Greeting From Beth, October 11,2010 from LPV on Vimeo.
My Dearly Loved Siestas, please watch the video greeting when you get a chance so that I can fill you in on what to expect for the next 2 months. This written post does not take the place of the video so please be sure to watch it. This is only to reiterate what I shared with you in the video about what to expect on here while I’m away. You will still find…
*Siesta Scholarship Giveaway Tickets to events that fall within this time period.
*Living Proof Live Recaps of the events that fall within this time period. (And, yes, I will read the comments to those events just like I normally would. I will just discipline myself not to write back.)
*A possible entry here or there on special occasions or when I’m bursting to tell you something that won’t really translate into the James study.
*”Talk To Me Tuesdays” – Every Tuesday I’ll put up a post where you do all the talking. (It will begin next week.) Tell me in a concise paragraph how you are, or what God is doing, or something funny that’s happened, or what you’re learning. Although I will hold myself back from responding to them, I will be anxiously and joyfully reading as many of them as possible. In this way, I get to continue to be inspired by your journeys with God and, when I’m tempted to respond, will, instead, put that energy into writing the Bible study. This format will also help you stay in touch with one another and allow you to directly respond to each other.
We will be very busy in 2011 here in Siestaville with the return of the Siesta Scripture Memory Team! I better take this chance NOW!
I could almost cry telling you how much you mean to me and how I will miss you. STAY IN THE WORD! Pray for your Siesta Mama. And I will pray for you. We’ll all be back together before you know it.
I love you. Really.
PS. Because Twitter doesn’t really consume creative energy (grin), I will probably try to keep up with that unless it gets distracting. So far it hasn’t been. It’s fun but I don’t have the attachment to it that I have here. If you want to join us there, it’s (this is so embarrassing) @bethmooreLPM. I feel like an idiot.
Friend, you just take all the time you need. God has truly used the studies you have written to change my life and perhaps most importantly, my legacy. Can’t wait for the James study! Love you!
we love you, beth, melissa, and amanda. and by all means…receive a blessing from this community to take the time you need for this james study to the glory of God. THANK YOU for serving us. THANK YOU for loving Him so deeply and for putting Him first. He is worthy of that. with love and respect and gratitude in the Name of Jesus….
Praying Praying Praying for you. Can’t wait to see the MIGHTY way God uses you and Melissa to write this one. (and can’t wait to study it when it’s out) 🙂
Beth, I will be praying for you and for Melissa and Amanda, for all your team at LPM! A new bible study in a year, and James, one of my very favorite books of the Bible, I can hardly wait! You are so amazing, your dedication to what God has called you to do is such an inspiration to me, we will wait in anticipation of yours and Melissa return to blogging as well as the new study! Praying peace and joy through your next few months!
Beth,
I want you to know that I am committed to praying for you over the next 8 weeks – that you feel His presence so strongly you can’t deny it’s Him – and that you are filled with creative thoughts and juices to pour into the James study. I’ll also pray that you enjoy good health during this time of writing, that you have fun with it, that you feel peace, and that you feel blessed during these next two months! I mean it girl! I’m praying.
I’m thankful for you and LPM. I love the blog. I’m excited about the James study. And like I said…I’m prayin’!
Hugs and Blessings,
Kate 🙂
Ephesians 1:15-19
You can follow me @roxanneworsham 🙂
I will pray for you as you diligently study and seek God’s perfect Word. If I told you how excited I am over the study of James you would jump up and down with me.
I AM EVEN MORE EXCITED ABOUT SEEING YOU IN DALLAS NEXT WEEKEND ON LIFE TODAY!!!
I know it will all be blessed and I can’t wait for the timely WORD the Lord has for me.
I love you, Siesta Mama!
You are such a blessing to the Body of Christ! ALL OF US!!!
XOXOXO
I’ll be there too Roxanne. Can’t wait to meet you!
Beth, Thank you for sharing your heart. It encouraged me to see your humanity. 🙂 A little over a year ago, I felt God was leading me to begin a web ministry to encourage young moms. Just recently, I felt he asked me to take an indefinite break to spend more time listening than talking. It has been good for me – and very hard at the same time. I’m praying for some Spokane tickets. It would be like one of those special gifts from Jesus. Blessings!
Thanks Beth for your dedication to the lord. I’ll be praying for you.
Bless you, Beth! I know this must have been hard for you to decide, but know that our thoughts and prayers will be lifting you up before the Lord. May He provide you with everything you need over the next 8 weeks!
We love you!
Beth, you are so sweet. Y’all take as long as you need!
oh you can’t even imagine how excited I am for this James study. It’s my favorite book and to think that you’re going to delve into it with such focus for 8 weeks (heck, I can hardly focus on things for 8 minutes!) just makes me want it even more!
Blessings on this time, Beth!
I will be praying for you and Melissa as you put your sweet noses to the grind stone and write a Bible study. I can’t wait to take it when it comes out. What a special way you have all choosen to share this beautiful process with us.I can hardly wait for it’s presentation.
I am so excited about the scripture memory work to begin again in January. I have really missed the special accountabilty that experience offered. God worked so much in my life during that time. He is working now, but I have to tell you it is a new level of intensity and intimacy with my Lord and Savior.
God Bless all you wonderful Moore women
Much love sent you way
Shannon
Take ALL the time you need! Will be praying! So excited about James! : )
Love you so much Beth! We will definately miss you while you are refocusing your energies but trust with you that it is the right thing to do. I will continue to pray for you and look forward to checking in with you on Tuesdays.
Beth, Amanda and Melissa,
Praise the Lord everyone is doing fine. I will wait patiently for your return and pray that the next 2 months go well for all of you. Stay strong….Rebecca
Ms. Beth- I look forward to the James study and know God’s going to do great and powerful things through you. (He always does.) Thank you for your obedience to His call on your life. It takes such courage and sacrifice but I love you so much for it. The Lord has taught me many things through your mouth and He is so faithful. We’ll miss you for a while but I’m looking forward to memorizing some Scripture in January! That is one thing I’ve never been able to do well but I’m yearning for a supportive group. Maybe I’ll have more success that way. 🙂
I was so glad to see the post today. I was beginning to get worried about you and the girls since we haven’t had a post in awhile. I am very excited you are writing a new study. God has so annoited you with the ability to be relatable to women. He speaks to me through you in a way that I “get it”. Hearing you read the word aloud is such a blessing to me. I absolutely love it. You make it real and relevant, just as if God was speaking to me right now. Thank you for your faithfulness.
I am on week 5 of Here and Now, There and Then. My understanding of the book of Revelation is really starting to come together. Some parts are scary, but drawing the throne room and envisioning God breathing in my prayers like incense means everything to me. He loves me! Hallelujah! I’m so excited to get to share the next few weeks with you on Tuesdays!
May God pour immeasurable blessings upon you and Melissa as you write the study. See you in December!
God bless you, Mama Beth, as you study and write. I for one cannot wait for the James study! May the Holy Spirit speak through you clearly and directly, as always! Blessings, Amy
Hey Beth, I love you all so much and I will miss you all terribly. I will be praying for all of you and your work on the James Bible study and I can’t wait to see the finished product.
Sacha
Beth,
I have never commented before on the blog, but read every post and almost every comment. I learn so much from you and the women who respond. I have read some things on here that the Lord used to show me things that I will NEVER forget.
I wanted to respond today to tell you that I WILL be praying for you and Melissa as you seek the Lord as you write, and Amanda as you serve Him in your home.
I love ya’ll and more than that, I love our God who made a way for me to even know ya’ll. I often think what it would be like to live years ago when there was no technology. When women knew what the Lord was doing in the lives of those who were in maybe their Sunday School class, but never women all over the country- and other parts of the world.
I’m so thankful for this blessing!
What ever shall we do without you sista Beth! I know that God has blessed you with an incredible gift and you are honoring our most high GOD by doing what he has called you to do. We will miss you, but just know that you are in our hearts, thoughts and prayers. I love you for all that you are and all that you do. YOU GO BETH! PICK UP THAT PEN and GO!!! We will be here when you get back.
Love you!!!!
Lisa
Beth- I will be praying for you as you take this time to allow the Spirit to pour through you and you begin to pen out the things God has taught you through the book and life of James. It is one of my all time favorite books of the Bible and I am so excited to study it with you!! 🙂 Love to you as you continue on in this journey. Looking forward to heairng from you periodically – and anticipating December when we get to have you back, and January when we will hide God’s precious word in our hearts togehter! I love you Beth! – A self acclaimed Teachers Pet, Mandy
I have missed you Beth! (I have been checking Twitter to make sure you are okay–hee hee). I have been in prayer for you. Glad you resurfaced. Thanks for all you do!! Love you!!
Mamma, we will miss you, but I am so excited knowing that Jesus is placing another bible study in your hands to speak to us through that I can hardly stand it!
We will be praying for you, especially during this process.
Speak Lord, your servant is listening, and your daughters are eagerly awaiting your word from James. Set our hearts on fire!
Been wondering where yall have been.
I’ll be praying for you and Melissa as you are studying James. Pray that you are Spirit-filled as you start putting pen to paper!
Yay! I’m glad to know the quiet in Siestaville was due to James (I know he’s worth it!!) and not anything else. Lots of love and hugs comin’ at you. Be blessed, be released, will pray you and the Lord have a blast while you’re writing!
It’s a Siestaville siesta. Ciao, all — or, rather, adios til next Tuesday ~
This will be a fast of a sort for me as well. Thanks for all you do. I love checking this blog and will pray for you and Melissa to have the singleness of mind it takes to complete yet another Bible Study. It takes dedication for me to do the studies, I can’t imagine writing it. I have my first grandchild on the way, due in December. I am excited to get to know her.
Dearest Beth,
I can only just imagine how much work goes into one of your studies!! I am so excited that you are working on James and can’t wait for it to be available to us. I am doing my first Precept study, and on the book of Revelation!!! It’s amazing, I haven’t studied this intently in the word for a while, so it’s been so good for me. I will be praying for you and Melissa as you work and give yourselves to the writing of the study. Love you gals, Brenda
Oh sweet Beth-
What a sacrifice indeed! Praying, praying, praying for the James study!
Love you,
Andrea
So good to see your smiling face and hear from you this evening, Beth. My bible study group is doing your Daniel study right now. Just got home from the group of wonderful, loving women. We are such a close little group. You brought us together, in study, some time ago. I wish you joy and love in your work on the James study. Looking forward to hear from you or listen to you each day as I listen to your Wednesday’s with Beth or another study. I am presently listening to Breaking Free on CD. I have actually completed listening to it, but often go back and listen each morning as I get ready for work. Such a good way to start each day and I have gained so much from Breaking Free!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!! With love, your sister in Christ, Charla
Can’t wait for the James study. I will be praying for your time away to be productive. A couple of months is a small sacrifice to get the James study further toward completion.
I just finished watching the rest of the video and I have to tell you that my heart is so tender toward you all I could just bawl. Your concern for us is so sweet and precious to me that I have a lump in my throat.
Thank you for your kind words and thoughtfulness. I will be praying Jesus pours out His Spirit on you three in great abundance. May it be like splashing around in a fountain of joy.
In Christ,
Anna
Beth,
I will be praying for you as you write this new study. Thank you for your dedication to the Word of God and the Church of Jesus! We do love you as our Siesta Mama, and completely understand this need to concentrate wholeheartedly on this project that God has called you to. But this temporary separation will just make the “reunion” in December all the more sweeter!!!! Blessings on you!
Love,
Tara
A Siesta Siesta…
I’ll miss hearing from you Beth, Melissa, (and Amanda too!) but I am SO looking forward to what God will do with your James bible study! Blessings follow obedience! 🙂
Blessings, Beth and Melissa, as you set apart this time for focus. I pray the Lord meets you each day as you put the pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard?!). Seek Him, sweet ladies to complete the task set before you! Until then, be blessed and know we are praying an overflow of His fullness within the two of you as you seek Him on this journey.
I will be praying for you and am so excited to get ahold of the James study. That is one of my favorite books in the Word and a place I find motivation in hard times! So blessed to have you all teaching me.
You are wise, and this is the stuff that makes me respect you even more, Beth!
I will be praying for you even more than usual the next 8 weeks as you write James. (And someday I will reap the blessings of those prayers, I am sure, when I do the study with my sweet group here in Idaho!)
So God bless you and Melissa with creativity, power, stamina, wisdom, and grace and may your study lead you and others to a more intimate love relationship with Jesus!
Heather Smith
PS… And I CAN’T WAIT to see you in Spokane in just a few weeks!!!! 🙂
I ABOUT JUMPED OUT OF MY CHAIR WHEN YOU SAID THE SIESTA SCRIPTURE MEMORY TEAM FOR 2011!!! I was just thinking today how much I’ve missed that this year. So, so, so LOVE the interaction with each other over that!
Then it just hit me that it really is only 2 months until the first of the year. Makes it sound like eternity for you to be ‘gone’!
God bless you on your study of James. May His Spirit fill you to overflowing!
Thank you for your love letter to us. I look forward to tuesdays. I love you all too
Beth,
I’ll be praying for you and Melissa while you go into this intense time of focus for your writing. You are such a love and an incredible example for us. There are times in all our lives that we just need to buckle down, sacrafice and get focused on what God has for us in our lives. Looking forward to “Talk to me Tuesdays”.
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever. Eph 3:20-21
Oh, sweet Beth – I am so excited about the James study! I can’t wait until it is finished and I will be praying for you daily as you seek God’s direction and the Word that He would have you speak to us and our hearts.
I saw you and Keith on the James and Betty’s show and y’all are just the most adorable couple! I just love you so much and am so thankful for what God is doing through you.
Beth, you and Melissa are in my prayers as you dig into the discipline, trials, and joys of writing the James study. God blesses sacrificial obedience. Listening to His whispers and having the guts to respond is the only way to live life in the flow of the Spirit. Love you!
This Teacher’s Pet says Go For It! Thank you so much for your willingness to sacrifice a bit of pleasure to make sure that God’s Word is proclaimed in a mighty way! I’ll be praying for God’s inspiration to fall on you and Melissa as you write and labor over the new study. I know it will be fabulous – how could it not be?! 🙂
We will count it all joy :)!! One day I’m actually going to write you a letter (and hopefully mail it) on how much your obedience to our sweet Savior has abundantly impacted my life as a wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend!!! THANK YOU!!!Write on!!!
Take care – love you and will pray for you daily – Ironically, I am in the midst of Kelly’s first bible study and today was at part where Moses went away for 7 weeks to spend time with God. ..so I understand ..How cool.. Enjoy this writing season .. I am praying that the study will be fruitful.
You crack me up because you’re so real. God loves us to be transparent :0)
I get it. And I’m guessing that many of those who blog, write, or just do life get it. Everyone needs to pull back and focus. God has called you to a very specific purpose for this season — to write this study!
I love the Tuesday idea and I’m looking forward to checking in and reading what everyone is up to!!
You’ll be missed, but I’ll see you over on (as I now like to call it, thank you Betty White) The Twitter!
Happy writing, Mama Beth! I’ll be praying that you have a fruitful eight weeks.
Precious Beth,
What a blessing to hear your sweet voice! The last time was in the living room with all of us gathered together during the Ruth summer bible study, drinking some coffee and filled up in His word. What an encouragement you are to all of us! Now we will encourage you Beth, to do as God directs and write the most incredible study yet! We pray the anointing of the Holy Spirit over you tonight and the journey you are about to take with your sweet daughter. You are so loved. We set you free to “do this thing!!”
Joy in Jesus & Adios from,
Brenda and your San Diego siestas!!
Beth,
I am so blessed by you and so encouraged that you care enough about your ministry to us that you know when you have to pull back from some areas to be able to dig in and focus on others. Thank for you taking time to explain it! Know that I will be praying for you over the next eight weeks and for Melissa and your families as you wade in deep into the life and book of James. James is one of my favorite books, and I cannot even tell you how excited I am going to be to get to dig into those Scriptures with you when the new Bible study is available.
“For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and your love for all the saints, do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers; that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.” Ephesians 1:15-17
God bless you,
Kate