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
SE Michigan, Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
Lorraine Johnson, Ketchikan Alaska:
“But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the chastening for our well being fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5 NASB
Julia Isaacs, Lynchburg, VA.
“Freedom is what we have – Christ has set us free! Stand then, as free people, and do not allow yourselves to become slaves again.” (Galatians 5:1, GNT)
Romans 12:13. NIV
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
3 To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. (â€Proverbs‬ â€21‬:â€3‬ NIV)
Romans 6:14 (KJV)
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
…train yourself to be godly. For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.
I Timothy 4:7-8 NIV
AnnaMarie, Pittsburgh, PA
In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O LORD, will keep me safe.
Psalm 4:8 NLT
Beth D., Madison, MS
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thess 5:16-18 (NIV84)
I will title this better late than never! Feb 1. ESV Psalm 139:16 your eyes saw my unformed substance, in your book were written everyone of them, the days that were formed for me when as yet there were none of them.
Feb15. NIV. Luke 12:48. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much , much more will be ask.
Tammy from Louisville ky
Ccmfort My people, says your God
Is 40:1 NIV
***for 2/1/15–posted but never saw it so reposting
Tammy from Louisville ky
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me
Phil 4:13 NIV
Kelly Parker, shreveport,La
For we walk by faith, not by sight 2 Corinthians 5:7 NKJV
Shelley from San Angelo, TX
Enter His gates with Thanksgiving
And His courts with praise.
Give thanks to Him, bless His name.
Psalm 100:4
NASB
 “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”  Proverbs 15:1 NIV
Becky Vassar, Woodbury, TN ~
2 Chronicles 7:14New International Version (NIV)
14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
Leslie, Elkhart, IN
Psalms 27:14 (KJV)
Wait on the Lord : be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord
Meagan, Brooklyn, WI
Psalm 139:4 ESV
Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
Barbs, Harare, Zimbabwe
Shout for joy, O heavens;
Rejoice, O earth;
Burst into song, O mountains!
For the Lord comforts His people and will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
Isaiah 49: 13 NIV
Surayyah, Alexandria, VA
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Mark 11:24 ESV
I will heal your broken heart, and mend all of your wounds. Psalm 147:3
Charity
Cardiff, Wales
Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering, and steadfast spirit within me.
Megan, Sydney, Australia.
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.”
(Sherry thank you for this one- I love it!)
The Lord God[a] is my strength;
He will make my feet like deer’s feet,
And He will make me walk on my high hills.
Habakkuk 3:19 NKJV
Do not just listen to His word and thus be deceived. Do what it says!
James 1:22 NIV
Lisa
Moyock, NC
Judy – Kansas City – His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning. Lamentations 3:22-23
Asheville, NC
Job 22:21 NASB
Yield now and be at Peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
Colleen, Lyndonville, NY.
We’ve been away, so I’m late to the game this time.
Romans 11:33, The Voice:
We cannot wrap our minds around God’s wisdom and knowledge! Its depths can never be measured! We cannot understand His judgements or explain the mysterious ways that He works!
Renee Miracle – Westfield, IN
Galatians 6:9 NIV
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
Peggy Hale
Mauriceville, Texas
Psalm 103:8 (LASB-NIV)
“The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love”.
I will be memorizing verses 8-19 for Siesta 2015.
Karen
Kernersville, NC
“Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” Isaiah 6:8
Sandy:Amarillo TX
The Lord bless and keep you; the Lord make HiS face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn His face towards you and give you peace.
Numbers 6:24-26 NIV
Lindsey Gibson, Soddy-Daisy, TN
1 Timothy 1:12 (NLT)
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength to do his work. He considered me trustworthy and appointed me to serve him.
Dianne Green, Jackson, TN
1 Samuel 12:24 – Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you. ESV
Marrie Gardner Cullman, AL
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. (NIV)
So cool that I should see the verse you chose because this was the focus verse from the message our pastor presented to us yesterday!
Denise Oglesby Katy, Tx
I 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.”
Angie Quinn, Carterville, IL
Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28 ESV
Many, Lord our God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. None can compare with you: were I to speak and tell of your deeds, they would be too many to declare. Psalm 40:5 NIV
Tracy Smith, Guthrie,OK
“Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrong.”
Proverbs 10:12 (NIV)
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)
Courtney, Houma, LA
Bend, OR
Phil 4:4-5 NIV
“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.”
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 KJV
Sandy, Oak Grove, LA
Dana Johnson , Waterford WI
Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Mt 22:37-40
Kim
Des Moines, IA
Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
NJKV
“[He] is able to keep [me] from falling, and to present [me] faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy.” Jude 24 KJV
Dana O’Keefe Pace, Florida
As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus set out resolutely for Jerusalem.
Luke 9:51 NIV
Jessy from Houston, TX:
~”Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.” ~Joshua 1:8 (NIV)
Leah Eller, San Antonio, TX – “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” Matthew 6:33 ESV
Sheila Olson Rosharon, TX
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.”
Lamentations 3:22
Kim Crawford, Tampa,
“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” Proverbs 4:23 NIV