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!
1 John 4:19 We love because he first loved us. NIV
Karen, Farmington, AR
“Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.”
Matthew 23:26 NIV
Hi ladies! I’ve been randomly coming by the community lately, and have decided tonight to join! I am beginning by memorizing the Scripture verse! Hope to grow with each of you over time! Love y’all!
-Samantha *from the south* 🙂
Hi!! That’s awesome that you’ve found “Siestaville”! We’re all taking the challenge to learn two scripture verses a month. It has been so refreshing to memorize God’s Word. Hope you’re able to join us! From one Southern Belle to another…this is just about as sweet as my Memaw’s tea!
Marie, Justin Texas : 2 Timothy 1:7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self discipline. (NIV)
Nicola Calgary, AB Daniel 10:12 AMP Then he said to me, Fear not Daniel, for from the first day you set you mind and your heart to understand and humble yourself before your God your words have been heard and I have come as a consequence and in response to your words.
Di, Cowpens, SC
Proverbs 31: 25-26 NIV
“She is clothed with strength and dignity;
she can laugh at the days to come.
She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.”
Fort Payne, AL
Job 19:25 NIV
I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. 26 And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; 27 I myself will see him with my own eyes–I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
Tona, South Carolina,
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:13 NIV
A little tardy but I’m still here!
Emily, Elk Grove, CA
The Lord is at hand;
do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made know to God.
Philippians 4:5b-6 (ESV)
Gayla, Johns Creek, GA
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39 NIV
College Station, TX
“Who among you fears the Lord
and obeys the word of his servant?
Let the one who walks in the dark,
who has no light, trust in the name
of the Lord and rely on their God.”
Isaiah 50:10 [NIV]
Marilyn, Florence, AL
He did not waver in unbelief about the promise of God but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God. He was fully convinced that what God promised He was also able to do.
Romans 4:20-21 NET
Rychelle, Post Falls, Idaho
“Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under the law but under grace.”
Romans 6:12-14 ESV
Valley Head, AL
Phil 2:3-5 NLT
3 Don’t be selfish;don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.
4 Don’t look out only for your owna interests, but take an interest in others, too. and what they are doing. 5 You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
Allie, South Pasadena CA
“Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32 NASB
Ack!! Better late than never.. 🙁
Sarah T., San Diego, CA.
“Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.”
Psalm 23:4 NLT
Romans 12:10
“Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love. In honor giving preference to one another.” NKJV
“Into your hand I commit my spirit; You have ransomed me, O LORD, God of truth” Psalm 31:5 NASB
Josie, Tucson, AZ
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 NIV
Jessica, Carlsbad, CA “Yet I am confident I will see the Lord’s goodness while I am here in the land of the living. I will wait patiently for the Lord. I’ll be brave and courageous. Yes, I will wait patiently for the Lord.” Psalm 27: 13-14 (NLT)
Beth,
It was such a pleasure to with you at the Save Mart Center in Fresno this last weekend. I was the representative from Clovis Hills Community Church that you talked with (when you noticed our “I heart my church” T-shirts! I have been learning from you and your studies for years and would have never guessed that I would get a chance to get THAT up-close and personal with you. What a rush!
I wanted to thank you SO much for bringing us the lesson from James 5. It came at perfect time for SO many ladies, including myself, and I am still so excited by my notes and what I learned. I want to be more intentional about life during this time of RAIN in my life. I feel the Lord’s blessings in many ways lately and I want to make sure I don’t take this time for granted.
I also wanted to share with you (and Travis) that our time shared in corporate worship was phenomenal!!! I serve as a vocalist on our church’s worship team and it was amazing to be singing with the LP Praise Team at the top of my lungs and not even be able to hear my own voice among the sound of thousands of women praising our GOD! I just cried with joy. Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU for providing that time for us.
Beth, I hope your voice has recovered and that you are in good health as you travel. I hope to be with you again someday.
Much love and thanks,
Liz
Abbey: Houston: “For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.” Psalm 107:9 NIV
Molly Ashland, KY I am consumed by a God that loves me. If I walk with him, I can do anything. (Philippians 4:13)
Jocelyn, Costa Mesa: For God has not given me a spirit of fear but of love, and of strength, and of sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 NKJ
Janet, West Linn, OR
“For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”
Hebrews 4:12 NIV
They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. Rev 12:11 NIV
Shonda, Aurora, SD
Philippians 3:12
Not that I have already obtain it or have already become perfect, so I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.
I am a little late getting this in but here it is.
Jeanne Honolulu, HI
Psalm 46:10 (New Century Version)
10 God says, “Be still and know that I am God.
I will be praised in all the nations;
I will be praised throughout the earth.”
Tami, Arcadia, CA “Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.” James 3:18 NIV
Stephanie, Austin, “When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who know my way.” Psalm 142:3, NIV
Fiona, Brussels, Belgium
“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.”
Ezekial 36: 26-27 (NIV 2010)
Sorry I’m late again…
“You gave abundant showers, O God, You refreshed your weary inheritance. Your people settled in it and from Your bounty, God, You provided for the poor.”
Psalm 68:9-10 (NIV)
Jami
Shelby, NC
Ephesians 1:8-9
8 He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, 9 letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ,
Ephesians 6 v14-17
Stand firm then with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the brestplate of righteousness in place and your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take up the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit which is the word of God.
Proverbs3:6 (NASB) In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight.
Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore. Psalm 105:4
Dir-shu Adonai ve-u-zo,
Ba-ke-shu fa-nav ta-mid
(hebrew)
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”
Colossians 3:12 NIV
Jennifer, Denham Springs, LA
I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD; and they shall be my people. And I shall be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.
Jeremiah 24:7, NKJV
Heidi, Round Rock, TX
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 4:16
Katherine Atlanta, Those who know your name trust in you,
for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you. Psalms 9:10 NIV
Barbara, Fredericksburg, VA. Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful. Heb10:23 NIV
Sr. Jane
Clyde, MO
Ps.46:1 NIV
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in time of trouble.
Paula, Batavia,Oh
I lift up my eyes to the hills-
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
Psalm 121:1-2
Michelle Martin, Lakeland, Fl
28 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,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
Isaiah 40:28 (NIV)
Cara, Holland. “The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.” Isaiah 50:4 ESV
(I’m sorry this is so late!)
Carrie – Kitchener, ON Canada (a little late) –
Then Jesus declared “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty”. John 6:35 (NIV)
Jenny – Cedar Rapids
Don’t worry about anything; instead pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done. 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 4:6-7 NLT
Pam-Rochester MN In quietness and in trust shall be your strength. Is.30:15 ESV
Keysha
Roanoke, VA
Psalm 119:5 (ESV) Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes!
Lisa from Greenville, SC.
“This is what the Lord says, ‘In the time of my favor I will answer you, and in the day of salvation I will help you.'” Isaiah 49:8 (NIV)