*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!
Vicki W – Merriam, KS
Romans 5:1
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. ESV
jackie siple Rockledge FL
He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake. (â€Psalms‬ â€23‬:â€3‬ NKJV)
Sarah, Montrose, CO
2 Corinthians 3:5 (CEV)
We don’t have the right to claim that we have done anything on our own. God gives us what it takes to do all that we do.
We can always “prove” that we are right, but is the Lord convinced? Proverbs 16:2 The Living Bible
St Augustine FL
Jennifer Jones from Coweta Oklahoma
Psalm 19:14
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight oh Lord my rock and redeemer.
Michelle, West Des Moines, IA
Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him who loved us.
Romans 8:37 (AMP)
Kelei Liggett. Iowa Park, Texas.
Proverbs 12:24 NIV
Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.
“…so Christ, having been offered once
to bear the sins of many,
will appear a second time
not to deal with sin
but to save those
who are eagerly waiting for Him.”
Hebrews 9:28 NIV
Linda, Fort Collins, CO
Sally, Gahanna, OH
“The Lord is righteous in all His ways
And loving toward all He has made.
The Lord is near to all who call on Him,
To all 2who call on Him in truth.”
Psalm 145:17-18 NIV
Julie/Deer Park Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the Lord has been good to you. Psalm 116:7 NIV
Jane Lakey, Panama City Beach, Fl
Psalm 105:15, NIV
As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Karen Coppley
Clemmons,NC
Ephesians 6:10-11 ESV
Finally, be strong in the Lord and 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.
Ellen, Fort Worth, TX
But I trust in Your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in Your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, for He has been good to me. Psalm 13:5-6 NIV
Fairfield Ca.
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called the children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
1 John 3:1
Brooke Rosetti, Wiggins, MS
“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. (â€Isaiah‬ â€43‬:â€18-19‬ NIV)
Let them praise the name of the Lord, for His name alone is exalted;
His splendor is above the earth and the heavens. Psalm 148:13 NIV
Denise from Walters, Ok
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. (â€Colossians‬ â€3‬:â€16‬ ESV)
Molly P., Portland, “See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalm 139:24 NIV
Jeri Cook–Missouri City, TX
Psalm 18: 32-33
It is God who arms me with strength
and keeps my way secure.
He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;
He causes me to stand on the heights.
Wendy Davis, Oriental, NC
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
Ephesians 1:3 NASB
“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” -Matthew 6:33
Cindy Cannon, Otterville, IL
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)
Isaiah 61:2
to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,
Jackie Houser, Goldsboro, NC. I am working my way through Psalm 103: The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. -Psalm 103:8 NIV
Carol – Pasadena, CA
Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. 1 Chronicles 16:11 (NIV)
Jennifer Olmstead
Janesville, Wisconsin
Psalm 42:1 (NIV)
As the dear pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, Oh, my God.
Lissa, Flowery Branch GA
Do not be conformed to this world,but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:2
Nanette Smith Jacksonville, TX
Romans 8:24
For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope: for why does one also hope for what he sees?
NAS
Sierra, Wyoming, MI
For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. Luke 14:11
Suzanne
Tenaha, TX
Ephesians 3:19 NIV84
And to know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of all fullness of God.
Allison Drennon, Little Rock, AR
“Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.” Ephesians 4:2 (NLT)
Nancy Bradshaw Melbourne, Florida
And how wonderful to live in the sunshine! Even if you live a long time, don’t take a single day for granted. Ecclesiaste 11:7-8 Message
Matthew 19:26 NIV
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible
Susan Jasper, Tennessee
Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.
Psalm 68:19 (NIV)
Sarah, Queretaro, Mexico
May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in The Lord
Psalm 104:34 (NIV)
Judith, Scott, Louisiana
“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds.” James 1:2(ESV)
Beverly, Midlothian VA
Ephesians 6:14-15 ESV
Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace
“‘My kindness is all you need. My power is strongest when you are weak.’ So if Christ keeps giving me his power, I will gladly brag about how weak I am.” 2 Corinthians 12:9
Shawan in AZ
that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, Philippians 3:10 NKJV
Cheryl, Harleysville PA
I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:13-14 NKJV
Cassie Oring, Murfreesboro, TN. “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” Ephesians‬ â€4‬:â€29‬ NIV
Nancy -Versailles
He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire,
He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.
Psalm 40:2 NIV
Wait, my daughter, until you learn how the matter turns out.
Ruth 3:18
Now may the Lord of shalom Himself give you shalom at all times and in every way.
The Lord be with you all!
2 Thessalonians 3:16 TLV (Tree of Life Version)
Karen Edlund, Rochester, MN
Psalm 139:23-24 NIV84
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Any Cobb, Murfreesboro, TN. “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” Ephesians‬ â€4‬:â€29‬ NIV
Amy M, Fifty Lakes MN
And to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:19 (NIV)
Conyers, GA
Psalms 139:11-12 KJV “If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.”
Lori, Toledo
James 1:3-4, “You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.” (MSG)
Debbie W., Prattville, AL
I look up to the mountains –
does my help come from there?
My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth!
Psalm 121:1-2
NLT