Hi, Siestas! What a fun privilege it is to share this blog space with y’all today. My name is Bethany Scott. I’m twenty-six, and I live in Magnolia, TX (just north of Houston) with my husband of five years and our baby girl. My husband is a high school chemistry teacher and football coach, and I am blessed with my dream job of being a stay-at-home mom.
A little about me…
– My reading list (both fiction and non-fiction) is unending, and I’m always in the middle of two or three books.
– I believe life is better when faced with a Starbucks grande vanilla latte. Or a white chocolate mocha.
– I will almost always choose trees, birds, and good walking shoes over a shopping mall and stilettos.
– My church—Bayou City Fellowship—is my family, and is filled with the most generous, Jesus-loving, faith-FULL people I know.
– I love learning new things and began learning Greek this past year with a small group of women.
My verse is 2 Corinthians 1:10, in the New International Version: “He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On Him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us.”
Some of the wording in this verse is pretty intense, but sometimes life is intense, isn’t it? To deliver, according to dictionary.com, means “to save, rescue, or set free from.” If you have put your faith in Jesus Christ you have been saved from certain spiritual death, rescued from darkness, and set free from condemnation. But this verse tells us that deliverance is not limited to a one-time event. Just days before I came across this passage, my family and I were in a very traumatic car accident. Our lives had been spared, and we were rejoicing in that fact. But my mind and my emotions had suffered a blow far worse than my bodily injuries. I had been “delivered from such a deadly peril,” but I needed to be delivered AGAIN.
From my fear
My memories
My doubt
My guilt
My nightmares
My anger
My sadness
My pain.
We often speak of deliverance as a thing of the past, and rightfully so. “He has delivered me from ____” is a testimony in a nutshell. What I love about 2 Corinthians 1:10 is that it’s facing forward. The things I need to be delivered from are usually connected with the past. But hope looks ahead with confidence. Because He has, we can know that He will. What hope. He has never left me sitting in a pit once I’ve asked Him to pull me out. When nothing else is certain, He is certain. He is my solid foundation and the only One who can save me from my sin, myself, my situation. Maybe you need deliverance from fear. From abuse. From chronic worry. From illness. From your thoughts. If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, then you have already been delivered once. And, Sister, he WILL deliver you again.
December 1
Psalm 25:20 NIV
20 Oh, guard my soul, and deliver me!
Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.
Lori Boone, Renton WA
Galatians 6:8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
Shonda Vielbig, Ventura, CA “The King will reply,’Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'” Matt 25:40 NIV
Megan, Goodlettsville, TN
2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV)
“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
Jerri of Omaha says
Do not store up for yourself treasures on earth where moth and vermin destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourself treasure in heaven where moth and vermin do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6: 19-21 NIV
Stephanie B.
Augusta GA
Romans 8:37-39(ESV)
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Beth, Lansing, MI
Psalm 32:7 NIV, “You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.”
Mei, Easley SC
So is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:11 NIV
Kathy French
Austin
“For God, who said, ‘Let there be light in the darkness,’ has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.” 2 Corinthians 4:7 NLT
Ramona Gellick
Medina, OH Colossians 3:15 (NIV)
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
Lisa, presently from Orange, TX (formerly of West Columbia, TX 😉
and a bit late…continuing Ps. 91 and 8 verses of Ps 92 to make my 24.
“that thought the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will forever be destroyed.” Ps. 92:7 (NIV)
Tracy, Kountze, Tx.
rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer Romans 12:12 NASB
Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
2 Corinthians 7:1NIV
I’ve enjoyed these posts and posting Bible verses for part of 2015. My father-in-law and them my mother passed away this year so I didn’t keep up with memorizing. I wanted to thank you for the encouragement to work at memorizing and the encouragement of reading verses that were posted. I love the goal of posting and memorizing 2 verses a month and am hoping that with the Lord’s help I might be able to accomplish more in 2016!
Psalm 71:14 But as for me, I will hope continually, and will praise You yet more and more.
Linda in Chester, VA
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy & peace as you trust in Him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Romans 15:13
(NIV)
Gwen M Longview, Tx
Psalm 34:18English Standard Version (ESV)
18
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
and saves the crushed in spirit.
Erika Powell, celebration FL
Genesis 2:18 NLT
“Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.”
Dianne – Magnolia TX
Psalm 147:1 (NIV)
How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise Him.
Stephanie and daughter Madison, Louisville, KY
Psalm 37:4 (NIV)
Take delight in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Arlene Georgetown, TX: For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to give you a future and a hope, not for evil but for good. Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
Monica Pribe, Blacklick OH, “And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the receptions of our bodies.” Romans 8:23
I know there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live.
Ecclesiastes 3:12 NIV
Esther Mancia – Little Elm TX-
Love does nt delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
1 Corinthians 13:6-8
Melissa E
Anna, Tx
” May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace!”
Psalm 29:11 ESV