Three more to go!
Three more to go!
Three more to go!
(Hear that all cheerleader like)
Ladies, the finish line is in sight! Let’s run the rest of this race marked out for us. What a privilege this has been, you guys.
I think I told you guys recently that I’d gotten a new Bible. I absolutely love it. I always choose one Book of the Bible to read through carefully when I get a new one and this time I chose the Book of Acts. I’ve been so incredibly inspired by it. The verse I’m memorizing this time is for the sake of prayer. (Do you guys often use your memory verses in prayer, turning them into intercession? It really stirs up my faith and my strength.) I’m praying that what happened when Peter was in the midle of bringing the Scriptures to attentive listeners will happen in our environments, too. I’m praying this for my pastor and those who hear the Scriptures through him. I’m praying it for myself and for those I’m privileged to serve. I now pray it for you and those you teach and encourage with the Word of God.
Beth, Houston. “While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the Word.” Acts 10:44 ESV
Lord, let it be! Drench Your listeners with Your Spirit! While we are right in the middle of sharing the Scriptures, fall on every single person who hears. I want this so much. I want a fresh anointing, don’t you? I think our God is willing to give it. Let’s ask Him boldly! All we have to do is make absolutely certain that He gets every ounce of credit. Oh, what He’d be willing to do if we jealously guarded His glory and humbled ourselves as slaves of God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ok, Girls. How about yours?
I love you so much.
Stephanie, Lititz, PA “Enter His gates with thanksgiving; go into His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and bless His name.” Psalm 100:4 NLT
Amber, Lincolnton, NC
“Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.” – Ephesians 4:29, NLT
But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess. Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you. 1 Peter 3:15-16 NIV
Kristi Rogersville
Ephesians 2:4-5 NIV
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.
So don’t throw away your confidence, it will be richly rewarded. (Hebrews 10:35 NIV)
Jan, Denton “A cheerful heart has a continual feast” Proverbs 15:15
Laura, Jefferson, ME
Psalm 50:14 “Offer to God thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High.” NKJV
Jolynn, Rowlett, Tx
“if you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. What’s more, who can say but that you have been elevated to the palace for just such a time as this?”
Esther 4:14 NLT
Linda & girls, Pauls Valley, OK-I Cor. 13: 10,11 “When I was a child, I talked like a child. I thought like a child. I had the understanding of a child. When I became , I put childish things behind me.” – Children’s Bible
Fran, Jackson TN
Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good. (Romans 12:9 NLT)
Jennifer, Denham Springs, LA
I know that You can do everything, and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. Job 42:2, NKJV
Wendy from Mesilla Park NM
“These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”
-John 16:33 (NASB)
Hollie, Mount Vernon
“Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
Matthew 5:12, NIV
Charlotte
Lexington
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message. (Acts 10:44 NIV)
Brenda, Denton,Tx: “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Romans 15:13 NIV
Confession:1) I’m getting this in a little late
2) last time when I posted Hebrews12:1, I’m pretty sure I called it Romans
Kathi, Lexington, OH
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:2 (NIV)
Phillipians 2:3 NIV
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
Kari
Benton, AR
Jayne-Frisco, TX
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”
Philippians 4:6
Kim ~ Niceville, Florida
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do,
do it all for the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31 (NIV)
Natalie, Indialantic, FL
1 Corinthians 15:58 (NIV) 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.
Laura, Englewood.
The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not abandon the works of your hands. Psalm 138:8 (NIV)
For [although] they hold a form of piety (true religion), they deny and reject and are strangers to the power of it [their conduct belies the genuineness of their profession].
II Timothy 3:5 AMP
“Lord may it never be among your siesta sisters!”
Connie
Greene, IA
Because your Love is better than life my lips will glorify you.Psalm 63;3 NIV
Isaiah 45:22 NKJV
Look to Me and be saved, all you ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.
Lisa, Greenville, SC
II Corinthians 4:17 “For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.” NIV
Olda – Huntsville, “Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits— who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.” Psalm 103:1-5 (NIV)
Stacy, Indianapolis Matthew 10:32-33 ESV So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, but whoever denies me before men, I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
Wendy, Vero Beach
I Peter 4:11a (NIV)
If anyone speaks,
he should do it as one speaking the very words of God.
If anyone serves,
he should do it with the strength God provides….
Anne, Simpsonville, SC, “We will not compare ourselves with each other as if one were better and another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original.” Galatians 5:26 The Message
Deb in Bremen, IN
Give thanks to the Lord for He is goo. His love endures forever!
Psalms 136:1 NIV
Vevay, IN
2 Thessalonians 3:3 (NASB)
But the Lord is faithful,
and He will strengthen
and protect you from
the evil one.
Laura, Clay Center, KS
Matthew 6:33-34 (HCSB)
“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you. Therefore, don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
Cynthia, Virgina
We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 2 Corinthians 1:8b-9 NIV
Ps 141
2 May my prayer be set before You as incense,
the raising of my hands as the evening offering.
3 LORD, set up a guard for my mouth;
keep watch at the door of my lips.
AmyLu, Evansville
A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy.
Matthew 8:2-3
Zimmerman, MN
James 1:9-11 NLT
Believers who are poor have something to boast about, for God has honored them. And those who are rich should boast that God has humbled them. They will fade away like a little flower in the field. The hot sun rises and the grass withers; the little flower droops and falls, and it’s beauty fades away. In the same way, the rich will fade away with all of their achievements.
Holly, Beaumont, CA “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.” 1 John 4:7 ESV
Rom. 11:36 For everything comes from Him, everything exists by His power and is intended for His glory. To Him be glory evermore. Amen.
Jessica, Winston-Salem, NC
1st-” Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.” Psalm 51:12
15th-“He must become greater; I must become less.” John 3:30
Kathy, Houston
“While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the Word.” Acts 10:44, ESV
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrafice to God for a sweet-smellling aroma. (Ephesians 5:1-2 NKJV)
Kathy West Milton
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvatuon and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
2 Corinthians 7:10 NIV
As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likness.
Psalm 17:15 NKJV
Dixie in Trophy Club says:
Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His face continually.
Psalm 105:4
New American Standard
Barb, Kentwood MI:
And He said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. Luke 18:27 KJV
Joan, Fredericktown, OH
Isaiah 55:11 NIV
So is my word that goes out from my mouth: it will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
Kristen, Houston TX
“If only you would slay the wicked, O God! Away from me, you bloodthirsty men! They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name.” Psalm 139:19-20
Bridgett from Pell City: Teach me knowledge and good judgment,   for I trust your commands.
Psalm 119:66 NIV
Traci, Frankfort, KY
“But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find Him if you look for Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Deuteronomy 4:29
Carrie, Piqua, OH: So the LORD must wait for you to come to him so he can show you his love and compassion. For the LORD is a faithful God. Blessed are those who wait for his help. Isaiah 30:18 NLT
Perserverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete not lacking anything. James 1:4 NIV