*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!
Jan Witt. Rockwall, TX
You seek me and know, when you seek me with me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:13. ESV
Katherine, Livingston, Tx
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs‬ â€3‬:â€5-6‬ (NIV)
Angelica (Angel) Chilton, Hillsboro, Texas
Then Jesus told him, “You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those that believe without seeing me.” John 20:29 (NLT)
This is the day the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24
This is the day the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24
Bartlett, TN
Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10
Sarah Timmerman, Durham, NC
“When he calls to me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.” Psalm 91:15(ESV)
Christa, Denver, CO
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10
“But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.”
Matthew 5:48. NLT
krystal ward
teague, tx
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 lift up my soul.
psalm 143:8 NIV
“Let me hear your lovingkindness in the morning; For I trust in You; Teach me the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul.”
Psalm 143:8 NAS
Lynne Goldade, Seattle, WA
(I know I’m terribly late – you know how it’s a challenge to remember AND have access at the same time?! Well, meanwhile I’ve already memorized it, but here is my choice.)
2 Peter 1:20-21 (NASB, but from memory, so possibly not completely word-for-word)
But above all else, first remember this: no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, for no one prophecy was ever made by an effort of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
Psalms 13:6. NIV
I will sing the Lord’s praise, fot He has been good to me.
Robyn Wong Roswell, GA
The Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our stronghold . Selah.
Psalm 46:11 NASB
Decatur,IL
“The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.”
Exodus 14:14
Linda Nelson -Shreveport, Louisiana
“Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise – the fruit of lips that openly profess his name.” Hebrews 13:15
Debbie Mills, LaVergne TN “Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.” Psalm 34:14 NIV
Judy, Clay Center, KS “No, O people, the Lord has told you what is good, and this is what He requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8 NLT
Kathi Nitzsche
Lexington, OH
“That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father!”
Philippians 2: 10&11 NIV
April 15, 2015
Isaiah 41:10 ESV
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
May 1, 2015
Isaiah 41:13 ESV
For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I am the one who helps you.”
Troy, Ohio
Psalm 23:6 NIV
Surely goodness and love will
follow me all the days of my
life, and I will dwell in the house
of the LORD forever.
Kelly Merrill
Menomonie, Wisconsin
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1 ESV
5-1-15
Pat Wagar, Hayward, WI
I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for He is right beside me. Psalm 16:8 NLT
Kari Ellis, Bloomington, MN: “Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in this world because of lust, and may become participants of the divine nature.” 2 Peter 1:4 NRSV
Heidi~Lindale, Texas
Psalm 31:19 NIV
How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which you bestow in the sight of men on those who take refuge in you.
Pam Campbellsburg In. I will extol You, my God,Oh King;And I will bless Your name forever and ever..Every day I will bless You and I will praise Your name forever and ever… Psalm 145;1,2 NKJV NSFL
Michele Duffy, St. Paul, MN (STILL trying to “catch up”!) Here is my May 1 verse:
The righteous cry and the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.
Psalm 34:17 NASB
Rita Ford, The Woodlands, Texas “The fear of the Lord is pure, ensuring forever. The decrees of the Lord are firm, and all of them are righteous.” Psalm 19:9 NIV
Joanie, Richmond, VA
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:6-7 (NIV)
Kathy Lindsey, Ellerslie, GA.
“I will meditate on your precepts and regard your way.” Psalms 119:15 NASB
Bekah, Minneapolis, MN
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine,according to his power at work within us.
Ephesians 3:20
Marilyn Leslie Mentor on the Lake ,OH
Romans 12:2 (NIV)
Do not conform any longer 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.
Valarie, Pocatello, Idaho
For I am the Lord, your God, who takes you by the right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. Isaiah 41:13. NIV
Susan, Blacksburg, Virginia
“Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;” Psalms 91:9 KJV
Claire Veronie, Tomball, TX
“Honor all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.” 1 Peter 2:17 NASB
Sharon Gaudet, Rochester,NH: “Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.”–Psalm 139:16(NKJV)
Kearney, Nebraska
For all of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding “Yes!” And through Christ our “Amen”(which means “Yes”) ascends to God for His glory. 2 Corinthians 1:20 NLT
“There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God. (â€1 Samuel‬ â€2‬:â€2‬ NIV)
Lou, Jenison, MI
Isaiah 30:18 Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you,
And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
How blessed are all those who long for Him. (NASB)
Christina Luther
Roseburg, Oregon
But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds. (â€Psalm‬ â€73‬:â€28‬ NIV)
Tamara, Austin, TX
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being
Ephesians 3:16 NIV
Shaci Tillman- Aztec,NM
“The fruit of that righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.”
â€â€Isaiah‬ â€32:17‬ â€NIV‬‬”
Bobbi, New Caney, TX
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him. (Psalm 28:7) NIV
Elaina, Heber Springs, AR
Stay alert! Watch out for you great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
1 Peter 5:8
Lisa in Little Rock
when I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
Psalm 56:3 NRSV
“Satisfy us (me) in the morning with Your UNFAILING love, that we (I) may sing for joy and be glad all our (my) days.” (Psalm 90:14 NIV)
Janet, Holmes Beach, FL
I have set the Lord always before me.
Because he is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.
Psalm 16:8 NIV
Jennifer R. Houston, TX “And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.” Ephesians 6:18 (NIV)
Ruth, Belleville, IL
“Do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?” Romans 2:4 NASB
Vivian, Birmingham, Alabama
And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.” Acts 4:31 NKJV
Turkesshia Moore, Greensboro, NC
Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. Colossians 4:6