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!
Lori Beaube, Hazlehurst, Ms.
(2)My brethern, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, (3)knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. James 1:2-3; NKJ
“Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.” – James 1:12 NIV
stephanie, fort Wayne. (ESV) Isaiah 49:13 Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the LORD has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.
Carolyn ** Bismarck, ND
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. To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter 5:10-11
Heather from Conway, SC: “…And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ…” (Ephesians 3:17-18 NIV)
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
And whose hope is the Lord,
For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.”
Jeremiah 17:7-8
Amy, Columbus, OH: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” John 14:27 NIV
Sarah Millers Creek NC
He is before all things and in him all things hold together.
Colossians 1:11 NIV
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7 ESV.
Alicia, Atlanta, IL
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
before you were born I set you apart;
I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.
Jeremiah 1:5 NIV
Jane, Lexington, NC
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
Midge, Florence
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.Isaiah 40:29 NIV
Emily–Florence, AL
NIV
John 15:7
If you remain in me and my words in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.
Candra, Marietta, GA: “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 NKJV
Stacy Featherston from Searcy, Arkansas
“I have seen you in your sanctuary and gazed upon your power and glory.”
Psalm 63:2 NLT
Washington DC
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Philippians 4:13 NKJV
Debbie, Smyrna TN
Lord, teach me how you want me to live. Then I will follow your truth. Give me a heart that doesn’t want anything more than to worship you.
Psalms 86:11 NIRV
I’ve been praying over which verse to choose for this time, and I think you just gave it to me! Absolutely perfect. 🙂
Kaitlyn from Gainesville, FL
“Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment, for we brought nothing into the world, and cannot take anything out of the world.”
1 Timothy 6: 6-7, ESV
Julie – Jackson, Ms
“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.”
2 Corinthians 2:9 NIV
Love this!
Lara-Greenville, Ky. “Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.”
1 John 2:3 NKJV
Cortni/Coden,AL/”May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.” Ruth 2:12 NIV
Memorizing this verse will help me to remember to always take refuge under the LORD’s wing.
Kathy
Lynden, Wa
He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting
in the Lord.
Psalm 112:7 NIV
Denise, Grovetown GA, Proverbs 31:14, She is like the ships of the merchants; She brings her food from afar. ESV
Matthew 22:14 For many are invited, but few are chosen. NIV Beverly Elliott,Ohio
Penny from Knoxville, TN
Matthew 6:20-21
20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Proverbs 12:19
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment
Acts 4:10-14 KJV
Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
2 Corinthians 10:3-5, NIV
Nina B, IL
Angie Benton “Pray continually” 1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NIV)
“…and provide for those who grieve in Zion – to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor.” – Isaiah 61:3
Sue M
Grand Rapids, MI
If any of you lacks wisdom. let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
James 1:5 ESV
Huntsville, AL – Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV)
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control. Against such things there is no law.”
Double duty on this one! I am working through the Living Beyond Yourself Bible Study. YAY! 🙂
Sarah Wartrace, TN
“Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the Lord has been good to you.” Psalm 116:7 NIV
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. I Peter 4:8 NIV
Andrea, Long Beach, CA
“He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.” Deut 8:3 NIV
Lynda, Ocala, FL: Proverbs 8:23 “I was appointed from eternity from the beginning, before the world began.” NIV
Pamela, Silverhill, “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 everlasting.”
Psalm 139:23-24, NIV
Dena’ Davis, Hindman, Ky Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved,
clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Colossians 3:12 NIV
Lynn, Springfield, MO
“Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle, gracious kind that God delights in.” 1 Peter 3:4 MSG
Connie, Bedford, KY
And my God will supply your every need according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19 NET
Joy, MS “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.” Isaiah 26:3 NKJV
Stephanie, Atlanta Habakkuk 3:19 The sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to go on the heights.
Glory Hicks
Mt. Enterprise, TX
I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:5 NIV
Linda, Longview: My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV
“But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.” Psalm 59:16 (NIV)
Ruth Anne, Dover, OH:
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
Cheryl, Everett
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” I Cor 15:58
Anne, Squamish BC Canada
Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Galatians 1:10 NIV
Rosalie, Cincinnati
Colossians 3:23 KJV And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men.
Deuteronomy 33:24
About Asher he said: Most blessed of sons is Asher, let him be favored by his brothers and let him bathe his feet in oil. The bolts of your gates will be iron and bronze and your strength will equal your days.
Deuteronomy 33:24