Hi Siestas!
I pray that each of you have great delight in your memory work!
I am pretty much positive I am not the only “planner” in this SSMT group. right? My life is busy in every direction, I need a plan. But also I do dearly love a plan. I like a plan for my family, for myself, and of course for a team project, which all my co-workers would be quick to smile and confirm – actually I like a plan for doing nothing. But, I bet like many of you, my plans don’t always land as expected. Truly, there have been occasions when I leave my house with my nice neat plan for the day and by the time I make my very short drive to the office, my plan has morphed into a totally different direction. Then I come face to face with the choice of believing: failure (of my plans) or faith (in His plans).
This simple verse has engulfed my soul! God is faithful to us in the details of life, the steps we take and He has the perfect plan.
Sabrina Moore from Houston, Texas:
“People can plan what they want to do, but it is the LORD who guides their steps.”
Proverbs 16:9 (ERV)
As I looked up a ton of different translations I loved the revealing truth about “my plans.” What looks like a direction or an action item, actually begins with my heart, my thoughts, my needs.
This I know, I need Him!
This I pray, Lord, You lead.
Praying His faithful guiding steps bless you and your days!
Love, Sabrina
Paula, Russell, KY
“I will lead a life and integrity in my own home. I will refuse to look at anything vile and vulgar. I hate all who deal crookedly; I will have nothing to do with them. I will reject perverse ideas and stay away from every evil. I will not tolerate people who slander their neighbors. I will not endure conceit and pride. I will search for faithful people to be my companions.” Psalm 101:2b-6a NLT
Sara Etta from Albuquerque
You, then, why do you judge your brothers and sisters? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we all stand before God’s judgement sear.
Romans 14:10
Conroe, Texas
Galations 5:23 NASB
gentleness, self-comtrol, against such things there is no law.
“The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.” Numbers :24-26 NKJV
Anna from Ontario Canada
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 NIV
Amy S. from Saint Cloud, FL
“The Lord watches over you-the Lord is your shade at your right hand;”
Psalm 121:5 (NIV)
Michele-Lubbock,TX Psalm 147:6 “The Lord sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.”
From the end of the earth I will cry to You,
When my heart is overwhelmed;
Lead me to the rock thst is higher than I.
For you have been a shelter for me,
A strong tower from the enemy.
I will abide in Your tabernacle forever;
I will trust in the shelter of Your wings.
Psalm 61:1-4
Barbara Ordner, Tomball,TX
“Have faith in God,” Jesus answered.”
Mark 11:22 NIV
Katie, Easley,SC
“For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.” -Romans 6:14 (NIV)
Hillary Dickey, Diberville, MS
But he said to me “My grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness”
Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weakness so that Christs power may rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV
Lori Causyn
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11. ESV
Gigi Parisi
Mullica Hill NJ
Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Hebrews 12:3 NIV
Sarah from Kansas City:
For a long time I have kept silent, I have been quiet and held myself back. But now, like a woman in childbirth, I cry out, I gasp and pant. I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation; I will turn rivers into islands and dry up the pools.
Isaiah 42:14-15, NIV
Carol Peavy, Jena, LA “We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.”
I Thessalonians 1:3 NIV
Tane McGehee May 1, 2017
Psalm 77:14 NIV
You are the God who performs miracles.
You display your power among the peoples.
Tamara from McLean, VA
Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
Ephesians 6:11
NASB
Tessa Pierce Nacogdoches TX
Philippians 3:12 NKJV’
Not that I have already attained or am already perfected;
but I PRESS ON, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.
Melissa Brazier from Lawrenceburg TN
You are a hiding place for me, you preserve me from trouble, you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Psalm 32:7 ESV
Beth ~ Calgary Canada
“He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.”
Psalm 25:9 NIV
Linda W. from Tomball, TX;
“Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.”
Psalm 34:14 ESV
Abby, Lafayette, IN: “When the Spirit of truth comes he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak and heh will declare to you things that are to come.” John 16:13 ESV
Jenni, Dunn, NC
“But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.”
2 Timothy 1:12 ESV
Amy from Milwaukee, WI
“But I trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me. I will sing to the Lord because He is good to me.”
Psm.13:5 & 6
Sue Middeldorf – Troy, Michigan – “He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.” Psalm 25:9 (NIV)
Mary C.
Hazel Green, AL
Psalm 25:9
“He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way. “
Lindsey Carelock from Brenham, TX: “And the LORD will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.” Isaiah 58:11 ESV
Joanne Lim….Houston, Texas….. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God…Col 3:3…NIV
Proverbs 10:19 NKJV
In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
Paulette Mays
Elmer, La
Julie/Deer Park, TX “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. 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 NIV
Tessa Pierce Nacogdoches TX
Colossians 1:9 NKJV
For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
Amber Wilson from Gulfport, MS
Psalms 139:9
“If I live at the eastern horizon or settle at the western limits,”
Allison from Albany, GA: “A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” Jesus reached out and touched the man. “I am willing, he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cured of his leprosy.” Matthew 8:2-3 NIV
Brandy Trahan Port Neches, Tx
“My enemies cannot speak a truthful word. Their deepest desire is to destroy others. Their talk is foul, like the stench from an open grave. Their tongues are filled with flattery.”
Psalms 5:9 NLT
Bonnie, Alexandria, LA
“obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.” 1 Peter 1:9
Jennifer, Chattanooga, TN
But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. Matthew 6:3 NIV
Norma Jean from Medford, Oregon
He will not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.
Psalms 112:7 NJKV
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
II Timothy 1:7 NKJV
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly and abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:30-22 NKJV
Laura, Minneapolis, MN. “More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.” Romans 5:11, ESV
Beth Barber, Pella, Iowa
Isaiah 55:4 (NIV 2011)
See, I have made him a witness to the peoples,
a leader and commander of the people.
Vicki from Harrisonville, MO:
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Matthew 5:11 NIV
Dawn Byers Alvord, Texas “There were shepherds in that region living in the fields and keeping night watch by turns over their flocks.” Luke 2:8 NAB
Nancy English from Laramie Wyoming
Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
Psalms 25:8. NIV
Tracy Chapman – Andice, TX
Galatians 6:9 NASB
“Let us not lose heart in doing good,
for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.”
Natalie Malec, Grand Prairie, TX
“The Lord is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.”
Psalms 9:9 NLT
Liz from Nashville, Tn: “Be still and know that I am God” Psalm 46:10
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
Matthew 6:34 NIV
Jamie from Brentwood, TN: “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit” (Psalm 34:18) ESV
Joy Thompson- Fort Worth, TX – If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,