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
Wendy Bashor, Lone Butte, BC – “I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. John 10:28 (NIV)
Connie, Iowa, I 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. I Samuel 12:24 ESV
Janell ~ Frisco, TX Open my lips, Lord,
and my mouth will declare your praise. Psalm 51:15NIV
Psalms 91:1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty !
Amanda King Bastrop Tx
1 Thessalonians 5:16-17 NIV
Be joyful always;pray continually
Sheba Munroe
St. Pete. FL
1Samuel 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.
Theresa Dau, Chesterfield, MO
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9 NIV
Kay Carroll Combine, Tx
“For no word from God will ever fail.” Luke 1:37 NIV
Ashlen
Dayton TN
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. (â€John‬ â€15‬:â€9‬ ESV)
Kansas City. ” My life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus-the work of telling others the good news about God’s wonderful kindness and love.” Acts 20:24
Kathy Springer, Chula Vista, CA “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence.” Daniel 7:13 NIV
Celeste Wells Tuscaloosa, AL
We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
Colossians 1:28 NIV
Morgan, Denver, CO “You will make known to me the path of life; Your presence is fullness of joy; in Your right hand there are pleasures forever. ” Psalm 16:11 NASB
Cullman, Al
Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant. (â€Galatians‬ â€1‬:â€10‬ NLT)
Amber Ball, Nicholasville, KY. Jesus answered, “The work God wants you to do is this: to believe in the one he sent.” John 6:29 ERV
My little children, let us not love in word or tongue, but in deed and in truth. (1John 3:18)
Michelle Johnson, Hart, MI.
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting, the Lord, the Creator of the end of the earth
Does not become weary or tired.
His understanding is inscrutable.
Isaiah 40:28, NASB
Angie, Bentonville, AR
Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. (â€1 Peter‬ â€5‬:â€8‬ NIV)
Ann Gardner, North Canton, OH. John 15:11 “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.”
Gina Campbell, Katy, Tx.
“I could have no greater joy than to hear that my children are following the truth.” 3 John‬ â€1‬:â€4‬ NLT
NIV version!
Mindy Hart, West Lafayette, IN: Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:1-2
Lucinds Burris, Nashville, TN
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. Mark 10:45, NIV
Becky Schuck Conway AR “strengthened with all power according to His glorious might for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience.”
Kristie Lovely, Van Alstyne, TX.
“Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.” I Peter 4:8 ESV
“Then you shall call and the Lord will answer; you shall cry and He will say ‘Here I am’.” -Isaiah 58:9
Libby Smoot,Strasburg Va. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11
Sherree, Lilburn, GA.
Romans 5:5 NKJV
“Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.”
Laura Proctor, Madison, MS. Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, but God will destroy them both. I Corinthians 6:13 NIV
Shana G., Holly Springs, NC ~ “9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.” John 15:9-10 (ESV)
Valerie Wray Buffalo, OH
“You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13 (ESV)
Leah Stacy – Haughton, LA
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
1 Peter 5:6-7 NIV
Amanda, Houston, TX-
Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
Romans 12:9 NIV
Dawn Wells, Fort Worth, TX
“Above all, fear the Lord and worship Him faithfully with all your heart, considering the great things He has done for you.”
1 Samuel 12:24 (CSB)
Alexis, Salem OR
When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face Lord I will seek.”
Psalm 27:8
NKJV
Shannon Parum, Sumner, TX. “And so, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience;”
Colossians 3:12 NKJ.
Rhonda Marlow
Richland, Wa
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1
NIV
Terry, Odessa, FL
“This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”
Psalm 118:24, NIV
Connie – Fulton, KY
Surely God is my help, the Lord is the one who sustains me. Psalm 54:4 NIV 1984
Valerie Geib Yucaipa Ca.
Galations 5:1 NIV
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm then and do not let yourselves be burdened again by the yoke of slavery?
Debbie Gordon, Severna Park, MD
Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you. (I Sam 12:24 ESV)
Debbie Evans, Bolingbroke, GA
Gal 2:21 NIV. I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing.
Valerie Geib Yucaipa Ca.
Galations 5:1 NIV
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm then and do not let yourselves be burdened again by the yoke of slavery.
Linda W. from Tomball, TX
“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” James 1:22 ESV
Lenora Grayson, Nixa, Missouri
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” (â€Proverbs‬ â€4‬:â€23‬ NIV)
Donna, Bakersfield, CA, Psalm 1:1-3 (NIV)
“Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.”
Sarah Ungerer, Querétaro, México
Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of The Lord forever.
Psalm 23:6
One thing I have asked of the Lord; that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in His temple. Ps 27:4 ESV
Susannah Hotchkiss from cypress, tx
Proverbs 3:5,6 ESV
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
30 He must become greater; I must become less
John 3:30 NIV