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
Sonya Matthews Midlothian, Texas – “You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will make me full of gladness with your presence.” Acts 2:28 (ESV)
Only fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully wuth all your heart. For consider what great He has done for you!
1 Samuel 12:24 ESV
Romans 5:1 (NAS)
“Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ”
Carolyn
Wheaton, IL
Andrea from Eindhoven, Netherlands
“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:2 KJV
Rebecca Alread, St Simons Island, GA. “I’ve thrown myself headlong into Your arms–I’m celebrating Your rescue. I’m singing at the top of my lungs, I’m so full of answered prayers.” Psalm 13:5-6 MSG
Kali Binkley, Jefferson City, MO – Psalms 107:1-2 “Give thanks to The LORD for he is good! His faithful love endures forever! Has the LORD redeemed you? Then speak out! Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies.” NLT
Your eyes saw me when I was formless; All my days were written in your book and planned before a single one of them began.
Psalm 139:16 HCSB
Susan C., Altamonte Springs, Florida
Tanya Crouse, Floyd’s Knobs, IN –
Better late than never…..
“If anyone thinks he has religion and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.” James 1:26 ESV
Lisa Godwin
Alpharetta, GA
Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. (ESV)
Kirsten Pierce, Boones Mill, VA. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us. Ephesians 3:20, NIV
Jackson, TN
But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. (â€James‬ â€1‬:â€6‬ NIV)
“The Lord is my Shepherd. I lack nothing.” Psalms 23:1 NIV
Pam Heath, Flint, TX
Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a wicked and crooked generation.
Philippians 2:14-15 NIV
Elise Arnold Midlothian, TX
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there if fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forever more. Psalm 16:11 ESV
You did not choose me but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.This is my command:Love each other! John 15:16-17
Cher Goeder, Toledo, OH Ephesians 3:21 NIV “…to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen”
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer. Psalms 19:14 NLT
I always want to be mindful of this verse,,,,,each and every day….to your glory Lord….to your glory!!!
Jennifer from SC
“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.” I Corinthians 15:58
NIV
Connie Knott
Brandon, MS
Above everything else guard your heart, because from it flow the springs of life.
Proverbs 4:23 (ISV)
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, (â€1 Peter‬ â€1‬:â€3‬ NIV)
Burke, Va.
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.
Roman Road
Romans 3:23 KJV
” For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
Elizabeth Melcher
Barto, PA
Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!
Psalms 27:14 (NKJV)
Kristi, Telford, PA
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Col. 3:17 NIV
Leann Chambers
Athens, LA
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Romans 10: 9-10
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:23 KJV
Be joyful always; pray continually. 1Thessalonians 5:16-17. NIV
Kim Briscoe – Rutledge, TN
Amy, Albemarle, NC
They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.
-Rev. 12:11, NIV
Jessica B.
North Potomac, MD
Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.
Romans 5:3-4 NIV
I Cor. 2:12 ESV
Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit of God, that we may understand the things freely given us by God.
Prov 4:23kjv Keep thy heath with all dilligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”
Romans 12:12, NIV
Greta, Denton, TX
Thanks to the massive snow storm in the Southeast just now getting here…
Vanessa, Johnson City, TN
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28 KJV
Allison, Alberta, Canada
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding
Proverbs 3:5
Kimberly
Fort Wayne, IN
Lamentations 3:25
“The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.”
Telena Haneline, Maryville, TN. “for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.” 1 John 5:4 NIV
Ally Haneline, Maryville, TN. “In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 KJV
Jen Hackler
Monroe, La
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
John 16:33 ESV
“Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not you heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.” John 14:27 NAS
“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”
Psalm 73:26
Heather Boone
Hineston, LA
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I shall counsel you with My eye upon you. Psalm 32:8 ESV
The Lord directs the steps of the Godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.
Psalm 37:23. (NLT)
Cordova, TN
31Jesus answered them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. 32I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent.” Luke 5: 31-32
Linda Steriti
Littleton NH
For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in
one point has become accountable for all of it.
James 2;10 NASB
Sarah Franke – College Station, TX – “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourself.” Philippians 2:3 (NIV)
Samantha M, Morristown, NJ “Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.” 1 Samuel 12:24 esv
Amy Joy Olivo, Waxahachie, TX – Psalm 145:8-9 (NIV): The Lord is gracious and compassionate,slow to anger and rich in love. The Lord is good to all;he has compassion on all he has made.
Katy Jayne Olivo, Waxahachie, TX – Proverbs 31:26 (NLT): When she speaks, her words are wise,and she gives instructions with kindness.
No weaon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.
Isaiah 54:17
NIV
“The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Exodus 14:14 NIV
Tonya Hardy, Istanbul, Turkey “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourself.” Philippians 2:3 (NIV)