*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!
Patricia from Richmond,
as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
ESV. Romans 4:17
“When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.” Proverbs 16:7
always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. (â€II Corinthians‬ â€4‬:â€10‬ NKJV)
Linda Wright, Sugar Land, Texas
1 Samuel 2:10 (NIV)
It is not by strength that one prevails; those who oppose the Lord will be broken. The Most High will thunder from heaven; the Lord will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed.
Stephanie, Cisco, TX. Psalm 100:3. Know he that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. KJV
I will praise the Lord all my life, I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. Psalm 146:2, NIV
Lorraine, Ketchikan, AK
“But now, thus says the LORD, your Creator, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel, ‘Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine!'”
Isaiah 43:1 NASB
Abby Smith in Troy, 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)
So we fix our eyes not on what is see, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18. NIV
Jen from Round Rock, TX
James 1:19 NIV
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
Sarah Tarr, Franklin TN
‘Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Jesus Christ.’ -Colossians 3:23-24 ESV
Jodi, Sweetwater, TN – The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 18:21 NIV
Renee Hall, Jacksonville, Florida
“And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.”
Hebrews 13:16 NIV
Brandi Mincey, Hope Mills, NC
The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
Proverbs 28:1
Carrie, St. Paul, MN
“Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying:
Who should I send?
Who will go for us?
I said:
Here I am. Send me.” Isaiah 6:8 (HCSB)
Rachelle, Cedar Park, TX: For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thessalonians 5:9
Psalm 46:1-3 (NKJV)
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear, even though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; though its waters roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with its swelling.”
Carolyn
Wheaton, IL
RaeLeen, Bloomington, Indiana:
But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger.
James 1:19b (NIV)
Mary Beth Nickerson, Lascassas, TN “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)
Charlotte , Claremore, Okla.
“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-yet was without sin” Hebrews 4:15 NIV
Emily in Puyallup, WA
“Oh, that we might know the LORD! Let us press on to know Him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring” (Hosea 6:3 NLT).
Jessy Perzel – Lakeville, MN “And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:7 (NIV)
For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ. Galatians 1:10
Emily Tohlen, Kansas City, MO
Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21 ESV
Mary B HOMEWOOD AL
verse 9
“The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
â€â€1 Corinthians‬ â€15:56-57‬ â€NIV‬‬
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Philippians 4:6
NIV
Tracey M, Margaree Valley, NS
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Romans 12:12
Ingrid, Oldfield, MO
Psalm 103:17 ESV
But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children,
Sarah Campbell, Greenville, MS
“Be joyful always; pray continually.”
1 Thessalonians 5:16-17, NIV
Robin Ivey Meridian, MS
” Be joyful because you have hope. Be patient when trouble comes, and pray at
all times.” Romans 12:12 New Century Version
Shawna, Aurora, NE
“Wait patiently for the Lord. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the Lord.” Psalm 27:14 NLT
Better late than never, and interesting my verses are right before the last siesta’s post!
Karen Madeira, Carlsbad CA
” Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.” Ephesians 6:10-11
Christina Cole, Irvine, CA
“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.”
Ephesians 6:14-15 NIV
Jen, Cedar Park, TX
You are my refuge and my shield;
your word is my source of hope.
Psalm 119:114, NLT
Karla K, Broomfield, CO
“The LORD himself will fight for you. Just stay calm.”
Exodus 14:14 NLT
Amy Gwartney Buwundo, Buikwe district, Uganda
Psalm 9:10 (NASB)
And those who know Your name will put their trust in You. For You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.
Joanne Verzi from Austin, Texas: “Now all has been heard;here is the conclusion of the matter:Fear God and keep his commandments,
for this is the duty of all mankind” Ecclesiastes 12:13 NIV
Springfield MO
The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;
Lamentations 3:25 TNIV
Stacie Beard, Collins, MS
” I say then: walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.”
Galatians 5:16 NKJV
before I formed you in the womb I knew you. And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a profit to the nations. Jeremiah 1:5
Natalie, Houston
For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;
Ephesians 2:8 ESV
“Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted…May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you.” (â€Psalm‬ â€25‬:â€16, 21‬)
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Ephesians 4, V.30 NIV
Sherry Lee, Owensboro, KY
1 John 3:18 NLT
Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.
Colleen Williams – Phoenix, AZ – Deuteronomy 31:8 (HCSB)
The Lord is the one who will go before you. He will be with you; He will not leave or forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
Melissa, Walla Walla, WA “Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.” -Ephesians 6:13 (NASB)
Lindsey Grace, Hernando MS
“And whenever you turn to the right or to the left your ears will hear this command behind you: this is the way. Walk in it.”
Isaiah 30:21
Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming upon you. James 5:1 NIV
Melissa~Black Creek, GA
may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, (â€Ephesians‬ â€3‬:â€18‬ ESV)
Kimberley, Greensboro, NC. “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” (â€Isaiah‬ â€40‬:â€31‬ KJV)