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.
Darcy from Rosenberg, TX
“May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.”
2 Thessalonians 3:5 ESV
Carol Hartley Montgomery Al
I Corinthians 13:1 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.
Mildred from Montserrat.
For you are great and do marvelous deeds; you alone are God. Psalm 86:10 (NIV)
Pharaoh’s chariots and his army he has hurled into the sea. The best of Pharaoh’s officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
Exodus 15:4 NIV
“So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.”
(Matthew 6:34 NIV)
Isaiah 46:4 NIV Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he I am he who will sustain you I have made you and I will carry you I will sustain you and I will rescue you
Andrea from Roscoe, IL
Always be joyful. Always keep on praying. No matter what happens, always be thankful, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ.
1 Thess. 5:16-18 NLT
Jackie Willoughby- Selma, NC
“Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.” ~Proverbs 30:5 KJV
Debbie George, Marion, IN “Yet,O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter, we are all the work of your hand.” Isaiah 64:8 NIV
Jennifer from Many, LA:
“And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.”
Genesis 12:2, ESV
Sherry, Owensboro, KY
But as for me, I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; you are my God, do not delay.
Psalm 40:17 NIV
Windsor, CO. ” for you are my refuge, a fortress where my enemies cannot reach me. ” psalm 62:3. NLT
Ruth, Haiti
“In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.”
Ephesians 6:16 NIV
“Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the LORD’S purpose that prevails.”
Proverbs 19:21. NIV
Deborah from the beautiful Pineywoods where the Azaleas are in full bloom in Nacogdoches, TX
You discern my going out and my lying down,
You are familiar with all my ways.
-Psalm 139:3 NIV
That sounds beautiful, sister !
Courtney From Toledo, Ohio “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” ESV
Poorna Diaz, Reston, Virginia: “It wasn’t so long ago that you were mired in that old stagnant life of sin. You let the world, which doesn’t know the first thing about living, tell you how to live. You filled your lungs with polluted unbelief, and then exhaled disobedience. We all did it, all of us doing what we felt like doing, when we felt like doing it, all of us in the same boat. It’s a wonder God didn’t lose his temper and do away with the whole lot of us. Instead, immense in mercy and with an incredible love, he embraced us. He took our sin-dead lives and made us alive in Christ. He did all this on his own, with no help from us! Then he picked us up and set us down in highest heaven in company with Jesus, our Messiah.” Ephesians 2:1-6 MSG
Thank you for blessing us in Fairfax last weekend!
I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will ever be on my lips. Psalm 34:1 NIV
(Sorry- I accidentally put verse 4 as verse 5! Update!)
Mikelan OPKS
Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. Psalm 16:1NIV
Arlene Marlboro NJ. “Those who look to him are radiant;their faces are never covered with shame” Psalm 34:5
Fort Worth, TX
as you hold out the word of life in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing Philippians 2:16 NIV
Cheryl, Austin, TX: “For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.”
2 Timothy 1:7 NASB
Angel from Brentwood, TN:
“I will instruct you”, says the Lord, “and guide you along the best pathway for your life; I will advise you and watch your progress.”
Psalm 32:8 (TLB)
Jen Niehus-Peyton, CO “And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me, and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melody to the LORD.” Psalm 27:6 ESV
Jennifer Olmstead
Janesville, Wisconsin
Psalm 73:26 (ERV; personalized)
My mind and body may become weak; but God is my source of strength. He is mine forever!
Leslie Westmoreland, Franklinton LA
Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” John 6:35 NIV
Linda says, “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” II Corinthians 3:17
Georgia from Devine Texas.
The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
Proverbs 15:29 NIV
Kelley Bendheim, Winston Salem, NC – “When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.” Proverbs 16:7 NKJV
Betty Marschner Voltaire,ND PS 139:6. ESV “you hem me in behind and before and lay your hand on me.”
Had knee replacement last week that’s why this is so late. Very appropriate verse!!
Nancy, Junction City, AR
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you;not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 14:27 NKJ
Ruth, Haiti.
“In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.”
Ephesians 6:16 NIV
http://bible.com/111/eph.6.16.niv
I’m Rita from Splendora,Tx
Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
On You I wait all the day.
Psalm 25:5. NJKV
Tonya Hardy Istanbul, Turkey
“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 rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
Kim Haines–Ashland, Maine
Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace
as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow
with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. (NIV)
Connie Greene, IA
Let all that I am wait quietly before God for my hope is in Him
Psalm 62:5 NLT
Anna, Little Elm, TX
“I have said these things to you, that in Me you may have peace.”
John 16:33a (ESV)
Naomi – Colorado Springs:Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. Psalms 25:5 ESV
Emily from Danville, Va
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
Romans 12:2 NIV
Rita
Midland, TX
“What do you want Me to do for you?”
“Lord, I want to see,” he replied.
Luke 18:41 NIV
“LORD, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, LORD. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy.” NIV Habakkuk 3:2
Rachelle H. Cedar Park, TX: Trust in the Lord always for the Lord God is the eternal rock. Isaiah 26:4 NIV
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Dana, Ashland, KY
“Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.”
Isaiah 58:12 NIV
Dana, Pace Fl
But the wisdom that comes from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.
James 3:17 NRSV
Holly Smith
College Station, TX
And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under His mighty hand by casting all your cares on Him, because He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:6-7 NET
Josephine from Hondo, Texas
“For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,” (1 Thessalonians 5:9 NASB)
Kim Safina
Los Osos, California
God rewards those who diligently seek after him.
Hebrews 11:6
Sending Blessings to All.
Always be joyful
Never stop praying
Be thankful
In all circumstances
For this is God’s will
For you who belong to Christ Jesus
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NLT
9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
1 Corinthians 13:9