*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!
Kim De Sha, Louisville, KY
Don’t worry about anything, but pray and ask God for everything you need, always giving thanks for what you have. And because you belong to Christ Jesus, God’s peace will stand guard over all your thoughts and feelings. His peace can do this far better than our human minds.
Philippians 4:6-7, ERV
Dena K. from Columbus, OH:
[B]eing confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ; (â€Philippians‬ â€1‬:â€6‬ NKJV)
torri Whalen from Claremont Ca
“For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the rock except our God?
Psalm 18:31NIV
Teri Moss/ Browns Summit NC
Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.
KJV
Shinae, Owasso, OK
“9 For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, 10 and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority;”
Col 2:9-10 NASB
Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday
Psalm 91:6 (NKJV)
Tammy in Deer Park, WA
The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs – heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
Romans 8:16-17 (ESV)
Beverly – Jackson, TN
“I will thank You with all my heart; I will declare all Your
Wonderful works. I will rejoice and boast about You; I will
sing about Your Name, O Most High.”
-Psalm 9:1-2 (HCSB)
Lori Anthony, Pine River, MN
“I will praise the name of God with a song;
I will magnify Him with thanksgiving.”
Psalm 69:30 ESV
Brooke, Montgomery, TX “Salvation is found in no one else for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12 NIV
Bobbie, Radium Springs, NM
Commit your works to the Lord, and your thoughts will be established.
Proverbs 16:3, NKJV
Sherri, Indian Trail, NC
Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from Him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will not be shaken. Psalm 62:5-6 NIV
Judy Ingalsbe
Edmond, OK
But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.
Hebrews 10:39 NIV
Deanna, Montgomery, TX “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12 ESV
Tammy – McKinney, TX
“I am the vine, you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 NIV
Morgan – Discovery Bay, CA
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12 (NIV)
Linda Gammon, Blue Springs, MO
Psalm 55:22 ESV
Cast your burden on the Lord,
and He will sustain you;
He will never permit
the righteous to be moved.
Philippians 2:3
For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him.
Monica Pribe, Blacklick, OH. ” You however are not in the flesh but in the Spirit if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.” -Romans 8:9 ESV
Michelle, Omaha, Nebraska
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)
Michelle, Omaha, Nebraska
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Philippians 4:6 (NIV)
Michelle, Omaha, Nebraska
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:7 (NIV)
Tanya Beard, Cullman, AL
Walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called.
~Eph 4:1, ESV
Kelly Snodgrass
Rogersville, TN
Psalm 139:17-18 NKJV
How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!
If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;
When I awake, I am still with You.
Psalm 34:9
“O fear the LORD, you His saints;
For to those who fear Him there is no want.” NASB
Syneva – Topeka, KS
Anna from Boise, ID
Psalm 119:29 (NIV)
Keep me from deceitful ways; be gracious to me and teach me your law.
KJV Psalm 23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies thou anointest my head with oil my cup runneth over.
Shonda Vielbig, Ventura, CA
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Phil 2:3-4
Kimberly T., Montgomery, AL
“If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”
Romans 10:9 (NIV)
Lori, Ft. Walton Beach, FL
O Praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalm 117:1-2(KJV)
Charity Keith, Cohutta,Georgia “So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.” Ephesians 5:33 NLT
Kinsey, Tulsa, OK
Peace, peace, to those far and near,” says the Lord. “And I will heal them.” (â€Isaiah‬ â€57‬:â€19‬ NIV)
Kathy, Los Gatos, CA. Romans 12:1-2 (NIV) Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God-this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is-his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Tina, from Boise, ID
Isaiah 53:1 (NKJV)
But now, thus says The Lord, who created you, O Jacob, And who formed you, O Israel, “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are mine.”
Melissa, Fresno, CA
Psalm 27:4 NET
I have asked the LORD for one thing – this is what I desire! I want to live in the LORD’s house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the LORD and contemplate in his temple.
I wish I could have participated in the scripture memory this year. My printer isn’t working and I had no way to print out the required cover for the spiral bounds. Maybe next year.
Oh sister, This cover has always been just a suggestion! We would never have required that printing in order to participate in scripture memory with us. You are always welcome to jump in and join us at any time!
Julie Jones, Knoxville, TN: A few days late! 2 Corinthians1:3-4 “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.” NIV
Wendy Puckett from Mayfield, KY
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Matthew 6:33 (KJV)
Miriam, Nottingham UK
Hatred stirs up conflict,
but love covers over all wrongs. Proverbs 10:12 (ESV)
Rachel Patterson – Clover, SC
“so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,” ~ Ephesians‬ â€3‬:â€17‬ (NIV)
Christy, Cheryl, Karen A Cord of Three Strands
Jay, OK
The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me; Your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.
Psalm 138:8 ESV
Melanie Miller, Armuchee, GA
I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food. Job 23:12 NKJV
Beth-Northridge, CA
Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
2 Corinthians 13:11
Cathy Enoch
Oviedo, FL
When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent. (â€Proverbs‬ â€10‬:â€19‬ ESV)
Shelley Scott, Rio Rancho,NM.
“For the LORD gives wisdom;from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.” Proverbs 2:6 NIV
LeaAnn Goodman, Lexington, Kentucky
“Serve the Lord with gladness: come before His Presence with singing.”
Psalm 100:2 KJV
anissa mcguire from Claremore, ok Isaiah 53:8 “by oppression and judgement He was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For He was cut off from the land of the living: for the transgression of my people He was punished.”
Lori, McDonough, GA – It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let ourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Galations 5:1 (NIV)
Jennifer, Harrisburg, PA:
“For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever. He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord. His heart is steady; he will not be afraid, until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.” (â€Psalm‬ â€112‬:â€6-8‬ ESV)