord make me dwell in safety.” Psalm 4:8 NIV
Joan G, Allentown, PA “I have directed you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in upright paths.” Proverbs 4:11 NASB
April Hughes, Escondido, Ca. “Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.” John 9:3 ESV
Phoebe Cunningham, Tucson, AZ.
“And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.” 1 Corinthians 13:2 ESV
Sheryl, PA – Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law has been my delight.
Psalm 119:7 NIV
“with all humility and gentleness, with patience showing tolerance to one another in love, 3. being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace,” Ephesians 4:2-3 NAV
Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Psalm 90:14
Delba, Dorsey,MS
Therefore, as Gods chosen people,holy and dearly loved,clothe yourselves with compassion,kindness,humility,gentleness and patience. Colossians 3:12 NIV
Taylor T.,
Grovetown, GA, USA
You will teach me how to live a holy life.
Being with you will fill me with joy;
at your right hand I will find pleasure forever.
Psalms 16:11
Sally, Sturgis, MI
You are my witnesses, declares the Lord,
and My servant whom I have chosen,
that you may know and believe Me and understand that I am He.
Before Me no god was formed,nor shall there be any after Me.
(Isaian 43:10) ESV
From Tishomingo, OK
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything,
by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,
present your requests to God.
Philippians 4:6 (NIV)
Wendi McPike, Kennebunkport, ME
“…so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, …”
Eph 3:17 NIV
Tara- Rockwall, Texas
Be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of God’s love.
Ephesians 4:2
Barb Franklin, Indiana
Gal. 5:1 (ESV)
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery
“We have this hope as an achor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf.”
Hebrews 6:19-20 NIV
Berni, Albuquerque
“Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable,
always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in
the Lord your labor is not in vain.”
1 Corinthians:15:58 ESV
Valerie Gordon, Columbus, GA
For the law was given through Moses, BUT God’s unfailing love and faithfulness came through Jesus Christ. John 1:17 NLT
Debbie Brubaker, Robstown, TX
“And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men.”
Colossians 3:23 NKJV
Pam Luschei in El Cajon, Ca. “But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.”
I John 1:7 NIV’
White lake mi
I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure. Psalm 16:8-9 NIV
Kris Morrissey, Omaha, NE
“Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace by removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
Isaiah 54:10 (NIV)
Amy Spry, Dothan, AL
Romans 8:1-8 NIV
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.
Sherry – Raleigh, NC
The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17 NIV
jackie siple rockledge FL
He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. (Psalms 23:2 NKJV)
Rose Gillespie ~ Hot Springs, AR
“And He went a little farther, and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, ‘O My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me: nevertheless not as I will, but as Thou wilt’.”
Matthew 26:39 KJV
Kim S., Ridgeland, MS —
Ephesians 3:20-21King James Version (KJV)
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Dana
Clarksville, TN
Hebrews 7:25 ESV
“Consequently, He is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.”
Amanda Singleton, Drexel, NC
“Better to be patient than powerful; better to have self-control than to conquer a city.” Proverbs 16:32 NLT
leah whitley
Fort Worth, tx
Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works. Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually. Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; (1 Chronicles 16:8-12 KJV)
Lori, Louisville, KY
I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.
But take heart! I have overcome the world.
John 16:33
Amy Guth, Canton, MS
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
Isaiah 55:8-9 ESV
Lisa V, Washington, NJ Matthew 11:28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
NKJV
Karen Bell
Hendersonville, TN “..so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,”
Eph. 3:17 ESV