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!
Janell~Frisco~Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. Ps 19:14 NIV
Wilmington, Matthew 6:21 “For where your treasures are, there your heart will be also.” NIV
Jerusalem, Israel
Eph. 3:21 NIV
“to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.”
Decatur, Alabama: “Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise.” Jeremiah 17:14 ESV
Carol
Albuquerque NM
Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
5- Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding
6- In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight.
Carol
Tammie, Cleveland, MS
For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.
2 Cor. 1:5 NAS
From Mary in ATX (Austin, TX) – Deut 6:5-9 (HCSV) Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart. Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol on your forehead. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
Lawan, Lawton OK – Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ. Colossians 3:23&24 NLT
The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. Deut 29:29 NKJV
Anita-Gardner,KS
“No weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me,” declares the LORD.
IS. 54:17
Eleanor, Vero Beach, FL
“Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in
Christ Jesus.” 1Tim 1:13-14 (NIV)
Cynthia, Greenwood
So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you. Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. The you will receive all that he has promised. Hebrews 10:35-36 NLT
Erin – Springfield, MO
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.
Isaiah 41:10 (NLT)
LK AZ “His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these He has given us His very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.” 2 Peter 1:3-4
Elaine, Powder Springs ~ “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Exodus 14:14 NIV
Kim and Abby, Missouri
Fools vent their anger, but the wise quietly hold it back. Proverbs 29:11 (NLT)
Lisa, Enterprise, AL
~ For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
— II Corinthians 4:17-18 (NIV)
Cindy, DIberville, MS
Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.
Romans 10:17 (NIV)
Alisa, Chattanooga, TN Ephesians 2:10 NIV “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
Psalm 66:16
“Come and hear, all of you who fear God; let me tell you what He has done for me.”
Tami, Palm Coast, FL Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to he weary and increases the power of the weak. Isaiah 40:28-29 (NIV)
Kristi, Telford, PA
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 1John 4:9-10 NIV
Natalie, Olive Branch “Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, 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 Corinthians 15:58 (NIV)
Fonda, Biloxi. Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
Beverly
Tupelo, MS
O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you,
in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Psalm 63:1 (NIV)
Fran, Stedman
“The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalm 27:1 NKJV
Hey Siesta-mate – Let’s all be praying for each other as we memorize Ps 27:1 together!
Heather, Whittier, CA
Tania C. from Amarillo, Texas.
Jill in Trussville, Alabama
Barbara, Warner Robins
Myung, Korea
Jane, St. Louis
Carisa Aberdeen, SD
“to be made new in the attitude of your minds;”
Ephesians 4:23 NIV
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. Proverbs 15:1 KJV
Nicole, Portland OR: 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
Suzann Benson Kingwood WV
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
James 1:3,4
Chrystal
Lexington, KY (GO CATS)
John 14:26 NIV
But the advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have said to you.
Diane, Killeen: “Those who fear the Lord have a secure fortress, and for their children it will be a refuge.” Proverbs 14:26, TNIV
Charissa: West Chester, OH
1 Chronicles 16:11 NLT
Search for the Lord and for his strength; continually seek him.
christina, Plano TX-
“I will be with you
when you pass through the waters,
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not overwhelm you.
You will not be scorched
when you walk through the fire,
and the flame will not burn you.”
Isaiah 43:2, HCSB
Elizabeth, Norfolk, NE
“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.” John 15:12 (NIV)
Kim,Hickory,N.C.-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
Becky, Charlotte
“Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until He comes and showers righteousness on you.”
Hosea 10:12, NIV
Tamara; Alabaster, Alabama: “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.”
1 John: 4:18 (NIV)
Julie – Plymouth, Minnesota
2 Corinthians 5:21 NET
God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we would become the righteousness of God.
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever…..but as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord God my refuge.
Psalm 73: 26&28 NASB
Jill, Chillicothe, MO
“Above all else, guard your heart, for it
is the wellspring of life” Proberbs 4:23 NLT
Jackie from Platte City, MO Psalm 66:20
Praise be to God who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me.
Danville, CA
“Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
Isaiah 54:10 NIV
Erin, Chicago
Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! –Deuteronomy 30:19, NLT
Delaine, Plainview: “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)
What can I offer the Lord for all He has done for me? Psalm 116:12 (NLT)
Robyn, San Antonio
“that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
1 Peter 1:7 NASB
Missy S, Winston-Salem, NC
“For I resolved to know nothing (to be acquainted with nothing, to make a display of the knowledge of nothing, and to be conscious of nothing) among you except Jesus Christ (the Messiah) and Him crucified.” ~ 1 Corinthians 2:2 (AMP)
Jodi, Fairhope, AL: 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. Jer 29:11 NKJV
Kerry, Nederland Texas
Do all things without grumbling or disputing; that you may prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world.
Phil. 2: 14-15, NASB