*This post is coming to you a few days early as our staff travels with Beth, which you will read more about below.
Hey, Everybody! It’s May! We are making progress, Girls! By now you are getting some verses down in your bones. I was thrilled two weekends ago when we had our clandestine Siesta picture after the end of our Albuquerque Living Proof Live and a bunch of them brought their spirals. Talk about teacher’s pets! Here they are:
OK! I’ve done a little video – a really, really short one this time – where I say my verses to you while I’m on a walk in our woods so this stands as my official entry for Verse 9! I’m doing memory work right now out of Ephesians Chapter Four and it is so powerful. As you’ll hear in this segment, God seems to have a tremendous partiality to the number ONE.
Y’all, I love doing this with you. I love an SSMT year. You are so dear to us. By the time you’re submitting your verses, I’ll be speaking in London at Hillsong Colour Conference. Our whole LPM staff is coming and many of our volunteers. Melissa is with me and will be heading up a short tour with our volunteers after the Hillsong conference ends, giving emphasis to several figures in Christianity who had tremendous influence on Spiritual formation. We are looking extremely forward to it. Her suitcase weighed 10 whole pounds more than mine strictly from books. Made me grin. The girl is a book nerd if you’ll ever meet one. We were so sad Amanda couldn’t come on this trip but she needed to be home with her very busy family this round. We miss her like nobody’s business. Would all of you please pray for us as we labor in this gorgeous field of harvest? Please ask Jesus to pour out His Holy Spirit lavishly upon us and to give us such hearts of love for every person we serve.  When I say, ask Jesus to pour out His Spirit, I mean like GUSHES. FLOODS, TIDAL WAVES of Living Water. Understand what I’m saying? PRAY BIG. Get in there with your faith if you’d be willing and ask God to be enormously present among us here. Ask for many to be saved, many to be delivered from strongholds, healed, and made whole in Jesus. Ask for multitudes to awaken to the breadth and length and height and depth of the borderless love of Jesus. Thank you! I owe you a debt of love which I gladly, joyfully pay.
Ok, Girls! Hit it with those verses!
A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
Proverbs 14:30
Lynn P., Fairview, OK – “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up others according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. ~Eph. 4:29”
Michelle C., Chesapeake, VA
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail.
They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23 (NIV)
Norma Jean, Medford, OR
And Jesus answered and said to him, “Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, “You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.'”
Luke 4:8 NKJV
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7 NIV
Cindy Barger
Houston, Texas
Misty Sanders, North Charleston, SC
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever
you face trials of many kinds.
James 1:2
NIV
From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,the name of the Lord is to be praised. Psalm113:3(NIV) Twyla McAmis Cleveland, Tennessee.
Elizabeth Hughes, Berrien Springs, MI, “For you are all children of light, children of the day, we are not of night nor of the darkness.” (1 Thessalonians 5:5ESV).
Luda Kosenko
Baltimore, MD
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
Put on the full armor of God,
so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,
but against the rulers, against the authorities,
against the powers of this dark world and
against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Therefore put on the full armor of God
so that when the day of evil comes,
you may be able to stand your ground,
and after you have done everything, to stand.
Ephesians 6:10-13 (NIV)
Prescott, Az
Philippians 2:10-11
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
NASB
2Cor 4:16
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day
Martie Carter, Belton, Texas
See to it, brothers, that none of you have a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage each other as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
Hebrews 3:12-13
Gigi Parisi
Mullica Hill NJ
Only fear The Lord and serve him faithfully with all you heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.
1 Samuel 12:24 ESV
Sally Heilinger, Port Orchard, WA
“The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.”
Zephaniah 3:17 NIV
Crystal. Livonia. Michigan.
9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a JOYFUL mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.
Psalm 113:9. Kjv
LaTeisa Crockett, Bedford Hts., OH
“The Jesus answered, “Women, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.”
Mat. 15:28 (NIV)
Jill Miller; Akron, IN; “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.” Ephesians 6:10-11 NIV
Pat Socolofsky, College Station, Texas. “But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere.” NLT
Psalm 15:2 NIV
The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart.
Pam. Mesa,AZ
You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
Isaiah 26:3 NKJV
Michelle Moultrie, Birmingham, AL
“Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, ” Romans 5:3,4 ESV
Tomi, Des Moines, Iowa. Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. NIV
Margie B. , Chesapeake, VA
Colossians 2:6 NIV
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus, continue to live your lives in him,
Carolyn Deevers, Dardenne Prairie, Missouri,
Matthew 11:29 (NIV)
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.
Patti, Tampa, Florida
Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do, for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. John 5:19 NKJ
Karen, Bingham Lake, MN
that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
Ephesians 3:16 ESV
Kayla Davisson, Fort Wayne, IN.
But now, this is what the LORD says-
He who has created you, O Jacob;
He who has formed you, O Israel:
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have summoned you by name.
You are mine.”
Isaiah 43:1
John 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John 14:15 KJV
Thank you for all your prayers. Half way through London Colour with a group of girls who have been so blessed by studying the Word with Beth’s help. All of us have been encouraged and challenged so far in different ways and are looking forward to all God has for us tonight and tomorrow. Wondering if there will be a Siesta photo opportunity with y’all!? That would be such a blast!
LINDA
MONTANA
Ps 91:16
God Said: With long life I will satisfy him and show him my Salvation [Yeshua]. NKJV
Jennifer O., Corpus Christi, TX
“But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.”
2 Cor. 3:16 NIV
Carol Peavy, Jena, LA
(1) As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.
(2) Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
Ephesians 4:1-2 NIV
Jones Creek, Texas
In the world you will have trials;
But be of good cheer,
I have overcome the world.
John 16:33
(NIV)
julie b, Chesterland, OH
“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 ESV
Caitlin, McKinney, TX
“I sought the Lord, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to Him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.” Psalm 34:4-5, NIV
“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
Lisa K.,Mpls MN
Matthew 6:34 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (NIV)
Emma, Alaska
Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise.
You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy!
For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.
Isaiah 26:19 ESV
Christine Vaughan Ozark, Mo
Proverbs 17:27 NIV
The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint, and whoever has understanding is even-tempered.
Claudia, Durham, NC
“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?”
Romans 8:31 ESV
Angie Keeting, Lee’s Summit, MO
But he (Jesus) said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
John 4:32 NIV
NIV Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them
Kasyn Peacock, Longview, Texas
I am sure that the One who began a good work in you will carry it on until it is completed. That will be on the day Christ Jesus returns. (â€Philippians‬ â€1‬:â€6‬ NIRV)
Psalms 19: 1-4 NIV “The heavens declare the glory of God: the skies proclaim the work of His hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. here is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
Cathy from Loxahatchee, Florida
Deuteronomy 2:3 NLT
You have been wandering around in this hill country long enough; turn to the north.
Heather Andreasen, Saginaw, MI
2 Timothy 3:17 (NIV)
So that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Jeremiah 32:27 (TLB) I am the Lord, the God of all mankind; is there anything too hard for me?
Diane from Cypress, Tx
Romans 10:9 (NIV)
“If you declare with your mouth, ‘ Jesus Is Lord’, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”
Michelle B, Denver, CO – “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10 NIV
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you. Says The Lord, thoughts of peace not of evil.
, to give you a future and hope. Jeremiah 29:11