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.
Beverly – Jackson, TN
“…..in humility consider others as more important than
yourselves.”
-Phil. 2:3b HCSB
Debbie from Atascocita, Texas:
“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.” 2 Corinthians 4:17 (NIV)
Denise Wilkin
El Paso, Texas
Matthew 28:19-20 NKJV
“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
“teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Apryl-Raleigh, NC
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. Psalm 56:3 NIV
Beaumont, Texas.
If only you would destroy the wicked, O God,
and the bloodthirsty would depart from me!
Ps. 139:19 NAB
Nikki, Franklin, Tn,
“Be still and know (recognize, understand) that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth.”
Psalm 46:10 (AMP)
Leisa Hale, Sheridan,Indiana
“If you talk a lot, you are sure to sin; if you are wise, you will keep quiet. Proverbs 10:19 NCV
Lydia- Alabama
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, Oh Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Psalm 19:14 (NLT)
Sharon from the United States
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. (Isaiah 9:2 KJV)
Laura, Englewood, Co
My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back. James 5:19 NET
Wanda
Osborn, Missouri
Casting all your care upon Him,
For He cares for you.
1 Peter 5:7 (NKJV)
Sarah, Remington, VA
Psalm 91:15
He will call on me and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
Marilyn Brown in The Plains, OH says:
‘ He who was seated on the throne said:” I am making everything new! ” ‘
Rev.21:15 NIV
~Bobbie Jo
San Angelo,TX
“Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so God can heal you. When a believing person prays, great things happen.” James 5:16 NCV
Traci McNally from Evansdale, IA
30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Romans 8:30-31 NIV
Cherie Dearth, Joseph, OR
“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)
Connor from Greenwood, SC
John 13:7New International Version (NIV)
7 Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
Kathi, Vancouver Wa,
A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but perversion in it crushes the spirit
Prv. 15:4 NASB
Gayle, Salinas, CA Oct 11 Verse 20 *leaving the country till the end of the month.
Whoever claims to live in Him must walk as Jesus did.
I John 2:6 NIV
Kelley from Houston TX
In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul.
Psalm 94:19 (NKJV)
Johnine from Anna, Texas
The creation waits in eager expectation for the Sons of God to be revealed.
Romans:8:19
NIV
So keep on trying to know the Lord. His coming to us is as sure as the rising sun. Hosea 6:3(a)
Kelei Liggett.Iowa Park, Texas
James 4:8 tlb
When you draw close to God, God will draw close to you.
Claire Phillips, Topeka, KS
“Suppose one of you had a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Would he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat?'”
1 The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness,
The world and those who dwell therein.
2 For He has founded it upon the seas,
And established it upon the waters.
Psalm 24:1-2 NKJV
“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,”
Romans 5:1 NIV
Yael Azeke, New York, NY
Psalm 91: 10
No evil will befall you, Nor will any plague come near your tent.
Jody in Huntsville, Al NLT
Proverbs 2:5
Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord and you will gain knowledge of God.
Psalm 62:5-7Good News Translation (GNT)
5 I depend on God alone;
I put my hope in him.
6 He alone protects and saves me;
he is my defender,
and I shall never be defeated.
Susan from N Charleston SC
“I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Romans 15:13 NLT
When he calls to me, I will answer him:
I will with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.
Ps 91: 15 Esv.
When he calls to me, I will answer him:
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.
Ps 91:15 Esv
If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
Philemon 18, ESV
Karen Todd, Beech Island, SC
June Greenstreet Bradford Ontario
“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,” Titus 2:11 ESV
Zoey PacNW
Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Vicki from Arkansas “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.”
Psalms 56:3 ESV
Amanda, Sherman, TX
Psalm 25:18 KJV
“Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.”
Julie from Lynchburg,VA
“The LORD ‘ S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail.”
Lamentations 3:22 NASB
Jackie from Rockwall, TX: 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)
Lisa from Mesquite, Texas: As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.”
Romans 3:10 (NIV)
Nance from Newmarket ON Canada
“Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up on the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever.”
1 Thess 4:17
NLT
James 3:15 ESV
This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
James 4:1 ESV
What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?
Kathryn, Oceanside CA, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.” Psalm 23:4 KJV
Let us encourage one another. Hebrews 10:25
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5
Paula from Fort Madison
“He replied,
“Youare are talking like a foolish woman.
Shall we accept good from God and not trouble?
In all this Job did not sin in what he said.”
Job. 2:10
“If you try and hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.”
Luke 9:24 ESV
Lake City FL “Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. I say to myself, ‘The Lord is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!’”
Lamentations 3:23-24 NLT
Andrea from Pensacola, Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7 NLT