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
Shawn in AZ
Receiving the end of your faith – the salvation of your souls.
1 Peter 1:9
NKJV
Peg Suveg, Aurora, IL
“The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice.” Psalm 97:1. (NIV)
His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness. 2 Peter 1:3 CSB
Tammy Gabbard from Livingston, KY O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. ~Psalm 34:8~KJV
Reann, Sioux City, IA
1 Corinthians 6:12 (NASB)
All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.
Matthew 11:28-30 NIV “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Christy Kirby, Plano, TX
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Romans 10:17 ESV
Pam Marshall from Mason, Ohio
“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on Earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in Glory.” Colossians 3:1-4
Courtney, Houma, LA
Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
Ephesians 6:14 (ESV)
But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:31 NIV
Michelle Moultrie, Jacksonville, FL “For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.” 2 Corinthians 4:15 ESV
Carolyn, The Woodlands, TX
Continuing James 3.
“For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race.” – James 3:7 (NASB)
Arla, Benton, AR
“By HIS divine power, GOD has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know HIM, the ONE who called us to HIMSELF by means of HIS marvelous glory and excellence.” 2 Peter 1:3 NLT
“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.” Gal. 2:20 NIV
Pam in El Cajon, California
Jill, Dunedin FL
Don’t grumble against each other, brothers, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door !
James 5:9 NIV
Denise Cholak from Euless,Texas.
The moon and stars to govern the night, His love endures forever.
Psalm 136:9 NIV
Suzanne
Tenaha, TX
Psalm 1:2 NIV’84
But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
And on his law he meditates day and night. Ps 1:2
Adrienne
Jasper, TN
“For God who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God’s glory in the face of Jesus Christ.”
2 Cor 4:6, HCSB
Connie Walker from Houston, Texas
the precepts of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the LORD is pure,
enlightening the eyes;
Psalms 19:8 (ESV)
Cathy Butcher, Minden, LA “God is our refuge, and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.” Psalm 46:1-3 NIV
Susan, Overland Park, KS
“From whom the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.”
Eph. 4:16 NIV
barbara from perkasie, pa
Amy Carter, Charleston, SC
The humble He guides in justice, and the humble He teaces His way. Psalm 25:9 NKJV
Margie Dudley from Moncks Corner, South Carolina
Don’t just pretend that you love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Stand on the side of good.
Romans 12:9 NLT
“Everything is possible for the one who believes”. Mark 9:23 NIV
Phyllis, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Psalm 16:8 ESV I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
Debbie Peters, Bassett, Virginia
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. II Corinthians 4:17 NIV
Morgan, Kansas City, MO
Pr. 31:14-15
“She is like merchant ships, bringing her food from afar. She gets up while it is still night; she provides food for her family and portions for her female servants.”
Mary-Katherine Rogers, Palm Coast, FL
4 Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never ends.
1 Cor. 13:4-8
barbara, perkasie, pa “do not let kindness and truth leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.” proverbs 3:3 NASB
Fawnda Dooley Denton, TX
“Stand firm then, with the belt of Truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place”
Ephesians 6:14 NIV
“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 with you with singing.”
Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
Autumn, Deer Park, WA
“Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step
with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking
and envying each other.”
Renae from Albuquerque, NM
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.”
Psalm 139;23 NLT
Jennifer Thomas, Cumming, GA
“indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.”
Psalm 121:4 (NIV)
Kathy
Madison, CT
” Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.” Prov 16:24 NIV
Those who look to him are radiant;
their faces are never covered with shame.
Psalm 34:5 NIV
Sandie Powell
Albuquerque, NM
Psalm 34:9
“O fear the Lord, ye his saints; for there is no want of them that fear him.” KJV
Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
according to your steadfast love remember me,
for your goodness’ sake, O Lord!
Psalm 25:7 (NRSV)
God has now revealed to us his mysterious plan regarding Christ, a plan to fulfill his own good pleasure. Ephesians 1:8 NLT
Justine Nielsen, Washington, PA
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “if anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.”
Matthew 16:24 NIV84
Vonnie Baker Marble Hill MO. Every word of God is pure; he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Proverbs 30:5 KJV
Linda, Fort Collins, CO
And you will be called priests of the Lord,
you will be named minsters of our God.
You will feed on the wealth of nations
and in their riches you will boast.
Isaiah 61:6, NIV
Kim Safina
Central Coast of California
#9
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the sons of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:8-10
Ephesians 1:9New International Version (NIV)
9 he[a] made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ,
Dianne Detrick – Magnolia, TX
2Timothy 1:17-18 NIV
17) On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me. 18) May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well how many ways he helped me in Ephesus.
Shelly Elston, Portland, OR
May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy.
Psalm 126:5
NRSV
Jane Preas from Cooper, Texas
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 4:6-7 ESV
Dee Dee Fernandina Beach, Florida
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and He is to be held in awe above all gods.” 1 Chronicles 16:25 ESV
Shelly and Sienna
Colorado Springs, CO
“Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” Phillipians 4:8 ESV