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
Ada, Rochester, MI
Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.
Rom 5:4 NIV
Pam, Brighton,CO Psalm 19: 14 (NLT)
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Shiffra, Kalamazoo MI
My next verse is What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. 2 Timothy 1:13 NIV84
Isabelle Mercado Rolling Meadows, IL: strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy. Colossians 1:11
Bobbie Jo
San Angelo,TX
“Why am I so sad? Why am I so upset? I should put my hope in God and keep praising him, my Savior and my God.” Psalms 42:11 NCV
Houston, Texas
Colossians 1:9
9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding
ESV
Brenda, Ottawa, Canada
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38,39 NKJV
Denise Ramey, Cedar Park, TX: I am the Lord your God who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it! Psalms 81:10
Tilley from Franklin, TN:
The Lord is good and does what is right; he shows the proper path to those who go astray.
Psalm 25:8 (NLT)
Diane from Palominas, AZ: “She perceives that her merchandise is good, And her lamp does not go out at night”., Proverbs 31:18, NKJV
Abby from Denver Colorado
Jeremiah 30:17-18 ampc
17 For I will restore health to you, and I will heal your wounds, says the Lord, because they have called you an outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no one seeks after andfor whom no one cares!
18 Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will release from captivity the tents of Jacob and have mercy on his dwelling places; the city will be rebuilt on its own [old] moundlike site, and the palace will be dwelt in after its former fashion.
Stacy Roznovak, Taylor, TX
“Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,” Philippians 3:13 (NIV)
Shari from Long Beach, California says:
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9 (NIV)
Andrea
Berkeley Springs, wv
Jesus looked at them and said,”With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Matthew 19:26 NIV
Susan, OP Kansas
Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and
ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:21 NLT
Charlotte Heisel Modesto, CA
Psalms 62:9 (NLT)
Common people are as worthless as a puff of wind,
And the powerful are not what they appear to be.
If you weigh them on a scales,
Together they are lighter than a breath of air.
Nora, Lexington, KY: Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.
MaryJo Landwehr from Chandler, AZ
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.
Romans 12:16 NIV
Marcy from Vincennes, Indiana
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Colossians 3:12 NIV
Gwen from Coweta, OK:
“For the LORD takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.”
Psalm 149:4 NIV
Amy from Baltimore, MD Finally, brothers, whatever is true,whatever is honorable,whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Philippians 4:8 NAB
Abbey from waco, Texas.
Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.
Psalm 32:9 NIV
Jen from Wyoming
Commit your work to the Lord and your plans will be established. Proverbs 16:3 ESV
Good and upright is the LORD; Therefore He teaches sinners in the way. Psalm 25:8 NKJV
Becky, Roswell GA
“Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.”
Romans 12:9, ESV
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 (NIV)
Cindy Cannon, Brighton, IL
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV
Ally
Houston tx
“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV
Anita, Miami FL
You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.
Psalm 139:5 (NIV)
Alicia Rowe from Taylorsville, KY
“Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. ” Isaiah 41;10 (NASB)
Anita, NC
Hebrews 10:36 (NIV)
“You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.”
Abigail from Chattanooga, TN
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,.
-Ephesians 3:20 NIV
Michelle Mosinee, WI
Song of Solomon 2:15 (HCSB)
Catch the foxes for us—
the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—
for our vineyards are in bloom.
Diane, Williamston,SC – “For all who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God.” Romans 8:14 ESV
Sarah from Daysland, Alberta
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
Midlothian Tx
Hatred stirs up quarrels, but love makes up for all offenses.
Proverbs 10:12 NLT
Vicki Bolton, Lubbock, TX
Taste and see that the Lord is good. How happy is the man who takes refuge in Him!
Psalm 34:8
HCSB
Elsie :: Verona, Kentucky
“Hold on to the pattern of wholesome teaching you learned from me – a pattern shaped by the faith and love that you have in Christ Jesus. Through the power of the Holy Spirit who lives within us, carefully guard the precious truth that has been entrusted to you.”
-2 Timothy 1:13-14
Naomi – Colorado Springs, CO
He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way. Psalms 25:9 ESV
Deena from Amarillo, Texas
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come! 2 Corinthians 5:17 CSB
Ephesians 3:18
may have power together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
Lisa, Round Rock TX
Rachel Ohio
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.” Ephesians 3:17b-18 (NIV)
Trust in the Lord with all your/my heart lean not on your/mine own understanding in all your/my ways He will make your/my path strait. Thank you Jesus for loving me at my worst. In Jesus Name, Amen.
Kelly – Orlando, FL
So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall away.
2 Peter 1:10, NLT
Jill Plano,TX
Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
Psalm 19:2 NKJV
Susan Canham, Bismarck ND
“That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
-Romans 10:9-10 NKJV
Stacy, Ruston, LA
“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.”
Isaiah 55:8-9 NLT
Becky from Woodway, Texas:
“For I hold you by your right hand—
I, the Lord your God. And I say to you,
‘Don’t be afraid. I am here to help you.”
Isaiah 41:13 NLT
karen, Warsaw,IN
karen, Warsaw, IN
Finally, brother (and sisters) rejoice. Become mature, be encouraged, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
2 Corinthians 13:11