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.
Janet, Midland, TX – Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Colossians 3:12 NIV
Johnson City
Song of Solomon 2:16 KJV
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the liles.
“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 NIV
Robin, Chaska, MN
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 NIV
Karen Roberson, Cullman AL
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God–not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV
Ana – Fairfax, VA
Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, Ephesians 6:14 (NIV)
Kim Davis, Piney Flats, TN
“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)
Simone M. ~ Houma, LA
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. Exodus 33:14 KJV
(This is for March !st, I forgot to post)
Stephanie Hair, St. Matthews, SC
So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7 (NLT)
Hanna Wahlbrink – Lexington, Ky
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.
Ephesians 6:10-11 (NIV)
“The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to saves. He will take great delight in you; He will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.””
Zephaniah 3:17 NIV84
So sorry I’m late with logging in my verse. But I have been memorizing :-))
Meggie, Winnipeg, Canada
“Seventy years are given to us! Some even live to eighty. But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we fly away.” Psalm 90:10 NLT
Proverbs 10:19 “Too much talk leads to sin, be sensible and keep your mouth shut.” NLT
Christine, Naples, FL:
“Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us” Ephesians 3:20 (NASB)
Allison Lee from Lubbock, TX
“And all who believed were together and had all things in common.” Acts 2:44 (ESV)
Davina from Novato, CA: “Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.” Isaiah 12:6 NIV
I am posting for March 1 and 15 (I am behind in posting :/)
NIV:
Proverbs 11:2 NIV: :When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom”
NIV: II Samuel 22:29-30
You are my lamp, O Lord; the Lord turns my darkness into light. With your help I can advance against a troop, with God I can scale a wall.
Georgia from Devine Texas
The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advise. Proverbs 12:15 NIV
Tricia- Conroe, TX
“He will keep in perfect peace, those whose mind is stayed on Him.”
Isaiah 26:3
Janet, Holmes Beach, FL
The LORD will guide you always;
he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land
and will strengthen your frame.
Psalm 58:11a NIV
Karen from Powell, Ohio,
No one has ever seen God; but if we love each other, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
1 John 4:12 NIV
But scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.
Galatians 3:22
Caroline from Spring TX
We’re Christ’s representatives. God uses us to persuade men and women to drop their differences and enter into God’s work of making things right between them. We’re speaking for Christ himself now: Become friends with God; he’s already a friend with you.
2 cor 5:20 MSG
Emily- Houston, TX
“All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God’s anger, just like everyone else.” Ephesians 2:3 NLT
Peggy, Yorktown VA
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely. And may your spirit, soul and body be kept sound and blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thes 5;23 HCSB
Ellen from Bad Axe,MI posting late:
Ephesians 6:12 NIV 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Holly
College Station
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.” Romans 15:13 esv
Kristi from Paducah, KY
Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, Eph 6:14 NIV
Jill Asibelua, Irving, Texas
Those who mourn are blessed, for they will be comforted. Matthew 5:4 (HCSB)
Becky Black
Brownsburg IN
#5
But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
James 1:6
Ellen from Chester, VA
“Remember, O LORD, your compassion and unfailing love, which you have shown from long ages past. Do not remember the rebellious sins of my youth. Remember me in the light of your unfailing love, for you are merciful, O LORD.”
Psalms 25:6-7 NLT
“By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony that he pleased God.”
Hebrews 11:5
Stephanie from Murrells Inlet, SC
“Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” 1 Peter 5:8 NIV
Beverly – Jackson, TN
“So I will praise You as long as I live; at Your
Name, I will lift up my hands.”
-Psalm 63:4 HCSB
For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.
Psalm 48:14
NIV
Sherry – Jay, OK
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Amanda, Sherman, TX
Psalm 25:4 KJV
“Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.”
Kristi-Bartlesville OK: “We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man’s gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith.” Romans 12:6 NIV 1984
Lora Lovin Osburn from Beautiful Morristown, TN
And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. Exodus 25:8 KJ2000
Debi, Alva, FL
1 John 5:13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. (NKJV)
Amy Adams; Middletown, DE
Psalms 34:5 – “Those who look to him are radiant;
their faces are never covered with shame.”
Colossians 3:6-8 NIV
Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
1 Corinthians 2 9-10a (NIV)
9 However, as it is written, what no eye has seen and no ear has heard and what no human mind has conceived, the things that God has prepared for those who love him.
10a These are the things that God has revealed to us by his Spirit.
NKJV
Psalm 37:4
Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Sorry so late!!
Rebecca Plunk
Fort Worth, TX
NAS bible
Ps. 139:5
Thou hast enclosed me behind and before, and laid Thy hand upon me.
Kristen Jeuick, Rockville, VA: The mind He keeps in perfect peace is the one that’s steadfast on Him because it trusts in Him since the Lord God is an everlasting rock and we can trust in Him forever. Is. 26:3-4
Rhonda Green, Anderson Indiana
Psalms 16:7,8 NIV
I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I keep my eyes always on the Lord with Him at my right hand I will not be shaken.
Habakkuk 3:2 NIV
Lord, I have heard of your fame;
I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord.
Repeat them in our day,
in our time make them known;
in wrath remember mercy.