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
Beth, Morristown, Tn
Joshua 1:9 (HCSB)
Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Sara Rogers, Murray, Ky
“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
Romona, Rosewood Heights
Let your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let your saints shout for joy.
Psalm 132:9. ESV
Cullman, Alabama
“‘The human heart is the most decietful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?'”
Jeremiah 17:9 NLT
Samantha Anderson, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
Ephesians 6:10 ESV
You keep track of my sorrows
You have collected all my tears in your bottle
You have recorded each one in your book.
Psalm 56:8 (NLT)
Shelley Iorio, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
So do not fear, for I am with you;
Do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10 NIV
Patricia Kelly, Van Alstyne TX
PSALM 40:11 (NKJV )
Do no withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord;
Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.
Tiffany, Amarillo, TX
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV)
Kate Kiker (age 11)
Do to others as you would have them do to you. Luke 6:31 (NIV)
Sara, College Station TX // Let your favor shine on your servant. In your unfailing love, rescue me. (Psalms 31:16 NLT)
Tammy, Monroe, IA. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. Isaiah 43:2 NIV
Samantha P, from Texarkana, AR
“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.” (Jeremiah 17:7-8 NIV)
Minden, Nebraska
“Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland.”
Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV
Amy Lyn Hicks, Billings, MT
Delight yourself also in The Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart (psalm 37:4, amp)
Doretta S., Ada, OK
But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control; against such things there is no law.
Gal. 5:22-23 ESV
Ann, Ventura, CA
“Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.”
~Deuternonomy 6:5 NIV
Angie O’Bleness, Aurora, CO
“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
Emily Hayes. Conway, Arkansas. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 NIV
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7 NIV
Proverbs 3:5 NIV
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding
Alyssa Ethington Chandler,AZ. Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. (1 Peter 4:8 NIV)
Kabrina Ethington, Chandler,AZ. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. (1 John 4:7 ESV)
Tammy, McKinney, TX Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 NIV
Leona – Fort Langley, BC “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8 NIV
Toledo, Ohio
And though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase.
Job 8:7 (AMP)
Vickie Ethington, Chandler,AZ. The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. (Zephaniah 3:17 ESV)
Kathy, Birmingham, AL
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10 NIV
Beth Coker Medford, OR. ESV. Psalm 63:1. ‘O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek You; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.’
Lena Harris-Shreveport, Louisiana–NIV-Joshua 1:9-“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord you God will be with you wherever you go.”
Brenda Wilder
Pell City, 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)
Melissa Evans, Lexington, KY
“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.”
2 Timothy 1:7
San Ramon, CA.
Phillipians 3: 13-16 NIV:
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
All of us who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. Only let us live up to what we have already attained.
Dana Plett- Gold River, BC, Canada
I can do all things through him who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13 ESV)
Charne, Secunda South Africa: Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope, PSM 119:49 NIV
Paula Weatherly
Huffman, TX
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,
“I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit,
Who leads you in the way you should go. Isaiah 48:17 (NASB)
Omaha, NE For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.
2 Timothy 1:7 NLT
Esther, Lancaster, PA 2 Corinthians 4:4 Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.,NLT
Jamie Cormier, Lufkin TX
“My tongue will proclaim your righteousness,
your praises all day long.”
Psalm 35:28, NIV
So he answered and said to me: “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the LORD of hosts. (Zechariah 4:6 NKJV)
Marietta, Ga
Applies to so many things in my life right now ~ His Spirit
Trust in, lean on, rely on, and have confidence in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is a refuge for us (a fortress and a high tower). Psalm 62:8 AMP
Mary Agius, Colorado Springs, CO
“Come to Me, al who are weary and heavy laden, 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. For my yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 28:30 NASB
He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. 1 Thess 5:24. ESV
Sandra Roberts, Fort Worth, TX
1 Peter 1:14-16 NASB
“as obedient children, do not conformed to the former lists which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written ‘you shall be holy, for I am Holy.’
Sharla, Boise, ID “On the glorious splendor of your majesty and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.” Psalm 145:5 esv
Karen, Dripping Springs, Texas:
Do everything without complaining or arguing.
Philippians 2:14 (NIV)
Carla, San Antonio, TX
We love because He first loved us. 1 John 4:19, HCSB
Mandy A., Palm Springs, CA
For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.
2 Timothy 1:7
Cedarville, OH
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. II Timothy 1:7 NIV
Jessica from Rockvale, TN
Psalm 34:13 “Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.”
Mary, New Smyrna Beach, FL
John 14:27 NKJV
27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let your heart not be troubled, neither let it be afraid.