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!
It is not that I have already taken hold of it or have already attained perfect maturity, but I continue my pursuit in hope that I may possess it since I have indeed been taken possession of Christ Jesus.
Phil. 3:12 NAB
Karen, Richmond, VA
I can do all things through Christ which strenthens me.
— Phillipians 4:13 AKJV
Kristin, OKC, OK
“The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O Lord, educes forever- do not abandon the works of your hands. ”
Psalms 138:8 NIV
Denise, Hernando Beach
For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7
Elizabeth, Rochester NH:
But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it–not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it–they will be blessed in what they do. ~ James 1:25 NIV
Heather, Glencoe; But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect.
1 Corinthians 15:10, NIV
Kelly, Lewisville, TX (moving to Colorado Springs on Wednesday would love to hear from others who are from there)
“After this, the Word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: ‘Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.” Genesis 15:1 (NIV)
Using Beth’s! Exactly what I needed to hear!
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
Carol, Grove City, PA
“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)
Sandy Cedarburg WI
Let us approach the throne of grace with confidence so that we may recieve mercy and find grace to help us in time of need.
Sherry in Marietta GA
Isaiah 55:8 NIV
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the LORD.
Gena, Elgin, Tx
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
Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. Hebrews 12 vs 3.
Anna. Limehouse. Canada.
Jennifer, Dallas, TX
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
NIV Galatians 2:20
Sasha, Washington
“The Lord will protect your coming and going both now and forever.” Psalm 121:8 (HCSB)
Dannel
Holtwood PA
Romans 8:9-10
NIV
You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
Jennifer Boddie Conyers,GA
1 Corinthians 3:3 (NLT) For you are still controlled by your sinful nature. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with each other. Doesn’t that prove you are controlled by your sinful nature? Aren’t you living like people of the world?
“So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.” John 16:22 (NIV)
Julia, Glendora, CA “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.” Ephesians 1:3 NASB.
Amy, Cypress, Texas
Do nothing out of rivalry or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.
Philippians 2:3 (HCSV)
Kristi, Cedartown, GA. “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 KJV
Annabelle in Montgomery, TX
Psalm 51:12 NIV
Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
Lisa in Montgomery, TX
Isaiah 55:2B
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.
2 Corinthians 4:15 (NIV)
All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
April 3
Psalms 118:8 NIV
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.
May the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
1 Peter 5:10
Sam v.
Woodstock, VT
Mary Arnold, Durham NC. 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
Patti, Roxboro , NC
“Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant.” Galatians 6:7, NLT
Angela, Corbin, KY
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, Rushsylvania OH
I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit, apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5 NIV84
Joshua 1:9 Have I not commanded you? Do not be angry nor be dismayed for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
Pat, Brookings, South Dakota
“I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.”
Ephesians 1:16 (NIV)
Jan, Lake St.Louis, MO.
‘The name of the LORD is a strong tower;
the righteous runs into it and is safe.’
Proverbs 18:10 ( NASB )
Maumee OH:
One thing I ask from the LORD,
this only do I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the LORD
all the days of my life,
to gaze on the beauty of the LORD
and to seek him in his temple.
Psalm 27: 4 (NIV)
Carolyn (a loser), Illinois – “For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it” Mark 8:35 (NIV)
“Do not put out the Spirit’s fire; do not treat prophecies with contempt. Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil.” 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22(NIV) Kristin, Clearwater, FL
Susan, Atlanta, GA
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things. Phil. 4:8 NIV
Deborah, Marshall, “Everything is permissible”-but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible”-but not everything is constructive. I Corinthians 10:23 (NIV)
Jeantelle, Lafayette LA
I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
Philipians 4:13 NIV
Vicki from Big Spring
2 Corinthians 9:7. NIV
“Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”
Nancy,Bridgewater, NJ
The Lord is exalted, For He dwells on high; He will fill Zion
with justice and righteousness.
Isaiah 33:5
Vicki, San Angelo
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 139:23-24 NIV
Susan
Norfolk, VA
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.
Isaiah 26:3 NIV
Rachel- Memphis, TN
“I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth.”
Job 19:25 NIV
Cindy, Clarksville, TN
And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will recieve. Matthew 21:22 NKJ
Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words will be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel.
Ephesians 6:19 NIV
Sorry it’s late – just got back from FRESNO!
I sought the LORD and he answered me. Psalm 34:4a (NIV)
Pam from California
Traci, Powell, 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)-
Visalia, CA
Ephesians 6:12 NIV
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Been out of town this weekend…just now posting my SSMT#7:
Proverbs 3:5-6 says; Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths.
Jennifer, Tennessee:
I am late this time… have been out of town on a girl trip:)
I am using the verse my children are memorizing this week.
When I am afraid, I will trust in you. Psalm 56:3