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.
Cyndi Patterson
Bloomdale, OH
“These are the men who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.”–Jude 19 (NIV)
Psalm 139:19 NASB
O that Thou wouldst slay the wicked, O God;
Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.
Gail Peacock, Longview, Texas
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
Galatians 6:9 NIV
Theresa Huck – Cheyenne, WY
For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
Matthew 6:32 NIV
Gay
Round Rock, 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
Glenda Willard from Farmington, NM
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3 (NIV)
Connie Windham
Picayune, MS
May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord
on that day. You know very well in how many ways he
helped me in Ephesus. 2 Timothy 1:18
Susan, Wynne
Hebrews 4:13 (ESV)
13 And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
Pam Marshall from Mason, Ohio:
“All scripture is God-breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness so that we may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:16 (NIV)
Karessa H., Peoria, IL:
Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:11-13 ESV
Nancy from Barboursville
“Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.” Ephesians 6:11 NIV
1 Peter 4:10
“Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.” NIV
Dee Dee Fernandina Beach, Florida
who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, Psalm 103:4 ESV
Laura, Minneapolis, MN.
So that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 5:21, NKJV
Jackie siple Rockledge FL
“pray continually,”
1 Thessalonians 5:17 NIV
Redfield, AR
Romans 8:39 (NKJV)
[39] 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.
Sandra Arnold, Paris, Tennessee
“Look upon my enemies, for they are many,
And they hate me with violent hatred.”
Psalm 25:19 (NASB)
Betty Reid, Cypress Texas James 2:1-4 NIV
My brothers as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don’t show favoritism. Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. if you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, here is a good seat for you and say to the poor man, you stand there or sit on the floor by my feet, have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
Jennifer, Chattanooga, TN
A wise man’s heart guides his mouth, and his lips promote instruction.
Proverbs 16:23 NIV
Becky Douglas , Houston TX
“If only you would slay the wicked, O God! Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!” Psalm 139:19 NIV
Joy from San Diego, “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” Matt 7:24, ESV
…and be kind to one another, tenderhearted
forgiving one another
as God, in Christ, forgave you.
Ephesians 4:32 RSV
Linda, Fort Collins, CO
Debbie Fitzpatrick, Bossier City, LA
Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality. 2 Corinthians 8:13 NIV
Michele Jacobs from Springfield, Virginia
Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy th edevil prwls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
-1 Peter 5:8 (NIV)
Elizabeth Moreno from Austin Texas
For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the son of man be.
Matthew 24: 38-39. NKJV
Beth Schwandt
Riverside, CA
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Psalm 139:13-14 NIV
Kim Auvenshine, Fort Worth, TX
“I will fulfill my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people—”
Psalms 116:18 NLT
Christy, Conifer, Colorado
But you have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven.
Hebrews 12:22-23a NIV 1984
“You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people, and lose your own stability. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.” 2 Peter 3:17-18 ESV
Lou Ann Smith, McAllen, TX
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
Matthew 5:6 ESV
Sheila from Mount Airy, NC- ““Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” 1 John 3:18 (NIV)
Stacy from Houston, TX
In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
Ephesians 6:16 (NIV)
Lynda from Ocala, FL: Psalm 139:19 (NIV) If only you would slay the wicked, O God! Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
Kim Freeman Fort Worth Tx. Psalm 139:19 NIV
If only you would slay the wicked O God!
Away from me you bloodthirsty men!
barbara from perkasie, pa
“One of them was Lydia from Thyatira, a mechant of expensive purple cloth, who worshipped God. As she listened to us, the Lord opened her heart, and she accepted what Paul was saying.” Acts 16:14 NLT
Shelly Elston, Portland, OR
Repay them according to their work and according to the evil of their deeds; repay them according to the work of their hands; render them their due reward.
Psalm 128:4
NRSV
Cathy Pernsteiner
Clarkston, WA
For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.
Romans 8:19 ESV
Krista – Winchester, VA
Lord you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I stand up; you understand my thoughts from far away. You observe my travels and my rest; you are aware of all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue, you know all about it, Lord.
Psalm 139: 1-4 HCSB
Ann in Searcy, AR:
“unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, without love for what is good, traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to the form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid these people!”
2 Timothy 3:3-5 HCSB
Andrea Porter, Pottstown, PA
John 10:14 NIV
I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me.
Carol, Hewitt, TX “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with My loving eye on you. Psalm 32:8
Paula, Russell, KY
“Lead me by your truth and teach me, for You are the God who saves me. All day long, I put my hope in you. Psalm 25:5 NLT
Rebecca Putman, Lexington KY
Psalm 146:5 “Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God.”
Teresa, Orange City. Mark 10:27 Looking at them Jesus said, “With men it is impossible, but not with god, because all things are possible with God.” (HCSB)
Barbara from North Potomac, Maryland
“Everything that was written in the past was written to teach us. Those things were written so that we could have hope. That hope comes from the patience and encouragement that the Scriptures give us.”
Romans 15:4 ERV
Debi, Wills Point, TX
See how numerous are my enemies, and how fiercely they hate me!
Psalm 25:19, NIV (Memorizing Psalm 25)
Susan Young Fairhope, AL
“If only you would slay the wicked, O God!
Away from me you bloodthirsty men!” Psalm 139:19 (NIV)
Dana Nance
Blue Ridge, Tx
If only you would slay the wicked, O God! Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
Psalm 139:19 NIV
Amy Andrews, Bellaire, TX
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Ephesians 6:13 NKJV
rhonda
gilmer
Jude 19(NKJV)
These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit.