*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!
DeQuincy, LA
Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your path. Proverbs 3:5-6
Jesus said to her, I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in me though he die, yet shall he live and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. John 11:25,26 ESV
Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from Him.
Psalm 62:5 (NIV)
Vicki, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight.
Psalm 51:4 NIV
Debbie, Marion, IN “Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished.” Luke 1:45 NIV
Melissa Weseloh, St. Louis, MO
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 (ESV)
Juliana
Livermore, CA
Psalm 107:9 – NKJV
For He satisfies the longing soul,
And fills the hungry soul with goodness
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
James 4:7 NKJV
John 20:29 NIV “Then Jesus told them, Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and yet have believed”
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28NIV
Gabriella S, Harleysville, PA
“Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand and those who take refuge in you from your foes.”
Psalm 17:7
NIV
Amy Cobb, Murfreesboro, TN. “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2
Jennifer S, Harleysville, PA
“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 I entrust my life.”
Psalm 143:8
NIV
Sophia S. Harleysville, PA
“I lift up my eyes to mountains- where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. ”
Psalm 121:1-2
Diane Perkins Rockford Mi
Because of the Lords great love we are not consumed, for his compassion never fails. They are new every morning: great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23
Leverett, MA
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices
Colossians 3:9 ESV
Tammy Ellis, Oneida, TN
KJV Ecclesiastes 3:3
A time to kill and a to heal; a time to break down and a time to build up;
Izora Browning. Midland, Texas May 15,2015
I love the Lord, for he heard my voice;he heard my cry for mercy. Ps.116-1
132 Grand Chase Dr.
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Psalm 19:14 NIV
Angie Miller, Macon, MS
Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome. 1 John 5:3, NLT
San Antonio Tx I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that the who began a good work in you will continue until the day of Jesus Christ, developing that good work and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you. Philippans 1:6
Kristin Mitchell
Dunmor, KY
He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
Psalm 107:29 ESV
Candice from Wallingford, PA
“and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”
Ephesians 3:19 ESV
Michaela
Loganville, GA
O Lord, hear my prayer. Listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief.
Psalm 143:1 NIV
Karen. Amarillo, TX. Ephesians 6.18 Â praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, ESV
Leslie Westmoreland, Franklinton LA
Trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper. Take delight in the Lord and he will give you your hearts desires. Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him and he will help you. Psalm 37:3-5 NLT
Verse 10: I have not departed from his commands but have treasured his word in my heart. Nevertheless his mind concerning me remains unchanged and who can turn him from his purposes? Whatever he wants to do he does. So he will do for me all he has planned. He controls my destiny. Job 23:12-14 NLT
Adele from Matthews NC
Psalm 145:15-16 NKJV
The eyes of all look expectantly to You,
And You give them their food in due season.
16 You open Your hand
And satisfy the desire of every living thin
Jamie Raborn from Ooltewah, Tennessee
Psalm 19:14 NKJV
[14] Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer.
Tracy Brinkley, Grand Prairie, TX Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love Him. James 1:12 NIV
“Do not be anxious for tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself.” Matthew 6:34 (NIV)
Sally Heydlauff, Sturgis, MI
Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord;
His going out is sure as the dawn;
He will come to us as the showers,
as the spring rains that water the earth.
Hosea 6:3 (ESV)
Psalm 18:33 NIV
He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights.
…then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of JESUS CHRIST of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. Acts 4:10
Ruth Stephenson, Milan TN May 1
My honor and salvation come from God. He is my mighty rock and my protection. Psalms 62:7 NCV
Phil 2:14 (HCSB) “Do everything without grumbling and arguing”
Sam, Colorado Springs, CO
So whether you eat or drunk or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31, NIV
Janice Pippen, Valdosta, GA
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. Malachi 3:10, (KJV)
(STILL catching up!)
Susie Handy, Swampers, LA
… with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
~~ Ephesians 4:2 ESV
Brenda Cousino, Frisco, TX
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. (â€1 Corinthians‬ â€13‬:â€4‬ NIV)
Kristen Gardner, NC
He believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness.
Galatians 3:6 NIV
Rene’ from Mineola, TX (Verse 9)
Proverbs 15:1 (NASB)
15 A gentle answer turns away wrath,
But a harsh word stirs up anger.
Rachel – Nashville, TN
“Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.” -Hebrews 13:2 (NIV)
Sara
Morton IL
“The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his Love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”
Zephinaiah 3:17 NAS
Red Deer, AB, Canada
Psalm 118:8
“It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.”
NAS
Lori from St. Catharines, ON
Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked. (Psalm 84:10 NIV)
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
Psalm 55:17 KJV
Sherree Hunsberger! Lilburn,GA
Psalm 147:4-5 NKJV
He counts the number of stars; He calls them by name.
Great is our Lord, mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.
Noreen from Cleveland ohio
…rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer.
Romans 12:12
Erin Rhoades – Maryville, TN
“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edge sword, it penetrates even dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”
– Hebrews 4:12 (NIV)
Rebecca & Emma Jamerson, Hallsville, TX
“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.”
Romans8:37 KJV