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
Ashley Lawrenceville, GA
We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.
1 John 4:16 NLT
Colossians 3:9
Do not lie to one another since you laid aside the old self with it’s evil practices.
Deb from Aledo, IL
Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 KJV
Ann, Haltom City Texas
For,“Who can know the Lord’s thoughts? Who knows enough to teach him?” But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:16 NLT
Linda Jewell
Tucson, AZ
John 1:5 NKJV
And the light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness did not comprehend it.
Ginny Caroleo from Hamden, CT
Proverbs 31:17 NKJV
She girds herself with strength,
And strengthens her arms.
Karen, Trenton, OH
“The naive believes everything, But the sensible man considers his steps.”
Proverbs 14:15 NASB
Amy Flanagan Santee Ca Romans 15:13
May the God of Hope fill you with all Joy and Peace as you trust in Him. NIV
The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.
Psalms 51:17 NLT
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ[a] by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
2 To Timothy, a beloved son:
Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Timothy 1:1-2 NKJV
(hey Beth- just started Entrusted and trying to memorize the book of 2nd Timothy. Yay…hope I can do it)
Pammela W. from Albuquerque, NM
“….let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves.”
Galatians 5:16 (NLT)
Barb Rowe, Naples, Fl
Mark 11:22 The Message
“Jesus was matter-of-fact: ‘Embrace this God-life. Really embrace it, and nothing will be too much for you.'”
Chelsea from Bossier City
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Psalm 51:10
Janet from Odessa, TX
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Romans 15:4 ESV
Jeannine Hale
Eagan, MN
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 of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV
Julie Foster from Niceville, FL
Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.
Romans 12:10 NIV
Kyndra Hartzler, Houston, TX
Psalm 46:10 “Be still and know that I am God, I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” KJV
Marge, Chili Wisconsin
“I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.” Psalm 16:8 NIV
Psalm 56:3, “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.” (NIV)
Stephanie, Irvine, CA
“The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.” (Psalm 118:14, NIV)
Diane, Mesa, Arizona
Let your light so shine before men that they may see your moral excellence and your praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds and recognize and honor and praise and glorify your Father Who is in heaven. Matthew 5:16 AMP
Jane Baker from Pontiac, IL: “How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.” Psalm 119:9 (NIV 1984)
Charlotte Busbee, Concord, CA “Behold, as for the proud one, his soul is not right within him; but the righteous will live by his faith.” Habakkuk 2:4 NASB
Kate
Fort Smith, AR
“Keep your minds in whatever is true, pure, right, holy, friendly, and proper.”
Philippians 4:8 NIV
Becky from Cincinnati.
“O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.”
Psalm 34:9 KJV
Bobbie, Litchfield, MN
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
Isaiah 26:3 (ESV)
Lori Senter from San Antonio
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18
Marilyn F Davis Psalm 91:9 NIV “if you make the Most High your dwelling–even the Lord, who is my refuge-“. ” I COMMIT!”
April Smith, San Angelo, TX
“You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.”
Romans 8:9 ESV
Heather Wilkinson
Springfield, VA
Matt 7:7-8 (NIV)
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
Kay from San Diego, CA
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
Psalm 103:8, KJV
Margie from White Salmon, WA -“Trust in him all ti men, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.” Psalm 62:8 NIV
Misty Sanders, North Charleston, SC
I prayed to the Lord, and He answered me. He freed me from all my fears.
Psalms 34:4 NLT
Sarah in Sonora
II Tim. 2:13
“If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.”
Mitzi from Long Beach, CA
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
1 Peter 5:6-7 (NIV)
Agree with God, and be at peace; thereby good will come to you.
Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
Job22:21-22 (ESV)
Shannon S. Jackson WY
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, “ Abba , Father! ” The Spirit Himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God’s children, and if children, also heirs — heirs of God and coheirs with Christ — seeing that we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.
Romans 8:15-17 HCSB
Sandy Bowers, Bryan, Ohio
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8 NIV
Deanne Johnson – Laguna Hills, CA
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV
Jennifer Olmstead
Janesville, Wisconsin
Romans 15:13 (HCSB)
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him; so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Tammy Daniel from Atoka, OK: “Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!” Psalm 126:5 (ESV)
Isaiah 26:3.
You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. (NIV)
Sandy Hartley, Clatskanie OR
Tina Halterman from Los Osos, CA: “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD and whose trust is the LORD.” Jeremiah 17:7 (NASB)
Sherie
The Woodlands, TX
“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 5:3 NIV
Susan Turner, Shelby, NC
“they were at their wits’ end. Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress. He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.”
Psalm 107:27b-29 NIV
Arilee H., Saskatoon, SK Canada
“Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.” Mark 5:36 MSG
Vicki – Broken Arrow, OK
“By this I know that You delight in me, my enemy will not shout in triumph over me.”
Psalm 41:11 (ESV)
Lisa B Taylorsville NC Raleigh Girl Romans 12:1 KJV
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
6. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken , 7. My salvation and my honor depend on God, he is my mighty rock, my refuge. 8. Trust in him at all times you people, pour out your hearts to him for God is our refuge. Psalm 62:6-8 NIV
Traci Williams, Santa Clarita, CA: “He leads the humble in what is right and teaches the humble his way”, Psalm 25:9, NIV.