Melanie Umphrey

Colossians 3:8, Colossians 3:11

Colossians 3:8 (NLT)
But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language.

Colossians 3:11 (NLT)
In this new life, it doesn’t matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.

Psalm 78:2-6, Psalm 78:71-72

Psalm 78:2-6 (NLT)
for I will speak to you in a parable. I will teach you hidden lessons from our past—

Psalm 78:71-72 (NLT)
He took David from tending the ewes and lambs and made him the shepherd of Jacob’s descendants— God’s own people, Israel.

Psalm 78:2-6, Psalm 78:72

Psalm 78:2-6 (NLT)
for I will speak to you in a parable. I will teach you hidden lessons from our past—

Psalm 78:72 (NLT)
He cared for them with a true heart and led them with skillful hands.

For Chris

Zechariah 9:12 (NLT)
Come back to the place of safety, all you prisoners who still have hope! I promise this very day that I will repay two blessings for each of your troubles.

For Memo

Psalm 37:7-9 (NLT)
Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act. Don’t worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes.

Psalm 37:33 (NLT)
But the LORD will not let the wicked succeed or let the godly be condemned when they are put on trial.

Psalm 35:22, Psalm 35:27-28

Psalm 35:22 (NLT)
OLORD, you know all about this. Do not stay silent. Do not abandon me now, OLord.

Psalm 35:27-28 (NLT)
But give great joy to those who came to my defense. Let them continually say, “Great is the LORD, who delights in blessing his servant with peace!”

Psalm 35:22, Psalm 35:27-28

Psalm 35:22 (NLT)
OLORD, you know all about this. Do not stay silent. Do not abandon me now, OLord.

Psalm 35:27-28 (NLT)
But give great joy to those who came to my defense. Let them continually say, “Great is the LORD, who delights in blessing his servant with peace!”

Church Easter 2012

Mark 16:1-7 (NLT)
Saturday evening, when the Sabbath ended, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome went out and purchased burial spices so they could anoint Jesus’ body.

Church Easter 2012

John 19:41-42 (NLT)
The place of crucifixion was near a garden, where there was a new tomb, never used before.

Church Easter 2012

John 3:16-17 (NLT)
“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

John 15:7

John 15:7 (NLT)
But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted!

Remember this in ministry

Mark 12:38-40 (NLT)
Jesus also taught: “Beware of these teachers of religious law! For they like to parade around in flowing robes and receive respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplaces.

Got Chris

Isaiah 58:6-8 (NLT)
“No, this is the kind of fasting I want: Free those who are wrongly imprisoned; lighten the burden of those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free, and remove the chains that bind people.

Isaiah 58:11 (NLT)
The LORD will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength. You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring.

From Chris 3/18/2012

Psalm 20:1-5 (NLT)
In times of trouble, may the LORD answer your cry. May the name of the God of Jacob keep you safe from all harm.

Through Chris 3/14/12

2 Chronicles 20:6-12 (NLT)
He prayed, “OLORD, God of our ancestors, you alone are the God who is in heaven. You are ruler of all the kingdoms of the earth. You are powerful and mighty; no one can stand against you!

2 Chronicles 20:15 (NLT)
He said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: Do not be afraid! Don’t be discouraged by this mighty army, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

2 Chronicles 20:17 (NLT)
But you will not even need to fight. Take your positions; then stand still and watch the LORD’s victory. He is with you, Opeople of Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out against them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you!”

2 Chronicles 20:20-21 (NLT)
Early the next morning the army of Judah went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. On the way Jehoshaphat stopped and said, “Listen to me, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be able to stand firm. Believe in his prophets, and you will succeed.”

2 Chronicles 20:29-30 (NLT)
When all the surrounding kingdoms heard that the LORD himself had fought against the enemies of Israel, the fear of God came over them.

John 4:34

John 4:34 (NLT)
Then Jesus explained: “My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work.

From Chris 3-6-12

Jeremiah 30:8-10 (NLT)
For in that day,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, “I will break the yoke from their necks and snap their chains. Foreigners will no longer be their masters.

Remember what you've come through

Jeremiah 31:21 (NLT)
Set up road signs; put up guideposts. Mark well the path by which you came. Come back again, my virgin Israel; return to your towns here.

Thankfulness

Psalm 100:4 (AMP)
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and a thank offering and into His courts with praise! Be thankful and say so to Him, bless and affectionately praise His name!

Praise at all times

Psalm 34:1 (AMP)
I WILL bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Psalm 34:8 (AMP)
O taste and see that the Lord [our God] is good! Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts and takes refuge in Him.

Psalm 34:19 (AMP)
Many evils confront the [consistently] righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

From Chris

Psalm 42:3 (ESV)
My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, "Where is your God?"

Psalm 42:11 (ESV)
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

My calling

Isaiah 61:1 (NLT)
The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, for the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed.

Psalm 34:4, Psalm 34:10, Psalm 34:12-14

Psalm 34:4 (NLT)
I prayed to the LORD, and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears.

Psalm 34:10 (NLT)
Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry, but those who trust in the LORD will lack no good thing.

Psalm 34:12-14 (NLT)
Does anyone want to live a life that is long and prosperous?

Proverbs 2:7

Proverbs 2:7 (ESV)
he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

The end times

Genesis 6:3 (KJV)
And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.