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
Mary, Frisco, TX “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” Proverbs 15:1 NIV
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)
Leanette, Atlanta GA I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with lovingkindness. Jeremiah 31:3 NIT
Philippians 4:7
And the peace of God which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Downtown Tonya Brown from Watauga, Tx:
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. (â€Isaiah‬ â€41‬:â€10‬ NLT)
Robin, Columbia SC
“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
Proverbs 2:2 “Turn you ears to wisdom & apply your heart to understanding.” (NIV) Wisdom is God’s Commandments.
Jennifer Evans, Christiana, PA
Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of PEACE…..Ephesians 4:3 (NIV)
Michelle Bentham | Granbury, TX
“Those who know your name will put their trust in you; for you, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.” – Psalm 9:10 (NKJV)
Laura Andres; Bryan, OH
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIV)
Debbi Hawney: Bothell, WA
Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace.
Proverbs 3:17 (NIV)
Suzanne Hickey, Houston, TX. Pride ends in humiliation, while humility brings honor. Proverbs 29.23 NLT
Susan Reeves. Richmond, Texas.
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down ones life for ones friend.
John 15:13
Carol Bowen, Highlands, NC
Col. 3:16 ESV
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Amanda, Corsicana, TX – “I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.” Psalm 40:1-2 (NIV)
Tammy Martinez, Burleson, TX
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:16-19 NIV
Wendy Williams, Shreveport, LA NIV
Psalms 94:22
But the Lord has become my fortress,
and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.
Pennington, Tx. Proverbs 13:20, KJV. He that walkers with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
But He is unchangeable, who can turn Him back?
For what He desires, He does, for He will complete
What He appoints for me, and many such things are in His mind.”
Job23:13 ESV
Terri, Harrison Township, MI
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
I Timothy 6:6 KJV
Karen H. Conway, AR NASB
Bless the Lord o my soul and all that is within me bless His holy name. Bless the Lord o my soul and forget NONE of His benefits. Who pardons all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit. Who crowns you with lovinkindness and compassion. Who satisfies your years with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle. Psalm 103:1-5
Peggy
Fredericksburg, VA
For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, for each tree is known by its own fruit. (Luke 6:43 part of 44) ESV
Kathleen Partin . Saint Joseph. Michigan
Psalm 4o:1
I waited patiently for the Lord to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry.
NLT
Cathy, Sierra Vista, AZ
I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go. If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
Isaiah 48:17-18
Melanie Gamboa, Costa Mesa, CA “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6:12
Marissa Seattle, WA
Job 23:10 NET
But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Colossians 3:13-14
I am memorizing verses out of Colossians because I want to be the kind of Christian the book talks about. Every time I start on a new verse I find myself in a situation that I can apply the verse to. It helps me follow Christ’s way each time. I am so glad I started this scripture memorizing program! Thanks for organizing it! Thanks to the Lord for your ministry.
Hutchins, Tx. As it is written, “He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.”
He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness;
You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.
2 Corinthians 9:9-11 ESV
Ruth Somers. Baton Rouge, LA
With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the Lord; and in the midst of many, I will praise Him. For He stands at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.
Psalm 109:30-31, NASB
Noelle Carpenter–Houston, TX
Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing. I say of the holy people who are in the land, They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight. Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more. I will not pour libations of blood to such gods or take up their names on my lips.
Psalm 16:1-4, NIV
April L. Claremore, Ok
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in truth. 3John 1:4 NIV
Ranne, Johns Island, SC
When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, O LORD, I shall seek.” Psalm 27:8 NAS
Joyce, Georgetown, SC
If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 NKJV
13Â Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.1 Tim 4:13 ESV
“For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.” Romans 14:17 (ESV)
Donna, Indianapolis, IN
Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Colossians 3:13(NIV)
“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them”. 1 John‬ â€4‬:â€16‬ (NIV)
Brenda Brandt Hudsonville MI
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16 NIV
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NIV
Michone Stewart, Butte, MT
Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken smitten by God, and afflicted. Isaiah 53:4 NKJV
“Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.”
Colossians 2: 6-7
Linda, Bartelso,IL. “Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving;” Colossians 4:2 NKJV
Abigail Winkelman, Akron, Ohio
1 Thessalonians 2:4 (ESV)
“but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.”
The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
John 6:63b NIV
Debbie, Fort Thomas, KY
The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Deuteronomy 31:8 NIV
Kaye Davis, Hamburg, AR
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. (â€Philippians‬ â€4‬:â€8‬ NIV)
Jessica Porche, Dover, TN
You will lead the people You have redeemed with Your faithful love; You will guide them to Your holy dwelling with Your strength. (â€Exodus‬ â€15‬:â€13‬ HCSB)
Purvis, MS
He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. (â€Psalm‬ â€121‬:â€3-4‬ ESV)
Whitney Caves, Clinton, MS
You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people.
Genesis 50:20 NLT
Elaine Ladich , El Paso TX “Above all else guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Proverbs 4:23 NIV
“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