Howdy Everyone!
I’m Jenn and I get the privilege to serve you through the TV ministry here at Living Proof. It’s a TON of fun! Headphones are often in my ears as I view the messages and my office-mates always want to know what I’m laughing at. Today it was Beth’s snake stick story from the Audacious series. If you haven’t ever watched a show, you are missing a BLESSING. I encourage you to jump on the Living Proof app and listen to some great teaching from the Word. O.K. That was a fun rabbit trail but, I digress.
I’m giddy that I get to share my verse with you. Scripture Memory is hard for me. The struggle is real. Right? I know many of you can relate. I’ve had good intentions and failed so many times. I remember very clearly last summer, Beth recited a beautiful chapter of Scripture from the book of Ephesians. She encouraged the staff to PRAY for a supernatural work of the Spirit to enable us to memorize God’s Word. It was a lightbulb moment for me. I had never thought about praying to ask for God’s help in this area. A few months later, I headed into the Entrusted Bible Study and began to memorize the book of 2 Timothy. It’s been quite a journey that has required the Spirit’s help at every turn. I collided with a Scripture many of you know…here it goes:
Jenn Hamm from Cypress, TX
“For God did not give us a spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.” 2 Timothy 1:7 NET
Paul was speaking this to young Timothy who was beginning to walk out his calling. One of my kiddos struggles with intense fear and anxiety at times. I wanted to be able to pray this verse over him and teach him to wield his sword. I’m so thankful we serve a God who helps us in our time of need. There’s power when we pray His Word over our loved ones. When we have it memorized, we can use it at any moment. I hope this encourages one of you today. Keep pressing on!
Blessings,
jenn
Rhonda Edmunds from Milton, WV
“Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires: but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.”
Romans 8:5 NIV
Rebecca, Chattanooga, TN
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
2 Corinthians 9:8 NIV84
Abbey Towles Russ, Greenwood, SC 2 Timothy 2:16-19 HCSB But avoid irreverent, empty speech, for this will produce an even greater measure of godlessness. And their word will spread like gangrene; Hymenaeus and Philetus are among them. They have deviated from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and are overturning the faith of some. Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, having this inscription: The Lord knows those who are His, and Everyone who names the name of the Lord must turn away from unrighteousness.
Holly Cox, Greenwood, SC
“As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me!”
â€â€Psalms‬ â€40:11‬ â€ESV‬‬
Beverly – Jackson TN
“Also, through Him, we have obtained access by faith
into this grace in which we stand and we rejoice in
the hope of the glory of God.”
– Romans 5:2 HCSB
Valerie Lee from Orleans Indiana
“Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a higher price. So you must honor God with your body.”
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
New Living Translation Study Bible
Louise – Irvine, CA – Rev. 12:11 – They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. (NIV)
Ephesians 6:10-12 NIV
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.
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.
Psalm 121:7 (NIV)
“The Lord will keep you from all harm-
He will watch over your life;”
Ursula Hawkins, St. Leonard MD:
“For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you”. Is.41:13 NIVNIV
Williamsville, NY
Therefore, put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything to stand firm.
Ephesians 6:13
NET
Mark 9:23 NKJV
Jesus said to him, ” if you can believe all things are possible to him who believes.
Amber From Gulfport, MS
“If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light around me will be night’-”
Psalms 139:11
Connie, Iowa,2 Timothy1:14 HCS Guard, through the Holy Spirit who lives in us, That good thing entrusted to you. 2 Timothy 1:14
Leigh Weisinger, Waco, TX
Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.
Hebrews 10:23 NLT
“Hear, you deaf; look, you blind, and see! Who is blind but my servant, and deaf like the messenger I send? Who is blind like the one in covenant with me, blind like the servant of the Lord? You have seen many things, but you pay no attention; your ears are open, but you do not listen.” Isaiah 42: 18-20, NIV
Grace, Sandy UT
All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness,for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies. Psalm 25:10 ESV
Sheila from Mount Airy, NC- “For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.”
1 Corinthians 13:12 (NIV)
Anne B., Chesterfield, MI No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
Romans 8:37 ESV
Liz in Nashville,Tn: “He maketh me to lie down in green pastures” Psalm 23:2…KJV
Ashley Asselta from Waco, TX: “In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,”
â€â€Ephesians‬ â€1:11‬ â€ESV‬‬
“No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.”
â€â€Romans‬ â€8:37‬ â€NLT‬‬
Shiffra, Kalamazoo
You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. 2 Timothy 1:15 NIV84
Lorrie Moudy, El Dorado, Arkansas, says: “For I will fully satisfy the weary soul, and I will replenish every languishing and sorrowful soul.” AMP Jeremiah 31:25
Hillary Mancuso
Fort Worth, tx
“For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God? The God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless.”
Psalm 18:31-32 ESV
Jamie @ Brentwood, TN: “I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from ALL my fears” (Psalm 34:4) ESV
Ellen Dimmitt from Hayden, Idaho: This is what the Lord says, he who made the earth, the Lord who formed it and established it – the Lord is his name: “Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:2-3 NIV
Linda Ryan, Springfield, MO
May I never forget Your words; for they are my only hope.
Psalms 119:43 Living Bible
Michelle O’Banion from Grandview,TX
[For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him (!)
Philippians 3:10a AMP
Melissa from Lawrenceburg TN
I will give them a heart to know that I am the Lord, and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart. Jeremiah 24:7 ESV
Kyndra, Houston, TX
2 Corinthians 12:9, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is made perfect in weakness.” NLT
Gigi Parisi
Mullica Hill NJ
1 Timothy 1:15 NIV
Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners-of whom I am the worst.
Psalm 103:3-5 AMP
…Who forgives all your sins,
Who heals all your diseases,
Who redeems your life from the pit,
Who crowns you [lavishly] with lovingkindness and tender mercy;
Who satisfies your years with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the [soaring] eagle.
Tracy Langford, Medicine Lodge, Kansas
Psalm 91:9-13 NLT
If you make the Lord your refuge, if you make the Most High your shelter, no evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your home. For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go. They will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone. You will trample upon lions and cobras; you will crush fierce lions and serpents under your feet!
“I am overwhelmed with joy in the Lord my God! For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of righteousness. I am like a bridegroom dressed for his wedding or a bride with her jewels.”
â€â€Isaiah‬ â€61:10‬ â€NLT
Susie from Northville, MI
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Matthew 5:9 NIV
Psalm 19:9
The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; The judgements of the Lord are true, they are righteous altogether. NAS
Donna, Deer Park, TX
For you are all children of the light and of the day, we don’t belong to darkness and night.
So be on guard, not asleep like others. Stay alert and be clearheaded.
Night is the time when people sleep and drinkers get drunk.
But let us who live in the light be clearheaded, protected by the armor of faith and love and wearing was our helmet the confidence of our salvation
1 Thess 5:5-8 NLT
Holly J
Santa Monica, CA
“If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, and the light around me will be night,” – Psalm 139:11, NASB
Tracy Chapman – Andice, TX
Romans 12:14 NASB
“Bless those who persecute you;
bless and do not curse.”
Molly, Cypress, TX
“And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,”
Colossians 1:9
Shannon, Mandeville LA. “And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith”. Matthew 13:56 TNIV
Morgan Gittemeier (recently married!!yay!) from Kansas City – Proverbs 20:21 NIV “an inheritance claimed too soon will not be blessed at the end.”
Becky from Cincinnati.
‘Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.’
Psalm 34:11 KJV
Laura from Christiansburg, VA
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
â€â€John‬ â€1:5‬ â€ESV‬‬
Pam in Fredericksburg, TX
If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.
Romans 12:18 (ESV)
Mary, Atlanta – Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 2 Tim 4:2 NIV
Suzie from Moneta VA
Phil 1:11 Formerly he was useless to you but now he is indeed useful to you as Nd to me.
Johannah, Alexandria
“Don’t envy sinners, but always continue to fear the Lord. You will be rewarded for this; your hope will not be disappointed.”
â€â€Proverbs‬ â€23:17-18‬ â€NLT‬‬
Michelle Moultrie, Jacksonville, FL “For this light and momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,” 2 Corinthians 4:17 ESV