Hi girl friends! Are you ready ? I am So happy to have you join us at the start of a new year to commit together Scripture memory. What a great way to start out the new year. Before my feet hit the ground this morning, I was already thinking about my verse.
Picture a cool winter night. It's the end of a long day and you are ready to crawl into bed. The bed is made with crisp cozy, soft new sheets in your favorite color. (You have on the cutest pajamas !) You untuck the new clean smelling covers and slip your slippers off your feet and crawl into bed. There are lots of pillows fluffed up behind your back . You lean over to grab your reader glasses.....(.grin ), turn on your cute lamp on your night stand. Picking up your Bible you read for a bit, whisper for a moment an intimate prayer. It's a sweet time, just you and your heavenly Father. You feel His presence. You love Him so much. Your focus is so pure and your eyes are on Him. You lay the Bible and glasses back down, and you scrunch your sleepy body down under the covers to start to fall asleep. You are so filled up by His Word . His love. You trust Him fully. You begin to fall asleep in the arms of your faithful, loving amazing God. Maybe just before you doze off to sweet slumber, you rehearse your memory verse for the month.
I love this picture. I am warm, cozy, and at peace, resting in my Fathers arms. And that to me.....is what walking through this life, with scripture on my mind and in my heart.....does for me. Though it won't happen exactly like this every night......I do want to strive for it. ( The night stand may get a little messy, and my Bible may be in the other room, my mind may be full of worries or my head may hit the pillow with such a tired body that the prayer and Bible reading will be forgotten... ) I know that the best decision I made last year was choosing to memorize a verse at the start of every month. And whether I rehearsed it in the morning, while in the car, or just before falling asleep, the blessing of it is still multiplying. When I let my memory verse replace the worries, struggles, or insecurities that can come to my mind..... I am filled with peace and comfort and strength.
My verse to start off the new year is this:
Matthew 4:4 " Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."
What verse are you going to choose to start off the new year? I have loved doing this with you this past year and am looking forward to doing it together in the new year. I know that it will encourage me every month to see your verses and know that we are doing this together. Happy New Year friends. I love you!
Barby's verse
ReplyDelete"Matthew 4:4 " Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."
I listened to Joyce Meyers on TV this past week. She talked about this verse and asked the question....."what is your bread?" " What are you relying on, putting your faith in? etc." Whatever you're bread is.......you MUST replace it with HIS Word!!" .....after hearing her sermon......I knew I wanted to start my New Years first verse with this one!!
I too want to redirect the course and focus of my days this year! One of the ways I will do this is to memorize!! For the beginning of this 2012 journey, Titus 2:11-13 is what I have chosen.
ReplyDelete"For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ"
Happy New Year all
ReplyDeleteWell as I am reading Barby's description of that peaceful rest in her bed as she centers on her scripture all I can think of is the mouse that greeted me this morning in my bedroom. What a welcome to the New Year. If I don't catch that mouse I will not be sleeping in my bedroom. I will just be thinking about that beautiful word picture Barby painted. Yes I am Barby's sometimes irreverent crazy friend. But my mouse also is teaching me that although sometimes things aren't the way we would like them to be and we are met sometimes with surprises (example: a son who was just let go from his college coaching position), we still know our God is with us in the good and the bad and the surprises in life. He is also teaching us daily to give all our stuff over to him and I think also we should not forget to enjoy each day.(even if there's a mouse in the house)
My scripture verse for this month is:
Psalm 9:1&2
I will thank you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done.
I will be filled with joy because of you,
I will sing praises to your name, O Most High.
Romans 11:33-36
ReplyDelete"Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!"
How unsearchable His judgements, and His paths beyond tracing out!
Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?
Who has ever given to God, that God should repay him? For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things
To Him be the glory forever! Amen"
As I go into the New Year of 2012, full of unknowns, I rest in the knowledge that He is in control! He is our ALL in ALL!
I love you Lord!
Nancy
Keeping the "Son" in my eyes!
Robin Cahill
ReplyDeleteI love reading these comments and memory verses, they encourage me so much. Barbie, as I was reading your comments about a cool winter night, end of a long day, crawling into a cozy bed, reading your Bible, I said to myself that sounds so good, I would like that. God's Word is so good to refresh our soul and keep our thoughts focused on Him.
My memory verse for this month is from John 14:22 - "Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you, not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid."