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
Cait McCoy, Masontown, PA. “But be sure to fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.” 1 Samuel 12:24 (NIV)
Paige, ATL, I Sam. 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.
She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
Priverbs 31:26
NIV
Cheri Cochran, Frisco, TX
Ephesians 2:5 ESV
“…even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ-by grace you have been saved…”
Kari H, Grand Rapids, MI
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.”
Ashley Dill, Johnson City TX
Because he bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath!
Psalm 116:2 (NLT)
Tampa, FL
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
John 10:10 (ESV)
Diane Wilton, CT
“Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.” Psalm 125:1 (NIV)
Regina Sparkman
Royse City, Texas
“I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away it shall not cling to me”. Psalm 101:3 ESV
Cynthia Moore, Liscomb, IA
“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
Peggy, Sweetwater, TN
This is MY commandment: That you love one another just as I have loved you. John 15:12 AMP
Nicole Moore, Olathe, KS – “Be joyful 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
Beth bell. Cartersville, Ga
For He has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of His dear Son, who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins. Colossians‬ â€1‬:â€13-14 NLT
Daniela Elliott
Abingdon, Maryland
1 Peter 5:7
Give all your worries to him because he cares about you.
NCV
Kim – Greenfield IN
“When you go through deep waters, I will be with you.
When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown.
When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.” Isaiah 43:2 NLT
Kody from Tennessee
“Create in me a clean heart, Oh God, and renew a right spirit within me.”
Psalms 51:10
This is my prayer and my heart burns as I typed it out. Let it be, LORD, let it be!
1 Peter 3:16-18 NIV
Dawn K. Airdrie Alberta, Canada
1 Peter 3:16-18 NIV
keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.
Valerie, Kennewick WA
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Valerie, Kennewick WA
Hebrews 4:16
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Autumn, Lubbock, TX
” One thing have I asked of The Lord, that will I seek after:
that I will 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… You have said, ‘ Seek my face.’ My heart says to you, ‘Your face, Lord, do I seek.'”
Psalm 27:4,8
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1 NIV 2-15-2015
Surely He will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence.
He will cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you will find refuge;
His faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. (Ps 91:3-4 NIV)
Angela Haar
Lexington, KY
Jenna McMurphy, New Orleans, LA
“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.” Hebrews 11:1-3 (NIV)
Deby Allen
New Carlisle, OH
Romans 12:2 NIV
Do not conform to the patterns of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is, His good, pleasing and perfect will.
Claire Watson | McKinney, TX
“Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain.” Ps 127:1 (NASB)
Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day. (â€Deuteronomy‬ â€8‬:â€11‬ NIV)
Dori
Meridian, ID
Colossians 4:2
Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving.
I’ m doing Colossians 4:2 as well. I am doing verses with earnestly in them, then praying them for all the saints. So I’m praying for you, now by name since it is so close to mine, Doris.
Kati B. Central Arkansas
“Dear Children, let us not love with our words or speech but with actions and in truth.” 1 John 3:18 NIV
Dana Penley, Chicago IL
“The Lord himself will fight for you, just stay calm” -Exodus 14:14 NLT
Lindsay, Chisholm, MN
For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life. Romans 5:10 (NIV)
Denise, Colorado Springs. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. (â€2 Corinthians‬ â€4‬:â€8-10‬ NIV)
Awesome verse!!!
Tara McCann, Pleasant Plains, IL
“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pent rates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12 NLT
Deneen Horne, Jacksonvile, Florida
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, (â€Ephesians‬ â€3‬:â€20‬ NIV)
Kristy Sanders; Madison, Ms
Isaiah 35:5,6 (NIV) “Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.”
Beatrice Brackin, Lookout Mountain, TN, “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” Ephesians 4:29 NIV
Melanie Jennings, Starkville, MS
Colossians 3:4
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
NKJV
Rene, Keller Tx. – But to all who did receive Him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God, (John 1:12 ESV)
Tari Hathcock, Washington, MO, Psalm 124:2-4
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side when the people rose up against us, then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us; then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us,
Frederika E Myles, Spring Hill TN
Cast all your anxiety on Him(God)because he cares for you.
1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set for us.
Hebrews 12:1
NASB
Brooke, Mobile, AL-“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
Kristina Davenport, Lake Jackson, TX
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
(Sherry – That was so good I had to change mine! Thanks for sharing!)
Jennifer A.
Gulfport, MS
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.
Hebrews 12:1
NASB
Karen R. Ford, Stilwell, Oklahoma – If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. (â€Colossians‬ â€3‬:â€1-2‬ ESV)
Krissy, Houston, TX. “You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.” Galatians 5: 13
Kelly A, Rogers AR. “We love because he first loved us.” 1 John 4:19 NIV
Bridget, East Bend, NC
He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome works your eyes have seen. Deuteronomy 10:21
Erin from Kennewick, WA
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. ~ Romans 8:38-39 (NIV 1984)
Elaine, Poplar Bluff, MO
“For the kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit”. Romans 14:17. (NLT)
Danette Morton, Atlanta, GA “I lift up my eyes to you, to you who sit enthroned in heaven.” (â€Psalm‬ â€123‬:â€1‬ NIV)
Brenda from Hayden: my verse these next two weeks is:
John 10:28 “No one can snatch ME out of Your hand; for You know ME You call me by my name.”