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
Debbie Hernandez, Atascocita, Texas
“Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.” Hebrews 4:11
Kim from Fort Worth, TX
“Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me;”
Psalms 139:11 NIV
Sarah from Sonora, CA
II Timothy 2:19
“Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who names the name of the Lord is to abstain from wickedness.”
Ginny from Lansdale, PA: “But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted.” John 15:7 (NLT)
Natalia Dryer, Longview, Texas
I consider the days of old, the years long ago.
Psalm 77:5 (ESV)
Bette from Danville, PA
Psalm 25 :11 NIV
For the sake of your name, LORD, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.
Jennifer Wellesley from Neosho, Missouri
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. Isaiah 55:8 (NIV)
Gail Peacock, Longview, Texas
“Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”
Psalm 139:23-24 (NIV)
Judy, Tyler, Texas Psalm 16:9-10 ESV
“Therefore, my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure, for you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.”
Erin Alley from Greenwood, SC: “For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love, and self-discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7 NIV
Vicki Knott, Greenwood, SC
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” Colossians 3:23-24
Julie from Lynchburg, VA
“Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to the Lord.” Colossians 3:16 NASB
Patrice, Midland, TX
The tongue has the power of life and death.
Proverbs 18:21a NIV
Jewelene from Dillingham Alaska (formally from Granby MO)
I will praise you O lord among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples
For great is your love, higher than the heavens: your faithfulness reaches
the skies
NIV psm 108:3-4
Jenks, OK
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in His temple.
Psalm 27:4 NKJV
Oh Give thanks to the LORD for he is good, his steadfast love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in: hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them. Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. Psalm 107: 1-6
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being Renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far out ways then all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is seen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Andrea Porter, Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Luke 22:32 NLT
But I have pleaded in prayer for you, Simon, that your faith should not fail. So, when you have repented and turned to me again, strengthen your brothers.
Rhonda Rowe, Kingston, OK
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
â€â€Galatians‬ â€6:9‬ â€NIV‬‬
Janet, Midlothian, Texas
Do not quench the Spirit. Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all.
1 Thessalonians 5:19-21 NIV
Karen Sill, Albuquerque NM
“For we know in part and we prophesy in part,”
â€â€1 Corinthians‬ â€13:9‬ â€NIV
Margie, White Salmon, WA 2 Cor. 1:10 “He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us,” NIV
Kim Bignon, Orlando, Florida-
“This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
â€â€Joshua‬ â€1:9‬ â€NLT‬‬
Martha, Pelican Rapids, MN “Keep this book of the law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.” Joshua 1:8
Punky Tolson, Dallas, TX- “(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)” Philemon 11, ESV
Hi Jenn! It’s Punky, your cousin Valerie’s friend! Thank you for your encouragement! I love 2 Tim. 1:7…one of my life verses. Pray all is well with you! xo – P
Pamela, Cumming, GA
But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God. Acts 20:24 NLT
Sherry from Marietta GA
“And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.”
Phil 1:6 ESV
Fran Thomas, Jackson, TN
“Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.” Matthew 15:13 NIV
Muriel in Ontario
2 Corinthians 4:8,9 (NIV)
“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;Â persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.”
The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and rescues them. Psalm 34:7 HCSB
Kim Foley, Arnold, MD
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.” Colossians 3:23 NIV
Beaumont, Texas.
If I say, “Surely darkness shall hide me,
and night shall be my light” —
Psalm 139:11 NAB
Tane Mcgehee Uvalde, Texas
June 2, 2017 9:14
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s
mighty hand,that he may lift you up in due
time. Cast all your anxiety on him because
he cares for you. 1 Peter 6-7 NIV
Sarah Whitt, Fort Worth, TX
“Search me, God, and know my heart;test me and know my concerns. See if there is any offensive way in me;
lead me in the everlasting way.” Psalms 139:23-24
Marie from Frederick, MD
James 4:8 NCV
Come near to God and God will come near to you. You sinners, clean sin out of your lives. You who are trying to follow God and the world at the same time, make your thinking pure.
Barbara, Fisherville, KY: “Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed–not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence–continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling” Phil 2:12 NIV
Jackie Siple Rockledge, FL
“I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,”
â€â€Ephesians‬ â€1:18‬ â€NIV‬‬
Pampa, Texas
Dawn – Pampa, TX
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, instead He is patient with you.
Amy from Baltimore MD “bearing with one another and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.” Colossians 3:13 NAB
Linda Howard – Frankenmuth MI As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right. NIV (Samuel is talking) I Samuel 12:23
Shonda Holt from Porter, Ok
I was pushed back and about to fall, but the Lord helped me. Psalm 118:13, NIV
Marilyn, Alton, IA “For the sake of your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.” Psalm 25:11 NIV
Sally, Sturgis,MI
Give all your worries and cares to God,
for He cares about you.
I Peter 5:7 (NLT)
Ellen K. from Chester, VA
“For the honor of your name, O Lord, forgive my many, many sins.
â€â€Psalms‬ â€25:11 â€NLT‬‬
Claudia, Franklin, TN
Then Jesus answered her, “Lady, your faith is great! What you want is granted.” That very hour her daughter was healed. Matt 15:28 ISV
Katrina Gagner, Wichita Falls, TX
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.
He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation.
Colossians 1:15 (NLT)
Amanda, Catlett VA
But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things: Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.
Ephesians 6:21â€-‬22 KJV
Andy Spray – Centreville, VA
His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
â€â€2 Peter‬ â€1:3‬ â€NIV‬‬
Ally
Houston tx
“Make my steps steady through your promise; don’t let sin dominate me…. Abundant peace belongs to those who love your instruction; nothing makes them stumble.”
Psalm 119:113,165 HCSB
He guides the humble in what is right. Psalm 25:9 NIV