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!
Waupun, WI
Joshua 1:8-9
Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and sucecessful. 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.
Marie, Denver : The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him. Psalm 28:7 NIV
Christi – Colleyville, TX
Matthew 6:8
…your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Julie, Wentzville, MO –
“Yet the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen [you] and set you on a firm foundation and guard you from the evil [one].” 2 Thes. 3:3 AMP
Caitlin, McKinney, TX
“and your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.”
Ephesians 6:15-16
Pamela,Mechanicsville,VA.
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”
James4:8 NET
Tara, Frederick MD:
Philippians 2:5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus. (NIV)
Jessica Brown, Florence, SC–
“The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.” Lamentations 3:22-23 (NLT)
So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.
Philippians 2:1-2
Peggy, Crowley Lake, CA
Hanni, Warsaw IN:
For you, O Lord, are my hope,
my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
Upon you I have leaned from before my birth;
You are he who took me from my mother’s womb.
My praise is continually of You.
-Psalm 71:5-6 ESV
Kelly. Springfield, MO. “In the morning, O LORD, You will hear my voice; in the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch.” Psalm 5:3 (NASB)
For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.
Isaiah 41:13 NIV
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-7
Moose Jaw
But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”
Jonah 4:4 NIV
The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17 NIV
Kelley, Round Rock, Tx
Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. Gal 5:1 (NKJV)
Wendy, Newmarket: For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, … 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 NKJV
The righteous cry out and the Lord hears them. He delievers them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:17-18 NIV
“A man’s wisdom gives him patience, it is to his glory to overlook an offense.”
Proverbs 19:11 NIV
Stacie Memphis TN
2Cor. 5:17 NKJV Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, old things have passed away; behold all things have become new.
Kim, Cayucos, California
Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 (NIV)
See you in Fresno TONIGHT!! woot woot!
Verse 7 II Corinthians 4:7-9 (NIV)
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
Karen, Caledonia
The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.
I Thessalonians 5:24 NIV
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
Rhonda, SC
Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:13 NIV
Phyllis Irving
KJV 1 John 4:4b Greater is he that is in you, than he that
is in the world.
Tami from Decatur says,
“Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all you soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it. ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Matthew 22:37-38-39 NIV
Carla, Pierre, SD
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. 1 Cor. 6:19-20 NIV
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36:26 NIV
Debbie, Marion, IN “But be sure to fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.” I Samuel 12:24 (NIV)
from Houston
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 5:16 [KJV]
Vicki
Murfreesboro, TN
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NIV)
“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.”
Barbara, New Orleans
He is your constant source of stability; He abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; He gives all this to those who fear him. Isaiah 33:6 NET
Allison-Marietta,GA
“Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.”
Psalm 143:8 NIV
Brooke, Birmingham, AL
May the God of all hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13 NIV
Kara – Ephrata, PA
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and HE will make your paths straight.
Prov 3:5-6 NASB
Rebecca, Kilgore
Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Psalm 80:19, KJV
Lindsay, Grapevine, Tx: “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 (NIV)
Natalie ~ Jacksonville, Florida
Luke 11:9(NIV) ~ So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be open to you.
Jenny, Des Moines, Iowa
For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV
Julia, Whidbey Island, WA: “He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness.”
Job 26:10 NIV
Chris Floyd
Kokomo, IN
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
Megan Hughes, Edina, MN
For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:8
Denise – Key Largo
Ephesians 3:19 NCV
Christ’s love is greater than anyone can ever know, but I pray that you will be able to know that love. Then you can be filled with the fullness of God.
Lanita. Lake Jackson, TX
2Cor. 5:17 NKJV Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, old things have passed away; behold all things have become new.
Amy, Hood River. With all this going for us, my dear, dear friends, stand your ground. And don’t hold back. Throw yourselves into the work of the Master, confident that nothing you do for him is a waste of time or effort. 1Co 15:58 The Message
Katherine – Houston, TX
“Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NKJ
Shelley, Friendswood, TX: The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17 NIV
Mary
Burke, VA
I Cor 15:58 NIV
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.
Karen, Centralia, MO: Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy- think about such things. Philippians 4:8 NIV