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.
Kris Braun, Shakopee, MN. Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Psalm 62:8 NIV
Kasyn Peacock, Longview, Texas
You are my friends if you do what I command. (NIRV)
Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted among the Earth. Psm. 46:10 Nasb
Lori, San Jose, CA Hebrews 5: 8-9 (NLT)
“Even though Jesus was God’s Son, He learned obedience from the things He suffered. In this way, God qualified Him as a perfect High Priest, and He became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey Him.”
Sandy Harper
Ringgold,GA
“He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.”
II Timothy 1:9 (HCSB)
Lou Ann Smith, McAllen, TX
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Colossians 3:16 ESV
Morgan from Kansas City: “The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value. The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of sense” Proverbs10: 20-21 NIV
Morgan from Kansas City: “The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, without painful toil for it. ” Proverbs 10: 22 NIV
Susan from OP, Kansas
Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong, Ephesians 3:17 NLT
Traci Williams, Santa Clarita, CA: “guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long”, Psalm 25:5, NIV.
Christina Fort Worth
So I will praise You as long as I live; at Your name, I will lift up my hands. Psalms 63:4 HCSB
Cheryl, Warsaw, IN
Search for the LORD and his strength. Always seek his presence
1 Chronicles 16:11 (GW)
Liza Kirschner Monmouth Junction,NJ
“Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place.”
(Ephesians 6:14 NIV)
Yvonne, Coarsgold, CA
Psalm 121:8 The LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. NIV
Jan Jensen from Waterloo, Iowa: “These have come so that your faith – of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire – may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.” 1 Peter 1:7 NIV
Misty Sanders, North Charleston, SC
“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
Noreen from Cleveland ohio. Philippians 3:16 Esv Only let us hold true to what we have attained.
Linda Hammett from Wake Forest, N.C. says:
“He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.”
(Psalm 23:2, ESV)
Carol McLaren from Pinon, Arizona
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. Hebrews 1:3 NIV
Charne, Secunda South Africa: The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion. Psm 116:5 NIV
Kathy, Wolsey SD
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 3:5-6″
Stephanie Volkmer, Tulsa, OK.
*do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers (Ephesians 1:16 nkjv)
Janine – Corona, CA
When tempted, no one should say, “GOD is tempting me.” For GOD cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone; but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, his dragged away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is fully grown, gives birth to death. James 1:13-15 (NIV)
Adina, Pittsburgh, PA
It is with your heart that you believe and are justified,
It is by your mouth that you confess and are saved.
Romans 10:10 niv
Shannon S. Jackson Hole WY
Together with Christ Jesus he also raised us up and seated Us in the heavens,
Ephesians 2:6 HCSB
Courtney from San Diego Cali
Galatians 2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” NKJV
Carolyn, Terrace BC Canada
Psalm 16:5 NLT
Lord, you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing. You guard all that is mine.
Christy Kirby from Plano, TX:
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption of the world caused by evil desires.
2 Peter 1:3-4 (NIV)
Roman’s 8:37-39. Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Hill I’m who lovednus. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christian Jesus our Lord. Roman’s 8:37-39
Pammela W. from Albuquerque, NM
“I urge you live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.”
Ephesians 4:1-2 (NIV)
Leah Kuor, Salem, OR
“Therefore, put on every piece of God’s armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm.” Ephesians 6:13 (NLT)
Sonna, Modesto, CA.”Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life.” Isaiah 43:4
Melissa F., Blairsville, GA
“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.”
Isaiah 26:3 NIV
Caroline Schollaardt from Calgary, AB, Canada
“Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.” Psalm 91:1 NIV
Sarina Richmond,tx
Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV
Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Amber from Huntington Beach, CA: “Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished” (Luke 1:45, NIV).
Kathy Gerlach, Andover, KS
You hem me in – behind and before;
You have laid your hand upon me.
Psalm 139:5 NIV
Susan Canham, Bismarck ND
“And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.
-Deuteronomy 6:6 NKJV
L.A.S.B.
Psalm 91:4b
“His faithfulness will be your shield & rampart.”
Mary Cavalier, Old River-Winfree, TX
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12 NASB
Heather Smith
Nashville, TN
“…so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.”
Romans 12:5 (NLT)
Janice Noble from Fort Myers, Florida
“So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ.” Romans 10:17 NLT
Holly Williams from Scammon Bay, AK
“My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.”
1 John 2:1-2 (NIV)
Edna Grace C. from Torrance, CA
9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12: 9-10 NIV
Heather Glover from Northern Ireland
Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy.
Psalm 33 v 3 (NKJV)
Beth ~ Calgary Canada
“Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.”
Psalm 25:5 NIV
Hebrews 11 v.1 NIV
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see”
Angie, from Buffalo, NY
Ephesians 1:11New International Version (NIV)
11 In him we were also chosen,[a] having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,
Karen, Dallas,TX,
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
Proverbs 4:18 (NIV 1984)
I’m first, I’m last & everything in between. I’m the only God there is! Is. 44:6b(msg)