Hey, Sweet Things! I’m a mighty long way from home in Fresno, California and looking so forward to getting into the Scriptures and into some passionate praise and worship with these West-side women. I love knowing that Priscilla is in Florida this weekend serving at her first simulcast and we are on the opposite side of the continent with our Living Proof Live. You wouldn’t waste a prayer on either one of us.
This will be a record setting post – my shortest ever! Wish so much I could tarry here and visit with you but, Sister Girl, my hands are FULL. Oh, how I pray you are sticking with your Scripture memory. Don’t give up! God will bring a harvest if we persevere and see it all the way through. I love my selection this go round. If you don’t know what you want to memorize for Verse 7, you are welcome to share mine. Here goes!
Beth, Houston. Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:58 NIV
I love you like crazy. Stay in the Word!
The One who calls you is faithful and He will do it. 1 Thessalonoans 5:24
Delores
Belleville, IL
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted;
He rescues those whose spirits are crushed.
Psalm 34:18 (NLT)
Katherine Lee, Jonesboro Arkansas
John 16:33 NIV
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Terri, Pleasant Hope, MO:
We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made Him who had no sin be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:20-21 (NIV)
*correction
Katherine Lee Jonesboro, Arkansas
John 16:33 NIV
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
KJV Luke 6:37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned; forgive, and ye shall be forgiven;
Kristen, Ft. Worth, TX: “As I learn your righteous regulations, I will thank you by living as I should.” Psalm 119:7
Susan–Oklahoma
Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 46:10 NIV
My sister and I are memorizing our scriptures together, so this is for Lisa in Wichita and me. (Don’t you love Christian sisters? Kind of makes us double related, doesn’t it?)
“If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.” James 1:26 NIV
If we are faithless, He will remain faithful, for He cannot disown Himself.
2 Timothy 2:13
NIV
Amy from Norfolk, MA
Jeannie, Vero Beach, FL
Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:58, NIV
“March on, my soul; be strong!”
Judges 5:21B NIV
Jill
Laramie, WY
Susan, Andover, KS:
“For You have been my hope, O Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth.”
Psalm 71:5 (NIV)
Texas- Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:58 NIV
Joshua 1:9 NIV
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous.
Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the
Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
Staci, Bismarck, North Dakota
“You hem me in–behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain” Psalm 139:5-6 NIV
Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.
Ps. 9:10
Miracle Quelle
Atlanta, GA
“…just as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, and he also informed us of your love in the Spirit. For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding…” Colossians 1:7-9 NASB
Carole, Imperial, CA: “Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Philippians 1:27 NIV
Whitney, Lousville, KY: “Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides You.”
-Psalm 73:25 ESV
Dawn–Hamilton, NJ
“Let us know, let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, like the latter and former rain to the earth.” Hosea 6:3
Twila – Reseda, CA
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Eph 4:32 NIV
Be still and know that I am God.
Psalms 46:10 NAS
It’s I week
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Gal 5:1 (NIV)
Yvonne, Riverside/Fairfield, CA
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. ~1 Peter 5:10 (NIV)~
Megan, Charlotte: “Even now, declares the Lord return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning. Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.” Joel 2:12-13 NIV
Saralynn Haserot
Castro Valley, CA
Philippians 2:13 NIV
“for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.”
Shari, Augusta, GA-
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust!” For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper and from the deadly pestilence.
Psalm 91:1-3 NASB
Psalm 119:165 amp
Great peace have they who love Your law;
nothing shall offend them or make them stumble.
Jeanni Westland
Psalm 127:2
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. KJV
i am so pleased to have found this site. i am from Trinity TX. My verse is: “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.” Romans 8:28 KJV
Kristen Largo, FL “Even the darkness will not be dark to You. The night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to You.” Ps. 139:13
“Sustain me according to your promise, and I will live;
Do not let my hopes be dashed.” -Psalm 119:116 NIV
“Now, our God, we give You thanks, and praise Your glorious name! (1 Chronicles 29:13)
SO looking forward to hearing God’s message through you Beth – tonight and tomorrow in Fresno!!! My daughter, who is in a season of struggling with her faith, is coming on Saturday with me and I couldn’t be more happy about that!
Amy from Harleysville, PA
Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. Psalm 86:11 NIV
Helen
Crystal City, Manitoba, Canada
Colossians 1:6 (ESV)
“which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and growing-as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth,”
Maria from Louisville,
“Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.”
~Romans 8:1-2 NASB
Hawk – Houston, Texas
Psalm 65: 1-4 NIV
“Praise awaits you O God, in Zion
to you our vows will be fulfilled
O hear prayer,
to you all men come
When we were overwhelmed by sins
You forgave our transgressions
Blessed are those you choose
and bring near to live in your courts!
We are filled with the good things of your house, of your temple”
Debbie from Calgary,Alberta.
Be careful, keep calm and don’t be afraid. Do not lose heart…
Isaiah 7:4a NIV
If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceabley with all men. Romans 12:18 NKJV
Pam, Wadesboro NC
Jeremiah 31:13 NKJV
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old, together; For I will turn their mourning to joy, will comfort them, and make them rejoice rather than sorrow.
Isaiah 43:11 NAS “I, even I, am the LORD, And there is no Savior besides Me.”
Jean Schlosser, Rubicon
“Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move
you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,
because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in
vain.” 1 Corinthians 15:58
Katie, Durham, NC, “He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.” Isaiah 40:11, NIV
Kendall
Huntsville, AL
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.
Luke 9:24 (NASB)
Louisa, Austin
“Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.”
James 4:17 NIV
Debbie, Walpole, MA
Psalm 62:5 (NIV) “Find rest, O my soul, in God alone: my hope comes from him.”
Pamela Bishop, Ca.
1Chronicles 29:11 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all. ESV
Melissa, Perry, GA
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
1 Peter 2: 9-10
Karessa, Peoria, IL: Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasing. Psalm 139:23-24 NIV
Ephesians 4: 14-16 Life Application
When I think of the wisdom and scope of Gods plan, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will give you mighty inner strength trhough his Holy Spirit.
Atlanta, GA