*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!
Mary-Katherine, New Albany, OH
Psalm 51:10-12, NRSV
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and put a new and right spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from your presences,
and do not take your holy spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and sustain in me a willing spirit.
I ALMOST FORGOT TO POST – THE HOLY SPIRIT SENT A REMINDER! WAS HAPPY TO SEE I WASN’T THE ONLY ONE POSTING ON MAY 7!
Angela
Greenville ohio
And this hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. Romans 5:5
Pamela, Mechanicsville, VA.
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you,
being rooted and established in love, Ephesians 3:17 NIV
ShaNada Williams
Birmingham, AL
Philippians 4:8 (ESV)
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Nancy Turner
Woodbridge, VA
If you stray to the right or the left, you will hear a word that comes from behind you: “This is the way; walk in it.”
Isaiah 30:21 (CEB)
Stephanie S. from Richardson, TX
Romans 8:1-2 ESV
1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
Angela, Winston-Salem, NC
Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
1 Chronicles 16:8 (NIV)
Terri C., La Mesa, CA : “In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” Matt. 5:16
Tina from San Antonio. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breast plate of righteousness in place. Ephesians 6:14 NIV
Kat Miller – Denton, Texas
Ephesians 2:8
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. NIV
Darcey from Dekalb, Illinois
“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”
Romans 12:21 (NIV)
Charlene
Alabaster, AL
Hebrews 4:16 (NKJV)
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Jodi, Sundown TX, ….he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me. Psalm 144:2 ESV
2 Corinthians 9:8 (NLT)
And God will provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others.
Cathy Hare, Rowlett, TX
“Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.” Psalm 91:1 NIV
Amy – Rapid City SD
Romans 6:23 KJV
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Theresa
Pace, Florida
Matthew 5:14
Be the Light.
The Lord of Hosts says this: “Think carefully about your ways.
Haggai 1:7 HCSB
Courtney Kraemer, Houma, LA
1 Peter 5:10-11 NRSV
10 And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. 11 To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.
Magie Wolfe
Alamosa Colorado
“The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance. ” Psalms 16:6 NIV
Laura Stevens
El Paso, TX
Romans 8:15 NIV
For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”
Hannah, La Grange, Tx “but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of my work within my members.” Romans 7:23 NIV
Laura H., Albuquerque, NM
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:21, ESV
Charlotte Nix, Jacksonville, Florida. “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:”. (2 Timothy 3:16)
Karen from Deer Park, WA
“We have this hope, a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters the inner shrine behind the curtain” Hebrews 16:9 (NRSV)
Debbie, Reno, Nevada
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9 NASB
Brenda, Ottawa, Canada
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 KJV
Miranda, Fort Worth, Tx
Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith, be courageous, be strong. Do everything in love.
1 Corinthians 16:13-14 NLT
Leah Eller, San Antonio, TX – “so that Christ may dwell in your heasrts through faith – that you, being rooted and grounded in love” Ephesians 3:17 ESV
Claire, Boone, NC
This is what the Lord says-
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you what is best for you,
who directs you in the way you should go.”
Isaiah 48:17
Connie B from Amarillo, TX
You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Isaiah 26:3 NKJV
Be hospitable to one another WITHOUT GRUMBLING. (â€I Peter‬ â€4‬:â€9‬ NKJV)
“Be still, and know that I am God.”
Psalm 46:10a (KJV)
Casey Middleton, College Station, TX
Whoever fears the Lord has a secure fortress, and for their children it will be a refuge. Proverbs 14:26
And do not be grieved , for the joy of The Lord is your strength .
Nehemiah 8:10 ESV
Stephanie Morris, Norman Ok
Zephaniah 3:17 “The Lord your God in your midst, the Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.” NKJ
Tiffany Boles
Wheeling, WV
Romans 5:8New International Version (NIV)
8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Christy McCreight Arlington Tx. Psalm 119:11NIV. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
Mitrelle, Valencia, CA
“She is clothes with strength and dignity; she can laugh without fear of the future. She speaks wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.” Prov. 31:25-26 NIV
Happy Mothers Day!
Lisa Hamilton, Kingsport, TN
“As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him” Psalm 103:13 NIV
Debbie Gordon, Severna Park, MD
You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
(Psalm 16:11 ESV)
Theresa Anderson, Grove, OK
You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:13 ESV
Susan, Sydney, Australia.
17 “Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.’ “Jeremiah 32: (NIV)
Amy7634
“Stop regarding man
in whose nostrils is breath,
for of what account is he?”
Isaiah 2:22 (ESV)
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” (â€Joshua‬ â€1‬:â€9‬ NIV)
“Be very careful… To love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to Him, to keep His commands, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Joshua 22:5 (NIV)
Antelope Valley, CA
Galatians 6:9 (NIV)
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Tina, New Hope, MN
And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.
2 Thes. 3:13 NIV
Ava, Casper, Wyoming
1 Samuel 7:12 NIV ’84
Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, ‘Thus far has the LORD helped us.’
Anna Cate, Murray, KY
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. (â€Galatians‬ â€5‬:â€22-24‬ NLT)