Hi Siestas! It is such a joy to be able to talk to you! My name is Sherry McClure and I just love this community so very much. I live in the suburbs of Houston, Texas, and I work here at Living Proof Ministries. One of my responsibilities right now at LPM is to help moderate your comments and it brings me such delight. Thank you for letting me be a part of your life in that way. All of you have so much to offer and I love getting to know you through your comments here! I also have the joy of tending to many of you through Facebook and I love y’all so incredibly much.
A little bit about me: I have been here at LPM for just over 11 years and have had the opportunity to do many things here! I started working at LPM when I had only been married for 2 years and we didn’t have children at the time. As I have grown and changed, my responsibilities at LPM have changed as well. I have been married for 13 years to David and we have two boys –Sam (9) and Jacob (7). We have a lot of fun together, but life with boys is loud, fast, and sometimes messy.  I also have the privilege of serving my home church in our women’s ministry. Life is full and fun! Some of the things that I enjoy most in this life are playing with my kids, being outside, shopping, cooking, and most of all, studying God’s word. His Word is the absolute thrill of my life. The Lord has recently breathed a new passion for His word into my soul and it is what I wake up for everyday…to see the Lord in His Word.  He is the love of my life.
1 Samuel 12:24 (ESV)
“Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.”
This is one of the verses that the Lord has given me to focus on throughout the entire year. He broke it down for me like this:
Only fear the Lord: I am not to fear failure. I am not to fear what someone may think. I am not to fear the enemy. I am not to fear people I think are my enemies. I am not to fear things I imagine. I am not to fear man. My only fear should be of the Lord. There is safety in fearing Him.
Serve him faithfully: I am to be faithful in the ways that He has given me to serve. I am to work in excellence and do everything unto Him.
With all your heart: I am to give my all to the things that I am serving in. No settling for mediocrity. No half-accomplishing things. No “it’s fine.” No “this will do.” I am to give my whole heart.
Consider what great things He has done for you: I want to be living in a constant state of gratitude before the Lord. I want to be mindful that He rescued me from the dominion of darkness and transferred me to the kingdom of light (Colossians 1:13). He indeed has done great things for us!
So, my dear sisters, I pray that you will only fear the Lord. I pray that you will serve Him with all of your heart. I pray that you will remember the great things He has done for you. He is everything and I pray you experience Him through His word as it sinks into your souls!
I love you all so much,
Sherry
Jeanise Newsom, Flynn, Texas. For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgement, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. Romans 12:3 NIV
Dawn, Silver Spring, MD
Psalm 19:6 (ESV)
Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them, and there is nothing hidden from its heat.
Lafayette, LA
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom he Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
John 14:26NIV
Roswell , Ga His glorious power will make you patient and strong enough to endure anything , and you will be truly happy. Colossians 1:11NLV
Gloria Davis, Mansfield, OH “Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.” Ephesians 3:20 (KJV)
Kelli O., Spokane, WA
“For you O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.” Psalm 86:5
Sandra, Burnaby BC Canada
“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” Matthew 5:5-6 ESV
(Working on the sermon on the mount)
Mary from Joshua, TX
1 Samuel 12:24 NKJV
“Only fear the LORD, and serve Him in truth (faithfully) with all your heart; For consider what great things He has done for you.”
Laura Graves, Charleston, SC
2 Corinthians 1:20, “For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.” NIV
Paula, OKC, OK: Then Jesus said to His disciples. “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.” Matthew 16:24-25 NIV
“But I will sing of Your strength and will joyfully proclaim Your faithful love in the morning, for You have been a stronghold for me, a refuge in my day of trouble.” Psalm 59:16 ESV
James 1:18 NIV
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits of all he created.
Carol, Farmers Branch, TX
I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.
Galatians 2:21 NKJV
(Studying Galatians.)
Alicia Casady, Columbia, MO
“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
Deb Treat, St. Joseph, MO:
“In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 ESV
Isaiah 38:15 NIV
“But what can I say? He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this. I will walk humbly all my years because of this anguish of my soul.”
Emily in Puyallup, WA
Sarah Spencer, Marion, KS
24 Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. 1 Corinthians 10:24, ESV
Tammy, Hemingway, SC
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. Romans 12:2 NLT
Sarah B
Bonaire, Ga
“I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other!
Revelation 3:15 NIV
Melissa, Vicksburg, MS “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 2:15 NIV
Robin Spires, Pendleton, IN Ezekiel 36:26 (NLT) And I give you a new heart. And I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.
Shannon Newport, TN
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.
1 Corinthians 9:24
Tigi, Montgomery Village, MD
For the sake of my family and friends , I will say, “Peace be within you.”
Psalm 122:8 NIV
Lorna Coonrad, Autin Tx.
Philippians 4:13 NIV
I can do all this trough him
who give me strength.
Dale, Rocklin, CA
Psalms 119:105 NIV
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Jill, Troy, KS, And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philipians 4:7
Cathi Blate, North Canton, Oh
Surely goodness and loving kindness will follow me all the days of my life.
And I will dwell in the house of The Lord forever.
Psalm 23:6
And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. Romans 5:5 NIV
A cheerful hear is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.
Proverbs 17:22 NLT
Rachel, Nashville TN, “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.” Ephesians 6:12 (NIV)
Haley, Kansas City, MO
Because I want to be ready for anything rather than afraid of everything:
“For when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is full developed, you will be strong in character and ready for anything.”
James 1:3-4, New Living Translation
Eniola, Lagos Nigeria
You will keep in perfect peace
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust in you.
Isaiah 26:3(NIV)
Stephanie and daughter Madison, Louisville, KY
2Cor 3:17 (NIV)
Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
It does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. 1 Corinthians 13:6
Teach me your way O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. Psalm, 86:11
Adria A. Jackson TN
I cry for You for help when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the towering rock of safety. Psalm 61:2 (NLT)
Debbie George, Marion, IN. “Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed, says the LORD, who has compassion on you. ” Isaiah 54:10 NIV
Kim – Katy, Texas
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2: 8-10 NIV
Patty, busy grandmother of twins, Shelton, WA
If my people, who are called by my name,
will HUMBLE themselves
and PRAY and SEEK my face
and TURN from their wicked ways,
the I will FORGIVE their sin
and will HEAL their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV
Jennifer, Louisiana
For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations. Psalm 100:5 (ESV)
Heather, Louisiana
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. John 15: 18-19
Robin Myers, Salem, Indiana, The name of the Lord is a fortified tower, the righteous run to it and are safe. Proverbs 18:10. NIV
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7 KJV
Christina D, Decatur, TX
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
Colossians 4:6 (ESV)
2 Corinthians 5:20
We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf:be reconciled to God.
Jasper, TX
Colossians 3:2
“Set your mind on things above, not on things that are on earth.”
NASB
Ephesians 1:3-5 (NRSV)
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love.”
Adele, Matthews NC – Hebrews 3:13-14 New Jerusalem Bible
Every day, as long as this today lasts, keep encouraging one another so that none of you is hardened by the lure of sin,
14 because we have been granted a share with Christ only if we keep the grasp of our first confidence firm to the end.
Stacy, Ruston, LA “Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust Him, and He will help you. He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun.” Psalms 37:5-6 NLT
….a bit late, oops!
Fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10 ESV