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
Susan Farmington MO
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
Acts 4:12 ESV
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Hebrews 11:1. NKJV
Karlys, La Place, LA
When CHRIST, Who is your LIFE appears, then you also will appear with Him in GLORY. Colossians 3:4 ESV
Kim Peterson – Vista, CA
For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.
Deuteronomy 30:16
Lynn, Fairview, OK. “If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” Romans 12:18 (NIV)
kristen Livingston Las Cruces NM. You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast because they trust in You. Isaiah 26:3 NIV
Cindi, Smyrna, Georgia
Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance that race marked out for us.
Hebrews 12:1 NIV
Nellie, Fort Worth, TX. “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Hebrews 11:6 NIV
Las Cruces, NM.
I have made you, I will carry you, I will sustain you and I will rescue you. Isaiah 46:4 NIV
Terri G, Corinth, TX
Psalm 90:3 You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.” NIV
Lori from Deer Park, WA
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
Samantha Nappanee, IN
“For I can do anything through Christ, who gives me strength.” Philippeans 4:13 NLT
Susan, San Angelo, TX. They were too good for this world, wandering over deserts and mountains, hiding in caves and holes in the ground. Hebrews 11:38 NLT
Rebecca, Marana AZ
But be sure to fear the LORD and faithfully serve him. Think of all the wonderful things he has done for you. (â€1 Samuel‬ â€12‬:â€24‬ NLT)
Joyce, Corvallis, OR Matthew 6:34 (NIV) “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of it’s own.”
Pam Beers, Colville WA
“Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had the power to do what He promised.” Romans 4:20-21 NIV84
Callee A Wlle
Kaufman, Texas
Isaiah 43:4
Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you, and people in exchange for your life.
NIV
Michele S. Edmond,OK
” Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him: bless his name.”
Ps. 100:4 ESV
Sheri ~ Lexington, SC
I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
Psalm 146:2 (NIV)
John 6:35 NIV
Then Jesus declares “I am the bread of life, whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”
Jayn, San Diego, CA, Isaiah 54:17 But no weapon that can hurt you has ever been forged. Any accuser who takes you to court will be dismissed as a liar. This is what God’s servants can expect. I’ll see to it that everything works out for the best. God’s Decree. MSG
kathy leesville,la Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him. Psalm 126:5-6 NIV
The Lord is good, a stronghold in a day of trouble; He protects those who take refuge in Him. Nahum 1:7 (NRSV)
Be completely humble and gentle, be patient ,bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of spirit through the bond of peace Ephesians 4:2-3
Terry Bremer, Fanhões, Portugal Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. Ephesians 1:3
Rose Gillespie, Hot Springs, AR
“Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and He shall sustain thee: He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.”
Psalm 55:22 (KJV)
Sheri
Morrisville, MO
Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him.
1 John 3:21-22 NIV
Donna, Plano, TX
The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. PS 19:8 NASB
Vickie Ingle, Indio, CA And when he had said this he breathed on them and said to them,
“Receive the Holy Spirit.”
Sherry Fisher, Murray, KY
1 John 3:4 “Everyone who sins is breaking God’s law, for all sin is contrary to the law of God.” (NLT)
Martha Kimball, Asheville, NC
“Go. What you believed could happen has happened.” (Matt. 8:13, MSG)
Jennifer Jackson, Tulsa OK
My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him.
He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken.
Psalm 62:5-6
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
Philippians 2:3-4
Philippians 2:3-4 (NKJV)
3 Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
4 Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
“Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, For in You do I trust.
Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, For I lift up my soul to you.”
Psalm 143:8 NKJV
Sally Helgeson, Ocala FL
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Romans 15:13 (NIV)
Rhonda Haake – Jefferson City, MO. I Samuel 12:24
Only fear the Lord and serve him with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.
1 Samuel 12:24New Living Translation (NLT)
24 But be sure to fear the Lord and faithfully serve him. Think of all the wonderful things he has done for you.
Mary Alice, Colleyville, Tx
Seek the Lord and His strength: Seek His presence continually!
1 Chronicles 16:11
Kathy, Bryant AR
“May God Himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and He will do it.”
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
Jodi Alley – Humble, TX “I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without Me.” John 15:5 (HCSB)
Deena H, Colleyville, TX
Numbers 14:24 NIV
But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it.
Mindy, Minot, ND “…in quietness and confidence is your strength…” Isaiah 30:15
Mimmers Shetidan Wyoming
Let love and faithfulness never leave you bind them around your neck ,write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes, fear the Lord shun evil, this will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones. Proverbs 3:3-8. NIV
Tara
Springfield, MO
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1 (NIV)
Amanda Grant, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
“…and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the AUTHOR and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12: 2 NASB
Eleanor
Memphis, TN
Psalm 27:8 NIV
My heart says of you, “Seek His Face!” Your face Lord, I will seek!
Rebecca Brown, Cumming, GA
Galatians 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
Glyn Phillips-Barry, Texas
Opening his mouth, Peter said: “I most certainly understand now that God is not one to show partiality, but in every nation the man who fears Him and does what is right is welcome to Him.” Acts 10:34-35 NASB
Beth – Cowpens, SC
Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.
Joshua 1:7-9 (ESV)