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
Jamie Martin, Judsonia AR “Seek The Lord and His strength. Seek His face continually.” Psalm 105:4 NAS
Madison, Mississippi
“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)
Redfield, AR
[17]Â And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Colossians 3:17 (NKJV)
Betty Mullaney, Brown City, Mich. Psalm 25:5 (NIV)
Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
Becky, Cleveland, TN
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
Polly Wright, Bixby, OK
But He said to me, My Grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me!
2 Corinthians 12:9
emily lorin ware | atlanta, ga
“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)
6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.
1Tim 6:6-8/ NIV
Jeanne from snowy southern Indiana
Angie W., Federal Way, WA
If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your faithful love will support me, LORD. When I am filled with cares, Your comfort brings me joy. Psalm 94:18-19 HCSB
Jenni Johnson, Murray, KY
And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. Revelation‬ â€12‬:â€11‬ (ESV)
Dawn, South Bend, Indiana
for giving prudence to those who are simple, knowledge and discretion to the young-
Proverbs 1:4 NIV
Sherryl Sacramento, CA
If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal
1 Corinthiams 13:1 NIV
“Call to Me and I WILL answer you. I’ll tell you MARVELOUS and WONDROUS things that you could NEVER figure out on your own!” Jeremiah 33:3, The Message
Delba
Dorsey,MS
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous,do not be terrified: do not be discouraged, for The Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. NIV
Marcia, San Clemente, CA
The word is very near to you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.
Deuteronomy 30:14. NIV
Bloomington, IN
The Lord is my light and my salvation – whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life – of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies who will stumble and fall. Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident.
Psalm 27: 1-3
NIV
And now Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
Psalm 39:7
NAS
Blanche Wulfekoetter, Ozawkie KS
Psalm 118:14
“The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.”
Psalm 118:14 NIV
Michele Duffy, St. Paul, MN
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without criticizing, and it will be given to him.
James 1:5 (HCSB)
ps…Thank you to the siesta to suggested the Scripture Typer app – it has helped me soooooo much in my memorization!!
Set a guard over my mouth, Lord;
Keep watch over the doors of my lips.
Psalm 141:3 NIV
Jennifer Kinsler, Rogersville, TN
“I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.”
~Jeremiah 17:10 KJV
Missy Lonergan, Humble, Texas
I will walk before the Lord in the land of the Living. Psalm 116:9 KJV
Bobbi Potyok Fort Saskatchewan, AB Canada
Then king David went in and sat before the Lord and prayed, “Who am I, O sovereign Lord, and what is my family that you have brought me this far?”
NLT
Emily Hardesty, Plano, TX
“Come, all who are thirsty, come to the waters;
and you who have no money, come, buy, and eat!
Come buy wine and milk
without money and without cost.
Why spend money on what is not bread
and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me and eat what is good,
and you will delight in the richest of fare.”
Isaiah 55: 1-2
Rochelle – Bryan, TX
“If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” Matthew 21:22 (NIV)
Debbie Alix, Valley Falls, NY
“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”
Psalms 73:26 (ESV)
Alycia Johnson. Granada, MN.
Galatians 6:9 Let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
Jeremiah 32:17 (AMP)
Alas, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by Your outstretched arm! There is nothing too hard or to wonderful for you.
Jennifer B., Gaithersburg, MD
“A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.” (â€Proverbs‬ â€11‬:â€25‬ NIV)
Tiffany Brittain, Joaquin, TX
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 KJV
Janelle Fitzler- Sioux Falls SD
James 1:2-4. Count it pure joy my brothers and sisters when you Face trials of many kinds Because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perserverance finish its work so that you may be Mature and complete not lacking anything.
Jill Sanders, Leachville, AR
For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this worlds.
~1 John 2: 16
Janice in Abbeville, AL
“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)
Kelly W., Fowler CA
In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
Ephesians 2:21-22 (NV)
Melody, Jefferson Georgia
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!”
Tina, Boise, ID
1 Corinthians 13:4-8a. (NIV)
I will be replacing the word LOVE and any reference to LOVE, with my first name
Anna Lange, Mobile, AL.
“But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.” 1 Timothy 3:15 KJV
Christina Gantlett, Dorchester, ON, Canada
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
1 Cor. 1:18 (NIV)
Sherry, I Love your verse and your words of guidance!!!
Thank You…
Tammy, Delray Beach, Florida
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
Jolene Jenkins, Suwanee, GA’
They celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness.
Psalm 145:7
NIV
Lisa Jones Andalusia, AL
Isaiah 30:21 The Voice
“Your ears will hear sweet words behind you: ‘Go this way. There is your path; this is how you should go’ whenever you must decide whether to turn to the right or the left.”
Helen Magana, San Bernardino, CA
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 I will forgive their sin and heal their land.
2 Chrionicles 7:14 (NIV)
Laurie Hunt Bossier City, La
Ephesians 3:20 ESV
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us.
1Jo 5:14-15
Confidence and Compassion in Prayer
14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
(NKJV)
Paula Rutherford, Decatur, Tx
Philippians 3:7-9KJV (continuing to memorize book of Philippians)
“But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:”
I will walk in freedom,for I have devoted myself to your commandments. Psalm 119:45 NLT
Phyllis, Irvine,CA, “and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead-Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.” 1 Thessalonians 1:10, (NIV)
Anna Hamilton, Hickory Flat, MS, “But let all who take refuge in You be glad, Let them ever sing for joy; And may You shelter them, That those who love Your name may exult in You. For it is You who blesses the righteous man, O LORD, You surround him with favor as with a shield.” Psalms 6:11-12 (NASB)
Do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord, no matter what happens. Remember the great reward it brings you! Patient endurance is what you need now, so you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised. Hebrews 10:35-36
Carole (San Antonio, TX)
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with
compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.” Col. 3:12 (NIV)