*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!
Luke 6:38 ESV
give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
They are new every morning; Great is your faithfulness.
Lam. 3:23
Patience Nason, Citrus Heights, CA
“We who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.” Heb. 6:18b HCSB
Linda Hunter Lumberton, TX “Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong.”
1 Corinthians16:13 NLT
Sarah, Des Arc, AR
Revelation 17:14 ESV
They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”
Cheryl Swanson, Tulsa, OK.
Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.
(I Corinthians 14:1, NIV)
Leah Harvey, Alexandria, VA
If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. (â€1 John‬ â€3‬:â€20‬ NIV)
Plano, Texas-
“Every valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.”
(Isaiah 40:4, ESV)
Stacie K
Springfield, VA
I prayed to the LORD, and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears. Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces. (â€Psalms‬ â€34‬:â€4-5‬ NLT)
Kristen, Paramount, CA
For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him. (â€Philippians‬ â€2‬:â€13‬ NLT)
Elizabeth Miller, Cullman,AL
I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy triumphs over me.
Psalm 41:11 NIV
Katie Moran
Arlington, TX
Psalm 143:8 NIV
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 entrust my life.
Anna from Indiana
A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.
Proverbs 31:10-11 (NIV)
Megan Delp, Barto, PA
“Pray without ceasing.”
1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV
Becky Purchase Euless, Tx Ephesuans 3:17 NIV
[17] so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
Regina Coleman, Salado, TX (but I’m in London at this moment! Wish I could see you)
For in him we live and move and have our being.
Acts 17:28
Psalm 139:5 ESV
You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.
(Memorizing chapters R E A L LY goes bone marrow deep, moving – and God has been using it mightily….. no words!! <3 )
Joy~in Iowa~ “Real religion, the kind that passes muster before God the Father, is this: Reach out to the homeless and loveless in their plight, & guard against corruption from the godless world. My dear friends, don’t let public opinion influence how you live out our glorious Christ , originated faith.” James 1:27-2:1 (The Message)
This is actually #8 and #9 – Please don’t kick me out…I’m a hot mess.
Andree, Evansville, IN
“For it is by grace you have been saved through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9, NIV
Stephanie Hilton, League City, Texas
” for He will hide me in His shelter the day of trouble; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will lift me high upon a rock.”
Psalm 27:5 ESV
Jennifer, Chattanooga, TN
You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. Romans 6:18 NIV
Jayn, San Diego, Ca,God’s your Guardian, right at your side to protect you-
Psalm 121:5
Linda Dews, Orrville, OH
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
Mary Sandifer, Indian Head, MD
“Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth, Keep watch over the door of my lips.”
Psalm 141:3 (NASB)
Johanna, Carlsbad CA
2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV)
“For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.”
Laura ~ Plainfield, IN
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts.
Colossians 3:15a NIV
Kari Turner
Charlottesville, VA
“We pray that you’ll have the strength to stick it out over the long haul—not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glory-strength God gives. It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy, thanking the Father who makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful that he has for us.” (â€Colossians‬ â€1‬:â€11-12‬ MSG)
“God demonstrates His love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us”
Romans 5:8
Betty Clark Ann Arbor, MI “So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:31-32.NIV
Sandra
Wichita Falls, TX
may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, Ephesians‬ â€3‬:â€18‬ ESV
Ann, Pawleys Island, SC
. . . may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:18-19 NIV
Marcy Euless, TX
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Philippians 4:6. NIV
Sonya Burtis, Cullman, AL
You will always harvest what you plant.
Galatians 6:7b (NLT)
Marie Markward, Van Wert, OH.
But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect
I Peter 3:15 ESV
Deborah Flora, Sawyer, KS
For am I now trying to win the favor of people or of God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ. Galatians 1:10 NIV
Laura from Kenly, NC
“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
2 Corinthians 4:18 NIV
Angel Buff – Chattanooga, TN
“Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself.” (Galatians 6:1, NLT)
Susan Brown, Mandeville, LA.
Proverbs 15:1 “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” NIV
Deb Hartman , Newnan, Ga
“From whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives it’s name”
Ephesians 3:15. NIV
Cindy, Houston, TX
“…since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way.”
Colossians 1:9-10a (NIV)
Sandy from Bowie, MD I John 2:5 (KJV)
But whosoever keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
Bethany in Pueblo, CO
“But He said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”
Luke 18:27 (NKJV)
Rachael Heard, San Antonio, TX Philippians 4:9 NIV
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
Dawn in Monett, MO
Ephesians 1:3 NIV
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
Dorothy Williams
Montgomery, AL
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
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.
Ella Kelly,, Farmington, NM
Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her !
Luke 1:45 NIV
Erica from MI
” Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things. ” Philippians 4:8 (NIV)
Debi Detroyer Emmett, MI I’m visiting my son and his family who are missionaries in Kota Baru, Indoneisa. They are such a blessing to the people they interact with. I had a Scripture verse picked out, but I’m changing it because my heart is so full of Praise. My heart is so full of how the Lord blesses me, I want to shout from the rooftops of how great our God is.
“Sing praises to God, sing praise, sing praises to our King, sing praises.” Psalm 47:6 NIV
Col 3:8
But now you must put them all away:anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. ESV
Cheryl Mobile, AL
Kim
New Port Richey, FL
Psalm 119:169 NLT
“O Lord, listen to my cry; give me the discerning mind you promised.”