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
Charlene Sarver, Cookeville, TN
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIV)
Cindy Mohr, Marion, IL
Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailingly love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
Psalm 90:14 NIV
Pam T, Augusta, GA
But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. (â€Psalm‬ â€3‬:â€3‬ ESV)
Colleen Houger, Creston, WA “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.” (Romans 8:37 NIV)
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? Roman 8:31
Erica K., Atmore, AL:
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. (Proverbs 18:10 NKJV)
Jan in Clinton, MS
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you
should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you.”
Psalm 32:8 NASB
Diane Jackson, Riverside, CA- I urge you, by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship” Romans 12:1 NABS
For nothing is impossible with God. Luke 1:37 NIV
Shonna Massey, Coweta, Ok, Habakkuk 1:5 NIV ” Look among the nations! Observe! Be Astonished! Wonder! Because I am doing something in our days – you would not believe if you were told.
Alisha from Hoschton, GA
1 Corinthians 6:20 NKJV
For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
April, Seymour, TN
For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ. (â€Galatians‬ â€1‬:â€10‬ ESV)
Natalie – Anchorage, Alaska
Colossians 4:3 NIV
And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ . . .
Medway, OH.
Bear in mind that the Lord has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are on the seventh day; no one is to go out.” (â€Exodus‬ â€16‬:â€29‬ NIV)
Wanda Calderwood from Crofton, Maryland
“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
Joy Wylie from College Station, TX
In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.
Titus 2:7-8 NIV
Monique
US Territory of Guam
But then He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, my power is made perfect in weakness”. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
(2 Corinthians 12:9-10 ESV)
Christy from Granger, IN “Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” Col. 3:13 (NIV)
Karen, Trenton, OH
The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. (â€Isaiah‬ â€58‬:â€11‬ NIV)
Jessie, Epping, NH
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
Hebrews 12:1 NIV
Allison Ashton – Houston, Texas
“But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead.” 2 Cor. 1:9 (KJV)
K Miller from Argyle, Texas
John 14: 27 (NKJV)
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Theresa Anderson, Grove, OK.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;
they rod and thy staff they comfort me. Psalm 23:4 KJV
Kimber Perrotta, East Hampton, CT
“Don’t you wives realize that your husbands might be saved because of you? And don’t you husband realize that your wives might be saved because of you?” (1 Corinthians 7:16, NLT)
Kandis
Nucla, CO
However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived” the things God has prepared for those who love him, these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit
1 Cor 2:9-10 (NIV)
Kay Martin
Tupelo, MS
“We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ. We write this to make our joy complete.” 1 John 1:3-4 NIV
Carol j, Wheaton,Il. “I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 NLT
Traci McNally, Evansdale, Iowa
8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
II Corinthians 4:8-9 NIV
Elaine, New Orleans, Louisiana
For I am the Lord your God, who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you!” Isaiah 41:13
Megan Delp, Barto, PA
For all that is in the world – the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life – is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. 1 John 2:16-17 ESV
Julie Brock, New Albany, MS “For I AM The LORD, your GOD, who takes hold of your right hand, and says to you, do not fear; I will help you.”
Isaiah 41:13 NIV
Lynne VP Des Moines, Iowa
May the Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, Who loved us and by His grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengrhen you in every good deed and work.
II Thess 2:16 NIV
Carol Hartley, Montgomery Al
23) The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone,
24) but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. (Romans 4:23-24 NIV)
Heather Evans, Bryan, TX “My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.” Psalm 139:15, NIV
Kim K., Lancaster, OH
Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
1 John 3:1 NKJV
Kerry Babb, Houston, TX
“Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.” James 1:2-4 (NLT)
Psalm 34:18New International Version (NIV)
18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Ella Roemer, Gillespie, IL “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” Matthew 5:6 NIV
Robyn Wong, Atlanta Ga Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. (â€Hebrews‬ â€11‬:â€1‬ NASB)
Jane
Geneseo, Illinois
To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. 1 Peter 2:21 NIV
Ashley Schenck, Fishers, IN
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:9 NIV
1 John 2:15 NIV “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.”
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.”
Barb Granados, Richardson, TX
Megan May
Dayton, TN
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: John‬ â€11‬:â€25‬ KJV
gina
morro bay, ca.
john 14:1-4
do not let your hearts be troubled
trust in god trust also in me
in my fathers house there are many rooms
if it were not so i would have told you
i am going there to prepare a place for you
and if i go and prepare a place for you i will come back and take you to be with me
that you also may be where i am
you know the way to the place where i am going
amen.
But let all who take refuge in you be glad;
let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them,that those who love your name may rejoice in you.
Psalm 5:11 NIV
Romans 13;1
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers;For there is no power but of God;the powers that be are ordained of God.
Midlothian Texas
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Psalm 51:10 NIV
Nicole Corey
Missoula, MT
whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. (â€1 Peter‬ â€4‬:â€11‬ ESV)
Rebekah Adams, Fort Worth, TX
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 4:16