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
Katie Nash
San Antonio, TX
It [love] always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
I Corinthians 13:7-8a NIV
Emily Kingsbury, Elkins, AR “You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you.” Song of Solomon 4:7 (NRSV)
Lori
Bangor, Maine
…Don’t be afraid. Stand firm and watch God do His work of salvation for you today…God will fight the battle for you. And you? You keep your mouths shut!
Exodus 14:13A, 14 (Message)
Deb Nance
Merced, CA
This day is sacred to our LORD
Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD
Is your strength.
Nehemiah 8:10
(Somehow I missed posting my 041515 verse, so will be back tomorrow with my 050115 post LOL)
Laurie -Albany, Ga.
He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son. Revelation 21:7 NIV
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10 NIV
5/1/15
Laurie Pilson,Marietta. Rise during the night and cry out.
Pour out your hearts like water to the Lord.
Lift up your hands to him in prayer, pleading for your children. For in every street they are faint with hunger. Lamentations 2:19, NLT
Psalms 27:1
 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? KJVLite
Running behind, Kinda fell off the scripture wagon..
Hebrews 9:9 Seeing that the first outer portion of the tabernacle was a parable (a visible symbol or type or picture of the present age). In it gifts and sacrifices are offered, and yet are incapable of perfecting the conscience or of cleansing and renewing the inner man of the worshiper.
Rhonda. Anderson,Indiana.
Psalm 19:3-4
They have no speech, they use no words, no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth; their words. To the end of the world. In the heavens., God has pitched a tent for the sun.
NIV
Malisa Grantham, Tucson, AZ
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Matthew 5:41 (KJV)
Psalm 139:4 NLT
You know what I am going to say
even before I say it, Lord.
Robin Shackleford, Hendersonville, Tn
She is clothed in strength and dignity, and laughs without fear of the future. Proverbs 31:25
Laura Naiser, Georgetown TX
Ephesians 4:15, NIV
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.
Shelley Powers Hartford, AR
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in every way and [that your body] may keep well, even as [I know] your soul keeps well and prospers. (â€3 John‬ â€1‬:â€2‬ AMP)
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5: 22 & 23 NIV
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Psalms 46:10
Malisa Grantham, Tucson, AZ
For by grace we are saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Ephesians 2:8-9 (KJV)
Robin Shackleford, Hendersonville, TN
“Let everything that has breath, praise The Lord! Praise The Lord!”
Psalm 150:6 ESV
Sarah, McKinney, TX
Psalm 90:15 ESV
So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Toni, Toney, AL
“Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 NASB
Natalie, Cumberland Gap, TN
Song of Solomon 2:1-2 KJV
I am the Rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
Beverly, Cumberland Gap, TN
Ephesians 6:13 (KJV)
Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God that ye maybe able to withstand in the evil day and having done all to stand
Jessica, Vicksburg, MS. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. John 8:36 NKJV
Scarlett Flynn, Round Rock, TX
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. (Psalm 46:1, NIV)
Nancy Huebner, Spring Hill, TN
“He is the Rock, His words are perfect, and all His ways are just. A faithful God Who does no wrong, upright and just is He.” Deuteronomy 32:4 NIV
“The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.” (â€Psalms‬ â€28‬:â€7‬ KJV)
Janice, Tulsa.
And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. John 17:3 NKJV
Jerri Thompson of Omaha says
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
Proverbs 4:23 NIV
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. (â€II Corinthians‬ â€5‬:â€17‬ NKJV)
Malisa Grantham, Tucson, AZ
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28 (KJV)
So then my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
James 1:19, 20
New King James
Robin Shackleford, Hendersonville, TN
“He says, ‘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. NIV
Lamentations 3:23 NIV
“They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.”
Hilary
Orlando, FL
1 John 4:4
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
Ruth Garmon
Kaufman, Texas
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 (KJV)
Melinda, Rowlett, Tx
The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.” (â€Exodus‬ â€14‬:â€14‬ ESV)
Joan, La Vernia, Texas
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Romans 3:23 ESV
Karen Helms, Largo, FL, “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be discouraged for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 NIV
Cara
Umatilla, FL
Psalm 139:4
Before a word is on my tongue,
you, Lord, Know it completely. (NIV)
Shelley Powers Hartford,AR
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer. (â€Psalms‬ â€19‬:â€14‬ NKJV)
(just wanted to say sorry – i lost my list of verses & which ones i posted so im catching up and might accidently repeat one or two!)
Ivy Morrison, Dayton TX
James 1:19 NIV “My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry”
NIV: Lamentations 3:24
I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for Him.”
 ISV: 1 Peter 1:13
Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep a clear head, and set your hope completely on the grace to be given you when Jesus, the Messiah, is revealed.
Malisa Grantham, Tucson, AZ
Psalm 121:1-2
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. (KJV)
Robin Shackleford, Hendersonville, TN
“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8 NIV
“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” Galatians 6:7 (NKJV)
Michelle Matlock, Queen City, TX
The Lord is my shephard, I shall not want. NiV
Pat-Dallas, Tx
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your path.
Proverbs 3:6, NKJV
Pat-Dallas, Tx
He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much;
and he who is unjust in what is least is also unjust also in much.
Luke 16:10, NKJV