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.
Mandisa from Nashville, TN He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along. Psalms 40:2 NLT
Carole Tucker, Kerrville, TX. ” He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart”. Psalm 15:2. ESV
Jennifer Thomas, Cumming, GA
“I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.”
Psalm 119:60 (NIV)
Stephanie Marchbanks from Ennis, Texas:
“Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?”
1 Corinthians 6:19, NKJV
Williamsville, NY
“Be joyful in hope,
patient in affliction,
faithful in prayer.”
Romans 12:12 NIV
Hillary Mancuso
Ft worth, Tx
Psalm 103:1-2 NASB
“Bless the Lord, o my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name. Bless the Lord, o my soul and forget none of His benefits.”
Emily from Cincinnati – “Trust in the Lord with all your heat, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV
Gayle, Salinas CA
It is God’s will that you should be sanctified. Learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable.
I Thes 4:3 NIV
Melissa, Sulphur, LA: Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. Ephesians 6:5 (NIV)
Connie, Moss Bluff, LA: Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. Ephesians 6:5 (NIV)
Mary Rodgers, Phenix City, AL: Show me your ways, Lord , teach me your paths. Psalms 25:4 NIV
Carrie Moehrke Cary NC
“For I am the LORD your God, the one who takes hold of your right hand, who says to you, ‘Don’t be afraid, I am helping you.’”
Isaiah 41:13 NET
Cindy C., San Diego, CA
My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips.
Psalm 63:5 (ESV)
Vicki – Surprise, AZ
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:13 NIV
Peggy Miles from Jackson, MI
14) Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,
15) and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.
Hebrews 2:14-15 (NASB)
Carrie Moehrke Cary NC
For I am the LORD your God, the one who takes hold of your right hand, who says to you, Don’t be afraid, I am helping you. Isaiah 41:13 NET
Janice Knott, Magnolia, TX
so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation among whom you appear as lights in the world. Phil. 2:15 NASB
Hello, My name is Lori and I live in Medford Oregon.
“If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.”
Romans 8:10 NASB
Jamie, Dallas, TX. “She girds herself with strength, and strengthens her arms.” Proverbs 31.17 NKJV
Sue Middeldorf – Troy, Michigan – “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
I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your love and your faithfulness for you have exalted above all things your name and your word. Psalm 138:2 NIV
Pam in San Diego
Alyssa from OKC, OK “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 ESV
Wendy Couper Peterborough , ON Canada
“So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor. Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.”
1 Peter 5:6-7 NLT
Sarah, Montrose, CO
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
Colossians 3:5 (ESV)
“casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,”
II Corinthians 10:5 NKJV
Charlotte Skadal, Houston, Texas
“Who pardons all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases;
Who redeems your life from the pit,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion;”
Psalm 103:3-4 (NASB)
Arla, Benton, AR
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of CHRIST, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.” 2 Corinthians 5:10 NIV
Laura, Clay Center, KS
On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.”
John 7:37 (ESV)
Michelle Baylerian, Greenville, WI
Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. 1Peter 5:7 NLT
Brenda Lyon from Wagoner, OK: “For the Lord is good. His unfailing love continues forever, and His faithfulness continues to each generation.” Psalm 100:5 NLT
Sheila, Chicago, IL – If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin, and heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 (ESV)
Maxine Ball, St. Paul, AB, Canada: “I will say of the Lord, ‘”He e is my refuge and my fortress; my God in whom I will trust.'” Ps. 91:2 NKJB
Gail Niles from Cary, North Carolina, “Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.” Psalm 51:1-2 NIV 1984
Sandie Powell
Albuquerque, NM
Psalm 34:5
“They looked unto him and were lightened; and their faces were not ashamed.” KJV
Kay in Muscle Shoals, AL
The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance;therefore, I will hope in him! Lamentations 3:22-24 NLT
Devi, Singapore
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.
Psalm 27:14 NIV
Marilyn Brown in The Plains, OH says:
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.”
2Cor. 4:7 NIV
Carolyn from Sand Springs, Oklahoma
“You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.”
Psalm 139:5 NIV
Carolyn Medlin Oceanside Ca
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.
John 15:9 NIV
Keely in Hermann, MO, “My son, do not make light of the LORD’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the LORD disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.” (Hebrews 12: 5-6)
Becky Douglas, Houston, TX:
“You hem me in behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me.”
Psalm 139:5 NIV
Kay, Deer Park, TX
If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
James 1:5 NIV
Kali LaPrade from Tyler, Texas: “Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?” — Matthew 6:27 NIV
Michelle Moultrie, Jacksonville FL “For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.” 2 Corinthians 4:11 ESV
Janet from Bemus Point, NY
Psalm 1:5 (HCSB)
Therefore the wicked will not survive the judgment, and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous.
And in French:
Psaumes 1:5
Voila pourquoi les mechants ne resistent pas lors du jugement, ni les pecheurs dans l’assemblee des justes.
Karlys Fortner, La Place, LA
Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of Truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
Ephesians 6:14 ESV
Freida, Chatham, LA “As the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,” Isaiah 55:10 NIV
Deanne Johnson – Laguna Hills, CA
Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
John 15:4. NIV
Barb, Medina,Oh
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith , goodness; and to goodness knowledge
2 Peter1:5 NIV
Sugar Land, TX Psalm 16:2 NIV
I Say to the LORD, “You are my Lord. Apart from You, I have no good thing.”