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!
Bettie
Pasadena, TX
2 Samuel 22:20 NIV
“He brought me to a spacious place; He rescued me because He delighted in me.”
Ashley Sullens
Kings Mountain, NC
Isaiah 30:18 (NKJV) – Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore he will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him.
Sandy, Ft. Worth
“Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.”
I Thessalonians 4:11-12 NIV
Candice
Evanston, IL
Proverbs 3:21-22 (NIV)
My son, preserve sound judgment and discernment, do not let them out of your sight; they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck.
Tammy,
Lusby, MD
John 11:25-26A (NIV)
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die.”
Karen, Wildwood, MO
“So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.”
Hebrews 10:35-36
Beth, Cleveland
For man believes with his heart and so is justified, and he confesses with his lips and so is saved.
Romans 10:10 RSV
Rachel
Fullerton, CA
2 Peter 1:5-7 (ESV)
For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
Jill in Palm Coast, FL
For through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see – such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him.
Col. 1:16 NLT
Freida, Chatham, LA “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.” 3 John 1:4 KJV
My grace is sufficent for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. 2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV
Rebecca, Vancleave MS: “Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love.” 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 (NKJV)
Jennifer, Cincinnati, OH
Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 1 Peter 4:9 NIV
Johanna, Carlsbad
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay
to show that this all-surpassing power is
from God and not from us.” NIV
Regan, Conroe. “Commit your work to the Lord and your plans will be established.” Proverbs 16:3, ESV
There is no one holy like the Lord;
there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.
I Samuel 2:2 NIV
Crystal-Milford, IA
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. I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing! Galatians 2:20-21 (TNIV)
Sara Springfield Mo Dueteronomy 31:8
And the Lord, he it is that goes before you, he will be with you, he will not fail you, or forsake you, fear not niether be dismayed.
Sabrina
Morristown, Tennessee
“Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly.” 1 Corinthians 13:13
The Message
Karen, Lynnwood, WA – “Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart my fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” Psalm 73: 25-26 (NIV)
Laura K, Spearfish, SD
Romans 15:7 NIV
Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
Oshkosh WI
How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, not sit in the seat of scoffers!
Psalm 1:1 NASB
Joy, Peachtree City. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16 NAV
And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will. Romans 8:27 NIV
Bonnie, Selah, When his people pray for help, he listens and rescues them from their troubles. Psalms 34:17 (NIV)
Dagmar Tyler, TX
11 They triumphed over 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
Psalm 31:5 NIV
Into your hands I commit my spirit, redeem me, O Lord, the God of truth.
Maria – New York, NY
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.
“I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me & heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud & mire; he set my feet on a rock & gave me a firm place to stand.” psalm 40:1-2 niv
alicia, chicago, il (but happily writing today from atlanta, ga!)
2 Timothy 2:13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself. (NKJV)
Julie- Carlsbad, Ca “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests but also to the interests of others.” Philippians 2:3-4 NIV
Marsha – Lee’s Summit, MO
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous and then you will have good success. Joshua 1:8 NKJ
Concetta, White Oak, Ephesians 3:20-21,(NKJV)”Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”
rachel, lafayette ind. –
there’s more to come: we continue to shout our praise even when we’re hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next. in alert expectancy such as this, we’re never left feeling shortchanged. quite the contrary—we can’t round up enough containers to hold everything God generously pours into our lives through the Holy Spirit!
– romans 5:3-5 (the message)
Kerry, Apple Creek, Ohio
Deuteronomy 2:3 NASB
You have circled this mountain long enough. Now turn
north.
Annete, Richmond, TX – John 15:1 NIV
I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
Marge, Chili WI
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)
PS Going to Priscilla simulcast in Appleton today, can’t wait! 🙂
Diana, East Peoria, IL
Luke 1:45
Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!
Joyce
Oklahoma
Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Psalm 100:2
Anne, Minneapolis
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Colossians 3:12-14
Sarah
Locust grove, Ga
“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” Eph. 6:12
Peggy- Idaho
“Everything is possible for him who believes”
Mark 9:23 NIV
Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family. Proverbs 18:24
In honor of Tammie Head, because I need to remember this as well!
You need to persevere,
so that when you have done the will of God,
you will receive what He has promised.
Hebrews 10:36
Jeanene, Newnan, GA
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
Angie, Toronto.
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.
Ephesians 3:16-17b NIV
Melissa, Scarborough, ME: “Remind me each morning of Your constant love, for I put my trust in You. My prayers go up to You; show me the way I should go.” Psalm 143:8 GNT
Marcia, Portland, OR
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 2 Corinthians 4:7 NIV
Anita, Lawrenceville, “Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of men!” Psalm 107:8 ESV
Rachelle Ankeny, Iowa
Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.” Proverbs 27:1 KJV