*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!
“Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.”
Jeremiah 33:3 NIV
Allison, Pittsburg, Tx
I can do all things through him who
strengthens me.
Phil. 4:13 ESV
Aryn Madsen, Beaverton, OR, “may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,” (â€Ephesians‬ â€3‬:â€18‬ NIV)
Susan, Shelby,NC
Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. (â€Psalm‬ â€16‬:â€5-6‬ NIV)
Jeanine, Augusta, Ga
Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. (â€Romans‬ â€8‬:â€5-6‬ NIV)
Lynne VP Des Moines, Iowa
“Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.”
Jude 21 NIV
Lindsey Osburn, Hamshire, TX
One person gives freely, yet gains even more;
another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
A generous person will prosper;
whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.
PROVERBS 11:24-25 (NIV)
Kassandra Butte ND
Ester 4:14b NLT
Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?
Sheila Lindsey
Henderson, Tennessee
Psalms 121:12 NKJV
I will lift up mine eyes to the hills
From whence comes my help
My help comes from the Lord
Who made heaven and earth.
Juley Metcalf ~ Spicewood, Texas:
“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Hebrews 12:2 (KJV)
Kristel Hines from Russellville, AR
I will bless the LORD who guides me; even at night my heart instructs me. Psalm 16:7
In Him, we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace that He has lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. Ephesians 1:7-8
Lisa Cooper, Fort Worth, Texas – “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
Patty from Redmond, Washington.
You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what he said. Luke 1:45 NLT
Vonda Schwarz, Bertrand, NE “Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name.” Psalms 100:4. NIV
Liji Oommen, Columbus, OH
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” -1 Corinthians 10:31, NIV
Terryl Arola, Pine City, MN
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Joy Schilli
Anna, TX
There has been no day like it before or since, when the Lord listened to the voice of a man because the Lord fought for Israel.
Joshua 10:14
Holman version
Tensie Palmer, Los Angeles, CA
Ephesians 3:17 ESV
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts
through faith—that you, being rooted
and grounded in love,
Heidi, Daphne, AL
“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.” (Isaiah 26:3 – KJV)
Alicia Stewart
(Loveland, CO)
(1 Corinthians 10:31/ NIV)
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
Ephesians 4:32
“Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.”
NASB
Vanessa, Corrales NM
When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who watch over my way.
In the path where I walk people have hidden a snare for me. Psalm 143:3 NIV
Jennifer Walker- Fort Worth, TX
“Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.” Psalms 55:22 NASB
Carrie Gill, Tyler, TX. “Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another.” James 4:11a. NIV
Janeth O’Dell, Neoga, IL, “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” Ephesians 6:12 (NIV)
Jo Ellen Chance, Shawnee, Kansas
If you love me, keep my commands.
John 14:15 ESV
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work.
Ecclesiastes 4:9 NIV
Peggy Crews. Starke, Fl
Jennie Spearin Granite Bay Ca
“I will put My spirit in you, and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I am Yahweh. I have spoken, and I will do it” This is the declaration of the Lord.”
Ezekiel 37:19 HCSB
He reveals deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness and light dwells with Him. – Daniel 2:22 NIV
Helen Roseberry, Riverside, CA,
“so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,” Philippians 1:10 NIV
Kelly A, Rogers AR. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 NIV
Kimberly Humphrey, Hattiesburg, MS. “That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
2 Corinthians 12:10 NIV
Plano, Tx
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (â€Jeremiah‬ â€29‬:â€11‬ NIV)
Janet Walker, Torrington, WY
“Dont be afraid my people. Be glad and rejoice,
for the LORD has done great things.” Joel 2:21
Isaiah 58:9 NIV
Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. “If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk,
Suzanne Carlson – Ridgefield, WA
In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will
Ephesians 1:11 NKJV
Erin from Pocahontas, AR
“Every word of God is pure: He is a shield to those that trust in Him.” Proverbs 30:5 (1599 Geneva Bible)
Lori- Mountain View, WY
“Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4 (NIV)
Falisha M. Boland – Kirtland, NM
Ephesians 3:18 – “may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,”
Julie, Gresham, OR
“Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.” Hebrews 10:24 (NLT)
linda, colorado springs
satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
psalm 90:14 (niv)
Sherrie Lynn, Collierville, TN.
“But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us!” (â€Romans‬ â€5‬:â€8‬ HCSB)
Shauna Long, Cape Girardeau, MO
But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
James 1:6 HCSB
Laury Pitts from San Clemente, CA: “For he will not dwell unduly on the days of his life, because God keeps him busy with the joy of his heart.” Ecclesiastes 5:20, NKJV
Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” (Prov. 19:21)NIV
Colossians 3:5 So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world. (NLT)
Dana Jennings, Boone, IA “Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.” Rom. 12:9-10 NIV
Glennell
Buda, TX
James 1:27 (NIV)
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
Callie, Nashville, TN: “may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth” Ephesians 3:18 ESV