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!
Kim Banks, Newbury Park CA
For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.
2 Corinthians 4:17 RSV
Ramona, Pasadena:
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Philippians 2:3 NIV
Lezlie – Prince George, VA – “But be sure to fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you.” – 1 Samuel 12:24 (NIV)
A gentle answer turns away wrath But a harsh word stirs up anger Proverbs 15.1 NASB
Lori, Parma, OH 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
Susie, Fort Worth, TX The works of His hands are faithful and just; all His precepts are trustworthy. Psalm 110:7 (ESV)
From Fontana, CA
“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” – Ephesians 4:29
Julie, Winterville, NC
But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nohting into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. I Timothy 6:6-7, NIV
Judy, Oswego, NY
“He will not allow your foot to slip;
He who keeps you will not slumber’
Psalm 121:3 (NASB)
Kathy Dow, IL
God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV
From the NIV
Psalm 17:6
I call on you, my God, for you will answer me;
turn your ear and hear my prayer
Samantha. Twin City. How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!” Isaiah 52:7 NIV
Lacey, Leonard TX.
“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.” 2 Corinthians 4:17 NIV
Carolyn, Dover: 2 Chronicles 15:15 “…They sought God eagerly, and he was found by them…” (NIV)
James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
Galations 1:10 Amplified
Now am I trying to win the favor of men, or of God? Do I still seek to please men? If I were still seeking popularity with men, I should not be a bond servant of Christ (the Messiah).
Ann from Indiana
John 10:27-30 (NIV)
“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.”
Jennifer
Charleston, SC
Sharon, Barrington, “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:32 (NIV)
Judy, Apple Valley, CA…”For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.” Romans 8:18 ESV
Annemarie- Thompsons Sta. Tn.-My dear brothers and sisters be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Your anger can never make things right with God. James 1:19-20 NLT
Debbie from Westerville, OH
2 Samuel 22:29 NIV “You are my lamp, O Lord; the Lord turns my darkness into light.
Judy, Tehachapi, Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work. Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest! John 4:34-35 NKJV
Sheila, Carthage
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. Gal 5:16 ESV
Kim, Huntsville, AL “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart” Jer. 1:5 (NIV)
Becky, Scottsdale, AZ – “We are hard pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed and broken. We are perplexed, but we don’t give up and quit.” 2 Corinthians 4:8&9 NLT
Mary, NH:
1 Peter 4:3 (New King James Version)
For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.
I really need prayers for this! Thanks.
Lisa, Baltimore.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Psalm 23:5 NIV
Carrie Beth, Frankfort
Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”
Isaiah 30:21 NIV
Natalie, Olympia, WA
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Philippians 4:6
Callee Houston TX: The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Lam 3:22 NLT
Laurie, New Hope, VA
Psalm 127:1
Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain. (NIV 1984)
Wanda
Osborn, Missouri
Ephesians 1:17 (ESV)
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.
Kim, Springfield – Psalm 71:7 KJV
I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
Tarah – Rib Lake, WI
“Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and possess the land.” Exodus 23:30 ESV
Angie, Cincinnati~ If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,”and you make the Most High your dwelling,no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. Psalm 91:9-11 NIV
Sarah, Colorado Springs, CO
Psalm 56:8
You number and record my wanderings; put my tears into Your bottle – are they not in Your book?! (Amplified Version)
Megan, Maple Valley
“One thing God has spoken, two things I have heard:
that you, O God, are strong, and that you, O Lord,
are loving.”
Psalm 62:11-12 NIV
Ina. Lancaster, PA.
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
I Cor. 10:13 (NIV)
Cindy Wincel Indianapolis, IN
“Those who know their God will display strength and take action.” -Daniel 11:32
Corban (age 5)
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. Phil. 4:13
Midland, TX
In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— Ephesians 1:5 NIV
Louisville, KY
The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread.
Isaiah 8:13
Tracy, Hobe Sound, “Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious, but extravagent. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of Himself to us. Love like that.” Ephesians 5:2 The Message
Psalm 55:22 Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.
Shannon, Birmingham, AL
‘My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life and they will never perish; no one will sntach them from my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father’s hand. The Father and I are one.
John 10:27-30 NET
Cameron – Richmond VA
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-29 NASB
I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.
Isaiah 43:25 NIV
Heidi in Whitefish MT
“So we say with confidence,
The Lord is my helper;
I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?”
Hebrews 13:6 NIV
Psalm 31:24
“Be strong and take courage, all you who put your hope in the Lord” NLV
Paulette
Nogalus Prairie
“But the aim of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.”
NET Bible
Joanna, Norman, Oklahoma
Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.
Hosea 6:1 NAS