*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!
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Joshua 1:9 HCSB
Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Matthew 21:22 ESV
And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”
Brenna Rosetti, Wiggins,MS
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. (â€Matthew‬ â€6‬:â€33‬ NIV)
Kari Hawkins Canton, Ga
“All a man’s ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the Lord.”
Proverbs 16:2 NIV
Joanne Corley, Colleyville , Texas
These things we write, so that our joy may be complete. God is Light 1John 1:4 NASB
Tigi Montgomery Village MD
Philippians 4:8 NIV
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is nobel, whatever is right whatever is pure, whatever is lovely whatever is admirable if anything is excellent or praise worthy think about such things.
Jennifer Tinsley, Indianapolis, IN. “God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.” Psalm46:1. NLT
1 Samuel 12:24 ESV
“Only fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you. “
In the morning, Lord, You hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before You and wait expectantly. Ps 5:3. NIV
Kristina Pindell, Burkburnett, TX
…but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord. Deuteronomy 8:3 NASB
Stacey M
Clayton, NC
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. (â€Ezekiel‬ â€36‬:â€26‬ NIV)
Pam Williams, Olive Branch, MS
For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him.
Philippians 2:13 NLT
Erin, Joplon, MO
“Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues.” Proverbs 10:19
“so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,” Ephesians 3:17 NIV
Anna Hamilton, Hickory Flat, MS, “Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.” Romans‬ â€15‬:â€7‬ ESV
Pam,Lubbock,Texas claims:
…for it is God who works in you both to will and do for His good pleasure. Philippians 2:13
Melissa Dulaney, Circleville, Ohio
Isaiah 30:18 NIV
Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!
Linda Chuplis York Haven
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
2Corinthians 4:17 NIV
Johannah, Alexandria, LA
“You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what he said.” Luke‬ â€1‬:â€45‬ NLT
Diane, Longmont, CO
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Colossians 3:1 NIV
Ann Medford, Sunset Tx, Philippians 3:14 NIV, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Jenna, Fort Worth, TX
Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4 NIV
Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” John 11:40 NIV
Amanda, Sherman, TX
1 Timothy 6:11 KJV
“But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.”
Debra S., Ocoee, FL
“Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!” Psalm 100:4 ESV
Andy Spray – Centreville, Va
The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. Romans‬ â€8‬:â€6‬ (NIV)
Laura D, Cleveland, OH
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. (â€Romans‬ â€15‬:â€13‬ NIV)
Megan Passarella, Waupaca, WI
“Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: 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 3:21-23 NIV
Ashley, Alexandria, La. “I will be glad and rejoice in your unfailing love, for you have seen my troubles, and you care about the anguish of my soul.” (â€Psalms‬ â€31‬:â€7‬ NLT)
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
Ephesians 3:17 ESV
Lisa Crouse, Knightdale, NC “For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another”.
1 John 3:11 NJKV
2 Corinthians 4.16 KJV
For all things are for your sakes that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
Anne Thompson, Pella, IA “The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.” John 1:9 ESV
James 1:19 – my dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry. NIV
Lauren Kennedy, Denham Springs, LA
Karen Roberts, Brighton, CO. Thus says the Lord, “Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me and what is the place of my rest?” Isaiah 66:1 ESV
Sarah Juven, Fergus Falls MN Isaiah 41:10 NIV So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Christina Drown, Fort Worth, TX
PS 27:1The Lord is my light and my salvation—
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life—
of whom shall I be afraid? NIV
Clancie Speck, Elizabethtown, KY, “For He knows our frame. He [earnestly]remembers and imprints [on His heart]that we are dust.” Psalm 103:14, AMP
Heather Wilkinson
Springfield, VA
Is 50:4 (NIV)
The Sovereign LORD has given me a well – instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.
Karen G., Humble, Texas
He will not let your foot slip–
he who watches over you,
will not slumber:
Psalm 121:3 NIV
Kathrine Springer, Chula Vista, CA. “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
Michele Powell, Nampa, ID
Isaiah 54:13 (NIV) “All your children will be taught by the Lord, and great will be their peace.”
Cheryl, Roswell, NM
“Teach me good discernment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.” Psalm 119:66 (NASB)
Lauren Warner, Austin TX “but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40:31 NIV
Cypress, TX
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Gal 6:9. KJV
And as the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like him and reflect his glory even more. 2 Cor. 3:18 (NLT)
Michelle Rodriguez, Beavercreek, OH
“and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.”
Colossians 3:10 NIV
Laura, Greenbrier, AR “So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.” 2 Corinthians 5:16 NIV
Robin, Leo, IN: For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Galatians 5:14 NIV
Joyce Lobmaster, St. Louis MO. Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him. I will surely defend my ways to his face. Job 13:15 NIV