Hi Siestas! It is such a joy to be able to talk to you! My name is Sherry McClure and I just love this community so very much. I live in the suburbs of Houston, Texas, and I work here at Living Proof Ministries. One of my responsibilities right now at LPM is to help moderate your comments and it brings me such delight. Thank you for letting me be a part of your life in that way. All of you have so much to offer and I love getting to know you through your comments here! I also have the joy of tending to many of you through Facebook and I love y’all so incredibly much.
A little bit about me: I have been here at LPM for just over 11 years and have had the opportunity to do many things here! I started working at LPM when I had only been married for 2 years and we didn’t have children at the time. As I have grown and changed, my responsibilities at LPM have changed as well. I have been married for 13 years to David and we have two boys –Sam (9) and Jacob (7). We have a lot of fun together, but life with boys is loud, fast, and sometimes messy.  I also have the privilege of serving my home church in our women’s ministry. Life is full and fun! Some of the things that I enjoy most in this life are playing with my kids, being outside, shopping, cooking, and most of all, studying God’s word. His Word is the absolute thrill of my life. The Lord has recently breathed a new passion for His word into my soul and it is what I wake up for everyday…to see the Lord in His Word.  He is the love of my life.
1 Samuel 12:24 (ESV)
“Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.”
This is one of the verses that the Lord has given me to focus on throughout the entire year. He broke it down for me like this:
Only fear the Lord: I am not to fear failure. I am not to fear what someone may think. I am not to fear the enemy. I am not to fear people I think are my enemies. I am not to fear things I imagine. I am not to fear man. My only fear should be of the Lord. There is safety in fearing Him.
Serve him faithfully: I am to be faithful in the ways that He has given me to serve. I am to work in excellence and do everything unto Him.
With all your heart: I am to give my all to the things that I am serving in. No settling for mediocrity. No half-accomplishing things. No “it’s fine.” No “this will do.” I am to give my whole heart.
Consider what great things He has done for you: I want to be living in a constant state of gratitude before the Lord. I want to be mindful that He rescued me from the dominion of darkness and transferred me to the kingdom of light (Colossians 1:13). He indeed has done great things for us!
So, my dear sisters, I pray that you will only fear the Lord. I pray that you will serve Him with all of your heart. I pray that you will remember the great things He has done for you. He is everything and I pray you experience Him through His word as it sinks into your souls!
I love you all so much,
Sherry
Malisa Grantham, Tucson, AZ
” And I will pray the Father and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever.” John 14:16 (KJV)
Sheri New Atlanta, TX
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.
Psalm 32:8 NKJV
Jerri Thompson of Omaha says, So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed , for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10 NIV
Susan
Tyler, TX
October 8, 2015 at 4:12 p.m.
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.”
Ephesians 4:2 (NIV)
Natalie, Frisco, TX
“Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I give myself to you.”
Psalm 143:8 NLT
Hartford. AR
Verse 20
“IT IS a good and delightful thing to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises [with musical accompaniment] to Your name, O Most High, To show forth Your loving-kindness in the morning and Your faithfulness by night,”
â€â€Psalm‬ â€92:1-2‬ â€AMP‬‬
Malisa Grantham, Tucson, AZ
“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrews 4:16 (KJV)
Julie Andrews
Chagrin Falls, OH
Numbers 14:18 NIV
“The LORD is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”
Jen Andrews
Chagrin Falls, OH
For it is God who works in you both to will and to work his good pleasure
Philippians 2:13
Jerri of Omaha says,
Give and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Luke 6:38 NIV
Amy Smiley, Williams, AZ
“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.”
Hebrews 11:8 NIV
Jerri of Omaha says,
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3: 20-21 NIV
Shelley from Hartford,AR
Verse 21
“The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”
â€â€Proverbs‬ â€18:21‬ â€NIV‬‬
Mandy, Raymond, MS
“You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in spite of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit.”
1 Thess 1:6 NIV
Crystal Parrott-Everett, Ontario, Canada
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds” James 1:2 NIV
Malisa Grantham, Tucson, AZ
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 (KJV)
Sarah Miller, The Colony, Texas, “They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord.” â€â€Psalm‬ â€112:7‬ â€NIV‬‬
Susan Jezek, St. Petersburg, Florida
“The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”
Proverbs 12:18 NIV
Melissa J – Houston, TX
“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
1 John 4:18 NIV
Malisa Grantham, Tucson, AZ
“Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” 1Peter 5:7 (KJV)
John15:12
This is my commandment that you love one another as I have loved you.
Siestas 22
No, in all these things we are more than conquerers through Him who loved us.
Romans 8:37
We only realize our conquering ability by knowing how much He loves us.
Nesha Vest – Mechanicsville, VA
“Indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.” Psalm 121:4 NIV
Amy
Buda, Texas
“And so we know and rely on the love of that God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God with them.”
1 John 4:16
Michelle, Shreveport, LA
So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man.
(Acts 24:16, NIV)
Malisa Grantham, Tucson, AZ
“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21 (KJV)
Verse 23
Commit your works to the Lord and your thoughts will be established. Proverbs 16:3
Holly from Alpharetta, GA
Psalm 40: 4 Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord. who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods.
Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. Jeremiah 33 : 3 NIV
Malisa Grantham, Tucson, AZ
“Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.” Psalm 150:6 (KJV)
Johnine from Anna, Texas
He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. Psalm 91:4. NKJ
Sara, Greenfield, IN
Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.
Hosea 6:3
Julie Barnes, Arkansas
For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have
Worked for Him and how you have shown your love to Him by caring
For other believers,as you still do.
Hebrews 6:10 NIV
Susan Bucher, Fort Worth, TX. I writ these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. 1 John 5:13 NIV