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
(NLT) 22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
Galatians 5:22-23
Taste and see that the Lord is good;
blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.
Psalm 34:8 NIV
Heather Morgan from Waxahachie, TX
Romans 8:26-27 NLT
And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father, who knows all hearts, knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will.
Kelli Schrock, Dover, AR
May the Lord bless you with the security of another marriage. Then she kissed them good-bye, and they all broke down and wept.
Ruth 1:9 NLT
GJ
Hawkinsville GA
I Peter 4:9 ESV
Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.
Valerie Keyser from Fort Myers, FL: “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.”
John 15:9 ESV
Melissa Anderson Fort Worth, Texas
for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound!
2 Timothy 2:9 ESV
Ann from Mapleton, Maine
He leads the humble in justice, And He teaches the humble His way.
Psalm 25:9 NASB
Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O LORD! Psalms 25:7 ESV
The Lord is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed. Deueteronomy 31:8
“Do all tings without grumbling or disputing, 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”
Philippians 2:14-15
Phillis White from Shelby, NC: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Hebrews 11:1 KJV
Lois from New York
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, Rom. 5:1 NKJV
LeeAnn, Pamplin, VA
“The Lord your God is with you,
he is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
he will quiet you with his love,
he will rejoice over you with singing.”
-Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
Shannon, Mandeville. “He must become greater; I must become less.” John 3:30 TNIV
Annette Webb, Cuyahoga Falls, OH: “He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.” Isaiah 40:11, ESV
Kim,Amherst, Oh
1 Peter 5:7 NIV
Cast all your anxiety on him
because he cares for you.
Faye from Calgary, Alberta, Canada
“Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands…”
Isaiah 49:16a ESV
Stephanie, Fort Worth, TX:
“Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.” Romans 8:8 ESV
(Cannot remember if I already posted or not, just being safe)
emi, white house, tn: “making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ” Ephesians 1:9 ESV
Stephanie, Fort Worth, TX:
“You, however, are not int he 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
Alaina // Flint, Texas
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28 NIV
Amy Guth, Canton, MS
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28 ESV
Erin Everett, WA. The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter until the full light of day. Prov. 4:18 NIV
Mandy Parker
Powdet Srpings, Ga
James 1;26-27 NLT
If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless. Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.
Alexis from Anderson, SC:
“He must become greater, I must become less.”
John 3:30 NIV
Nancy Casper WY
Because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.
Philemon 5 NIV
Patience Nason, Citrus Heights, CA
“In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.” 2 Cor. 4:4 HCSB
Stacey Cochran, Centreville, AL: Because you have made the LORD your dwelling place–the Most High, who is my refuge–Psalm 91:9 ESV
Melisa from Missoula, MT
1 Peter 5:10 (NIV)
“And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.”
Mary Cavalier, Old River-Winfree, TX
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
Psalms 23:1 NASB
Stephanie Ivy, Bossier City, La.
” Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. ” Proverbs 3: 5-6 NKJV
Valerie, West Bloomfield, MI;
“”Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 NKJV
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. Matthew 5:9
Vicki from Arkansas I commit! “I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.” Job 42:2 ESV
Helen Roseberry, Riverside, CA
God has now revealed to us His mysterious will regarding Christ–which is to fulfill His own good plan. Ephesians 1:9 (NLT)
Sue from Kalamazoo, MI
“Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of you love.” Ephesians 4:2 NLT
Pam from Apple Valley, MN: The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 2 Corinthians 4:4 NIV
Amanda
Olive Branch, MS
People can plan what they want to do, but it is the LORD who guides their steps.
Proverbs 16:9 (ERV)
Thank you Sabrina for sharing this version, it is very timely in my family’s life right now! 🙂
Andrea Sellers, Round Rock, TX
through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Romans 5:2 NIV
Melissa, Vicksburg, MS: “Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.” Psalm 57:5 NIV
Jill Smith, Eugene, OR
for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; Eph 4:12 NASB
Cynthia, Greenwood, SC,
1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
Colossians 3:1-2
Lisa, Houston, TX
He who supplies seed for the sower and bread for the eater will provide in abundance; he will multiply the seed you sow and increase your generous yield.
2 Corinthians 9:10 (NAB)
Brooke Gage, Highlands Ranch Co
Psalm 139:9 (NIV)
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,
Deena, Colleyville, TX
“As a deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.” Psalms 42:1 NIV
Rita – Alva, Florida
“For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, yet my unfailing love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken, says the Lord who has mercy on you.”
Isaiah 54:10 – NLT
“Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.”
Psalm 86:11 NIV
Lydia from Middletown, OH
“My flesh and my heart fail; but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”
– Psalm 73:26, NKJV
“then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations” 2 Peter 2:9a, NKJV
Annette, Richmond, TX
We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
II Cor 4:8-10, ESV
Nell brinkley Chattanooga tn. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known 1 Corinthians 13;12