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
Tammy, Clarksburg, WV
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9 (ESV)
Nancy Parks, Houston, TX “Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.” Isaiah 46:4 (NIV)
Lois, Centerton, But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance, all things that I said to you. John 14:26.
NKJV
Lorr Sapp, Oak Grove, MO “I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing the praises of Your name, O Most High.” Psalm 9:2, NIV
Jamie Wichita, KS
If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy, but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.
1 Corinthians 13:1 (Msg)
Laura, Apopka, FL
The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.” Psalms 32:8, NLT
Val Thiessen, Aldergrove, BC
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord, is the Rock eternal. Isaiah 26:3 & 4 NIV
Marsha
Batesville, Ms
The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.
Isaiah 40:8 NKJV
Amanda; Largo Fl
“And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand”
Mark 3:25 NKJ
Robyn, Celina, Ohio
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of the darkness into His wonderful light.”
1 Peter 2:9 NIV
Cynthia Simmons, Mount Vernon, NY. Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing good. Titus 1:16 (NLT)
Anita, Victorville, CA
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:33 NIV
Thank you Sherry for sharing that verse as it is just what I needed to hear today. I want to commit it to memory so I am choosing it for Verse 4.
Susan, Lawrenceville 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 12:24 ESV
Stacy, Greenfield, Indiana
And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
Matthew 24:14
ESV
Yvonne Green, Western North Carolina
“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
Debbie from Colorado Springs
Ephesians 3:16 NIV
“I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his
Spirit in your inner being.”
Diana Plyley, Fountain, CO
“For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.” Psalm 84:11 NIV
Megan, Dothan, AL
“…and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of His holy people in the kingdom of light. For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.” Colossians 1:12-13 NIV
Just as each of us has one body with many members and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. Romans 12:4. NIV
Caitlyn Marlin. Leavittsburg, OH
“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)
Jacqueline Cole, Goreville, Illinois
Philippians 1:6 ESV “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.”
Kara B., Longview, Texas
For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things? 2 Corinthians 2:15-16 ESV
Cindy, Beaumont TX. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 NKJV
Erin Boling- Denison, TX
“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”
Psalm 73:26 NIV
Carolyn Deevers, Dardenne Prairie, MO, Psalm 139: 17 (NIV)
How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
How vast is the sum of them!
Also, for Feb. 1 which I posted on FB but not here. Jer. 6:16 (NIV) This is what the Lord says:
“Stand at the crossroads and look;
ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is, and walk in it,
and you will find rest for your souls.
Marie in Roselle, NJ
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Galatians 6:9 NIV
Chris,
Canton, NC
“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)
Lawton, Okls
Isaiah 40:10a-11
10a See, the Sovereign Lord comes with power, and his arm rules for him.
11 He tends his flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have yourg.
Suzanne
Tenaha, TX
Ephesians 3:14-15 NIV84
For this reason I kneel before the Father,
from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
Ruth; Sherwood, Oregon
Only God gives inward peace and I depend on him. Psalm 62:5 (CEV)
Theda from Front Royal, VA. Jeremiah 29: 13 NIV
You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart
Lena deWolfe – Columbia, SC
The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemy before you, saying. “Destroy him!”
Deut. 33:27 (NIV)
Tracey from Shawnee, Kansas
For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps. WHO COMMITTED NO SIN, NOR WAS ANY DECEIT FOUND IN HIS MOUTH; 1Peter 2:21-22 (NASB)
Diane Ferrell, Modesto, Ca.
1 Chronicles 29:11-12, TLB
“Everything in the heavens and earth is yours, O’Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as being in control of everything. Riches and honor come from you alone, and you are the Ruler of all mankind; your hand controls power and might and it is at your discretion that men are made great and given strength.”
Diane Briley, Conway, SC: You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light. Psalm 18:28
(NIV)
Jacquie Engbrecht, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? (â€Psalm‬ â€42‬:â€2‬ NIV)
Rebekah Giannatala, Wichita, KS “She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.” -Proverbs 21:27 ESV
Sacramento,CA
I love you, O Lord,
my strength. Psalm 18:1 NIV
Pat Wagar, 2-15-15, Jekyll Island, GA
“Jesus replied, ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.'”
Matthew 22:37 NLT
Brittney Zimprich Ellensburg, WA
Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:
Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:21-23 NIV
Amy, Daytona Beach, FL
“As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.”
2 Thessalonians 3:13 (ESV)
Taylor FL. Ps 50:15. NKJV. Call upon me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you and you shall glorify me.
Rita, Sevierville, TN
“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” Hebrews 10:24-25 NIV
Set your mind on things above, not on earthly things.
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Colossians 3:2-3 NIV
Jenna S, Ooltewah, TN
“that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him…” Eph 1:17 (ESV)
Rebekah Giannatala, Wcihita, KS “She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.” Proverbs 31:27 ESV
-I put the wrong passage in my first post
Sheila Armstrong, Union City, Indiana
1 Samuel 12:24 NIV
Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.
Melody, Florence, KY- As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.
John 15:9 ESV
Laurie Watkins Arlington Tx
Psalms 37:4 KJV
Delight thyself also in the Lord and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Cherie, Savannah GA
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.
I Corinthians 15:58 NASB