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!
Carla, Houston
Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.
Ps. 119:18 (NIV)
Michelle, Orange, California
Isaiah 26:3
“You keep him (her) in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you because he (she) trusts in you.”
Lynn, Humble TX
I will march out ahead of you. I will make the mountains level. I will break down bronze gates. I will cut through their heavy iron bars.
Isaiah 45:2 NLT
Matt 11:29-30 Message
Walk with me and work with me-watch how I do it. Learn the unforeced rhythms of grace. I wont lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.
From the fullness of His grace we have all received one blessing after another.
John 1:16 NIV
The Lord is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made. Psalm 145:13(NIV)
Galatians 2:20 (New International Version)
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Psalm 34:1-4 NIV
I will extol the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips. My soul will boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and rejoice. Glorify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together. I sought the LORD and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
Cindy/Midland
Jackie D, Versailles, KY
Sorry, I am late. Here is my verse:
“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.”
Phil 1:9-11 NIV
2 Thessalonians 3:13 NIV
And as for you, brothers, never tire of doing what is right.
Erin, Little Rock, NIV
Whom have I in heaven but you?
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:25-26
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
Landa, Midlothian, VA – Psalm 13:6 “I will sing to the Lord, Because He has dealt bountifully with me.” NKJV
Psalm 3:3
But you are a shield around me, O Lord, you bestow glory on me and lift up my head.
NIV
Valerie, Independence, KY:
“I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.”
-2 Timothy 4:1-2 (NAS)
Marie, Post Falls, Idaho –
“For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.” – 2 Chronicles 16:9 (NKJV)
Christi- Clinton, Utah
“The LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.” Deuteronomy 30:6 (NASB)
Ok! I just have to put this out in prayer form; it resonates even more succinctly with me. “Oh, Lord, my God, please circumcise my heart and the heart of my descendants, to love You with all our hearts and with all our souls, so that we may live” the way You intend! In Jesus’ Name, Amen
Suzanne, Charlotte NC Proverbs 22:6 ESV
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
MARIE, Byhalia, MS
Philippians 4:5-7 NASB
Be anxious for nothing, 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 comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jessus.
Rhonda ~ Kalamazoo, Michigan
And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
2 Cor 9:8 NIV
Jonna-Denton,Tx
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Matthew 28:19-20 NKJV
Debra – Many, La
“In every situation take the shield of faith and with it you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.” Ephesians 6:16 (Holman Christian Study Bible)
Sandie, Manhattan. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.” 2 Cor 5:17-19 NIV
Christy
Fayetteville, AR
“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”
Hebrews 11:6
NIV
Denise, San Jose, CA
“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
Dora, Houston, TX
“Serve the Lord with gladness, come before Him with joyful songs.”
-Psalm 100:2 (NIV)
Kristin, Fresno, CA –
‘Be still and know that I am God’ Psalm 46:10 NIV
Michelle, Waukesha, WI
Sorry I am late posting! I lost my spiral (ordered another one) and had surgery all in one week.
“You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.” Isaiah 26:3 NIV
Selena – Albany, GA
I will praise the Lord at all times; His praise will always be on my lips. Psalm 34:1, HCSB
Sandy-Houston
Matt 11:29-30 Message
Walk with me and work with me-watch how I do it. Learn the unforeced rhythms of grace. I wont lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.
“For He Himself is our peace.”
Ephesians 2:14a NASB
Jami, Spring Lake, NC
Mandie Parker, CO
“Patient endurance is what you need right now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that He has promised.”
Hebrews 10:36 NLT
Psalm 34:1-4 (New Living Translation)
Psalm 34
1 I will praise the Lord at all times.
I will constantly speak his praises.
2 I will boast only in the Lord;
let all who are helpless take heart.
3 Come, let us tell of the Lord’s greatness;
let us exalt his name together.
liz gladstone or
4 I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me.
He freed me from all my fears.
bernadette, mtn home, ar But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be added to you. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself. Matt 6:33 NIV
Wendy with her 2 daughters Faith and Naomi Hope, in Eden Prairie MN
1 Thess. 5:16-18 NIV
“Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
Debbie – Fort Thomas, KY
But you will not leave in haste or go in flight; for the Lord will go before you, the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
Isaiah 52:12 NIV
Lee Ann Bennett, Wewahitchka, FL
Ephesians 4:29 NIV
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.
Alice, Fort Collins, CO
Whatever you do work heartily as working for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward.
Col 3: 23-24
Lisa, MI
“I know whom I have believed and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day” 2timothy 1:12 NIV
Jessica (who is very late but I’ve been away. and I apologize.) Westminster, MD
“Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of hosts.” Zechariah 4:6b (ESV)
Rena, Tulsa, OK: “Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain. Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word.”
Psalm 119:36-37 NIV
Kelei, Iowa Park
Philippians 4:13 NIV
“I can do all things through Him who gives me strenght.”
Lisa, Louisville
A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 15:1 NKJ
This is the day the Lord has made, let us be rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118-24
Lisa, Calgary
“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us that we should be called children of God!”
1 John 3:1 (NIV)
“Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.” Proverbs 14:1
Galatians 6:9
“Let us not become weary of doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
Galatians 6:9
Lisa, Chattanooga–“It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1 NAS
Chrissy, McKinney, TX
The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they reveal knowledge.
They have no speech, they use no words;
no sound is heard from them.
Yet their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.
Psalm 19:1-4 (NIV)
Whom have I in heaven but you? And being with you, I desire nothing on earth. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:25-26 NIV
Sorry I’m so late. My dad’s funeral was Saturday…
Dinah from Baraboo, WI