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!
Melle
Waco, Tx.
Psalm 63:3-4 Because you love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live and in your name I will lift up my hands. (NIV)
Stephanie, Morgantown, WV If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I mayknow you and continue to find favor with you. Exodus 33:13
Sow for yourselves according to righteousness, reap according to mercy and loving-kindness. Break up your uncultivated ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, to inquire for and of Him and to require His favor till He comes and teaches you righteousness and rains His righteous gift of salvation upon you. Hosea 10:12 (Amp.)
Exodus 14:14 NIV
The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.
Phil 4:6 NIV
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Woops! That was for my sixth week.
Here is my newest:
Psalm 119:169 NIV
May my cry come before you, O LORD; give me understanding according to your word.
Kitty, Centerton, AR – Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs. Jonah 2:8
Katie. Loveland, CO 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
Bethany, Magnolia, TX.
In that day you will say: “I will praise you O Lord. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me. Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord, is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation.”
Kathy from Oakland, Oregon
“For we know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin – because anyone who has died has been freed from sin.”
Romans 6:6-7 NIV
Do everything without complaining or arguing so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe. Philippians 2:14-15 NIV
Martha, Lexington: Jesus said to them: “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own, but He sent me. Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry our your father’s desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. John 8: 42 – 44 (NIV)
Kay
Clemmons, NC
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:13 NKJV
Allison
Central Asia
Continuing with James 2
Do they not blaspheme the fair name by which you have been called?
James 2:7 (NAS)
Ally
Fort Worth, TX
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
John 3:16, ESV
We who are strong ought to bear with the failings
of the weak and not to please ourselves.
Bronx,New york
We who are strong ought to bear with the failings
of the weak and not to please ourselves.
RO 15:1
May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. 1 Thessalonians 3:12
NASB – Deut 31:8
The LORD is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.
Virginia, NC
Marie, Easley, SC
Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically, as something done for the Lord and not for men.
Colossians 3:23
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16 (NIV)
Better really late than never!
Worry weighs us down; a cheerful word picks us up.
Prov 12:25 (The Message)
Donna,
Franklin, TN
Stephanie, Minneapolis, NIV
2 Corinthians 10:5
“…we take every thought captive, making it obedient to Christ.”
I think I forgot to list my last 2 verses, so I’ll put both here. I’m doing a passage in II Peter 1:3-8.
4For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.
5Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge
Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.
Psalm 62.8 NIV
Amy Perrysburg, OH
Lorraine, Smithfield, NC
See I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me. Is. 49:16
Being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. This is why it was credited to him as righteousness.
Romans 4:21-22 NIV
“Because Your love is better than life, my lips will glorify You. I will praise You as long as I live and in Your name I will lift up my hands.” Psalm 63:3-4 NIV
Hillary, Auburn, Al
Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good.
Romans 12:9 NLT
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not men
Colossians 3:23
Jenny, Frankfort “therefore my dear brothers and sisters 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
Becky, Alberta, Canada
It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we’re living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone. Ephesians 1:11,12 The Message
Kathy, Austin
“The Lord has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all. Praise the Lord, you His angels, you mighty ones who do His bidding, who obey His word. Praise the Lord, all His heavenly hosts, you His servants who do His will. Praise the Lord, all His works everywhere in His dominion. Praise the Lord, O my soul.” Psalm 103:19-22 NIV
Romans 12:10 “Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another.” KJV
Karen Lake Jackson
Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness;give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name
Psalm 86:11
I hope I can still put my scripture verse in. I was in Kazakhstan with no internet when the next verse had to be put in. “I desire to do your will, MY GOD, Your law is within my heart” NIV
Teri from Florida
Be still the in presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act.
Psalm 37:7 NLT
Sharon,Lititz,PA
Psalm 141:3 NIV
Set a guard over my mouth,O Lord;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
Nicole
Prairieville, Louisiana
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers…”
Romans 8:38, NIV
For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline. 2Timothy 1:7 (NAS)
Lauren, Houston. “Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.” James 1:12(NIV)
Melissa, Blairsville.
“In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength..” Isaiah 30:15 (NIV)
Kena, Illinois 1Cor. 15:58 ESV Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
Katie Enlow, Paducah, KY – May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. 1 Thessalonians 3:12
Heather Lane
Little Rock, AR
“But blessed are those who trust in the Lord
and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.”
Jeremiah 17:7
Julie in Absarokee Montana
I will stand at my watch
and station myself on the ramparts;
I will look to see what he will say to me,
and what answer I am to give to this complaint.
Hab 2:1
niv
Rachel
Tucson, AZ
Colossians 3:23 NIV
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.”
Behold, an hour is coming, and has already come, for you to be scattered, each to his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage, I have overcome the world. John 16:32,33 NASB
Turkesshia, Greensboro, NC
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Psalm 23:4 KJV
Debbie, Stevenson Ranch, CA
James 1:4 NLT
So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be strong in character and ready for anything.
Seek the Lord, and his strength; seek his face evermore.
psalm 105:4