Hey Siestas,
My name is Mary, and I do all things accounting at Living Proof Ministries. I haven’t had an opportunity to meet many of you, but I have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know you through Facebook and the blog.
But the verse in Colossians I keep camping on is a verse of encouragement. Encouragement in the tough times. Who can’t use some of that?
Colossians 1:11 in the Message says,
“We pray that you’ll have the strength to stick it out over the long haul—not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glory-strength God gives. It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy, thanking the Father who makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful that he has for us.”
God promises to help us through the hard times. Too often I exhaust myself trying to push through in my own strength. In those times when I make it through the storm on my own – it’s without joy and often without thanksgiving! This verse reminds me to catch myself in the act of gritting my teeth – to stop and instead draw from the “glory-strength God gives.” It is here in this posture I can rest in His promises. It is here where He is truly glorified, and it here where I give Him all the thanks He deserves – right in the midst of the storm!
Jamie, Kingston, OK
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous – how well I know it.
Psalm 139:14 New Living Translation
Stacy, Ruston, LA
“He grants the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cries for help and rescues them.”
Psalms 145:19 NLT
Wanda
Osborn, Missouri
“And the LORD, He is the One who goes before
you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor
forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed.”
Deuteronomy 31:8 (NKJV)
Nancy-Yonges Island, SC
“Therefore we will not fear, even though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;”
Psalm 46:2
Kristina Howard Harker Heights, Tx
The LORD your God is with you,
He is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you.
He will quiet you with His love
He will rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17 NIV
Mildred from Montserrat.
And Jesus answering saith unto them; Have faith in God. Mark 11:22 (KJV)
Christina Lawless Flower Mound, Texas
“Turn away from evil and do good. Search for peace and work hard to maintain it.” Psalms 34:14 NLT
Frances McCamey,
Orange, Texas
…that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his spirit in your inner being,
Ephesians 3:16 ESV
Patricia Clevenger, Midland, TX
“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.”
Hebrews 10:23 NIV
Brooklyn from Arvada, CO
Psalms 139:23 NLT- “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.”
Bethany Mabin,Lehigh Acres, FL
Psalm 27:2 NLT
When evil people come to devour me, when my enemies and foes attack me, they will stumble and fall.
Marsha Householder
Murrells Inlet, SC
“Commit your works to the Lord, and your thoughts will be established.”
Proverbs 16:3
NKJV
And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
Phil. 4:19 NIV
Gayla Stephens
Cedartown, GA
Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth
and on the sea and all that is in them, singing:
“To Him who sits on the throne
and to the Lamb
be praise and honor and glory and power
for ever and ever!”
Revelation 5:13 NIV
Kaye from Hamburg, AR
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Romans 12:12 NIV
Sarah, Remington, VA
Psalm 91:11
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;
Apryl-Raleigh, NC
He reached down from heaven and rescued me; he drew me out of deep waters. he rescued me because he delights in me.
2 Samuel 22: 17 & 20(b)
Verse from NLT
April from Burlington, WA
Pilippians 2:1 “Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,” NASB
Christine Jackman, Denham Springs, LA
Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him
Psalm 34:8 NIV
Andrea from Pensacola, “Let each of you be concerned not merely with your own interests, but also each for the interests of others.”
Philippians 2:4 Amplified
When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. Psalm 34:17-19
Esther. Jonesborough, TN. Romans 12:9 esv. Let love be genuine. Abhor whar is evil. Cling to what is good.
Carol
Woodbridge, CA
“My soul makes it’s boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad.” Psalm 34:2. ESV
Laura, Katy, TX
Psalm 139:1-2 NIV
Oh Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. “
Teresa, Tyler TX
“Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God.”
Ephesians 4:1, NLT
Holly Belt, Spring Hill, TN
Hebrews 11:15 NIV
If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
Debbie Laureen, New Port Richey, FL
“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely. whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things. ” Philippians 4:8 NIV
Mary Gray, Fieldale, VA, “The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.”
1 Thessalonians 5:24 NIV
Sharon
Modesto,CA
Proverbs 18:10
The name of the Lord is a strong tower the righteous run to it and are safe!
Becky Bigbie from Highland Village, Tx
But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our savior. Philippians 3:20 NLV
Michelle O, Chehalis, WA: Proverbs 15:1 ESV – A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness”(NIV). 1 Peter 1:3
Dawn-Mt. Olive, NC
Jeremiah 15:21 ESV
I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.
Christy, Kare, Cheryl. A Cord of Three Strands
Jay, OK
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
2 Corinthians 12:9. NIV
Janine – Corona, CA
You believe there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that – and shudder.
James 2:19 (NIV)
Kelsi from Waco, TX: “I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had opportunity to show it.” Phil 4:10 NIV
Lacy, Eugene, OR
If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to someone else, for each one should carry his own load. Galatians 6:3-5 NIV
Janice Barber, Virginia Beach, VA.
Psalm 51: 14 NIV
Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
you who are God my Savior,
and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
But the word of the Lord abides forever.
1 Peter 1:25 NASB
Else Earley, Katy, TX And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28
Delaware, OK. He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver
Him and honor him. Psalm 91:15 NIV
Tanya, from Lorton, VA,
John 15:8-9 NIV
By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.
As the Father has loved me, so have I love you. Abide in my love.
Victoria, SLC, UT Eph 4:13-15 (ESV)
“Until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.”
Adrienne
Jasper, TN
“For we who live are always given over to death because of Jesus, so that Jesus’s life may also be revealed in our mortal flesh.”
2Cor4:11 HCSB
For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him. Philippians 2:13 (NLT)
Angie Miller, Macon, MS
You are my friends if you do what I command. John 15:14, NIV
Sandie Powell
Albuquerque, NM
August 1, 2017
Psalm 34:15
“The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.”
15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
James 1:15 (NKJV)
Kristine from Edmond
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him. Col 2:6 NIV
Stephany Pracht, El Dorado, KS “The Lord makes a path through the sea and a road through the strong currents.” Isaiah 43:16 GW