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.
1Cor 1:30 ESV, “He (God) is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom and our righteousness and sanctification and redemption.”
“Scripture is divine detergent, constantly washing my mind, cleansing and clarifying my thoughts!” (quote)
Deb in Windsor, CT:
“Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.” – Isaiah 64:4, NIV
Michelle McAnulty
Ulsan, South Korea
Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2 HCSB
Kimberly, Cary. “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
From Cathy in Keller, TX
Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse, (Proverbs 2:12 NIV)
Sevierville, TN…James 1:20 ((NLT)) Human anger does not produce the righteousness God Desires
Orlando Florida
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows Galatians 6:7 NIV
The steps of a man are established by the LORD; And He delights in his way.
Psalm 37:23 NAS. Erika, Monson MA
“We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair.”
2 Corinthians 4:8. NLT
Sarah, Brookhaven, MS
Matthew 3:8 (ESV)
“Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.”
Alicia Parker, Edgewater FL
Galatians 6:10 NIV
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.
Sheila
Shirley,IN
“And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgement, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.”
I John 4:17 NLT
Lamentations 3:57 (NKJV)
“You drew near on the day I called on You, and said ‘Do not fear!'”
Carolyn
Wheaton, IL
Nicole Carpenter, Delaware, Ohio. “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.” Proverbs 4:23-24 NIV
Jacalyn Miles
Richmond, TX
ISA 58:9 ESV
Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you take away the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
Shannon Smith, Dawsonville, GA: 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. Colossians 3:17
Sherry Stewart, Winston-Salem, NC
You are being renewed in the spirit of your minds.
Ephesians 4:23
HCSB
Paige Storlie, Amarillo, TX
“give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18
Tracy Langford, Medicine Lodge, Ks
Proverbs 11:2 NLT
Pride leads to disgrace,but with humility comes wisdom.
Debbie, Atascocita, Texas – from whom every family in heaven and on earth drives its name. Eph 3:15 NIV
Jennifer Edwards Wetumpka
Philippians 4:13 NKJV
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Jen Dakin, Kenton, OH
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time.” 1Peter 5:6, NIV
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:13. ESV
Rae, Lafayette, IN For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:8 NKJV
Jamie Cook, Fort Worth, TX
You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the LORD will give you. . .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
Judith Scott, Louisiana
For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond comparison.
2 Corinthians 4:17 (ESV)
Sandy Bowers, Bryan, Ohio
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:18 (NIV)
Lori – Shakopee MN
Go therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age. Matthew 28:19-20 (HCSB)
Shannon, Buda, TX
For I the Lord love justice; I hate robbery and wrong doing. In my faithfulness I will reward my people and make an everlasting covenant with them.
Isaiah 61:8 NIV
Marie Franse, Albuquerque, NM: Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given to you when Jesus Christ is revealed. 1 Peter 1:13 (NIV)
But I trust in you, O Lord; I say” You are my God.”
Psalms 3:14
Shelly Higgins, Pikeville, TN.
And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. (Isaiah 58:11-12 KJV)
Dori Indiana
Ephesians 4:1-3 NIV
As a prisoner for The Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Revelation 1:8 KJV
Sandy Costello
Oak Grove, LA
Marleeta, Florence, CO
And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God.
Ephesians 6:17 (NASB)
2 Corinthians 10:12
Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.
Tori D. Mays
Elmer, La
Valerie Finch, Warrensburg, MO
“No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”
Hebrews 12:11, NIV
Proverbs 17:27 NKJV
He who has knowledge spares his words, And a man of understanding is of a calm spirit.
Paulette P. Mays
Elmer, La
Lynda, Kansas City. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 NIV
Penny – Loganville, Georgia
Isaiah 41:10
“Do not fear, for I am with you;
Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, surely I will help you;
Surely I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
NASB
Laura D. San Antonio, TX
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.”
2 Corinthians 4:7 ESV (vs 1 of 6)
Jean Crawford – Boring, OR
Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 / NIV
Martha Roberson
Warrensburg, MO
But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship Him. (John 4:23 ESV)
Robyn Cross
Blue Springs Mo
For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. (Romans 8:5 ESV)
Brenda Payne, Midlothian, VA “For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7 ESV
Faith from Waynesburg, KY – “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. ”
Hebrews 11:6 NIV
Michele Duffy, St. Paul MN
***my catch up verses!!***
1 Thess 5:16-18 (16)Rejoice always! (17)Pray constantly, (18)Give thanks in everything, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus
HCSB
He has cast monarchs down from their thrones, And exalted men of low estate. Luke 1:52 (Weymouth)
Kathy Leesville,LA. I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord: be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:13-14 NIV