Hi Siestas! I’m writing this while visiting one of my baby grandsons. I have found a whole new level of delight, watching the world unfold before his sweet, young eyes. Whimsy and wonder, sheer gut-wrenching joy in the simplest of new experiences. The giggles, unencumbered, the wide-eyed enchanting outlook on life. He teaches me, he inspires me, and I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that one of my main purposes in grandparenting will be sharing our awe in the wonders and majesty of Jesus. Generation after generation. So…
Nancy Mattingly from Houston, Texas
“God is magnificent; He can never be praised enough. There are no boundaries to His greatness. Generation after generation stands in awe…” Psalm 145:3,4 – The Message
I pray that for you and yours as well…total awe at His greatness and goodness. May the simple, profound love of Jesus pour over each of you as you continue to meditate and memorize His perfect Word.
Edna Grace C. from Torrance, CA
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
Proverbs 31:30 NIV
Melissa Grovetown, GA. “For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.”
Romans 15:4 NKJV
Sandie Powell
AaAAlbuquerque, NM
Psalm 34:19
“Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord deliverers him out of all of them.”
Barb Wisconsin O that you would slay the wicked, O God! O men of blood, depart from me!
Psalm 139:19 ESV
jami
shelby, nc
Wait for the Lord. Be strong and courageous. Wait for the Lord.
Psalm 27:14
Cora Suggs, Huntsville, AL Matthew 6:25, “Therefore I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?”
Cathy-Birmingham
Ps 138:8 NLT
The Lord will work out his plans for my life-for your faithful love, OLORD, endures forever!don’t abandon me, for you made me.
My eyes are ever on the LORD, for only he will release my feet from the snare. Psalm 25:15 NIV
Karlys Fortner, La Place, LA
You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way which through us will produce thanksgiving to GOD.
2 Corinthians 9:11 ESV
Proverbs 28:19 (NIV)
Blessed is the man who always fears the Lord,
But he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
Reeder
Auburn,AL
1 Peter 3:11 NLT
…Work hard at living in peace with others.
Rebecca from Harrah, OK
“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… For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
2 Corinthians 12:9&10b ESV
Be strong and take heart, all you who HOPE in the Lord.
Psalm 31:24 NIV
Sandy E.; Kansas City, Missouri; “ I will sing the LORD’S praises, for he has been good to me.” Psalm 13:6. NIV
Judy from Clay Center, Kansas “Let them be horrified by their shame, for they said, “Aha! We’ve got him not!” Psalm 40:15 NLT
Janet, Midlothian, Texas
And the peace of God, that surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Phillipians 4:7 NASB
Charlie Carraway,Sopchoppy,FL
For He spoke and it came into being; He commanded and it came into existence. Psalm 33:9 NASB
Cynthia from Brooklyn Park, MN
It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things. 1 Peter 1:12 NIV
Carol B., Conyers, GA
He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, Titus 3:5 (NIV)
Cam Moore, Albuquerque, NM
Look on my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins.
Psalms 25:18 | NIV
Anna S from Auburn AL “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.” Rom 8:26 NLT
Janice, Magnolia, TX
Therefore, those also who suffer according to the will of God shall entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing what is right. 1 Pet. 4:19 NASB
Audrey~Lebanon, IN
2 Timothy 2:8-9 TNIV
Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel, for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s Word is not chained.
“Brothers and sisters, we urge you to warn those who are lazy. Encourage those who are timid. Take tender care of those who are weak. Be patient with everyone.”
1 Thessalonians 5:14 NLT
Sammie Davenport of Sterling, Va Proverbs 37:5-6 “Commit your way to the Lord. Trust also in Him, and He will do this: He will make your righteousness go out as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun.”
Eugene, OR
” He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now.” I John 1:9 NKJV
Judy, Satellite Beach, FL, Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!
Psalm 150:6(ESV)
Melanie, Armuchee, GA
For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.
2 Corinthians 4:17 (ESV)
“Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” I Thessalonians 5:23. (NKJV)
Sarah, Esther May and Janie, Wenatchee
“You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.”
2 Timothy 2:1 NIV
Sarah from Sonora, CA
Col. 1:14 message
“He’s set us up in the kingdom of the Son he loves so much, the Son who got us out of the pit we were in, got rid of the sins we were doomed to keep repeating”
Hannah Hancock from Winter Haven, FL
“Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.”
Psalm 34:19 (NKJV)
Phillis White, Shelby, NC
For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill His good purpose.”
Philippians 2:13 NIV
Amy from Miamisburg, OH
“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…”
Colossians 1:9 ESV
Doretta Sellers, Ada, OK
Watch your tongue and keep your mouth shut, and you will stay out of trouble.
Proverbs 21:23 NLT
Debi, Alva, FL
1 John 3:24 (NKJV) Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.
Lisa Curtis
Jackson, MO
A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones.
A time to embrace and a time to avoid embracing.
Ecc. 3:5
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Susan Teets, Dewittville, Ny “I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon that I also may be cheered when I receive news about you.” Philippians 2:19 NIV
Amy from Baltimore
that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man Ephesians 3:17 NASB
Kathryn Luedtke,, Sherwood Park, Alberta Canada
You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand and it gives light to everyone in the house.
Matt 5:14,15 NIV
Charlotte Ortega from Saugus CA
Psalm 51 NIV
Be exalted, O GOD, above the heavens, let glory be over all the earth.
Sharon Mills
Henderson, Nv.
2 Cor. 8:9 NIV. “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.”
Shelley from San Angelo, Tx
But he was pierced for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our sin;
The punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
And by his wounds we are healed.
Isaiah 53:5 NIV
Peggy from Homer,IL
“But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.”
Psalm 13:5 NIV
Alicia from Taylorsville, “I will feed My flock and I will bring them to rest,’ declares the Lord God. ‘I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick; but the fat and strong I will destroy. I will feed them with judgement.’ Ezekiel 34:15-16 NASB
Geri
Deer Park, TX
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. – Romans 1:16 ESV
Emily, Porter, TX
“And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.”
Colossians 2:15 NIV
Zephania 3:17 NASB
“The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty.”
Vicky, from Phoenix, AZ: “Do all things without grumbling and faultfinding and complaining [against God] and questioning and doubting [among yourselves],”
Philippians 2:14 AMPC
Kathy King
Woodstock, GA
From the rising of the sun to its setting
The name of the Lord is to be praised.
Psalm 113:3. NASB