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
Sandra Kent Gwinn MI – Eph 5:8-10 The Message
You groped your way through that murk once, but no longer. You’re out in the open now. The bright light of Christ makes your way plain. So no more stumbling around. Get on with it! The good, the right, the true – these are the actions appropriate for daylight hours. Figure out what will please Christ, then do it.
Marilyn Thompson, Muskego, WI – “I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?” Jeremiah 32:27
Rebecca
Owasso OK
“By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me – a prayer to the God of my life.”
Psalm 42:8 NIV
Peggy Rush, Independence, Missouri
Also the hand of God was on Judah to give them singleness of heart to obey the command of the king and the leaders, at the Word of the LORD. 2 Chronicles 30:12 NKJV
Clarks Summit, PA
Isaiah 41:13 NIV
“For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.”
Romans 8:1-4 ESV
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as a sin offering, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Pam… Campbellsburg In.
Therefore I say to you whatever things you ask when you pray, Believe that you receive them and you will have them.. Mark 11;24 NKJV NSFL
Lori McGahey, Nashville, TN,
“The LORD your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save: He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you in His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17 NKJV
Lisa Owen
Lakeville, MN
Romans 12:2
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Turkesshia Moore, Greensboro, NC
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Matthew 5:9 KJV
Laura Naiser, Georgetown, TX, “Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is Christ.” Ephesians 4:15, NIV
Angela; Monroe, GA
Then the Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? (â€Exodus‬ â€4‬:â€11‬ ESV)
Emily Babb, New Iberia, LA
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
Psalm 55:22 ESV
Jean Dlapa, New Berlin, WI
Romans 12:2, NIV
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Jennifer Meyers
Jasper, Alabama
“Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are PURE, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy- meditate on these things.”
Philippians 4:8-9 NKJV (emphasis added is mine)
Celia Grabowski Cheswick, PA This is the confidence we have in approaching God:: that if we ask anything according to His will, He will hear us. 1 John 5:14 NIV
Holli
Jacksonville AL
Psalm 56:16 ESV
But I will sing of your strength. I will sing of your steadfst love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in my day of distress.
Jill Smith, Eugene, OR
Psalm 91:3-4. ESV
For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowlerand from the deadly pestilence.
He will cover you with his pinions,and under his wings you will find refuge;his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
Jen, Fort Worth, TX
Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. (â€Proverbs‬ â€16‬:â€3‬ ESV)
Michelle, North Little Rock, AR
“Yet amid all these tings we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through HIM who loved us.” Romans 8:37 (AMP)
2 John 1:6 NIV
And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
Debra P., Kingwood, TX, “The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights.” Habakkuk 3:19 NIV
Cheya, Houston, TX. Because he bends down to listen,I will pray as long as I have breath!
PSALMS 116:2 NLT
Karla – Katy, TX
“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.”
1 John 4:18 NIV
Psalm 42:8New King James Version (NKJV)
8 The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime,
And in the night His song shall be with me—
A prayer to the God of my life.
Meggie, Winnipeg, Canada
“The LORD is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. The LORD is good to everyone. He showers compassion on all his creation.” Psalm 145:8-9 NLT
Belinda, Chesapeake, VA – Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. Proverbs 16:3 (NRSV)
Carrie Foreman. Horatio,Arkansas.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9 ESV
Lori Westfall, Ft. Walton Beach, FL
1 Samuel 12:24 (KJV)
Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
Tiffany, Nampa, ID
NLT – Romans 8:16
For his spirit joins with our spirit to affirm we are God’s children.
Jeanette Blevins, Crescent OK-In honor of my Grandmother’s 90th Birthday – Proverbs 31:25 (NIV) She is clothed with strength and dignity; She can laugh at the days to come.
Darlene J. New Carlisle, OH
Matthew 5:44 ESV
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
janice Meyer
Euless, Texas
Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!
Psalm 27:14 ESV
Hi Sherry. Thank you for all you do in and for the Kingdom.
Penni Jones, Kingwood, TX
“But the Lord God helps me, therefore, I have not been disgraced, therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.”
Melissa, Brandon Mississippi
‘As the Scripture says, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”‘
Romans 10:11 NIV
Shelby, Brandon, Mississippi
“And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.” Romans 8:27 NIV
Gay Beck
Plain City, OH
“The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!”
Mark 1:15 (NIV)
Kristin M, Spokane, WA
She seeks wool and flax,
And willingly works with her hands. Proverbs 31:13 NKJV
Theresia Whitfield, Indianapolis, IN
“But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because not one of you will be lost…” – Acts 27:22(a)
Janice, Springville,AL
Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 10:17
Amy, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
…strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously..
Colossians 1:11 NASB
Audra- Jackson TN
“I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart.”
Psalm 119:111
NKJV
Megan Flora, Oak Ridge, TN.
“The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.” Lamentations 3:25-26 NIV
Auneca from Donalsonville, GA
Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.
1 Samuel 12:25 ESV
Molly Legg Gainesville, GA
“So you will find favor and good repute in the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3:4-6 NASB
I sought the LORD, and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.
Psalm 34:4 NASB
Syneva Mullins, Topeka, KS
Vickie Heerema, Pella, Iowa
Finally then, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you must walk and please God-as you are doing-do so even more.
1Thessalonians 4:1 (NIV)
Olivia,Chichester, UK. “How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, Your God reigns!” Isaiah 52v7, NIV.
Phoebe, Knoxville, TN
Eph. 6:13 ESV
Therefore, take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
Caitlyn, Little Elm, TX
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
(â€Jeremiah‬ â€29‬:â€11‬ NIV)