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!
“Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.” 2 Corinthians 4:1 (NIV)
Is. 49:16 NIV “See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands…”
Jerry Ann, Fort Walton Beach, FL…
“Your heart’s been in the right place all along…You’ve got what it takes to finish it up, so go to it. 2 Corinthians 8:10-11 The Message
Sarah, Johnstown, PA
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.
Deuteronomy 31:6 (NIV)
Paula, Houston, Tx
For the Word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any double-edged sword piercing even to the dividing assunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow; and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
NIV
This is from Hebrews 4:12, NIV
Sorry I forgot!
Kari: Camarillo, California 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
Leslie, Missoula, MT, This then is how we know that we belong to the Truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in His presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts and He knows everything. 1John 3:19-20 (NIV)
Walton, IN
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Philippians 4:13 NKJV
Isaiah 53:6 “We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way, and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.” (NIV)
Ashley, Atlanta, GA
“The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 NIV
Peggy, Indianapolis
James 1:2-3 NIV
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trails of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.”
Renita, Woodstock GA
“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.”
Isaiah 40:31 NIV
Kate, Arvada. “Each one of you must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.” Eph 5:33 NIV
Lauren, Biloxi
Above all, fear the Lord and worship Him faithfully with all your heart, considering the great things He has done for you” 1 Samuel 12:24
Laura, Mason, OH
Psalm 4:8 NIV
“I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.”
Debbie, Olathe, KS, Psalm 118:6-7-“The LORD is with me, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? The LORD is with me; he is my helper. I will look in triumph on my enemies.” (NIV 1984)
Laura, Southaven, MS, “Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.” Psalm 86:11 NIV
Kokomo IN,
In all your ways acknowledge him ad he will make your path straight. Proverbs 3:6 NIV
Cary Forney, TX Psalm 37:23-24 NLT
The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand.
Amber, Warsaw, IN
“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.” Matthew 5:14 NIV
Leah; Perkins, OK
“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8 (NASB)
Lisa
Job 8:7 Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be. 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 Cor 15:58 NIV
Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. John 14:1 (NASB)
Jennifer Walker, Lansing, MI
“Let the message of Christ, in all its richness, fill you lives…” Colossians 3:16
Richmond, VA
“For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.” Romans 15:4 (NIV)
Molly, Rochester NY
“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 NKJV
Karen Baldwin City, KS 2 Corinthians 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. NIV
Dorinda, O’Fallon. 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 NI
Cindy Ferndale
NIV
Jame 4:2
You do not have, because you do not ask God.
Sarah, Russellville, I have 2 since I missed posting my verse for March 15th. They are…
Psalm 127:1 “Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stands guard in vain.” (NIV)
Colossians 4:6 “Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” (NIV)
Linda Tavares, Richmond, Va….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
Rhonda, Searcy,AR
1Samuel 12:23. Far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right.
Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
1Peter 4:8 NIV
Kristi: Conway, AR: Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. Hebrews 12:1 (ESV)
LISA – ID
“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)
Michele-Lubbock
Psalm 51:15 O Lord, open my lips, that my mouth may declare Your praise. NASB
Proverbs 3:5-6 (New International Version)
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.
But as for you, speak the things which are fitting for sound doctrine.
Titus 2:1 NASB
Alisa Taylor
Clinton, MS
Jana, Tampa 1 corinthians 10:13
Lena, Wilmore
(continued from Ps 19:1-2 The heavens declare…)
There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the end of the world. Ps 19:3-4 (NIV)
Romans 10:9 NIV
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Julie, Waco ~ “I am not ashamed; for I know Whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.” 2 Timothy 1:12 NASB
Olympia, WA
“By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.”
Hebrews 11:27(NIV)
Angie & Lily (4.5 yr old daughter)
Goshen, IN
“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and will bring you back from captivity.” Jeremiah 29:13-14a NIV
Faith, Safford AZ> “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” Luke 9:23 (NIV)
he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities/sins; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, by his wounds we are healed. Isaiah 53:5 NIV
LaTava, Lincoln
You do not have, because you do not ask God. James 4:2b NIV
Tilley in Franklin, TN
“Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; He’s the one who will keep you on track.”
Proverbs 3:6 (The Message)
Romans 10:9 NIV
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.