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
Debby Conway
Clinton Mississippi
For the LORD your God is going with you! He will fight for you against your enemies, and he will give you victory!’
Deuteronomy 20:4
Therefore what benefit are you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death. Romans 6:21 NASB.
Have been practicing but late in my posting for mid February.
Susie Parsons, Boston, MA
“The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.
The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.” Psalm 16:5-6 ESV
Erin, Chippewa Falls WI
Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
1 Cor 14:1 ESV
Cathy Bay, Webb City, MO. “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Exodus 14:14 NIV
Tabitha Whitacre, Louisville, KY
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.” -Philippians 2:3 ESV
Audrey Whitacre, Louisville, KY
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.” -Philippians 2:3 ESV
Renee Kohagen, Kodak TN, Jeremiah 29:12-14a Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. “I will be found by you,” declares the Lord.
Kristin Johnson, Owasso, OK
“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
Psalm 145:18 ” The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth.” Psalm 148:18 ESV
“For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” (NKJV)
Tracey from Niskayuna, NY
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
Leah Harvey, Alexandria, VA
Hebrews 12:11 (NIV) “No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”
Jean from Abilene, Tx
Psalms 84:1 NIV
How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty!
Melissa – Black Creek, Ga
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. (â€Jeremiah‬ â€17‬:â€7‬ ESV)
Leanna Reynolds, Southlake, TX “But God’s not finished. He’s waiting around to be gracious to you. Isaiah 30:18 MSG
Denise
Asheville, NC
Galatians 6:4-5 (The Message)
Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that. Don’t be impressed with yourself. Don’t compare yourself with others. Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life.
Toms Brook, VA
Psalm 119:35 “Make me walk along the path of your commands, for that is where my happiness is found.” NLT
Johnnie, Wake Forest, NC
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 ESV
Only fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully with all you heart. For consider what great things He has done for you. 1 Samuel 12:24 ESV
Ephesians 1:7,8a: 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace 8 that he lavished on us.
from Cary, NC
James 1:5 “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.”
Angie Miller – Macon, MS
1 Thessalonians 4:16 (ESV)
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
Proverbs 4:23
Patti
“Trust in the Lord and do good;
Dwell in the land and feed on His faithfulness.
Delight yourself also in the Lord,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.”
Psalm 37:3-4
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. (â€2 Corinthians‬ â€4‬:â€7‬ KJV)
Tricia, Greer, SC “But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.” Psalm 13:5 NIV
April Jones, Springfield, IL. “Then you will understand what is right and just and fair – every good path.” Proverbs 2:9 NIV
For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.
Psalm 30:5 NIV
Gretchen Kinchen
Lexington, KY
“Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for the orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.” James 1:27
Judy
Birmingham, Alabama
Ephesians 1:21 ” far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come”
Dana, San Angelo, Texas
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing. It is the gift of God.” Ephesians 2:8 (ESV).
Linda Grantham from Raymond, MS
Lamentations 3:22-24 ESV
“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, says my soul, therefore I will hope in Him.”
Andrea Spicewood, Texas
“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10 (NIVD)
Mandy Codding, Wadsworth OH – “Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Dana Walters, Covington, LA
Jeremiah 9:24 ” This is what the Lord says: ‘Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who exercises kindness, justice, and righteousness or earth, for in these I delight.’ declares the Lord”
“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father.” Eph 3:14 ESV (I LOVE this verse that Beth shared & could NOT think of any other I’d rather use!)
Andrea Emslie Simi Valley
“But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.” Psalm 13:5 NIV
” The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives, and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn…” Isaiah 61:1-2 (NIV)
Diane Brown, Cypress, TX
Psalm 27:1 NIV
“The Lord is my light and my salvation-whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life-of whom shall I be afraid?”
Fairview, Texas
March 1
Hebrew13:16 (NIV)
And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Sharon… Vilseck, Germany
1 Samuel 12:24 (ESV) Stealing Sherry’s!
“Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.”
Camon Criger, Longmont, CO
March 1
Psalm 117
“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples! For His merciful kindness is great toward us, and the truth of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!”
Donna Fawcett, Logansport, IN
Psalm 32:8 NASB I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;I will counsel you with My eye upon you.
Kristin Cho; Northville, Michigan
Psalm 34:4, NIV
“I sought the Lord and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.”
Amen
Denise Adams
Oneonta, Al.
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Col. 4:6 NIV
Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving. Col. 4:2 (NRSV)
Stephanie Conroe TX
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
Psalms 73:26 NIV
Kristina Pindell, Burkburnett, TX
Whether, then, you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the gory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31 NASB
Kristi Skeen; Katy, TX “Let us not become weary in doing good, for in the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 NIV