*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!
Tracy
Lake St Louis,Mo
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
2 Peter 3:9 NIV
Sugar Land, TX
Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Ephesians 6:13 NIV
Angie Gates, Wiggins, Ms
“being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, ” (â€Colossians‬ â€1‬:â€11‬ NIV)
Irene White Pigeon MI,
You are God’s children whom he loves, so try to be like him. Ephesians 5:1 NCV
Sonia Kibe, Morrilton, Arkansas
“Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the Heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.”
James 1:17 (NLT)
Ella Roemer, Gillespie, IL
“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.”
Matthew 5:11 NIV
“The mind governed by the flesh is death,
but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.” Romans 8:6 NIV
Liz Scherer
Fort Worth, TX
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. (â€1 Peter‬ â€5‬:â€6-7‬ NIV)
Daura Crawley, Conway, AR 1 Corinthians 13:10-11 ESV
“But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”
Jamee Miller, Sanford, FL “May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.” 1 Thessalonians 3:12
Denise; Gambier, Ohio: Visit him every morning and test him every moment.
Job 7:18 ESV
Meagan McCready, Rapid City, SD Psalm 119:133 (AMP) “Establish my steps and direct them by means of Your word; let not any iniquity have dominion over me.”
Jennie from Denham Springs, LA
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:1-2 (NIV)
Ashlyn Crawley, Conway, AR Romans 12:11-12 KJV
“Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer.”
“Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. As each has received a gift, use it to serve on another as good stewards of God’s varied grace.” 1 Peter 4:9-10 ESV
Sandra Larranaga Bowe San Jon NM
Rise up. . . . Take courage and do it.
Ezra 10:4
Karen – Valrico, FL
Think about Him in all your ways,
and He will guide you on the right paths.
Proverbs 3:6. HCSB
Ruth Kitchener, ON
Search me, 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. Psalm 139:23,24. (NIV)
And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19 ESV
Kim in St. Charles, IL
14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
Ephesians 3:14-16 kjv
Mary Jo, Las Vegas, NV
Ps 51:6, Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being,
And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom. (NASB)
Pam G., Centreville, VA
Romans 15:13 NIV
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13
Gina, Thomaston
“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
Tymber Crawley, Conway, Ar Psalm 139:5-8 NIV
“You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Where can I go from your spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.”
Jen Newsham. Longview, Texas. “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;” – â€Lamentations‬ â€3‬:â€22‬ (ESV)
For great is The Lord and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods.
1 Chronicles 16:25
Carolyn Medlin Oceanside Ca
For great is The Lord and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods.
1 Chronicles 16:25 NIV
Jill Lynch, Mission Viejo, CA
“May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you.”
Psalm 25:21 NIV
Sascha Martinez, red oak tx
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6 niv
Keri Lynn, Macon
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:6 NIV
Bobbi Wineberg Lake City, FL. Keep me safe O God for I have come to You for refuge. I said to the Lord You are my Master. Every good thing I have comes from You. Psalm 16:1,2 (NLT)
Tammy Hudik, Delray Beach, Florida
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous.
Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
Joshua 1:9(NIV)
“The Lord’s loving kindness indeed never cease, for God compassions never fail , They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. Lamentions 3:22-23. (NIV)
Madelyn Crawley, Conway, AR Psalm 61:1-3 ESV
“Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer; from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I, for you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy.”
For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. Job 19:25. ESV. Lorrie, Rutledge GA
Terri Tripp from Winchester, Virginia
“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”
Psalm 51:10 NIV
Lee Ann Wimer, Norman, OK
In the path of your judgments, O Lord, we wait for you;
Your name and remembrance are the desire of our soul.
My soul yearns for you in the night;
My spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Isaiah 26:8-9 ESV
Trish – Clover, SC
2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV
And we all, with unveiled face,
beholding the glory of the Lord,
are being transformed into the same image
from one degree of glory to another.
For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
Kelly, Cut-n-Shoot Tx
Ps 37:6
He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday.
Kari White, Fulton SD.
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.
Isaiah 55:8 NIV
Fareen Doss
Las Vegas, NV
“LORD, I have heard the news about you; I am amazed at what you have done. LORD, do great things once again in our time; make those things happen again in our own days.” (â€Habakkuk‬ â€3‬:â€2‬ NCV)
He will not constantly accuse us, nor remain angry forever. (â€Psalms‬ â€103‬:â€9‬ NLT)
Jessica Sanders, Broken Arrow, OK
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
1 Corinthians 14:33 KJV
Selena Rosetti, wiggins, MS. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6:33 (NIV)
Stephanie Solomon, Morgantown, WV.
Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until that day when our Lord Jesus Christ comes again. God who calls you, is faithful; He will do this. 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 (NLT).
Sarah Rumfield
Tomball, TX
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12
Nancy English, Laramie, Wyoming
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. I Peter 5:7 NIV
Wendy, West Monroe, La
For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 NKJV
Joyce Matthews – Bison, SD
I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. 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. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. (Psalms 40:1-3a NIV)
Shaunte Macarages-Fayetteville NC “Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.” Ephesians 6:13 ESV
Kathleen Smith, Georgetown TX
Proverbs 16:6 NASB
By lovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned for. And by the fear of the Lord one keeps away from evil.