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
Allison, Benton, Louisiana
“The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.” ~Psalm 27:7~
Psalm 103:3-5 NIV
“Who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagles.”
Meredith from Columbus, Ohio: But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. -Isaiah 40:31 (NKJV)
Susan Atkinson, Arkadelphia, AR
This is what the Lord says- your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.”
Isaiah 48:17 NIV
Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD;
Keep watch over the door of my lips. Ps. 141:3 (NIV)
Louise, Irvine, CA
Tricia Dubbe, missionary wife in Germany
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5: 22,23 (ESV)
Deanna Bone, Gilbert, AZ
Psalm 119:36 (NIV)
Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.
Jan Willard, Farmington Missouri
Mark 16:16 KJV
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Laura Stuart, Nashville, Indiana
“You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He may give it to you.” John 15: 16 ESV
Daniel 4:34 ESV At the end of my days, I Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever, for his dominion is an everlasting dominion and his kingdom endures from generation to generation.
Sorry I’m late
Mechelle, Clarksville TN
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.”
Jer 29:11 NIV
Angie Shockney – Lafayette, IN
2 Timothy 1:7 For the spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love, and self-discipline. NIV
Toni Gray from Mansfield, TX. (ESV) Psalm 46:10. Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
Leslie-Cedar Grove, NC
“Be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other just as God in Christ has forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32 NASB
Heb. 4: 10 (NIV)
“for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his.”
Lori, Friendswood, TX
Becky Q, Sarasota, Florida. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13 NIV
Sharon Mills, Henderson, Nv
Romans 8:33 NIV
“Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.”
Chaundel Holladay, Lake Forest, CA, Let the redeemed of the LORD tell their story– those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, Psalm 107.2 (NIV)
Ann, Odessa Fl
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Phillipians 4:8 ESV
Janie Phillips, Indianapolis, IN
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9. NIV
Janie,
I hope you don’t mind, but this verse you posted struck a cord in my heart. I am going to add it to my Scripture Verses for SSMT 2015. Thank you for posting this verse, it is a good reminder for me to always remember that it is by God’s grace I am saved, not by my works.
PB+J,
Andrea Porter
Peace, Blessings + Joy (PB+J)
M’Lissa, Keller, TX
1 Samuel 12:20-22, 24 (ESV)
“Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil. Yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. And do not turn aside after empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty. For the Lord will not forsake his people, for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself. Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.
Erin Hogan Pocahontas, AR
“I speak not because of want: for I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. And I can be abased, and I can abound: everywhere in all things I am instructed, both to be full, and to be hungry, and to abound, and to have want.” Philippians 4:11-12 (1599 Geneva Bible)
Barbara Carson, Pearland, TX
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
Galations 6:9 NIV
Sarah Morris Leander, TX
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
1 John 5:13
Julie Passman
McKinney, TX
Isaiah 50:7 (NASB)
For the Lord God helps me; Therefore, I am not disgraced; Therefore, I have set my face like flint, and I know that I will not be ashamed.
Lisa Cummings, Joaquin, TX
“For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father” Romans 8:15 KJV
Selena – Cordele, GA
I will both lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, Lord, make me live in safety. Psalm 4:8, HCSB
Elaine from Greenville SC: 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)
(Thanks for a great verse!)
Melissa Weseloh, St. Louis MO
Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD.
He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.
Jeremiah 17:7-8 (ESV)
Ruth Dale, Greenwood, MO
“Remember those in prison, as if you were there yourself. Remember also those being mistreated, as if you felt their pain in your own bodies.” Hebrews 13:3 NLT
Andrea, Pottstown John 14:27 NLT
“I am leaving you with a gift- peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give you isn’t like the peace the world gives. So don’t be troubled or afraid.”
Stretch out your hand with healing power; may miraculous signs and wonders be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.
Acts 4:30 NLT
Rebekah Gardner, Harrisburg NC
“We put our hope in the Lord. He is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. Let your unfailing love surround us, Lord, for our hope is in you alone”
Psalm 134:20-22
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ” Mathew 11:28-29 NIV
Doris, Boyds, MD
LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill? He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous. Psalm 15:1,2 NIV
Dana Meade, Oxford, PA – “We plan the way we want to live, but only God makes us able to live it.” Proverbs 16:9 MSG
Mona Pittsburgh, PA
“We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.” I Thessalonians 1:3 NIV
Edie Joy Williams, Houston Texas
The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.” Luke 10:17 NIV
“For nothing is impossible with God.” Luke 1:37
Beverly
Midlothian VA
I assure you: a slave is not greater than his master, and a messenger is not greater than the one who sends him. If you know these things you are blessed if you do them. John 13:16 HCSB
Abby, Cincinnati, OH
“But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well.” Matthew 6:33 NIV
Sandy Seitzinger, Silver City, NM
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Philippians 4:13 (KJV)
Hickory, NC
John 15:5 (AMP)
I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.
Houston, TX. Christ has liberated us to be free. Stand firm then and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 (HCSB)
Kathryn Todd, Katy, TX.
4-Rejoice in The Lord always. I will say it again; Rejoice! 5-Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6-Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7-And the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:4-7
Elizabethtown, KY
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Psalm 51:10 NIV
Marsha R. Lexington Park, MD
Praise the Lord
Praise the Lord from the heavens;
praise him in the heights above.
Praise him, all his angels;
praise him, all his heavenly hosts.
Psalm 148:1-2 NIV
Mauri Sparks, Queen City, TX
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. (Hebrews 12:11 NIV)
Eileen, Lancaster, PA
1 Samuel 2: 2
There is no one holy like the LORD; there is no one beside you; there is no Rock like our God.
Jennifer, Derby, KS
Jeremiah 29:11 NKJV
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not evil, to give you a future and a hope.”