*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!
Amy Brown
New Palestine, IN
“God’s voice is glorious in the thunder. We can’t even imagine the greatness of his power.” -Job 37:5 NLT
“unlike Cain , who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil, and his brothers were righteous.” I John 3:12 HCSB
Annette Green, Roach MO
Philippians 2:8, NIV
And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient unto death–even death on a cross!
Lisa Tereshko, Greensburg, PA
“The Lord will keep you from all evil; He will keep your life. The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and for evermore.”
Psalm 121:7-8 (RSV)
Beth from Calgary AB Canada
But godliness with contentment is great gain. (â€1 Timothy‬ â€6‬:â€6‬ NIV)
Ella, St. Augustine, FL
“You, O Lord, will keep them; you will guard us from this generation forever.” Psalm 12:7 ESV
A voice says, “Cry out.”
And I said, “What shall I cry?”
“All people are like grass,
and all their faithfulness is
like the flowers of the field.
Isaiah 40:6 NIV
Lindsey in Houston TX
Kayla Smith
Denton, TX
Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth. Hosea‬ â€6‬:â€3‬
Cara Roberts, Byron, Illinois. “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
Amy Spry
Dothan, AL
Galatians 5:1 NIV
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.
Linda Speer, Edmonton Ab
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ â€Mark‬ â€12‬:â€30‬ NIV
Ps. 143:10 NAS
10 Teach me to do Your will,
for You are my God.
May Your gracious Spirit
lead me on level ground.
Judy Littleton NC
Finally, be strong in The Lord and in his mighty power.
Ephesians 6:10 NIV
Melanie Groff, Katy, TX, The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. (â€Proverbs‬ â€16‬:â€9‬ ESV)
Ruthie, San Antonio, Tx. Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
Paula Rambo, Rowlett, Tx
Jeremiah 31:14 NLT
The priests will enjoy abundance, and my people will feast on my good gifts. I, the lord , have spoken!”
Linda, Johnstown, Pa.
Colossians 3:12 (NIV)
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
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
Michelle Mardis, Scottsboro, AL
“may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth”
Ephesians 3:18 NASB
Amanda, Washougal, WA
“May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.”
Psalm 19:14 NIV
Aubrey Eubank Palmetto, GA
Romans 15:6 NIV
So that with one mind and one voice you may glorify God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Pam Coleman
Deleon Springs, Florida
Heb 11:6 (NIV)
“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.”
“We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps.”
Proverbs 16:9 NLT
1 Corinthians 12:12 ESV
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
martha loyd
houston, tx
Izora Browning. Midland,Texas
Then Peter said,”Silver or gold I do not have,but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth walk.” NIV: Acts 3:6.
Lea Ann from Hales Corners, WI
Mark 12:30(NIV)~ “Love your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.”
Heather Johnson, Minneapolis, MN
John 7:38, niv “Whoever believes in me as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him”
Julie Strock; Lakewood CO; “But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him.” Jeremiah 17:7 NIV
Diane LeJeune, Fairview, TN
“Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” Isaiah 30:21 NIV
Ashley Roth, Peachtree City, Ga.
“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.” Romans 12:2 (NAS)
Elizabeth Stafford Prairieville, LA
John 1:1 (NKJV) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Tammie Maier, Hillsboro, KS
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
If I settle on the far side of the sea,
Psalm 139:9 (NIV)
Linda Lorring, Reno, NV
You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. Romans 2:1 (NIV)
Meg Alexandria, VA
“For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.”
Romans 1:20 NIV
Karen P., Sturgis, Mich. “As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.” James 5:11
Hannah West Boulder, CO
Ecclesiastes 5:2 (NKJV)
Do not be rash with your mouth, And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God. For God is in heaven, and you on earth; Therefore let your words be few.
Claudia, Raeford, NC Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; Declare among the peoples His deeds. (â€Psalms‬ â€9‬:â€11‬ NASB)
Wait patiently for the LORD. Be brave and courageous.
Yes, wait patiently for the LORD.
(â€Psalms‬ â€27‬:â€14‬ NLT)
Nancy- Yonges Island, SC
“As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the Lord is proven;
He is a shield to all who trust in Him.”
2 Samuel 22:31. NKJ
Know therefore today, and lay it on your heart, that the LORD is God in heaven above and the earth beneath; there is no other. ~Deuteronmy 4:39 ESV
Delba
Dorsey,MS
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord.” Jeremiah 17:7 NKJV
Kathy, St. Louis, MO
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” Ephesians 4:2(NIV’84)
Ps. 119:74 esv
Those who fear You shall see me and rejoice, because I have hoped in Your word.
Holly Smith
Monument CO
Tammy,
Lusby, MD
Exodus 20:20
Moses responded to the people, “Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, so that you will fear Him and will not sin.”
Antoinette Krietemeijer, Hoofddorp, the Netherlands(Europe)
God, door wie u geroepen bent om één te zijn met Zijn Zoon Jezus Christus, onze Heer, is trouw. 1 Korintiërs 1:9 1
Melissa Weseloh, St. Louis MO
But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.
1 Thessalonians 2:7-8 (ESV)
yael hernandez New york, NY
Ephesians 3:17
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith and that you being rooted and grounded in love
Kathy Land , Shattuck, OK
Psalm 145:9 (NIV)
“The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made.”
Deana Johnson from Visalia, California: “The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.” Galatians 5:6 NIV
connie thornton
elberton ga
psalms 40 vs 1 KJV
i waited patiently for the lord;and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry