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.
Natalie M., from Damascus, MD: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” (Matt. 5:3,4-NKJV)
Billie, Greenville, KY “For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on.” Hebrews 4:8 ESV
Nell Brinkley. Chattanooga tn. Love never ends As for prophecies ; they will be pass away; as for tongues; they will cease; as for knowledge; it will pass away. 1 cor 13;8
Sandy Shiflett Deming, NM
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus
Phil 2:5 NKJV
Nancy English, Laramie Wyoming
Show me your ways O Lord, teach me your paths. Psalms 25:4 NIV
The Lord will guide you always; He will satisfy your needs in a sub scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well watered garden, like a sprint g whose waters never fail. Isaiah 58:11 (NIV)
Rachel from Adams, TN
“Who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion.” Ps 103:4, NIV
Karen Sanders, Burleson, TX “You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.” 1 Thessalonians 5:5 NIV
Hallsville,Texas
For by grace you have been saved through faith; not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8
Allison in Fort Worth, TX
You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
Psalm 139:5 (NIV)
Lavonda-New Braunfels, TX
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, Ephesians 3:14-16 NIV
WendyC – Cheyenne, WY.
Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.
Hebrews 10:36 NLT
Marie Venter South Africa “But may all eho love You be like the sun when it rises in its strength”Judges 5:31 Niv
Georgia from Webb City, MO
“It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God.”
2 Corinthians 3:5 NLT
Eleanor
Memphis, TN
@ Timothy 1:6-7
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
I commit to 2nd Timothy 2:15 “Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed.”
New English translation.
Melissa from Grovetown, GA. “But the LORD said…, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7 NKJV
Wendy Buttrey, Acworth, Ga
Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night,
nor the arrow that flies in the day. Psalms 91:5 NLT
Cheryl from Charlottesville, Virginia
“She does him good and not harm for as long as she lives.”
Proverbs 31:12 (NCV)
Shawn in AZ
who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 Peter 1:5 NKJV
Romans 8:9-10 ESV
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Sarah Schoolcraft from Kingwood, TX:
“Similarly, anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor’s crown except by competing according to the rules.”
2 Timothy 2:5 NIV
Denise Cholak, Euless, TX.
“Who by his understanding made the heavens, His love endures forever.”
Psalm136:5 NIV
Chrissy, Overland Park, KS
“Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” Psalms 27:14 (NIV)
Faith from Coeur d’Alene, ID
Ephesians 4:1 (NKJV) I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,
Susan Kolb from Slidell, LA
Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
Matthew 7:24-25 NKJV
Theresa Anderson, Grove Ok,
“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.”
Exodus 20:8 NIV
Kathy, Albany, OR
Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; For You I wait all the day.
Psalm 25:5 NASB
Amanda from Knoxville, TN
“He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD.”
Psalm 40:3 ESV
Sandy Bowers, Bryan, Ohio
…perseverance, character; and character, hope.
–Romans 5:4 NIV
Jacki from Grandville MI
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen”
2 Thessalonians 3:18
NKJV
Melissa, Vicksburg, MS “May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else.” 1 Thessalonians 3:12 NIV
Ashlee Jordan from Camp Pendleton, CA: “Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; For you I wait all the day long.” Psalm 25:5 ESV
Liz Hunter from Bronx, NY:
““I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
John 15:5 NIV
Kayla Lane, Bloomington, IL
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
Isaiah 26:3 – NLT
Marie Franse, Albuquerque, NM: By faith the prostitute Rahab because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient. Hebrews 11:31 (NIV)
Heather, Tallahassee
Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. James 3:1 NIV
Glenda Willard from Farmington, NM
For God has not give us the spirit of timidity but a spirit of power, of love and of self discipline. II Tim. 1:7 NIV
Sara Martin from Humble, TX: “For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock.” Psalm 27:5 NIV
Misty Ingalls from Yakima, Washington: “Be full of joy in the Lord always. I will say again, be full of joy.” Philippians 4:4 NCV
Carolyn, The Woodlands, TX.
Continuing James 3. “Now if we put the bits into the horses’ mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body, as well.” James 3:3 (NASB)
Jackie, Noblesville, IN
And don’t sin by letting anger control you. Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil.
Ephesians 4:26-27 NLT
Julie from Chesterland, OH
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Hebrews 12:1-2
Stephanie from Chico, CA “And if I have prophetic powers (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), and understand all the secret truths and mysteries and possess all knowledge, and if I have [sufficient] faith so that I can remove mountains, but have not love (God’s love in me) I am nothing (a useless nobody).”
I Corinthians 13:5 (AMP)
Jill from Laramie, WY
“For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him.”
Phil. 2:13 NLT
Jackie from Rockwall, TX: The Good Samaritan: “ But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” (Luke 10:29, NIV)
Valerie Keyser from Fort Myers, FL: “Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.”
1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV
Brandee Carter from Calgary, Alberta, Canada: “Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” Hebrews 4:16 NIV
Adrienne, Valdosta ” But as for me, I will watch expectantly for the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.” Micah 7:7 NASB
Brienne, Valdosta “You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word.” Psalms 119:114 ESV
Susan McAnally from Mars, PA
And we know (with great confidence) that God (who is deeply concerned about us) causes all things to work together (as a plan) for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to His plan and purpose.
Romans 8:28 AMP