*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 Knott, Greenwood, SC
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 (NIV)
Christene from London, Canada
She girds herself with strength [spiritual, mental, and physical fitness for her God-given task] and makes her arms strong and firm.
Proverbs 31:17 Amp
Angela Wagner, Pittsburgh Pa
“Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power in its working.” James 5:16, ESV
Charlotte Stedman, Austintown, Ohio
“That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the innerman” Ephesians 3:16 NAS
Leigh Toronto, ON
Seek theLord and His strength; Seek his face continually.
Psamls 105:4 NIV
Amanda, Chesapeake, VA, “I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you. I said ‘you are my servant; I have chosen you and not rejected you.'” Isaiah 41:9 NIV
Diana, Round Hill, VA, The fear of others lays a snare but one who trusts in the Lord is secure. Proverbs 29:24 NRSV
Lori Thompson
McKinney, Tx
psalm 139:3 NIV
You discern my going out and my lying down;you are familiar with all my ways.
Diane Perkins Rockford Mi
For this reason I kneel before the father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. Ephesians 3:14
Nancy Gordon
Lafayette IN
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. I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. Lamentations 3:21-26 NIV
Ps.42:5 NIV Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
Jeanna Romans, Bel Air MD
Ecclesiastes 3:1 KJV
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven
Ann, N. Canton, OH. Psalm 73:25-26. (ESV) “Whom have I in Heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”
Amy, Westminster, MD
“He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord is faithful.” 1Corinthians 1:8-9
Dian Helgerud, Orlando Florida
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure, then peace loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good deeds, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers Who sow peace reap a harvest of righteousness.
James 3:17-18 (niv)
Stephanie Murphy, College Station, TX
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV
Laura – Grand Saline, TX
The Joy of the Lord Is My Strength – Nehemiah 8:10
Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” (Nehemiah 8:10 ESV) – fixing my firat verse
Laura Hix Grand Saline to
Susan Knowles, Bradenton, FL
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
Eph 4:2-3
Kathy | Jamesville, NC | Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:4-7 NASB)
Kathy Emeigh Bethlehem Pennsylvania
My sheep listen to my voice;
I know them, and they follow me!
John 10:27 CEB.
Teri Heikkila, Grand Rapids MN
“The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.” 2 Corinthians 10:4 NIV
Alice from Ooltewah, TN. “Cleanse me with hyssop and I will be clean. Wash me and I will be whiter than snow.” Psalm 51:7.
14 And over all these virtues put on love which binds them together in perfect unity. 15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body, you were called to peace. And be thankful. Colossians 3:15-16. NIV Dawn Lucy Attalla, Alabama.
Tracy, Medicine Lodge, Ks
Psalm 19:14 NLT
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you,O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Nancy Gordon Lafayette IN
Lamentations 3:21-26 New International Version (NIV)
21 Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:
22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.”
25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;
26 it is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.
Ephesians 3:18 NKJV
may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—
Sallee Bonham
Belle, Missouri, USA
for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.
James 1:20 NASB
Sheila Oakes
Cary, NC
Psalm 136:26 NLT – Give thanks to the God of heaven. His faithful love endures forever.
Michelle -Schertz, TX
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
2 Cor 3:17 NIV
Zephaniah 3:16 (KJV)
The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; He will save, He will rejoice over thee with joy; He will rest in His love, He will joy over thee with singing.
Shannon Smith, Dawsonville, GA
John 15:2 (NLT) He cuts off every branch that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.
Katie Burke, Tampa, FL
Ephesians 6:14-17 NIV
Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”
Martha Parrish, Irving, TX
God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.
Psalm 46:1 NLT
Janet P., College station, TX
Ezekiel 36:26 (NKJV)
26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
Denise, Hernando Beach, FL
Great is our LORD, and abundant in power;
His understanding is beyond measure.
The LORD lifts up the humble;
He casts the wicked to the ground. Psalm 147: 5-6
Lisa S., Cibolo, TX “All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:16,17 (NASB)
Jenny
Covington, KY
“fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.” Proverbs 29:25 NIV
Miriam, Columbia, SC
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
Psalm 103:8 (ESV)
Margie Snyder, Groveland FL
Exodus 15:26b
For I am the Lord who heals you.
Westland, MI ~ 1 Kings 4:5 “God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore” NIV
Beverly Welch, Dallas, NC
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.
Ps 61:2 KJV
Jamie Cormier, Lufkin Texas
“But he said to me,’My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
2 Corinthians 12:9, ESV
Beverly Birmingham, Al Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, (1 Peter 1:3 ESV)
Emily Ince, Danville, VA
Stand firm then with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, and the breastplate of righteousness in place…
Ephesians 6:14 NIV
Melanie Franks, Royston Ga
And God’s peace [shall be yours, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace] which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:7 AMP)
Wahpeton, ND, 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,”
Tina Dill, Biloxi, MS
Eph 3: 17b-18 NIV
“And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide, and long and high and deep is the love of Christ”
*sorry I’m a day late, I was dealing with a very sick child. 🙁
Norfolk, VA
Exodus 15:13 NIV
In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling.
Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Psalm 119:105 (NRSV)
WAYNE, PA
“Make allowances for each others faults and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember the Lord forgave you so you must forgive others.” Col 3:13 NLT