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
Karen Maggi, Southlake, TX
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. Psalm 139:13 NIV
Linda Nelson, Harvest, AL
IS 55>8 NIV
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD.
Liz from Nashville, Tn: “He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name’s sake” Psalm 23:3 NKJV
Jamie From Brentwood, TN: “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble” Psalm 46:1 (ESV)
Even to your old age and grey hair I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and rescue you.
Isaiah 46:4
Nancy, from Marysville, PA -“7 So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. 9 Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor. James 4: 7-10 (NLT)
Kirby from Parsons, KS
“Then Jesus said, ” Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” John 11:40 NIV
Melissa Eaton
Anna, TX
“But you Lord, are a shield around me, my glory , and the one who lifts up my head.”
HCSB
Stephany Pracht, El Dorado, KS “By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.” Isaiah 43:14 GW
Hebrews 11:11 – Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
Psalm 139:2-10 (HCSB)
2)You know when I sit down and when I stand up;
You understand my thoughts from far away.
3 You observe my travels and my rest;
You are aware of all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue,
You know all about it, Lord.
5 You have encircled me;
You have placed Your hand on me.
6 This extraordinary knowledge is beyond me.
It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.
7 Where can I go to escape Your Spirit?
Where can I flee to from Your presence?
8 If I go up to heaven, You are there;
if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
9 If I live at the eastern horizon
or settle at the western limits,[a]
10 even there Your hand will lead me;
Your right hand will hold on to me.
Tanya from Lorton, VA
Isaiah 65:24 NIV
I will answer them before they even call to me.
While they are still talking about their needs, I will go ahead and answer their prayers!
Kathryn from Austin, TX
“The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.”
~Psalm 37:23-24, NIV
Megan Loscher
Quincy, IL
Do all things without grumbling or disputing…
Philippians 2:14 (ESV)
jami
shelby, nc
“If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off (that is, remove yourself from the source) and throw it from you, for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.” Matthew 5:30
Molly from Cypress, TX
Psalm 63:3 ESV
“Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.”
Lauren Gross, Pineville, LA
“”For the grace of God has appeared, bring salvation to all men,”
Titus 2:11 NASB
Hebrews 12:11 (NIV) – “No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”
“Therefore as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.” Colossians 3:12 NIV
“Because of his grace he declared us righteous and gave us confidence that we will inherit eternal life.” Titus 3:7 (NLT)
Cara, Parker, CO, Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor
and gave him the name above all other names, Philippians 2:9, NLT
Jo, Columbia, Missouri
Psalm 116:7-14 Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has been good to you. For you, LORD, have delivered me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
I trusted in the LORD when I said, “I am greatly afflicted”; in my alarm I said, “Everyone is a liar.” What shall I return to the LORD for all his goodness to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD. I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people. Psalm‬ â€116:7-14‬ â€NIV‬‬
Jo, Columbia, Missouri
Psalm 116:12-14 What shall I return to the LORD for all his goodness to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD. I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people. Psalm‬ â€116:12-14‬ â€NIV‬‬
Gail-Tyler, TX
But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.”
Mark 10:27 NKJV
Addie Ables, Marble Falls, TX
“If I say ,’Surely the darkness shall cover me and the light about me be night.” Psalm 139:11 ESV
Missie Ables, Marble Falls, TX
“Thus says the Lord you Redeemer, who formed you from the womb…” Isaiah 44:24 ESV
Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. Make level paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.Â
Hebrews 12:12-13 NIV
So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God.
There we will receive his mercy, and we will find Grace
to help us when we need it most.
Hebrews 4:16 (NIV)
If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless. James 1:26 NKJV
Ginger Hawthorne, Cypress, Texas
“She puts her hands to the distaff,
and her hands hold the spindle.”
Proverbs 31:19 (ESV)
Jana Reser, Wilmington, Ohio
Psalm 25:13 NIV
He will spend his days in prosperity and his descendants will inherit the land.
14 The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to him.
Poorna Diaz, Reston, Virginia: “This is why I, Paul, am in jail for Christ, having taken up the cause of you outsiders, so-called. I take it that you’re familiar with the part I was given in God’s plan for including everybody. I got the inside story on this from God himself, as I just wrote you in brief.” Ephesians 3.1-2 (MSG)
Lacy, Eugene, OR
So do not be ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me and suffering for the gospel, but the power of God 2 Timothy 1:8 (NIV)
Sherry from Edmond, OK
“Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.” John 7:38
Jody Bowhay in Huntsville, AL NIV Psalm 63:9
Those who want to kill me will be destroyed; they will go down to the depths of the earth.
There is no one like You among the gods, O Lord,
Nor are there any works like Yours. Ps 86:8 nasb
Laura J. Katy, TX
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2 Corinthians 4:17. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us and eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
NIV
Lisa Walden – Arlington Tx
Deuteronomy 8:18
But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who give you the ability to produce wealth and confirms so his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.
Rhonda, Houston TX
Psalm 25:13 NIV
They will spend their days in prosperity and their descendants will inherit the land.
Romans12:12&13
“Rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer, contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality”
Karen Maggi, Southlake, TX
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:14 NIV
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
2:1-7 KJV
Linda Nelson, Harvest, AL
Isaiah 55:9. (NIV)
As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Carmella Culp from Elgin, TX: “In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness” Titus 2:7 NIV — June 1
JULY 19,2017 NKJV: EPHESIANS 2:4,5. But God who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ !!
Sherry Jay, OK
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit. Psalm 51:12 (NKJV)
Linda Knowles from Justin, Texas
1 Peter 1:15-16 NLT
But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. For the scriptures say “You must be holy because I am holy.”
Sharon from TX
For through him we both have access to the father by one spirit.
Ephesians 2:18 NIV
Esther. Jonesborough, TN. Titus 2:5b – and submissive to their own husbands that the Word of God may not be reviled.
Sharon
Modesto,CA.
Exodus 14:14 NIV
The Lord WILL fight for you; you need only to be still!!!