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!
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:1 (NIV)
Continuing my GRACE verses in 2011.
Romans 5: 20 (NIV)
The law was added so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, GRACE increased all the more.
Leah
Blairsville, GA
Hebrews 13:2 NIV
“Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.”
Sharon–Spokane, Wa
If you of you is deficient in wisdon, let him ask of the giving God (who gives) to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or faultfinding, and it will be given him. James 1:5 (amp)
“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. To Him be glory both now and forever! Amen.” 2 Peter 3:18, NIV.
Amy W
Plano, TX
Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure.
Psalm 16:5 (NIV, 84)
Sarah, Montrose, CO:
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:16 (ESV)
Jenn, Stockton, CA
“You reveal the path of life to me; in Your presence is abundant joy; in Your right hand are eternal pleasures.”
Psalm 16:11 (Holman Christian Standard)
cindy sacramento, Ps 138:8 NIV
The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me;
your love, O LORD, endures forever—
do not abandon the works of your hands.
Hello Beth,
I was privilaged to be present in the Fresno/Clovis converence this weekend. It was awesome the way the Lord moved in the lives of us all. You came up in our section 111 rows D and E and you seemed to be thinking of asking me to speak about the experience I had had the night before when I was saved by the bell and the young woman with the puffed hair raised her hand.
Had you choosen me (I have red hair) I would have told you that God moved on my heart to to allow Him to renew the love He has given me to work with a special population of men and women. I realized that I had stopped seeing them through the eyes of the Lord and loving them as He does, but was instead seeing them with human eyes and was dismayed and exhausted.
I go back to work tomorrow refreshed and excited. Thank you for allowing the Holy Spirit to minister. It will be exciting to work once again with those to whom God has called me to minister in my own way.
Now, my friend asked me what it was that you had us say to one another at the end of the second service. I thought it was the eight things, but she is convinced it was much more. Is it possible to get a copy of those words? And I would love to have a copy of the poem you read to share with those I work with that need to know they are not alone. God bless you, your team and May His face shine upon you all.
I would also like the words we spoke over one another:-)
Beth – Ashville, Ohio
“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)-
See, I have you engraved on the palms of my hands. Isaiah 49:16 (NIV)
Dana, Siloam Springs: “Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth.” Col. 3:2 (New Living Translation)
Teresa, Odessa
“The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peach.” Romans 8:6 NIV
Kirstin, Columbus
Why spend money on what is not bread,
and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.
Isaiah 55:22, NIV
Susanne, Port Royal, SC
Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
Sheree, Phoenix, AZ
“Do nothing out of selfish amtbition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves” Philippians 2:3 (NIV)
Kathy, St. Petersburg, FL,(using yours, Beth!)
1 Corinthians 15:58 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.
Nancy, Dallas
God man him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:21
Janet, St. Louis
“Do not lie to each other since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.” Col. 3:9-10 (NIV)
“Do you not know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought at a price; therefore, glorify God in your body.”
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
Psalm 56:3
Whitney, Nashville. “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
Melanie, Rapid City,SD “You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble.” Psalm 32:7 NIV
Deborah, Markham, VA
“Though the mountains be shaken and the hills 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
Autumn – Kentucky
Philippians 1:12-14 (continuing in memorization of Philippians)
Now I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel.
As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.
Because of my chains, most of the brothers in the Lord have been encouraged to speak the word of God more courageously and fearlessly.
Cathy,Rhinebeck. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him he will bear miuch fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in His love.”
John 15:5,9-10(NIV)
Barb, Des Moines
Philippians 1:9-11
And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ; having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
MacKenzie from St. Louis
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
Jeanne, Albuquerque
“The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.” Proverbs 18:10 NIV
Chesney, Knoxville. “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
Johnnie, Wake Forest, NC
“Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of His glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever.” Jude 1:24-25 ESV
Jenn, Frederick, MD
I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free.
Psalm 119:32
NIV
Marcie, Concordia. “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
Mandy, Grove City, PA
“And my God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 4:19 (NIV)
Ginger, South Point Ohio
“The Word gave life to everything that was created and his life brought light to everyone.” John 1:4 NLT
“This Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior” – Titus 3:6 HCSB
Abby, Indianapolis
“And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.” Romans 8:28 (NLT)
Beth-Marion NC
Why spend money on what is not bread,
and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.
Isaiah 55:22- NIV
Angie, Federal Way, WA
For My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water. Jeremiah 2:13, ESV
Anne, Simpsonville,SC
Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know your labor in the Lord is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:58 NIV
Naomi, Acworth, GA
But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Heb. 11:6 NKJV
Madge, Marietta, GA
But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Heb. 11:6 NKJV
danae | lafayette, in
“let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.” — galatians 6:9-10 [niv]
Linda, Carolina Beach, NC
“Therefore, I urge you brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, this is you spiritual act of worship”. Romans 12:1 (NIV)
Tammy Greenville SC
Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8 NIV
Ashley, Kernersville NC. With all this going for us, my dear, dear friends, stand your ground. And don’t hold back. Throw yourselves into the work of the Master, confident that nothing you do for him is a waste of time or effort.
1CO 15:58 The Message
Hollie
Mount Vernon
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
Becky Homme, Rochester, MN “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Romans 12:12 NIV
“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, & his understanding no one can fathom.” Isaiah 40:28