Hi! I am K-Mac, the 2nd Kimberly M. in the office, hence the nickname. I couldn’t be happier to finally at least sound like I was cool with this name.
I have had the privilege of being a part of Living Proof Ministries in either a volunteer or staff role for about 13 years. [Every time I have to calculate the years, I think, “How can that be?!” Grin.]
When trying to focus in on what my next memory verse would be, a single verse kept coming to mind: the familiar Matthew 6:33, Seek first the kingdom of God… It kept showing up in sermons, in devotionals, on Instagram, at church, etc. so I figured I had better start there, even though it seemed a bit of a cop-out because I already knew the verse. So I started looking up different translations and finally landed on including the little section of 9 verses in Matthew 6 that ends with verse 33. Having done a fair amount of “casting my cares” (1 Peter 5:7) to God last year regarding anxiety, I was blown away to find this section also addresses anxiety. I guess Jesus and I still have some ground to take in this area. [If you also struggle with areas of anxiety, I highly recommend you watch Beth’s TV teaching called “The Basket Case” on our LPM App, and especially take the time to do the Action Guide once you get to Part 4!] And how fun is this: I just learned that this teaching will re-air on TBN beginning tonight!
I love knowing that what I felt might have been a random selection of Scripture, He has a strategic purpose. And, wow, have I found choosing a portion of Scripture is much easier for my mind to remember than scattered verses!
Keep keeping at it, my SSMT partners!
Matthew 6:25-33 (ESV) – Do Not Be Anxious
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Jill, Dunedin, FL
You have lived on eart in luxury and self-indulgence . You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.
James 5:5 NIV
Amy V. From Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Psm 119:61 & 62, NLT
Evil people try to drag me into sin, but I am firmly anchored to your instructions. I rise at midnight to thank you for your just regulations.
Liz from Edmond, OK
People plan their path, but the Lord secures their steps.
Proverbs 16:9 CEB
Whoever forgives someone’s sin makes a friend, but gossiping about the sun breaks up friendships. ❤️
NCV
Proverbs 17:9
Ashley Asselta from Waco, TX: “He predestined us for adoption as sons through Christ Jesus, according to the purpose of his will” Ephesians 1:5 ESV
“I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him.”
Psalms 62:1 NLT
Rachel Wanzer Owasso, OK
The LORD is my light and my salvation –
whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold of my life –
in whom shall I be afraid?
Psalm 27:1 NIV
D. French, Mount Vernon, Oh
Matthew 6:25
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Donna, Mountain View, MO
“I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that You have done; I ponder the work of Your hands.” Psalm 143:5 ESV
Amanda B from Valdosta, GA.
I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
Job 19:25
Laura Grassi, Denver, CO
For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
Hebrews 10:14 ESV
Lisa – Blue Ridge, VA
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
Romans 8:26, NIV
Peggy Welch from Bloomington, Indiana. Jeremiah 20:9, Amplified: If I say, I will not make mention of the Lord or speak any more in His name, in my mind and heart it is as if there were a burning fire shut up in my bones. And I am very weary of enduring and holding it in; I cannot contain it any longer.
Cynthia from Brooklyn Park, MN
Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. NIV 1 Peter 1:13
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure. And washed my hands in innocence;For I have been stricken all day long And chastened every morning. If I had said, “I will speak thus,” Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children. When I pondered to understand this, it was troublesome in my sight. Psalm 73:13-16
Mary Ruth Franklin
Lanexa, VA
The law of the Lord is perfect,
reviving the soul;
the testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple;
the precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes;
the fear of the Lord is clean,
enduring forever;
the rules of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
Psalm 19:7-9 (ESV)
Lyn Steriti-Pelham NH
Teach me your way O Lord and I will walk in your truth
Give me an undivided heart that I may fear Your name.
I will praise You, O Lord my God will all my heart
I will glorify You name forever.
Ps. 86:11-12. NIV
Brenda, Collinston, La.
“From now on, then, we do not know anyone in a purely human way. Even if we have known Christ in a purely human way, yet now we no longer know Him in this way. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away, and look, new things have come.” 2 Corinthians 5:16-17 HCSB
of Media. Col 3:17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. ESV
Shelly Elston, Portland, OR
When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
Psalm 126:1
NRSV
Jen from Wyoming
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. 1Peter 3:12 NIV
Jane Baker from Pontiac, IL: “Oh, that my ways were steadfast in obeying your decrees!” Psalm 119:5 (NIV 1988)
Carolyn from Bishopville, MD
“For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his dear Son,” Colossians 1:13 NLT
Karessa H., Peoria, IL
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Romans 3:23 ESV
But God shows HIs love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8 ESV
““Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:19–21, ESV)
Be still and know that I Am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
– KJV
Tina Shelton-Richmond,TX
How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them. Psalm 139:17 NIV
Alissa Wise from Lexington, SC: “Now when Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to Him, and He began to teach them.” Matthew 5:1-2 (NIV)
Be still and know that I Am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Ps. 46:10 – KJV
“Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober.” I Thessalonians 5:6 (NKJV)
Kim Freeman Fort Worth Texas Psalm 139:5 NIV
You hem me in behind and before and you lay your hand upon me.
Ellie, Lady Lake, FL
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28 NIV
Laurie, Milton, GA
There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the righteous brings healing.
Proverbs 12:18 ESV
Meredith B
Collierville Tn
“And we all who with unveiled faces reflect the Lord’s Glory are being transformed into His image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from The Lord, who is the Spirit.”
2 Corinthians 3:18 NIV
Michelle Vandeven
Woodstock, VT
Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet[a] no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Tara Milligan, Stigler, OK Psalm 103:4-6
“Who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. The Lord works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
Suzanne Bailey, Harrisville, RI
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”
Matthew 5:7-8 ESV
Amos 4:13 NIV
He who forms the mountains, creates the wind, and reveals his thoughts to man,
he who turns dawn to darkness, and treads the high places of the earth – the LORD God Almighty is his name.
Linda Jewell
Tucson, AZ
1 John 1:7 NKJV
But if we walk in the light
as He is in the light,
we have fellowship with one another,
and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son
cleanses us from all sin.
Susan, Wynne
James 1:27 (NASB)
27 Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
Jackie Pope, Covington, IN. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. I John 5:3 NKJV
Dara Puryear from Boonville, NC
“And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Phillippians 4:7 (NIV)
Casey Hale, Roanoke, Texas
Psalm 25:5 – CEB
“Lead me in your truth – teach it to me – because you are the God who saves me. I put my hope in you all day long.”
Proverbs 16:24 (NIV)
Gracious words are a honeycomb sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Roz, Washington, MI “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.” Rom 12:2 NASB
Holly Cox. Greenwood, SC
“You have multiplied, O Lord, my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you!
I will proclaim and tell of them, yet there are more than can be told.”
-Psalm 40:5 (ESV)
Tracy, from Lynden Washington
7 “Be not wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
8 It will be healing to your flesh[b]
and refreshment[c] to your bones.”
Proverbs 3:7-8 ESV
Elsie from Scottsbluff, NE
Eph 6:13 NASB
Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
Laurie Hernandez from Round Rock, Texas
~Let us hold unswervingly to the hope that we profess , for he who promised is faithful~ Hebrews 10:23 (NIV)
Becky from Beaverton OR
You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
Romans 8:9-10