Since I have received the Scarf Sisters Bible I have been enjoying reading through the verses that the sisters have each marked...trying to decide what verses have impacted my life the most and what I should share.
Anyway..in my regular devotions I have been reading some in the NT each day...no real pattern or set verses...just reading along and I have come to the place in Luke where the women go to the tomb and find it empty...Luke 24. These verses have not particularly impacted my life so I decided instead to think back through my Christian experience to determine which ones have and re-read them a bit so I could share them with you. It wasn't working...there was no spark...no sense of life other than what normally comes from scripture. Blah...
That may come in a day or two...but today the Lord whispered to me to read the section of Luke that I had coming up next...I somehow felt that I would find direction there for this post....and guess what I read?!
"remember how He spoke to you while He was yet in Galilee.....and they remembered His words..."
I was so struck that tears come to my eyes...here I was ...holding in my hands...the very Words that He has already spoken...to you...each of you who have marked pages and verses in the Sisters' bible...Life already given...
Its amazing actually...there are themes for almost every sister...the stories of who He is to you and the amazing ways He has made Himself known to you and in you....knowing parts of your stories, its easy to see the patterns.
So here is what we will do today...we will remember His words...the ones He has already spoken to us when He met us where we live. Let us rehearse them in our hearts and minds so that we are reminded of His great compassion toward us...of the miracles He has done in us.
So much Truth has been imparted to us already that if we never saw another bible we could be fed for life off of what we have already been given.
Margie - For I am persuaded that neither death nor life nor angels nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come nor height not depth not any other creature shall be able to separate me from the love of God in Christ Jesus! God has not given us the spirit of fear but of power and love and a sound mind.
Felisol- Thou shall have no other gods before me....and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. The Lord is thy keeper and thy shade upon thy right hand. I will go before thee and make the crooked places straight...and I will give thee treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places...
Felisol's mom - and of his fullness have all we received and grace for grace
Sherri -Now these are the commandments ....which the Lord commanded to teach you that ye might do them in the land ye go to possess....hear and observe that it may be well with thee ....the Lord our God is one Lord...thou shall love the Lord with all thine heart, with all thine soul and with all they might....and thou shall teach them unto they children and shall talk of them in thine house, when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down and when thou risest up...
Donna-For I know the thoughts I think towards you says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me and I will listen to you ..And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for me with all your heart.
I will be found by you says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity .
Cyndi-And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive and her father's household and all that she had and she dwelt in Israel even unto this day because she hid the messengers which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.
Saija - entreat me not to leave thee or to return from following after thee for whither thou goest i will go and where thou lodgest I will lodge they people shall be my people and they God my God. Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and i will give you rest...take my yoke upon you and learn of me...my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
Pat - Samuel said "Hath the Lord as great delight in offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold to obey is better than sacrifice and to hearken than the fat of rams." The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him and his righteousness unto children's children.
Terri - Weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning. He brought me to his banqueting table, His banner over me is love. When I passed by thee and looked upon thee, behold the time was the time of love....I sware unto thee and entered into a covenant with the, saith the Lord God and thou became mine.
Linda- In the day of my trouble I will call on thee for thou will answer me. For we walk by faith, not by sight. Bear ye one another's burdens....Wherefore comfort yourselves together and edify one another. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for....
Ms Mac- Suffer little children and forbid them not to come unto me for of such is the kingdom of heaven. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen being understood by the things that are made even his eternal power and Godhead so that they are without excuse.
Connie- And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten ...and it shall come to pass...that i will pour out my spirit upon all flesh and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy.....and whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be delivered.
Diane-Come and let us return unto the Lord for he hath torn, and he will heal us, he hath smitten and he will bind us up. Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines....yet will I rejoice in the Lord, i will joy in the God of my salvation. the Lord is my strength and he will make my feet like hinds feet and he will make me to walk upon high places. ...walk in love as Christ also hath loved us...
Linda J.- the name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and and is safe. For I know the thoughts I think toward you saith the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil...Blessed be God. the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort...who comforteth us in all our tribulation.
Julie- Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse...and prove me now ...if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it. For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son...but my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Becky-And when Solomon had made an end of praying...he blessed the congregation with a loud voice saying....The Lord be with us as he was with our father...let these my words be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night...that all the people of the earth may know the the Lord is God and there is none else. Likewise the spirit also helpeth our infirmities for we know not what we should pray for as we ought but the Spirit maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Deb- Wait on the Lord, be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart...He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.How precious also are they thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum...Yea I have loved thee with a perfect love...with loving kindness have I drawn thee.
Sandy-I love the Lord because He hath heard my voice...thous has possessed my reins; thous hast covered me in my mother's womb. ye shall seek me and find me when ye shall search for me with all your heart...and I will be found of you, saith the Lord. Behold I come quickly, blessed is he that keepeth the sayings... of this book.
Of course there is much more...but these are the words that spoke to me of your lives in Him...take a moment...and REMEMBER His Words....
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