*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!
Shirley maxwell
Macon,Georgia
So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
Ephesians 3:17. NASB
Jamie, Irvine, Ky.
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! (â€Isaiah‬ â€26‬:â€3‬ NLT)
Courtney, Lima, OH, “You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head.” Psalm 139:5 (NLT)
Karoletha Stone Longview TX
For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Galatians 5:14 NIV
Traci McNally, Evansdale, Iowa
8 For you, Lord, have delivered me from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling,
9 that I may walk before the Lord
in the land of the living.
Psalm 116:8-9 NIV
Rachel, Mt. Carmel, PA – “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work in us,” – Eph. 3:20, NIV
Kristie Mallory – Goshen, KY
“…He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit…”
Titus 3:5 (NLT)
Part of series Titus 3:5-7
Mary
Chandler, OK
And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Mark 4:39 KJV
Hilliard, Ohio
John 20:21 “And Jesus said, Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” NIV
Colossians 3:17New International Version (NIV)
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Kelsey Long, Chickasha, OK
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
2 Timothy‬ â€2‬:â€15‬ ESV
Vickie-Wichita Falls, Tx
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
for I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
Psalm 143:8 NIV
Minnetonka, MN
Isaiah 43:2 NIV
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.
Diane from Littleton, CO
Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God- children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
John 1:12-13 NIV
For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;
they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
Psalm 91:11-12 (NIV)
Shantha, Lincoln, RI
Fenton, Ashburn, VA “Whoever offers praise glorifies Me;
And to him who orders his conduct aright
I will show the salvation of God.” Psalm 50:23 NKJV
Laurie – Albany,Ga.
Submit yourselves,to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7 NIV
mary Tomaselli. Humble,Tx
Psalm 1:3 NIV. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
Christina Fort Worth
Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. (â€Psalm‬ â€62‬:â€8‬ NIV)
April Lopez, BonneyLake,Wa
As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious. 1 Peter 2:4ESv
Emmilianna Ferreria, BonneyLake,Wa
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 ESV
Aava Ferreria, BonneyLake,Wa
Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.
Psalm31:24 NIV
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 1 Cor 13:4 (NIV)
Dawn Tolley, Appomattox VA: “I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.” Isaiah 45:3 (NIV)
Desiree Reimer, Calgary AB
and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:19 ESV
Toni
Tallahassee fl.
New king James
1 Peter 5:7
Cast all your anxiety on God because he cares for you.
Kristin Funston, Memphis, TN
“Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!” (Psalm 100:4 ESV)
Valerie, Ontario(Mansfield), OH
Then Jesus put his hand over their eyes and said, “You will have what your faith expects.” Matthew 9:29. TPT
Carla, Coweta. “May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.” Psalms 19:14 NLT
Andie, Dunnellon, Florida
Esther 3:14 KJV For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou are come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
geez, Esther 4:14…
Catherine, Centreville, VA. “Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4 (NIV)
I am the vine, you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; Apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away into the fire and burned. If you remain in me sad my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given to you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruiy, showing yourselves to bo my deciples.
John 15:5-8. NIV
Gretchen, McKinney, TX Jeremiah 1:8 HCSB Do not be afraid of anyone, for I will be with you to deliver you. This is the LORD’s declaration.
Rebecca, Ft Wayne IN “And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.” Deut 30:6 (ESV)
Melissa Briggs, Brandon, Mississippi
“But I cry to you for help, O LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you.” Psalm 88:13 NIV
Luke 6:37 Forgive and you shall be forgiven.
J Canon, New Braunfels, TX-
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. (â€1 Peter‬ â€5‬:â€7‬ NIV)
“From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.” Psalm 61:2 KJV
Barbara Slaven
Loudon, Tennessee
Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,
Eph 6:14 NIV
Tanya Smith
Kenosha WI 53143
Mark 7:9-11
Then he said, “You skillfully sidestep God’s law in order to hold to your own tradition. For instance, Moses gave you this law from God: ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and ‘anyone who speaks disrespectfully of father or mother must be put to death.’ But you say it is alright for people to say to their parents, “sorry I can’t help you for I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you.”
Jennifer Henderson, Raleigh, NC;
I will bless the LORD at all times;
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
My soul makes its boast in the LORD;
let the humble hear and be glad.
Oh, magnify the LORD with me,
and let us exalt his name together!
(Psalm 34:1 ESV)
Ephesians 3: 14-18: For this reason. I bow my knees before the Father from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to his riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith-that you, being roots and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is breadth and length and height and depth,
Sophia S., Harleysville, PA
Lamentations 3:23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. ESV
Fullerton,CA. Psalm 91:5-6. “You will not fear the terror of night nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.” NIV
Psalm 52:9 NIV ’84
” I will praise you forever for what you have done; in your name I will hope, for your name is good. I will praise you in the presence of your saints.”
Gabriella S. Harleysville,PA
“So then, just as you as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him”
Colossians 2:6
NIV
Debra, Baraboo, WI
He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.
Titus 3:5 ESV
Lisa, Abilene, TX
I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me. Galatians 2:20 (KJV)
He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. Psalm 91:4 (NIV) – Mimi, Snellville, GA
Dawn Moore Conway, AR
Hebrews 10:25 ESV
not staying away from our worship meetings as some habitually do, but encouraging each other, and all the more as you see the day drawing near
Danielle, Evansville IN
For though we walk in the flesh we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine powers to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take captive every thought to obey Christ.
II Cor. 10:3-5 ESV
Lori, Friendswood, TX
1 Kings 8: 28 (HCSB)
Listen to your servant’s prayer and his petition, Lord my God, so that you may hear the cry and the prayer that your servant prays before you today.