tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69217380637899671252024-03-13T10:24:39.223-05:00Simply SherriIt's just me being me... or learning to be me.Sherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.comBlogger289125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-17285125946517789702019-07-08T09:32:00.000-05:002019-07-08T09:32:02.092-05:00Keep It Simple!
2 Kings 5:9-13 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
9 So Naaman came with his horses and chariots to Elisha’s house and stood outside the door. 10 Elisha sent a messenger to Naaman who said, “Go and wash in the Jordan River seven times. Then your skin will be healed, and you will be pure and clean.”11 Naaman became angry and left. He said, “I thought Elisha would at Sherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-64217877700557262792019-07-01T07:30:00.000-05:002019-07-01T07:30:00.445-05:00Called to Freedom
Galatians 5:13-15 The Message (MSG)13-15 It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don’t use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that’s how freedom grows. For everything we know about God’s Word is summed up in a single sentence: Sherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-38716041399378026732019-06-28T07:30:00.000-05:002019-06-28T07:30:00.121-05:00My Soul Longs for You
Psalm 42:1-4 English Standard Version (ESV)
Book Two
Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul?
To the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah.
42 As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.When shall I come and appear before God?3&Sherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-6089000965180981352019-06-27T07:30:00.000-05:002019-06-27T07:30:03.936-05:00Go Now In Peace
Luke 2:29 The Message (MSG)
29 God, you can now release your servant; release me in peace as you promised.
One of my favorite songs from my church camps days was the round, “Go Now In Peace.” I remember it always leaving with me such a good feeling, a feeling of peace and joy. When we allow him, God gives us this peace, Sherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-47889031829231659282019-06-26T07:30:00.000-05:002019-06-26T07:30:04.712-05:00"Here I Am, Lord"
Isaiah 6:8 English Standard Version (ESV)
Isaiah's Commission from the Lord
8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.”
Oh, here’s another great hymn! “Here I Am, Lord.” One of my absolute favorites. God calls each one of us, each and every day to go for himSherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-60032064988231310352019-06-25T07:30:00.000-05:002019-06-26T05:52:58.194-05:00Grace Alone
Ephesians 2:8-10 English Standard Version (ESV)
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand,&Sherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-71917210168772235702019-06-24T08:00:00.000-05:002019-06-24T08:00:04.353-05:00Change My Heart
Isaiah 64:8 English Standard Version (ESV)
8 But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.
Do you know the hymn “Change my heart, O God”? It’s in The Faith We Sing hymnal that we often use in the United Methodist Church, and it’s one of my Sherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-58799871198578443382019-06-14T08:00:00.000-05:002019-06-14T08:00:10.006-05:00Psalm 104
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)24 Lord, you created so many things! With your wisdom you made them all. The earth is full of the living things you made.25 Look at the ocean, so big and wide! It is filled with all kinds of sea life. There are creatures Sherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-20018138632446375682019-06-13T08:00:00.000-05:002019-06-13T08:00:09.458-05:00Listen Carefully
Acts 2:14-21 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
Peter Speaks to the People
14 Then Peter stood up with the other eleven apostles. He spoke loudly so that all the people could hear. He said, “My Jewish brothers and all of you who live in Jerusalem, listen to me. I will tell you something you need to know. Listen carefully. 15 These men are not drunk as you think; it’s Sherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-658301400074017852019-06-12T08:00:00.000-05:002019-06-12T08:00:01.113-05:00A Skeptic in Every Crowd
Acts 2:11b-13 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
11b Some of us were born Jews, and others have changed their religion to worship God like Jews. We are from these different countries, but we can hear these men in our own languages! We can all understand the great things they are saying about God.”
12 The people were all amazed and confused. They asked each other, “What is Sherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-27178489786515802422019-06-11T08:00:00.000-05:002019-06-11T08:00:19.028-05:00Unlikely
Acts 2:5-8 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
5 There were some godly Jews in Jerusalem at this time. They were from every country in the world. 6 A large crowd came together because they heard the noise. They were surprised because, as the apostles were speaking, everyone heard in their own language.
7 They were all amazed at this. They did not understand how theSherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-54671403621941671012019-06-10T08:00:00.000-05:002019-06-10T08:00:02.816-05:00Wind and Fire
Acts 2:1-4 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
The Coming of the Holy Spirit
2 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a noise came from heaven. It sounded like a strong wind blowing. This noise filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw something that looked like flames of fire. The flames were Sherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-63111436038872908702019-06-07T08:00:00.000-05:002019-06-07T08:00:11.757-05:00Psalm 97
Psalm 97 The Message (MSG)97 God rules: there’s something to shout over!On the double, mainlands and islands—celebrate!2 Bright clouds and storm clouds circle ’round him;Right and justice anchor his rule.3 Fire blazes out before him,Flaming high up the craggy mountains.4 His lightnings light up the world;Earth, wide-eyed, trembles in Sherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-37067342970214096352019-06-06T08:00:00.000-05:002019-06-06T08:00:01.462-05:00Oneness
John 17:25-26 The Message (MSG)
25-26 Righteous Father, the world has never known you,But I have known you, and these disciples knowThat you sent me on this mission.I have made your very being known to them—Who you are and what you do—And continue to make it known,So that your love for meMight be in themExactly as I am in them.
This week’s scriptures have seemedSherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-41389196325499744982019-06-05T08:00:00.000-05:002019-06-05T08:00:16.397-05:00Be With Me
John 17:24 The Message (MSG)
24 Father, I want those you gave meTo be with me, right where I am,So they can see my glory, the splendor you gave me,Having loved meLong before there ever was a world.
So often we don’t think of Jesus outside the New Testament. We tend to keep him there, but this verse tells us that God loved Jesus long before he ever created Sherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-3046609350380939022019-06-04T08:00:00.000-05:002019-06-04T08:00:01.799-05:00God Loves You!
John 17:22-23 The Message (MSG)
22-23The same glory you gave me, I gave them,So they’ll be as unified and together as we are—I in them and you in me.Then they’ll be mature in this oneness,And give the godless world evidenceThat you’ve sent me and loved themIn the same way you’ve loved me.
Here’s another wonderful thought. God loves us the same Sherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-66104432341338709612019-06-03T08:18:00.000-05:002019-06-03T08:18:00.858-05:00A Prayer for you and me
John 17:20-21 The Message (MSG)20-21 I’m praying not only for themBut also for those who will believe in meBecause of them and their witness about me.The goal is for all of them to become one heart and mind—Just as you, Father, are in me and I in you,So they might be one heart and mind with us.Then the world might believe that you, in fact, sent me.
Don’t you just Sherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-12424328229973351102019-05-24T07:30:00.000-05:002019-05-24T07:30:02.491-05:00Praise the Name of the Lord
Psalm 148 English Standard Version (ESV)
Praise the Name of the Lord
148 Praise the Lord!Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights!2 Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts!3 Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining Sherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-43623134256008527622019-05-23T07:30:00.000-05:002019-05-23T07:30:03.426-05:00Stand in God's Way?
Acts 11:15-17 English Standard Version (ESV)
15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning. 16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ 17 If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when Sherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-74274300162098940152019-05-22T07:30:00.000-05:002019-05-22T07:30:07.693-05:00Made Pure
Acts 11:7-9 Common English Bible (CEB)
7 I heard a voice say, ‘Get up, Peter! Kill and eat!’ 8 I responded, ‘Absolutely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ 9 The voice from heaven spoke a second time, ‘Never consider unclean what God has made pure.’
It’s easy to become confused with all the information that is out there Sherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-88335463621689355022019-05-21T08:26:00.003-05:002019-05-21T08:26:55.333-05:00Fear
Acts 11:1-3 The Message (MSG)
God Has Broken Through
11 1-3 The news traveled fast and in no time the leaders and friends back in Jerusalem heard about it—heard that the non-Jewish “outsiders” were now “in.” When Peter got back to Jerusalem, some of his old associates, concerned about circumcision, called him on the carpet: “What do you think you’re doing rubbing Sherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-59878300927521855032019-05-20T07:59:00.000-05:002019-05-20T07:59:06.038-05:00Just As I Have Loved You
John 13:34-35 English Standard Version (ESV)
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Jesus said, “Just as I have loved you”. HowSherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-72397146752163339732019-05-17T07:28:00.003-05:002019-05-17T07:28:48.390-05:00"A Psalm for Giving Thanks"
Psalm 100 English Standard Version (ESV)
His Steadfast Love Endures Forever
A Psalm for giving thanks.
100 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!2 Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!
3 Know that the Lord, he is God! It isSherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-86360802728293893272019-05-16T05:51:00.000-05:002019-05-16T05:51:14.194-05:00Believe the Works
John 10:37-38 English Standard Version (ESV)
37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; 38 but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”
Have you ever been doing something good, something you felt God call you to, Sherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921738063789967125.post-35134101264200034722019-05-15T06:01:00.001-05:002019-05-15T06:01:48.501-05:00Never separated
John 10:28-30 English Standard Version (ESV)
28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”
Isn’t it comforting to know Sherri Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.com0