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.
Maureen, Pascoag, RI
We believe that we will be saved
through the grace of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 15:11
NRSV
Alexis from Anderson, SC: “You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!” Isaiah 26:3 NLT
Yael Hernandez, New York, NY
He sent His word and healed them
And delivered them from their destructions.
Psalm 107-20, NASB
Amy – Tampa:
“The least of them shall become a clan, and the smallest one a mighty nation; I am the Lord; in its time I will accomplish it quickly.”
Isaiah 60:22
Connie Colston from Waxahachie, Texas
Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! 2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT
Karmen, Natick, MA – “For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.”
2 Corinthians 7:10 NET
March 1, 2017 SSMT #5 Colossians 3:4–5 NIV When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature; sexual immorality, impurity he, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.
Sarah LeJeune, Cypress, CA
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7 NIV
Michelle, Chehalis, Wa – Ps 86:11 NIV – Teach me your way Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.
Diane LeJeune, Fairview, TN
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7 NIV
Linda, Buckeye, AZ
“The godly think before speaking; the wicked spout evil words”
Proverbs 15:18 NLT
Because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for
all the saints.
Philemon 5 ESV
Opps, Karen Todd, Beech Island, SC
Tammy Martinez, Burleson, Texas
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, He has now reconciled in His body of flesh by His death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before Him, Colossians 1:21-22 (ESV)
Grace from UK:
Guide me in your truth and teach me,
For you are God my Saviour,
And my hope is in you all day long.
Psalm 25:5
Sarah Miller. New Palestine, In
I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.
Psalm 63:4
NIV
Liz Kelley, College Station Tx,
And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.
Ezekiel 36:26 (NLT)
Nancy in Port Charlotte, FL
Ephesians 4:32 NIV
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Debbie Fitzpatrick, Bossier City, LA
it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. Lamentations 3:26 NIV
Rebecca, Chattanooga, TN
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction.
Isaiah 48:10 ESV
Jeanette Dahm Lake Oswego, OR Psalm 100:4 NIV Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
Amy Carter, Charleston, SC: “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 NKJV
Martie Carter, Belton Texas
My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
James 5:19-20 NIV
Kristen Schwark
Indianapolis, IN
because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints. ~ Philemon 5 NIV (from Concordia Self Study Bible)
Ephesians 6:13 KJV- “Wherefore take onto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.”
Janet from Odessa, TX
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and how inscrutable His ways!
Romans 11:33. ESV
Maura Guillory from Jennings, Louisiana: “I was young and now I’m old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging for bread. They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be a blessing.” Psalm 37: 25-26 NIV
Terry from Odessa, FL
” But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” Matthew 6:33, NIV
Judy Heindl, Cottageville WV “Then Jesus said unto them again,
“Truly, truly, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep”. KJV
Sandra Arnold, Paris, TN
“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)
Debbie May from Fort Worth, TX
“You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
Psalm 139: 5 ESV
Cindy Gandy, Hazlehurst, MS, Psalm 103:5 (ESV), “who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”
Leslie from Austin, TX “What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?” Romans 8:31 NIV
Nikola, Langley, BC, Canada
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! …” 1 John 3:1 NIV
Ellen Roth from Bad Axe Michigan
Ephesians 6:11 NIV Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take YOUR stand against the devil’s schemes. (emphasis mine)
Memorizing Psalm 25 ESV
Verse 6 – Remember your mercy, O Lord, and
Your steadfast love, for they have been from if old.
Kari Blackmore
Oregon
You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow l that flies by day.
Ps 91:5 NKJV
Nan Smith from Leawood, KS “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, all those who practice it have good understanding. Praise Him forever.” Psalm 111:10 NIV
Cathy Pernsteiner
Clarkson, WA
“For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.”
Romans 8:5 ESV
Lisa, Mauldin, SC
“hearing of your love and faith, which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,
Philemon 1:5 (NKJV)
JoAnn, Philadelphia, PA: “Trust in the Lord and do good;Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.” Psalm 37:3 NASB
Carrie Lagas, North Potomac, Maryland “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
Calgary, Alberta
For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence,
for my hope is from him.
Psalm 62:5 ESV
Susan Jezek, St. Petersburg, Florida
“For every house is built my someone, but the builder of all things is God.”
Hebrews 3:4 ESV
Pamela from St. Petersburg, FL: “Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.” Colossians 3:23-24 NASB
Andrea Sellers, Round Rock, TX : Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and he said: “Who am I, Sovereign Lord, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? 2 Samuel 7:18 NIV
Mandy Gaede from Imperial, CA
Philippians 2:3 (NIV)
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,
Jackie from Parker, CO – “Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.” Psalm 25:4-5 NIV
Who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, Psalm 103:3 NIV
Judy McCarver, Houston, TX “I sought the Lord, and he answered me;
he delivered me from all my fears.” NIV
On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.
Psalm 63:6 NIV