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.
Becky Jo
Chesterfield MI
”We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure. We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.”
Hebrews 6:11-12 NIV
Cindy K, Rock Hill, SC
Jesus answered, “The foremost is, HEAR O ISRAEL! THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD” Mark 12:29 – NAS
Lisa, Marion IN
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. Psalm 100:4 (NIV)
Valerie
Sparks, Nevada
And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope.
1 Thessalonians 4:13 NLT
Freida, Chatham, LA “Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.” Romans 6:13 NIV
Jaclyn, Houston. “This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.” 1 John 2:5b-6 NIV
Ola, Woodbridge
Psalm 91:2
I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
Deborah, Markham, VA
“We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit Who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.” 1 Corinthians 2:12 NIV
Jude 20-21 NIV 1984
But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
Kristy from Port Angeles, WA
“always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all”
Philippians 1:4 NASB
Kim
Orange City
Wait for the Lord, be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.
Psalm 27:14 NIV
Psalm 1:3 “He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither and whatsoever he doeth it shall prosper.”
Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Deut 6:5
Diana, Seekonk, MA
Lyli, Fort Lauderdale:
Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. / Let all that you do be done with love (I Corinthians 16:13-14, NKJV).
Kathy
Shattuck, OK
Colossians 3:15 (NIV) “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.”
Robin, Landing, NJ
In honor of Thanksgiving:
Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise they glorious name.
I Chronicles 29:13 KJV
Gizmo, Spring Branch, TX
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.”
Psalm 23:4 (NIV)
Holly Belt,Spring Hill,TN
You hem me in behind and before, and You lay Your hand upon me.
Psalm 139:5
Patti, Houston, “They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.” Psalm 91:12 NIV
Nicole Bloomington, IL:
“Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.” Psalm 103:1-2 ESV
Dallas, TX, “Though the fig tree should not blossom
And there be no fruit on the vines,
Though the produce of the olive fail
And the fields produce no food,
Though the flock be cut off from the fold
And there be no cattle in the stalls,
Yet I will exult in the LORD,
I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.”
Habakkuk 3:17-18 NASB
Faith is choosing to live your life trusting that the Lord knows how all the pieces of the puzzle fit together.
Deborah, Cheyenne – “All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.” 1 Corinthians 6:12 NASB
Kaila, Springfield, MO
Psalm 94: 17-18
If the LORD had not been my help,
my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.
When I thought, “My foot slips,”
your steadfast love, O LORD, held me up.
Jennie
Glendale, CA
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
James 3:17
ESV
Tami, Palm Coast, FL: Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. Jeremiah 29:12 (NIV)
Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for Wisdom and power are His. He changes times and seasons, He removes Kings and raises up Kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
Daniel 2:20-21
Jill
Vandalia, MO
Ali C. , Dublin, CA- He does not punish us for all our sins; he does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve. Psalm 103:10 NLT
Kosciusko, MS
“May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.” Psalm 19:14
Sarah, Wichita Falls TX
So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. Luke 11:9 NIV
Patty, Granite Bay, Matthew 21:22 NIV “If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
Troy, Ohio
Colossians 1:15-17 NIV
He is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn over all creation.
For by him all things were created:
things in heaven and on earth, visible
and invisible, whether thrones or
powers or rulers or authorities; all
things were created by him and for him.
He is before all things, and in him
all things hold together.
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.
Philippians 1:9-11
KJV
Laurie Chester
“Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul and maintain good conduct among non-christians, so that though they now malign you as wrong doers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when He appears.”
1 Peter 2:11-12 NET Bible
Peggy, Berwyn,AB
Psalm 46:10
Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
NIV
AMP Romans 8:26
So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance.
Those who look to Him are radiant and their faces shall never be ashamed. Psalm 34:5 ESV
Joy, Peachtree City. “Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candle-stick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:15-16 KJV
Katie, Augusta, Ga: He changes times and seasons; He sets up kings and disposes of them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. He reveals deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him. Dan. 2:21-22 (NIV)
James 4:7 “So humble yourselves before God. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.”
Concetta, White Oak, Romans 12:2 NLT, “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.”
Denise
Deming, NM
Ephesians 1:18
Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the holy ones.
HNV
Kim B from Center, TX:
“Give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His love endures forever.” Psalm 136:1 (NIV)
Holly from Alpharetta, GA
“A wise person is hungry for truth, while the fool feeds on trash” Prov.15:14 NLT
I want to be wise and diligent about what I feed my mind and spirit!
Melanie – Lebanon, KS
Ephesians 3:16(AMP)
May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the [Holy] Spirit [Himself indwelling your innermost being and personality].
Dawn, Orland Park, IL – “But the LORD will redeem those who serve him. No one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.” Psalm 34:22 (NLT)
James 3:18 (NRSV)
A harvest of righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace.
Woodstock,Ga.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. Psalm 118:8(NIV)
Judy, Cottageville, WV (KJV) 2Samuel 12:23b “I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.”
Yvonne, Riverside/Fairfield, CA
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. ~Romans 8:28 (NASB)~