I just got home from the simulcast a few minutes ago. Wow. What an awesome time in the Word! I didn’t realize Beth would be mentioning the blog until right before we got started last night. Now I wish I would’ve spruced up the place a bit for our first time visitors! Well, at least we can serve them some cake. If this is your first time here, welcome to The LPM Blog!
One of my favorite things that my mom said today was “Speak faith to one another.” I just love that statement and I think it encapsulates the purpose of this blog. *Siestas old and new, let’s continue to speak faith to one another as long as God has us on this blog.
I’ll try to have the commissioning posted for you within the next couple of days. Enjoy the rest of your weekend, ladies! I’m going to take a real siesta now.
*Look at the top right corner of the blog to find out why we call each other “Siestas.”
To the LPM Staff & Beth,
I have done my best to be careful not to put any Christian leader/speaker, pastor or author on a pedestal. God alone gets the glory for how His Word reaches my heart. But Beth, I believe you are one of the most influencial and impacting speakers of the modern age. Your messages and lessons are deeply rooted in God's Word. You expound truth in such a profound and moving way. I rarely hear you speak without leaving blessed and changed.
To God Alone Be The Glory. I attended the simulcast event this weekend at Grace Bible Church in Dunmore PA.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. I know that Beth, you can't do what you do alone. To your husband and family who support you and work with you. To all the staff, the technitions behind the scenes, the stage decorators and graphic artists that aid in the worship experience, to your secretary and assistants (whomever those dear souls may be) – the unsung heros who tirelessly work behind the scenes so that the Word of God can be proclaimed, THANK YOU! To Travis Cottrell and the entire praise and worship band and singers, THANK YOU. I was so very blessed this weekend.
May your hearts and lives be blessed above and beyond all you can ask or think.
Delighting in Christ tonight,
Julie from PA
I so enjoyed the simulcast from Calvary Baptist Church in Clearwater, FL. Felt the Holy Spirit today. Look forward to seeing you in Orlando, FL in Sept.
I am a brand new Siesta! (My first time blogging) Attended the simulcast in my home church. (Cornerstone Baptist Church in Cumberland, Maryland) It has been a tough two years personally. Have attended two events in the past and was anticipating this simulcast. I laughed, cried, and worshipped the Lord. Thank you Beth and everyone involved at LPM, as well as all the local ladies. The Lord is GOOD! I received such a word of love, as well as a kick in the pants. So, today I start my DELIGHTFUL diet of the Lord's word, prayer, and praise. No more obsessing over the "CAKE".
God bless us all,
Sheri
Beth, I attended a simulcast at Gassaway Babtist Church in West Virginia. This my first time. I am afraid that I have lost hope. I lost my 8 year old son very suddenly at football practice on August4, 2009. I am trying not to lose hope, but it is so hard to understand. I am afraid my anger will consume me. Why would God pluck him away from everyone who needed him. I did enjoy your simulcast. However everything seems to fell hopeless.
Very Confused,
Shawna Maxwell
Glenville, Wv
Thank you for your faithfulness. How our precious Father can pierce my heart individually so comletely; it's like I am the only one among the more than 90,000
and yet I know so many were blessed. Thanks for renewing my hope!! God is faithful.
I attended the Simulcast in Green Bay. What a privilege to hear Beth speak. Thank you for your wisdom and for your passionate faith. I want to make God my life and not my top priority and I am not going to let others steal my delight!
Thanks for your ministry!
Hello ladies. I just wanted to say thank you all so very much for this simulcast. God so very used you this weekend. It was like every word was spoken straight to my heart. I took my children and left an abusive relationship in November. Since then I have been praying for some pretty big things:the desires of my heart. I guess I never really viewed them as such in relation to scripture. But that is what they are. The two other things that struck me so greatly were "The heart of your desires" and not allowing others to steal your joy.
I know I got chatty on you guys. But I just wanted to say thank you for letting God use you to minister to me.
I am continuely amazed by God! Again hitting exactly where He is working in my life, confirming His delight in His people who earnestly seek Him. My heart is full, my mind is busy and my soul is at peace. Thank you guys for you faithfulness. I will be renewing my "commitment" to "be still" and know that time is not my enemy it is my refiner. His Glory and my destiny are worth doing the work and holding on to Hope. Thank ya'll!
Thank you so much for encouraging us from God's word this weekend thru the simulcast. I have been greatly discouraged by events over the past year that have affected my young son. Recently my husband also lost his job and has not been able to find another as of yet. After hearing Beth, I am confident that God will grant me the desires of my heart, even in the midst of an uncertain future. I am reminded I can trust in him and will not be forsaken. My hope in HIM is renewed in dramatic ways. Thank you so much.
Sarah from Gaithersburg, MD
I was blown away and really felt the Holy Spirit minister to me this weekend through your teaching, Beth. I was feeling so defeated and angry when I went to the Simulcast Friday night but knew that I needed to hear a fresh word from my loving God through an INCREDIBLE teacher. God showed up, softened my heart and I gained a new way of looking at my circumstances and how I deal with the stress. Parenting a child with special needs is a challenge but I just want to be the best mom I can possibly be. I'm trusting Him with all that I am knowing that He will help me as I do the work and deal with the sadness and anger so I can get to the delight.
Thank you, Beth, for another lesson that seemed to speak directly to my heart…I esteem you highly.
And Amanda and Melissa, thankyou for sharing your Mom with us and for using your gifts to bring God the glory!
Beth,
Thank you for sharing God's Word so faithfully. The simulcast was absolutely amazing! All of the Godly desires the Lord has been putting on my heart for years, make sense now, they are HIS desires for me. Not only something I'm supposed to do to obey HIM(what if I failed?)…but what he desires me to do. And, if He desires me to do it, then I have to succeed in HIS will…even if I fell on my face, I would succeed in HIS will! 🙂 Love, Lisa
Beth –
God showed up on Friday as our simulcast was sketchy due to a storm at The Creek in Indianapolis, IN. He showed us He was listening as so many of us dropped to our knees to pray for the enemy to leave and to stop stealing our joy! We were thrilled when you came through loud and clear after several minutes. Thank you for speaking God's words! How did you know that I needed the lesson you delivered… thanks to God!? I really believe that I was completely missing this element in my understanding and I cannot wait to look it over and share it with my husband!
Blessings!
I am home from the fabulous Simulcast. I participated at my church Lakeside Baptist in Canton, Texas. I was so blessed to soak it all in with two VBF's and my church family lady friends. What a glorious experience! Thank you Beth, for allowing God to use you. We were truly blessed! Beth Thornton
PS Can't wait to bake the cake and study my notes.
I enjoyed the simulcast very much. I laughed and cried as God revealed his delight in me and I delighted in Him. I realized how much I need to re-examine my heart. Thank you so much!
PLEEEEASE tell me I can get a copy of this simulcast somewhere!! I would've really loved to be there 🙁
I did not decide until about an hour before the Simulcast whether or not I was going to attend. You see, my dearest friend went home to be with the Lord three weeks ago and my emotions are raw. I don't know anyone personally who loves Jesus more than Susan. The last Simulcast I went to was with her. My beloved husband encouraged me to go so I went by myself. I was reading the program while waiting for the Simulcast to begin. I read on page 3 … when women do this kind of thing together, all of heaven becomes an audience. Hallelujah! I found these words very comforting and when Shout to the Lord was played at the end of worship today, I smiled and shouted at the top of my lungs to our Lord. This same song was played at my friend's funeral. I know my friend is shouting praises without ceasing. Beth, you said today "give someone a handful of your faith." I have my handfuls ready!
I attended the live simulcast in High Point, NC. God is awesome and his timing perfect. Just a few hours before the Friday night session began, I lost the second job in 6 months. And for the second time, nothing logical about it. How good is a God who proves Ps. 91 is true? Even before the session began, God began to speak to me about the purpose and it had nothing to do with the job, just like the first time. My loving God is using this for a higher purpose in my life and I say, "Do the thing, Lord, do the thing. Take it and let's run with it!" God needed my attention and He got it. For one, I've waited for Him to do that work in my husband, but he hasn't. He clearly wants to do some stuff in me. In order for my desires to be fulfilled in ministry, I must have right relationship with my husband. So God was Sovereign over something devastating, only to wrap his arms around me lovingly and begin pouring in 3 sessions of rich words from a willing vessel. You'll never know, Beth, what your willingness to be broken and poured out has done. Your willingness to pour out so powerfully is being sucked through the straw by this siesta, and I thank my God upon every remembrance of you. Be blessed.
Hey Amanda,
Do you think you could ask your mom to post the ABC's of scripture that she mentioned on Friday night. I was writing as fast as I could…and couldn't get it all down.
What and AWESOME weekend! Trying to work on my JAW even as we speak. love, love, loved every minute of it!!
God bless ya'll!!
Beth,
This has been one of the most life changing events I have been blessed to attend. I have seen you several times, but this time God tailored the message just for me. I have been struggling with a daughter who has become increasngly rebellious for the past nine years. She is sixteen by the way. I have been praying for her for fifteen years. God has promised to heal her. The progress has been so painfully slow. To avoid some of the hurt I had shut down, going through life but not living it. I felt that God had abandoned me. He no longer cared about what was happening in my life. I have always been single and prayed for a husband… no man in sight, yet. I adopted this child who seems to relish my misery. No healing for her yet. But God…oh how I love that. But God, allowed me to hear a word just for me. He said through you, Beth, that He is faithful. He loves me. He delights in me. He wants to give me what I desire, but I must delight in Him. I have to wait. I have to take charge and not let ANYTHING corrupt my desires and steal my delight. I am now leaving the future husband and the rebellious child at God's feet. I am turning my desires, all of them, over to the Lord. I am learning to feel again. Losing the callouses from my feet. I once again have hope. Thanks so much for your faithfulness to deliver God's word. Love you Beth and all at LP ministries.
Beth,
I just want to say thank you. I have recently accepted Jesus as my salvior. I had no idea where to begin or even how to pray. I do attend a church with a pastor that I love to go listen too but not comfortable talking too (my issues that I won't go into). I picked the audio "Living Beyond Yourself" and the workbook. Now, to figure out how to use this to get the most of out it. I can only say "Thank You".
Amanda, thank you so much for keeping up with this while you shared your precious mother with us in Green Bay. What an amazing and wonderful group of women worshiping together in the Spirit!
Beth, this was my first ever LPL event, the first time I've seen you in person, but it will not be my last! God has blessed you with an amazing talent and I am so grateful that you are willing to be His mouthpiece in this world. Thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my southern heart that God has placed in the tundra of Wisconsin. I'm going to "dwell in the land and eat in the pastures."
God bless you! We love you!
Tracie
Beth,
I just got back from the conference in Green Bay, it was amazing. I can't wait to spend some quiet time with the Lord so he can show me my true heart desires, I know what he has planned is beyond my wildest dreams!!
Dear Siesta Beth!
HUGE blessing! Hearts/Desires…God seriously spoke to me today through you. At times, my JAW dropped (although instead of letting people see, I probably covered my mouth). I am STRUGGLING with an ice cream/shopping addiction. A serious one. I have a LOT of homework (or should I say HEARTWORK to do). Just when I think I've tried everything, God gets in my face. Thank you, thank you, Father! Beth – PLEASE tell me that I will be able to purchase the simulcast on CD????? Need to listen to it everyday, I think!
Love, Rosanne
Exeter, NH
Beth,
I just got back from the conference in Green Bay, it was amazing. I can't wait to spend some quiet time with the Lord so he can show me my true heart desires, I know what he has planned is beyond my wildest dreams!!
I attended Friday nights session and the question "What is the desire of my heart?" was one I could answer but not sure that God will grant. My beloved husband is dying of cancer. As a pastor's wife I know that the Lord loves me and forgives me when I fail Him but it is so hard to worship Him when he is taking my husband and best friend away from me. I was unable to return to the session today…the tears have not stopped.
Hi Amanda, Beth, Melissa, and LPM:
The simulcast was great! Miss you all so much I could just cry. Seriously, I would have given anything just to hug your necks in person.
About the message. There is so much that I am reeling seriously from the Amount Of Him. Swooning-
I can hardly stand it. I had been going through the Psalm earlier this week and came upon that galal word. I wouldn't have known it except because of Believing God which I've taken and then taught. The nostrils flaring made me laugh because appropriately God describes in detail our anger. The words that killed me were:
Wait Patiently. The dance/twist/writhe of the whole thing. I have just laid on the floor like that with God because of having such a hard time waiting. We are in the midst of waiting even now in the middle of this weekend for Him.
My daughter who is 13 came with me and took copious notes. She really was tickled when you pulled those two teenagers out of the audience because they were her age. Also, without knowing her, you mentioned that God is Delighted with a little girl who keeps a prayer journal. Without me knowing, she started a prayer journal 6 months ago. She puts down the request and the date, and then the date He answers. She informed me that He ALWAYS answers. Thank you for getting out of the way so He could speak. I love you friend and am thanking God for you. I bet you're tired. Also, me and puzzlepiece sista just did a little happy joy dance to Yah over news of your loved one. We have prayed for her ever since you mentioned her a long long time ago. We also pray for your brother.
I love you. I will be Still before I liason (sp?) any more information so I can assimilate it.
I am sure you Delighted Him this weekend!
Lisa in Kirkland, WA
I was at the Simulcast at Northside Baptist Church in Liverpool, NY. God was there too.
"Nuff said.
Hi. I went to the simulcast in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was my first simulcast and it was awesome! There was a group of about 25 from my church, Breiel Blvd. Church of God. God really talked to me and I heard others from the group that were deeply impacted as well. I have renewed hope that God will grant me the desires of my heart. I am so grateful for this weekend. I feel like Beth is such a part of my life…I am glad that she radiates Jesus so much! I decided to join your intercession team to pray for LPM each Monday. Thank you very much for all you have done for my life. Love, Dana Hallgarth
Beth,
I just had a wonderful weekend with you!! I was in Clayton, NC and our Women's Ministry at my Church (Hocutt Memorial Baptist) hosted your LPM Simulcast and what an exciting weekend we had! What a true blessing to be a part of this event. Over 200 women representing 33 Churches were in attendance at our Church. We have warned our Pastor that a Revival has started amongst the women! Of course we give all the glory to God Almighty for such a wonderful experience this weekend and also we thank Him for you and we thank you for being obedient to His call on your life. You are a true blessing to women (and the few brave men that hang in there!). Seriously though, thank you for you and your staffs commitment to Christ and to the work of His Kingdom. Travis and the Praise team were awesome also. I am still flying high! Because as you know "there is no high greater than the Most High" !
We love you!
Kim Barefoot
Beth,
I am a 32 year old mom of two girls. I had the best time at the your Simulcast. It was life changing for me. Thank you so much! Tears rolled down my cheeks as you had us say that prayer at the end of the conference. You said so many things that I have said to myself. I have an addiction to food. I am an emotional eater. Instead of getting mad and yelling at others I use food. I get sad or depressed I use food to comfort. I think it started when my dad passed away when I was 16. I did not know how to deal with the pain. I starved myself for a period of years and I felt God delivered me but then I moved on to emotionally eating. God and I have a lot of work to do but thank you because it peeled off some layers like an onion this weekend. I miss my dad and for a long time I blamed God. I dealt with that and had a cry fest with some counselors but I still miss him and it still hurts especially when I look at my girls. God does have a sense of humor though. My youngest daughter not only looks like my dad but acts like him in so many ways. Thanks for all you do! I am really excited about next year. I wish it was here already.
I was in Green Bay with my MIL. We both loved it! We just finished Esther with our women's group and were so excited to see Beth in person. It was very emotional for us to commission each other at the end.
Thanks for a great event.
Beth, Travis, Praise team,
The Simulcast was wonderful, uplifting, and I feel like I have had a fresh breath of the Spirit. Travis' home church hosted the Simulcast. Thank you for making this a way to attend LPL near our hometowns.
We love you!
Beth, I've been listening to the Lord through your speaking and bible studies for over 10 years now. I had the unique pleasure of sitting next to my friend who has never heard you before. We were only able to attend Friday night b/c we both had to work the next day. She cried through most of it and I foolishly didn't go get a box of kleenex! Some friend I am, but I was held so captive. The Lord had such a huge word for her and lots to say to my heart too. Thank you for being a vessel of his glory and power. You just ooze Him all over us. Sarah in MO
I am so glad you are going to post the commissioning. I did not know the person I joined hands with but I got her email address and would love to have what we spoke to each other in writing. That way, we can lift up each other in prayer and encourage each other over email. I spoke over her with my full heart in it but my mind does not remember all the phrases. Thanks Amanda!
Beth,I was with my mom and 16 year old daughter.It was a blessing to worship with both of them during your conference.I was convicted about spending too much time on the internet(facebook and email). I am a teacher and considered that my ministry which I felt is a good thing. Now, I see if I want unsaved people to believe as I do and do what is right through Jesus our Savior, I need to be willing to show the love of Christ which is good all the time! Thank you Beth for allowing God to use you and thank you for being able to speak for such long amounts of time in order to do what God has in His mind for your life. You are such as a blessing!
Beth,
I was so blessed, dear sister, during this LPM simulcast in Marion, IL! So many things that you brought to light God used to touch my heart! I pray that He will continue to work in me and that I'll make Him laugh!
Smilin' and loving our GREAT, BIG GOD in Southern IL!
Being God's delight,
Sandy
Beth,I was with my mom and 16 year old daughter.It was a blessing to worship with both of them during your conference.I was convicted about spending too much time on the internet(facebook and email). I am a teacher and considered that my ministry which I felt is a good thing. Now, I see if I want unsaved people to believe as I do and do what is right through Jesus our Savior, I need to be willing to show the love of Christ which is good all the time! Thank you Beth for allowing God to use you and thank you for being able to speak for such long amounts of time in order to do what God has in His mind for your life. You are such as a blessing!
Oh girlfriends, it may have been a "Simulcast," but it was very, very real to me! I've been blessed to be at the LPL event in Detroit, and three Simulcasts. Can hardly wait 'til Grand Rapids next May!
I noticed someone asked about a DVD of the Simulcast. If it is at all possible, I'd love to buy a copy, especially to minister to my niece who battles with an addiction to Heroin. Please let us know if it's going to be available. Thanks!
Caaaake! Betcha we have it at our upcoming first session of Esther for our women's Bible study!
We love you up here, darlin' Moore's! xoxox
140 days for your loved one…
Oh Beth, you have to know that when you told us that, I lept out of my seat in Alexandria, Virgina and celebrated with you! I have heard you talk about this loved one before and I am thrilled to hear this!
I have 8.5 months of sobriety. I know what it's like to be the on both sides…the one waiting for a loved one and to be the one who everyone is waiting on. I was unprepared for addiction to be addressed during the simulcast. I think at 8.5 months, I thought I had it all figured out and didn't need to give it another moment of my attention. But then you reminded me that "addiction takes over identity" and I realized that, even though my last drink was last November, I still need to find myself. I have been afraid of who I will find. "How do I want this to turn out?" I guess it's time to do this thing!
I will be praying for your loved one every day and rejoicing in the freedom that I know she is discovering.
Thank you, Beth. And much, much love to you.
~A
Oh my let me just say thank you, Beth for delivering such and awesome teaching from the word of God..The simulcast was such a blessing to me and such a message I desperately needed to hear///A seed was planted and I will tend to it tenderly so it can take root and grow…my life was changed today…I watched the simulcast in Federal Way, Washington again Thank You and May God Bless You
It never ceases to amaze me how God uses Beth to speak right to the very heart of where I am. After 5 yrs of struggling in what was for years an almost perfect marriage, I have been from one end of the spectrum to the other. I recently came home after a short separation. My decision was 100% driven by the Lord and the work he is doing in me. Nothing has changed with my husband. This weekend was such a encouragement and great reminder that NOTHING EXTERNAL HAS THE POWER TO STEAL MY DELIGHT, unless I give it that power. Thank you, Beth for helping me rediscover my delight.
Beth, we had an awesome time at the simulcast this weekend here in little Sylva in the southern mountains of NC. We are so thankful that a local church is committed to hosting the simulcast. When seeing you "in person" like this I'm reminded of your passion and zeal for the word. When are you coming back to NC or eastern TN…we all love you in this part of the world.
I watched the simlucast in Fayetteville, AR. I can honestly say that God used it to start a new journey in life, the Joy Journey. Thank you so much for sharing the word and touching my soul. God Bless!
-Lindsey
I have a bone to pick with Beth. Today in the simulcast, you said that sometimes God has to say to us, "Shut thee up!" That is so true; He says it to me quite often. However, my best friend feels it necessary to say it to me OVER and OVER now! Good grief!
The simulcast was wonderful! I had the privilege of attending one in McDonough, GA. It always amazes me that God can speak to me and give me just what I need exactly when I need it! What's even more amazing is that He spoke to me in the midst of 90,000 plus women! Thank you for your sensitivity to the Holy Spirit!
I can still hear Beth say "When we leave here at Noon tomorrow we won’t have it all figured out – but we will be greatly encouraged." Thank you!!
Psalm 37:4 – Delight thyself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.
1. Nothing dictates our lives like our desires.
2. Beneath the desires of our heart is the heart of our desires.
3. Delighting in God adapts our desires into inevitabilities.
4. Nothing external can steal our right to delight.
5. To make room for delight we gotta commit.
6. Nothing is passive about patiently waiting for desire to turn into delight.
7. Till faith becomes sight trust God and do good.
Beth, you are an inspiration. This weekend was the first time I had the privilage of hearing you speak at the Simulcast. My Grandmother and I attended and your encouragement to not give up on family in bondage was right on the mark. My mother has been held in bondage by the Jehovahs Witness church for 40 years and I have just about given up hope. The delight of my heart is to have my mother back in my life. Thank you for your encouragement to not give up.
I have a bone to pick with Beth. You said today that sometimes God says to us, "Shut thee up!" That is very true; He says it to me quite often! However, my best friend liked it so much that she insists on saying it to me OVER and OVER! Good Grief!
I enjoyed the simulcast. It was the first one I had the privilege of attending. I am always amazed that God gives me just what I need, just when I need it! Even more amazing is that He spoke to me in the midst of 90,000 plus women! Thank you for your sensitivity to the Holy Spirit!
Just have to write tonight! I wasn't even planning on going to the simulcast. We have just gotten back from "Deeper Still" in Greensboro, NC about a month ago and my husband had his "Men at the Cross" event this weekend. There was no way I was going to hinder that and I knew he would not go if I wanted to go to the simulcast. Anyway, on Wednesday my dear friend and pastor's wife called to say that it had been put up on the blog what Beth would be speaking from this weekend. I nearly fainted when she said it was Psalms 37!!! I have spent extensive time there this summer as God gave me Psalms 37 to help us deal with some things a friend's family and my family were going through. And, vs 4-5 had been one of my very first memory verses for the Siesta Scripture Memory Team. I just knew that God wanted me and my friend to be there….no matter what! So I set about, on Wednesday no less, to find a sitter (we have 4 kids between us), get tickets and make all the arrangements. You know God was all over it and it all just fell right into place. Don't you just love it when He shows off like that?! I knew the Word we would receive this weekend would be a mighty one, and oh boy, did He not disappoint! Like many have said already, I am still processing much of it, but the "JAW" acronym will be forever in my heart and mind. I so seek to remove anything that will stop me from delighting in Him! The worship was awesome and it was just like being there. I am so glad God met us in Clayton, NC and spoke words we will never forget. Thank you all for being so faithful and giving of your lives and time to bring women into His presence. I am completely and totally in awe and blown away by HIM!!
In His Love,
I attended the simulcast at a church in Michigan, and was blessed. Thank you Beth!!
I am also looking for additional notes on point #5 that anyone can share with me, I missed some of it: "To make room for delight, we've got to commit." Commit to what? Making a decision about our life, or commit first to a decision about God?
Thanks!
patti
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