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.
Stacy from Hawkinsville, GA:
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)
Janet P, College Station
Phil 2:14-15 (ESV)
14 Do all things without grumbling or disputing, 15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
patti, Clemmons, NC
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 1 Peter 5:6-7 KJV
Carrie Lagas North Potomac MD
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. 1 John 4:16 NIV
Beverly Reeder, Columbus,Ms.
And my God will meet all my needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. Phillipians 4:19
Norma Jean, Medford, OR
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
Psalm 100:1-2 NIV
Christy Richardson, Portageville MO
But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.” Luke 1:30-31 NIV
Abigail Dubbe, York PA, Psalm 121:8 (NIV) “the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.”
Shannon, Columbia, SC
“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.”
Romans15:13 (NIV)
Kim S., Ridgeland, MS —
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Colossians 3:16 (ESV)
Kelly, CA
Psalm 86:11 NIV “Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness;”
Mary Beth – Hudsonville, MI
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 1 Corinthians 13:6 NIV
Rebecca. Helena, AL
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To Him belongs eternal praise.”
Psalm 111:10 NIV
Lynette, Nashville, TN
“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!””
Psalm 46:10 ESV
Jeremiah 17:14 NLT
O LORD, if you heal me, I will be truly healed; if you save me, I will be truly saved. My praises are for you alone!
Tracey Boynton Kingsburg, CA
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 NIV
Daura Crawley, Conway, AR Philippians 2:9 ESV
“Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name.”
Nance, Newmarket ON Canada
“No longer will there be a curse upon anything. For the throne of God and of the Lamb will be there, and His servants will worship Him.”
Rev 22:3
NLT
Madelyn Crawley, Conway, AR Galatians 5:16 ESV
But I say, walk by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Lori, Louisville,KY
Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.
Proverbs 4:23
Christy Chattom; Jasper, Alabama
Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.
Psalm 141:3
Karen McCormick – Waco, Texas.
“Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.”
Psalm 42:11 ESV
Bethany, Magnolia, TX
“For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world”
James 1:23-27, ESV
Rhonda Nelson Grapevine, TX
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is; His good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:2 NIV
Suzy from Cedar Falls, IA
Romans 12:1 NIV
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God — this is your true and proper worship.
Laura, Englewood, Co.
From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters. James 3:10 NET
Leslie Young
Wisner, La.
If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture,
“Love your neighbor as yourself,”
you are doing right.
James 2:8
Bobbie, Litchfield, MN
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.
Isaiah 43:18 (NIV)
Kelly in south Arkansas
“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.” ~Hebrews 10:23 NIV
Debbie, Fort Thomas, KY
“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.” 2 Corinthians 1:10 NIV
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
Cindy Barger
Houston, Texas
Donna, Indianapolis, IN ~ Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
Isaiah 7:14 NIV
Sandra, Rock Hill, SC
All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful.
Psalm 25:10 NIV
Katy, TX, Revelation 19:7, NIV
Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.
Susie McNeely Russellville Ar
1 Corinthians 16:14
New International Version (NIV)
Do everything in love.
Lori Smith Little Rock AR
Hebrews 13:17New International Version (NIV)
17 Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.
Sandra Hicks, Houston, Tx.
But thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory–making us conquerors–through our Lord Jesus Christ.
I Corin. 15:57 AMP.
Downtown Tonya Brown from Watauga, Tx:
“My son,” the father said, “you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.” Luke 15:31 NIV
Carolyn Medlin Oceanside Ca
Let everything that has breath, Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. Psalm 150:6 NIV
Shannon Pate
Little Rock, Arkansas
Psalm 119:165 (Amplified Bible)
“Great peace have they who love Your law; nothing shall offend them or make them stumble.”
Rita – Alva, Florida
“Because we are His children, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father!”
Galatians 4:6 – NLT
Sue Middeldorf – Troy, Michigan – “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)
Linda Jewell
Sedona, AZ
Hebrews 11:9 NKJV
By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;
Rolanda Hairston Ft. Worth, TX
“Therefore He is able to save completely those who come to God through Him, because He always lives to intercede for them.” Hebrews 7:25~
And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. Col 3:17
Janet S.
Bemus Point, NY
Malachi 3:17 (NASB)
“And they will be Mine,” says the Lord of Hosts, “on the day that I prepare My own possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.”
And in French:
Malachie 3:17 (SG21)
dit l’Eternel, le maître de l’univers,
Suzanne Bailey, Harrisville, RI
“Live in harmony with one another.
Do not be haughty,but associate with the lowly.
Never be wise in your own sight.”
Romans 12:16 ESV (part of a series)
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)
Jennifer Henderson, Raleigh, NC;
3 He will not let your foot be moved;
he who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, he who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
Psalm 121 (ESV)
Byron, GA – But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 2 Corinthians 4:7 (KJV)