*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!
Christene from London, Canada
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 Christ.
Colossians 3:23-24 ESV
Irmo, SC
“Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.” “Come,” he said…
Matthew 14:28-29a NIV
Susan from Simpsonville, KY
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God. 1 John 3:1 NIV
Matthew 6:33
But seek first His Kingdom and His Righteousness, and
ALL these things WILl BE GIVEN to you as well.
Tracy
Lake St. Louis, Mo.
That this is God,
Our God forever and ever.
He will guide us forever.
Psalm 48:14 ESV
Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is Gods will for you in Christ Jesus
1 Thessalonians 5:18
Stephanie
Pawleys Island, SC
persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;
2 Corin 4:9 ESV
Lorri Sapp, Oak Grove, MO, “and since we have a great priest over the house of God,” Hebrews 10:22 (NIV)
Hebrews 10:21
“Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart;and lean not unto your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
NKJV
Proverbs 3:5-6
Dallas
Helotes, Tx
“How great you are, Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears. (â€2 Samuel‬ â€7‬:â€22‬ NIV)
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. (â€Galatians‬ â€6‬:â€9‬ ESV)
Catherine Forney, TX
18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth (Eph.3:18, ESV)
jamie, Crossett, AR
I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Psalm 27:13
“Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” Hebrews 4-16 (NIV)
Lindsey Diggs
Smyrna, TN
Psalm 139:23-24 (NIV)
“Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”
Jacqueline Bailey, Denver, CO (this is for my 5/1/15 post that I thought I posted but can’t find it)
A peaceful heart leads to a healthy body; jealousy is like cancer in the bones. Proverbs 14:30 NLT
Jacqueline Bailey, Denver, CO (This is my post for 5/15/15 that I thought I already posted, but can’t find).
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
2 Corinthians 3:17 ESV
Carol, Poplar Bluff, MO
Jude verse 9 ESV
But when he archangel Michael contending with the devil was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to announce a blasphemous judgment, but said The Lord rebuke you.
Arlington TX
Romans 8:28 NIV
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.
Patti from Birmingham:
“And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.”
Ephesians 4:30-31
Debbie Haramzian, New Port Richey, FL
” Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.” John 14:1 NIV
Marlene Charles Berthoud,Colorado
Be merciful unto me O God, be merciful unto me. For my soul trust ethnic in thee:year in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
KJV
Donna, NC
Do nothing from selfishness or empty deceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;
Philippians 2:3 NASB
Carla, Coweta. “I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.” Philemon 1:6 NIV
Donna B., Fredericksburg, Va.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. and the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7 NIV
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13:1 (NIV)
This is late! So sorry; I got a little ambitious with my last scripture from April 15–Ephesians 3:20 NIV. This is the first one that I’ve struggled with and just wasn’t ready to move forward until I learned it. 🙂
Karen Roberson, Cullman, Alabama
Psalm 63:3, Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
Phoebe, Knoxville, TN
“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,”
Eph. 6:18 ESV
Kathy Welch, Tyler,TX
Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not know.
Jeremiah 33:3
Mary Ellen, Wichita, KS
“and to know this love that surpasses knowledge- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”
Ephesians 3:19 (NIV)
Hannah Huneycutt
Mt. Pleasant, NC
Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. Psalm 91:3 (NIV)
Donna Huneycutt
Mt. Pleasant, NC
I Peter 1:3 – 4
Blessed be the God and Father of our LORD Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you. I Peter 1:3-4 (NASB)
Hannah Huneycutt
Mt. Pleasant, NC
He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. Psalm 91:4 NIV
Letha. Mountain Home, Arkansas.
“Do not cast me away when I am old;
do not forsake me when my strength is gone.” Psalm 71:9 NIV
Ain’t it the truth!!!
Lou Verner Mineola, Tx Psalm 63:3
Because your love is greater than life- my lips will glorify you
Cathy Stephens
Lebanon, OH
“even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me.” Psalm 139:10 (NLT)
Wanda
North Canton, Ohio
Hebrews 13:15-16New International Version (NIV)
15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. 16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Maggie, Atlanta, Georgia
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
NLT Philippians 1:9
Carrie Hammons, Arlington, TX – So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18
Donna, Ponder, TX Proverbs 15:1 NLT A gentle answer deflects anger, but harsh words make tempers flare.
Kelli Gatewood, Avon, IN
But as for you continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it.
2 Timothy 3:14
Diana Robbins, Cincinnati, Ohio. Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically, as something done for the Lord and not for men. Colossians 3-23 HCSB
PatWilfong, GreenBankWV,
(8) Draw near to God,
and He will draw
near to you.
James 4:8 Modern English Version.
Shelly, Eufaula, AL
He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger forever.
Psalm 103:9 KJV
“Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.” Psalm 25:16
Pat
Crawfordsville, IN
Sabrina
Lincoln NE
Psalm 119:50 (NASB)
This is my comfort in my affliction, That your word has revived me.
Connie, Dallas, TX
Eph. 3:17b-18, NIV
“And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ…”
Brigette Brock
Morehead, Ky
Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength?
Why pay for food that does you no good?
Listen to me, and you will eat what is good.
You will enjoy the finest food.
Isaiah 55:2
NLT
Edgar Springs, MO
Philippians 2:13 NLTÂ
For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.
Janey Palmer
Naples, FL
“The Lord gives strength to His people; the Lord blesses His people with peace.”
Psalm 29:11