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
Deborah, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: Psalm 126:5, “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.”
Jerrie – Longview, TX
In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Ephesians 6:16 (NIV)
Teresa – Louisville, KY
With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs. Zep. 3:17 NLT
Mary Cavalier Old River-Winfree, TX
He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.
Psalms 23:3 NASB
Sherie
The Woodlands, TX
“Blessed are the meek,
for they shall inherit the earth.
Matthew 5:5 NIV
Janet from Richmond, Tx
Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.
Proverbs 12:25 (NIV)
ughhh! so ture! Kind words always boost my day and can turn it completely around. Great verse!
He will listen to the prayers of the destitute. He will not reject their pleas. Psalm 102:17 (NLT)
Nance from Newmarket ON Canada
“Then one of the twenty-four elders asked me, “Who are these who are clothed in white? Where did they come from?”
Rev 7:13
NLT
If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the spirit, if any tenderness or compassion, then make my joy complete by being like minded having the same love, being in one spirit and purpose.
Philipians 2:1-2
Suzy – Wheelersburg, OH – And He has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother. I John 4:21 NIV
Kaylee Taylor; Stephenville TX
“Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure,”
â€â€Psalm‬ â€16:9‬ â€NIV‬‬
Beth ~ Calgary Canada
“For the sake of your name, LORD, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.”
â€â€Psalm‬ â€25:11‬ â€NIV‬‬
Diane Ellison from Littleton, CO
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Ephesians 5:21 NIV
Christy, St. Clements, Ontario
“Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” Psalm 23:5 NIV
Bobbie from Litchfield, MN
Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.
2 Corinthians 9:10 NIV
Lisa Curtis
Jackson, MO
Even when I go through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff —-
they comfort me. Psalm 23:4 HCSB
Cindy, Franklin, TN: “distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality.”
â€â€Romans‬ â€12:13‬ â€NKJV‬‬
Lynda Rickey in Ocala, FL Psalm 139:11 (NIV): If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”
Michelle, West Des Moines, IA
For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!
2 Corinthians 4:17 NLT
Lisa, Blue Ridge, VA “David also spoke of this when he described the happiness of those who are declared righteous without working for it:”
â€â€Romans‬ â€4:6‬ â€NLT‬‬
Kathy
St. Louis, MO
“In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.” Psalm 5:3 (NIV’84)
Lisa Gaska from Pittsburgh,PA “For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.” Psalm 103:11 NASB
Kristine from Welland, ON
“But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.”
3 Corinthians 2:4 ESV
Ginny, West Lafayette, IN “Suddenly , God, Your light floods my path, God drives out the darkness.” 2 Samuel 22:29 The Message
Joy Thompson, Fort Worth, TX – Psalm 139:11, If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”
Dian Helgerud says,
He is so rich in kindness and grace
that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his son
and forgave our sins.
Ephesians 1:7 (NLT)
Hebrews 12:2 (KJV)
Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Sandy, Clatskanie OR
Kathy
Madison, CT
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
2Tim 1:7 NKJV
Bobbie Jo
San Angelo TX
“But in all these things we are completely victorious through God who showed his love for us.” â€â€Romans‬ â€8:37‬ â€NCV‬
Cheryl, Medford, NJ ” But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God, and not to us”
(ESV) 2 Corinthians 4:7
Audrey~Lebanon, IN
2 Timothy 1:4 NIV
Recalling you tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy.
Cindy Webb, Cisco, TX
“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.”
Romans 12:9-10 (NIV)
Chyrll, Memphis, Tennessee.
‬‬“And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance.” Acts‬ â€2:3-4‬ â€NASB‬‬
Kristie, Montgomery, TX: “Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay”, says the Lord.” Romans 12:19 NIV
Andrea Sellers, Round Rock, TX
Perseverance, character; and character, hope. Romans 5:4 NIV
Moose Jaw SK, Canada
““This is what the Lord says—the Lord who made the earth,
who formed and established it, whose name is the Lord:
Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.”
â€â€Jeremiah‬ â€33:2-3‬ â€NLT‬‬
Susan Kolb, Slidell, LA
“And now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.”
Acts 20:32 NKJV
Kim – Gaithersburg
Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. â€(Isaiah‬ â€46:4‬ â€NIV‬‬)
Candice Simpson in Nashville, TN
James 2: 21 – 26 (HCSB)
Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? You see that faith was active together with his works, and by works, faith was perfected. So the Scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness, and he was called God’s friend. You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. And in the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by a different route? For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
Dallas, GA
“And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” Col 3:14 NIV
Kathleen, Starke, FL
Celebrate God. Sing together—everyone! All you honest hearts, raise the roof!
Psalm 32:11 (MSG)
New Braunfels, TX
Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We should by all means go up and take possession of it, for we shall sure overcome it.”
Numbers 13:30. NASB
Connie from Eugene, Oregon
“He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.” NIV
Debbie Weaver, Cumming, GA.
“For those God foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brothers.” Romans 8:29 NIV
Tara, Eustis, FL
James 4:10
Humble yourself before the Lord and he will exhaust you. NIV
Dawn Atwood, McKinney, TX
“or sickness that prowls in the dark, destruction that ravages at noontime. Even if one thousand people fall dead next to you, ten thousand right beside you— it won’t happen to you.”
Psalms 91:6-7 CEB
Kim, Richland, WA
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
Romans 8:37 NIV
Laura from Sebree, KY
For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
2 Corinthians 10:3-4 (NIV)
Cindy Matter, North Potomac: “And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.” Luke 2:52 NIV
Ann Medford, Sunset, TX, And I will put my Spirit in you, and cause you to walk in My statutes and be careful to obey my rules. Ezekiel 36: 27 (ESV)