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!
Lyndsey, Telford, PA: My goal is that their hearts, having been knit together in love, may be encouraged, and that they may have all the riches of understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God, namely Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Colossians 2:2-3 The NET Bible
Tracy, Seminole, Texas
Philippians 4:6
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Marla, Columbus OH
Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions, and give to the needy.
Luke 12:32-33a (ESV)
Runia, Silsbee, “For I know the plansI have for you” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harmyou, plans to give you hope and a future.”, Jeremiah 29:11, NIV
Katie, Gig Harbor WA
That according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his spirit in your inner being so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith -that you being rooted and grounded in love may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think according to the power at work within us, to him be glory…
Eph 3:16-20 ESV
(I’m late!) Patty, Gadsden AL “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matt. 11:28-30 NIV
Laura, Houston:
This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 NIV
Tanya, Sierra Vista, AZ
“Train me, God, to walk straight;
then I’ll follow you true path.
Put me together, one heart and mind;
then, undivided, I’ll worship in joyful fear.”
-Psalm 86:11 (The Message)
Always be full of joy in the Lord, I say it again, rejoice!
Philippians 4:4
Living Bible
Jen El Segundo, CA – “Return to your rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you.” – Psalm 116:7 – NIV
John 15:5 niv I am the vine you are branches. If a man remains in me and I in him he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
Cheri, Louisville, KY
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
I John 4:9 KJV
Donna, Raleigh, NC
Ephesians 4:29 (NLT)
Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.
Laura, Plainfield,IN
The Lord announces the word, and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng. Psalm 68:11 NIV
Valerie, Portland, OR
The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my savior; my God is my rock, in whom I find protection.
2 Samuel 22: 2-3
Jane from IL
And my God will meet all your needs
according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Phillippians 4:19
Proverb 13:20 NIV
Walk with the wise and become wise,
for a companion of fools suffers harm.
Leslie, Decatur, TX
Now the people began complaining openly before the Lord about hardship. When the Lord heard, His anger burned and fire from the Lord blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp. Numbers 11:1
Jillian, Dallas
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds.” Philippians 4:6-7
Carol ~ Webb City, MO
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God–not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9 (NIV)
And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
2Corinthians 3:18 NIV
I will praise the Lord who counsels me – even at night my heart instructs me. I keep the Lord in mind always. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Psalm 16:7-8 HCSB
Heather
Mosinee, WI
Brook, Santa Monica, CA
As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
Ephesians 4.1-2 NIV
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)
Jane
Boone, NC
I Corinthians 15:58 (NIV)
Therefore, my dear 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.
1 cor. 15:10
But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me and not without results for I have worked harder than all other apostles yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace
Lori in Velma, OK
Loribeth, Rome, Italy (Houston, TX)
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
(1 Corinthians 15:57-58 ESV)
Jaime, Colorado Springs, CO: “Commit to the Lord whatever you do,and he will establish your plans.” Proverbs 16:3 (NIV)
Tara, Monett MO
Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.~Proverbs 31:30 (NKJV)
NIV I Corinthians 15:58
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.
“For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.”
2 Chronicles 16:9a
Lahna, Burkburnett, TX: If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained. NKJ John 20:23
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 path straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
I put my memory verse in and then read Beth’s blog…….it was the same verse….Cool!
Laura, Burbank
Psalm 13:5-6 (Living Bible)
But I will always trust in you and in your mercy and shall rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord because He has blessed me richly
Denise
Deming, NM
2 Corinthians 1:22 “who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.”
Mandy, Idabel, The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside still waters. Psalm 23:1-2
The Netherlands “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” Romans 12:2 NIV
Dedra, Madison,AL:
“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13 NIV
Karen, Auburn AL
Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!
Isaiah 30:18 NIV
Josie ,age 8 3/4 ,Princeton ,MN.
“Who will you compare me to?
Who is equal to me?”
Isaiah 46:5a NIRV
Patti, Sarasota
Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
Phil 4:7 (NLT)
Karen, Christy, Cheryl: A Cord of Three Strands,
Jay, OK
Rejoice always! Pray continuously.
1 Thessalonians 5: 16-17 Holman
Elizabeth
Wilmette, IL
Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
Psalm 42:11 NIV
Shannon Costanzo, Kissimmee, Florida.
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)
Brooke, Cantonment, FL 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
Hannah, 12, Princeton,MN
“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”
1 Peter 5:7
Bobbie from Arlington, Texas –
Micah 6:8 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Kimberly, el paso, tx
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.
Galatians 5:24-25, esv
You intended to harm me, but god intended it all for good. he brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people.
Gen 50:20 NLT
Tami Wisely, Phx,AZ