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Wow! I have letters upon letters that I have written to Beth over the past probably 11 years now. I never wanted to appear as a crazy, obsessed fan of Beth’s, but truly from my heart wanted to thank her. For I am a different Holly, a different wife, mother, friend and follower of Christ. I am walking in a healthy, victorious way; when otherwise, I’d have self-destructed and been nothing more than a bit of news. The first conference I ever attended was in Dallas. It was sometime around the beginning of 2000. I had taken To Live is Christ and A Heart Like His, and I fell in love with Jesus more because of the Moores. I loved the whole gang. I loved to pray for the family and to hear Keith’s stories. Today, I find that words are not enought to express it, but I DO so thank you, Beth, and I do love you. I want you to be all that Jesus has made you to be—and to walk this thing out with joy in the journey. I thank my God upon every remembrance of you—and that’s daily.

With Love, Holly

Dear Living Proof Live Team, One of the best weekends of my life was the conference you did for minister’s wives. I’ll never forget how you told us over and over again that you loved us. It was a precious gift and I thank you for it.

Two words sum up the influence you have had on my life: LIFE CHANGING It’s too profound to even put in to words here. Truly, life changing. Because of your ministry, and the way that God has used you, He has healed me of so much bondage that it would take too much room to mention. I think you get it and know what I mean, though. Thank you for showing me what it is to be a true servant. I am now in full-time ministry as a Biblical Counselor now…a direct result of what you have poured in to my life!! MUCH LOVE to the Living Proof team!

Goodness… where do I even start! Living Proof Live Team… Wow… I wish I had words to articulate the ways in which Jesus has used this ministry in my life! Please know how much I appreciate each and every one of you! You all are truly servants and a reflection of Jesus to every woman who attends a LPL event (even a few men)! I think I have been to five… I would rather go to a LPL event then anything else in the world… it is a taste of heaven… Jesus presence is always palpable(sp?)… I always feel as if He just bundles us all up in His lap! I know that is an answer and a result of all the hours of prayer you all and the intercessors have prayed… thank you for that! The worship is so pure, so real, transcendent! Travis and team you are in my house… in my car… and on my ipod! I could go on and on… I send up a HUGE PRAYER of THANKSGIVING for the whole team! I wish I could come serve you all in some way shape or form… if I could I would wash your feet… I am in my heart! With much love! Emmy : ) Georgia

Dear Living Proof Live Team,

While I have only “experienced” a Living Proof Live event through the ‘live blogging’ of Sophie and Melanie, I have read the testimonies of so many whose lives have been touched and changed in powerful ways through the Holy Spirit working in and through all of you. So you can imagine my complete and utter delight when I got an e-mail from a girlfriend this week telling me that y’all are coming to Portland, OR next spring! (I do believe I may have actually screamed a little out loud, much to the surprise of my 4 year old.) I can’t wait!!!

Just over a year ago, a group of us from my MOPS group went through Beth’s “Jesus, the One and Only” study over the summer. It was my first experience with one of Beth’s studies, and I was blown away. For a girl who has grown up in the church, attended a Christian college, and been involved in all kinds of Bible studies as an adult, I had never been so challeged to dive in to God’s word.

Thank you, Living Proof Live team, for giving of yourselves time and time again, that countless others might come to know Him, love Him, and serve Him better.

With love and prayers- Sarah

I am so delighted to be able to say a big thank-you to the Living Proof Live team. What an amazing group of servants you are. I love that you are all such great friends and that you can have an absolute blast together(who knew that you could collectively add the Soup Nazi to your prayer list!). I love that your passion for Jesus shows so evidently in all that you do. I love that you’re never most concerned about how “polished” you come across, but I know how much behind the scenes work it takes to make it all happen, and it really does happen….very well!!!(way to go all you behind the scene folks….’cuz really, it wouldn’t happen without you!!). Beth, I could say so much about your Bible studies/messages…not enough space here….you have led me into a deeper love of Jesus and His word from the first moment I “met” you in study eight years ago. I got to hug your neck in Vancouver in ‘04 and I didn’t want to let go….that was such a timely weekend for me!! God has ordained some amazing moments with Him because of your obedience to serve Him. Thank-you for your authenticity. “I want what she’s having” is a phrase that comes to mind. Bless you my friend. I have been privileged to sit/stand under the ministry of Travis and the Praise Team in Seattle and Vancouver. The times of worship have been nothing short of “best it could get this side of heaven”. I love that you are all there to worship with us and not just “lead” worship. Precious!! So, thank-you, congratulations and may God continue to lavishly pour out His blessing upon you all. Leanne

Soon after I moved across the world to Doha, Qatar, I joined a women’s Bible study group studying Beth’s Patriarch book. It was absolutely perfect timing in my life, both for the messages that God pressed on my heart and for the context in which I found myself living. The next study we did was Priscilla’s Discerning the Voice of God. That study has changed the way I look at my walk with God. I’m tearing up right now just thinking about it. I can’t believe how much of my Christian life has been wasted because I didn’t take the time to listen to my Lord. I can’t wait to see what God has in store for the Esther study! Thank you, ladies, so much for listening to God and proclaiming his message.

I can’t even begin to tell you the impact God has made on my life through your ministry. A little over 7 years ago we did our very first Women’s Bible Study - A Woman’s Heart, God’s Dwelling Place. It ignighted a fire in our souls that has yet to be quenched. I never knew I could have a relationship with God like I have now. Your ministry is powerful!

I have always loved music, even though I can’t carry a tune with a bucket as my father says. But Travis and the Praise Team have moved me to tear with their worship.

I thank you all for your devotion to the call God has placed on your lives. He is truly working through each and every one of you. Praise God for your ministry!

Dearest Beth and all of the LPL team, I send my most heartfelt thanks for your humble, joyful and fruitful service to the body of Christ! When I think of how God has used you all to bring a fresh Word and to lead me into God’s presence to worship, I am so grateful.
I know how difficult it can be at times to be away from your families, to face criticism, to press on when you are tired and to keep giving. I pray for a wonderful blessing of encouragement, favor and strength for each one of you! I never stop giving thanks for you.
May His Spirit in you give you everything you need as you serve Him. You guys are THE BEST! Becky B

I was invited to one of Beth’s Bible studies “Living Beyond Yourself” when I first moved to Texas six years ago. I’d only really met one other person as on fire and passionate about God as I saw in Beth. And I’d never studied the Bible in such depth before- I loved it! I got to go to my first LPL event in San Antonio. Everything I’d heard about the events was true! The Praise team was AWESOME and the teaching was just what I needed to hear and God’s Spirit truly was in that place! Thank you for listening to God’s call on your lives and for your faithful obedience. I wish that every woman I know would be able to attend one of the Living Proof Live events!!!

Where to begin?

Not long ago, after regaling my family with some tale from Beth’s blog, my college-aged daughter looked at me with obvious concern. Our conversation went something like this:

“Mom? Do you think that Beth Moore is your friend?”

“Oh honey, I just love her studies and enjoy reading her blog.”

“Well, you act like you KNOW her - like you had lunch with her yesterday.”

Inside, I was screaming “YES! I THINK SHE’S MY FRIEND! AND WE WOULD SOOO HAVE A GREAT TIME AT LUNCH!”

Of course, every one of your Siestas feels this way, because you are so precious to share your life with us. But, MORE (or MOORE, as the case may be), our lives are changed by your selfless surrender to our Lord. Because of your obedience and constant brokenness before Him, we know our Bibles better, and thereby, our God.

I’m a different woman because of God-through-you, Beth Moore. I possess a deeper faith because of the tireless efforts of LPM, and have been ushered into worship experiences with God unlike any other I’ve experienced because of Travis’s obedience to the call on his life.

Yes, different, changed…grateful.

May His grace and merciful blessings pour over your heads like so much honey this day and every day,

Love to you all, Melinda

Where to start? Where to start?

After accepting Jesus as My Savior, I didn’t really know what it meant to serve Him and accept His love for me. FIVE years later, I attended my first women’s bible study (Living Beyond Yourself) and understood I could have a RELATIONSHIP with this Savior. I haven’t been able to get enough of Him ever since. Beth, your bible studies have been LIFE CHANGING for me. God has used your words and your life to change this once broken, hopeless girl. I give Him all the glory, but thank you from the bottom of my heart for following HIm and allowing Him to use your life to touch mine. I will never be the same.

Beth,

It’s hard to put into words what your Bible Studies have meant to me over the years. I believe God has given you a gift in spreading His Word all over the place in a genuine and loving way. I love how you have let Him use the yucky stuff in your life to minister to us and how you never try to appear to be someone you are not. I know I am a life that has been changed by your books and studies.

But, one thing you did for a friend of mine in her last days will always stand out as one of your finest moments. My dear friend, Stephanie Vasofsky, was dying of cervical cancer and I emailed you to see if you could go on her blog and write some words of encouragement. She had had a rough day and went to her weekly BS and watched a video and God really used that to encourage her to keep fighting. Not only did you do that, but Amanda continued to pray for her and commented several times. The fact that you took time out of your busy schedule to say hi to her meant so much to her and her family, and to me, as well.

Thank you for your wonderful, servant heart! Thanks for letting God use you!!! You have made a huge difference in my life and so many others!

And, to Travis and the praise team, I don’t think I have ever worshiped like I did at the Living Proof Live event in Nashville! I felt closer to God in that room of thousands of women than I had in a while. You are incredible and I pray that God will continue to use you as He has!

And, lastly, to all the people behind the scenes, thank you for taking care of all the details so Beth and Travis and the team can focus on their ministry!

You guys ROCK!!!! Jessica

Beth,

That whole “When Godly People Do Ungodly Things” book you wrote?

Came at precisely the right time in my life.

You have no idea.

Thank you.

I became a Christian when I was 5. My dad is a pastor. I grew up in church and was there every weekend, Wednesday, fellowship, retreat, or revival. But I went because I was supposed to and because it was the cool thing to do. I never had a passion for it.

Then, eleven years ago, I did my first Beth Moore study - A Woman’s Heart. And I began to have a love of the Word, but still not a passion. I prayed for a passion. I blogged about praying for a passion. I begged God for a passion. And I prayed for eleven years.

Then, eleven years and several Beth studies later, I went to San Antonio to the Siesta Fiesta. As I sat in the Saturday morning session, I heard God say to me, “I’ve been trying to give it to you, hard head, but you haven’t taken it. You haven’t been ready to do the work.” And I totally surrendered. And I have the passion. I crave the Word. I crave knowledge. I cannot get enough. My husband thinks I’ve lost my mind…in a “he loves me and loves Jesus” sort of way. :D

Beth, I am a person who has struggled in the past with putting people on pedestals. Making people my god rather than keeping God as my God. Because God works so amazingly through you, I have been able to admire you, love you, adore you, learn from you, be amazed by you, but to keep God as God. You are truly a person who is a servant to Him and because of that, people are drawn to HIM. And fortunately, I’m one of them. Praise Him and bless you for that!

Oh, and as a person with ridiculously flat hair with no hope for poofiness, I sincerely praise Him for your fantastic hair. And your cute brown wedge shoes you wore during the M&G in San Antonio. Those were awesome.

Living Proof peeps, your servant hearts are humbling. Thank you for giving us 10 years of Beth. The work you’ve done (almost totally behind the scenes) has furthered the Kingdom of God and I am so grateful.

Travis, I remember when I first learned what your name was, and then learned that I already knew most of your songs. I had been singing them for a long time! I have been blessed by your music more than you’ll ever know. I have 3 daughters, and they all know your music, too. We LOVE the Christmas CD already. You rock the house (or the car, or my den, or my iPod, or the arena…). Too bad you’ve chosen a Praise Team of completely tone deaf peeps. Y’all could be so good. Such a shame. KIDDING! Dang, you peeps have some amazing pipes.

Love to you all! Happy 10 years and 50 states! Come back to Alabama soon!

Robyn

I enrolled myself in A Heart Like His my first semester of college 11 years ago. I brought into the study a LOT of baggage from my early years. When the study came to an end, I cried because I wanted it to continue, then I realized that it did continue — through Solomon!! I made the decision then and there to give my future children the gift of a nurturing mommy who loved them unconditionally. If Jesus could love David, then I could be different than I was; and, I could make a BIG difference with my future.

Soon after this, Travis Cottrell came to the church I attended while in college for a Sunday night concert. WOW!!! He sang “What if cartoons got saved,” “Moses,” and many, many other wonderful praise songs of the late 90’s.

I have been completely blown away by this ministry. My heart has been broken, mended, and blessed many times over. Thank you for following the Lord. Thank you for letting us peek into the window of your lives through your blogs. It is very refreshing.

May the Lord bless each one who is responsible for making Living Proof Live happen.

Words can not express what your example has been to me and my walk with God. Beth, you have spurred me on to a love for our Savior that is unparalled. I have spent countless hours with you…in Houston as one of your Homegirls…in Greece (the most UNFORGETTABLE trip of my life)…in San Antonio and in many homes across Houston learning to follow God because of your passion for Him.

Travis and team, words can not begin to describe where you take me when you lead worship. To simply say The Throne Room isn’t even enough. I am never closer to God than I am when you lead me there.

Thank you for your leading in ministry and also in your lives which you so readily share.

May God continue to pour out His favor on You. Your work, your time, your passion is never unappreciated.

Thank you!

Thank you! Thank you for the countless hours that you studied and prepared for the Bible studies. Thank you for the countless hours that you studied and prepared for the conferences. Thank you from someone who has been changed by what God has done through you.

My first Beth Moore Bible study was The Patriarchs. It totally changed my life and my love for the Word of God. And the cd that accompanied it was amazing. It is still one of my favorites.

The women at my church are currently doing the Daniel study and we LOVE IT!

Thanks to the everyone at Living Proof. God is using you in ways you can not even begin to imagine. Praise God that He allows us to be apart of His work!

Oh dear. Oh dear. At the best of times I’m at a loss for words. I’m sooo glad that this is not a face-to-face chat or it would come out something like: “uhh….you’re really good at….uh…teaching…and..uh…it’s helped me…”

But now that I can write it down? Not too sure I’ll sound much better.

Beth - truly you are an annointed bible teacher. I learn from your words, your example, your insights, your passion and yes your sense of fashion style. One of my most favorite things about you is that you make it hard to idolize you. How greatly I appreciate your humility and integrity!!

All glory to God! Praise you Father for what you have done and are doing and will continue to do!

Oodles and oodles of love from Canada… Chris P.S. How about touring all the Canadian provinces next…Hmmmm???? We have Tim Hortons on every corner….

I want to thank Beth and Travis and the Praise Team and the LifeWay team for a wonderful 10 years!! My 1st LPL event was Dec. 2000 and I will never forget it. That conference came at a time as I was going thru a difficult divorce and God ministered to my broken heart through Beth and the praise team. Meeting the Siestas in San Antonio was a highlight for me and all the siestas and we can never thank you enough for doing that for us. I have been to many LPL events and have come away blessed and ministered to in ways I would never be able to explain. Please know that we are tender to the fact that you sacrifice time at home with your spouses, families, etc… to be obedient to God’s call on your life as you minister to us. I pray blessings upon blessings back on all of you. Beth, you are a blast. Your love for Jesus is contagious! Thank you so much for being our teacher, friend, for praying for us. I also want to include a thank you to Keith, for all his prayers for each attendee at each conference! Thank you to all your family members for sharing you!! May God bless you all in 2009 as the journey continues!! I am praying which event to go to and I am already getting excited!! See you next year!! Love, Patty

So BFF Beth, remember me? The stalker who waited around after our group picture at the Siesta Fiesta and told you Breaking Free changed my life? Well, you said, “It did me too, Girl. It did me too.”

That was so huge to me because it was like a lightbulb in my brain- God is changing and growing YOU through your studies just like he is us!

You are so amazing, my BFF Beth. I love you and your studies and your whole staff and the girls in every study I’ve been in. I just love learning and laughing and loving Jesus with you. Thank you.

Heidi

Thanks so much, y’all, for these beautiful comments - can’t wait to read more! :-)

I echo so many of the comments above…How do you put into words what the Lord has done through Beth, the LPM team, Travis and the worship team, and Beth’s family?

The first study I ever did of Beth’s was “To Live is Christ”… Through video I was introduced to Beth, and I had up until that point in my life never seen anyone love Jesus like she did… She was actually in love with Him, head over heels… I had also never seen anyone interact with God’s Word as she did… All I knew is that I wanted what she had…

At first, like many things you can focus on the person that you are learning from, but Beth would never let us settle for looking at her, but always pointed us to Jesus, and now almost ten years later I see Him… I see Him through Beth, the LPM team, and definitely through Travis and the Praise Team.

I am honored to call you all brothers and sisters in Christ… I love you all…

Kim

Like everyone else, I wonder where to begin. Without starting from the beginning, I can only imagine how Mama Siesta is going to feel when she reads all this about her. Truly a humble servant before our Lord, that one is. Sophie, I thank you for opening up the blog this way and allowing us a place to thank Mama Beth and let her know how much she’s meant to each of us.

Several years ago, when I was going through a horrible season in my life, my attendance at church was pretty spotty - at best. I had lost my brother, wasn’t sure if my mom was going to live and was going through an excruciating divorce too. I did get away on a Women’s Retreat and met a few ladies from our church. One of them was doing a Beth Moore study and everyone kept talking about how great Beth Moore was. So, to be quite honest, and I’ve never told anyone this, I thought the lady leading the class was Beth Moore. See, small groups and bible study outside of Sunday School were very novel to me. (This lady who I thought was Beth Moore has been my mentor the last couple of years and she has no idea I had the misperception!) Well, I went to the first class of her study, but no more. As a matter of fact, I didn’t really even go back to church for over 3 years!

In August 2006, I totally surrendered my life to Christ and just in time for the starting of new small groups! My friend (and mentor, whose name is Laura, not Beth) was leading a Beth Moore study, and well, Laura was about the only person I knew from church, so it was a given I would do her class. I really had no idea what I was in for, and it’s probably a good thing I didn’t, because I don’t think I’d ever have done the study! But, in August of 2006, I met one of the most of godly women I’ve ever met when I started Believing God. I finally met Beth Moore and thought she was the most precious woman ever (still do!). I got to hear stories about her love for God, her family, her heartaches, her Redeemer and how to believe God.

There are so many beautiful traits Beth has that I find so endearing. What stands out the most is how God turned her ashes into a picture of beauty and how He gave her such a gift to teach all of us women how to love Him wholeheartedly. She could very easily be put way up high on a pedastal, but she tells you NOT to do that. I admire her so much and I think the world of her, but I pray that I give her the credit she deserves and glorify the One who gave it to her!

In the last 2 1/2 years, I have gone from being so lost to being a small group leader! I’ve had an awesome and dear friend and mentor (Laura), and a wonderful godly teacher, Beth Moore, to help me grow in my relationship with Christ!

Mama Beth (and her precious family), I love you so much (and I told you that at the Siesta Fiesta, even if you just knew my name b/c I had on a name tag, I’m believing that you & Amanda really knew my name, whether I had on a name tag or not!), and I thank you for listening to our Father and for using the painful childhood you’ve had to turn it into a true living proof ministry. Words really are inadequate to express to you what your teaching has meant to me and how life changing the lessons have been. Thank you for sharing your journey with me and teaching me all along the way. I didn’t ever realize such a godly woman could still be so stinking silly and FUN!!! Thank you for showing me how to a godly woman and still love life in a fun and loving sort of way.

To the Moore family, the peeps at Living Proof Ministries and Lifeway, I can’t even begin to imagine how much work each of you invest into this ministry. I thank you for all your support and prayers and sacrifices that you’ve poured into the ministry to help touch so many lives. And to the Moore family, thank you so much for sharing your Mama with us and Amanda, thank you for the blog!!!!

Travis - I’m a new appreciator (is that a word? sure it is) of your music and I just love you and the praise team! Your music has really touched my soul!

I think I’ve written a novel, but I do want to make sure Mama Beth knows how much I just love her! She’s the one who helped teach me about Agape love so it’s only fittin’ I give her some!

I love me some Mama Beth!! Thank you so much for your ministry.

Oh, I meant to say that I also refer to you as BFF Beth - I know if we lived closer we’d be BFF’s!

I first experienced Living Proof 10 years ago while attending a seminar in Nashville, TN … Beth spoke on Breaking Free. She prayed that women would be free from various strongholds- I hardly sat at all during that time of prayer I was in such bondage. I really believe that it was during that weekend that the Lord began to draw me to Himself in a powerful way. I then saw her in Knoxville, Indianapolis, simulcasting about Getting out of the Pit and then the Louisville simulcast! Everytime the Lord was faithful to meet me right where I was in my journey- and Beth just opened herself to lead us to the Throne. Travis prepped us for the journey in a way that opened my hard heart to what it was that was awaiting my spirit.

Thank you for being so willing to give, share, prepare, sacrifice and serve! We love you and thank you for your faithfulness to the Call!

Dear Beth and LPL team,

Thank you so much for what you do and what you give and how you are letting God be glorified through you. I am a Catholic nun who was introduced to Beth’s Bible Studies about 3 years ago. Several sisters from my convent attended a LPL Event in Omaha and it was amazing. In these last three years, I have come to know God’s WORD in a whole new way and it has changed me profoundly.

We continue to study with Beth’s teachings and attend simulcasts in our area. We are hoping there will be another LPL event close enough for us to attend soon!

God bless you all for your work.

Peace, Sister Lynn

Okay I really could write 2000 words (I’ll try to shorten) Five years ago I did my first study, it was believing God… At that time (the day after it started) my husband walked out on our marriage…Oh I was mad because I heard God plain as day that he would fix this, but There was me with two kids and no hubby, well since that study I have finished breaking free and read five of Beth’s books and seen the whole team live at two AMAZING conferences… I can say I am a totally different person now.. I have fallen so in love with God, and Beth and the team God let you all open the doors for me to change. That power house praise team, has the gift to break a heart and put it back together all in the same song.
Oh and by the way, my ex and I are right now working on living our second chance.. Who knew beliving God would take a five year plan……but oh so worth it….

So Thank you thank you thank you thanks you

I’ve watched Beth a number of times on TV, but am only now completing my first Beth Moore study, Stepping Up. I cannot tell you just how deeply I am being changed by Beth’s faithfulness to listen to the Lord and to respond in the way He moves her. It seems that every lesson, every page, meets me right where I am and points me to the cross.

Thank you Beth, thank you Travis, thank you all at Living Proof. I am changed indeed because of you.

Hi all.. My first Bible study was John the Beloved Disciple. I had NO IDEA the beauty and depth of scripture at that time. The Word truly became life to me. I would pick up a page of scripture and look underneath it and say “Whoa…who knew what was underneath all thos words!” Jesus became real to me. And, my heart has NEVER, EVER been the same. I’m completely blown away by the biggness and smallness of our God. And, by smallness I mean the caring and love of the itty bitty details of our life.

Thank you for challenging me and causing me to become the person that once upon a time I completely made fun of. Isn’t that so ironic and so God?!

There is not a day that goes by that I’m not “in it” with Him and its due to years of study, pursuit, and desire that you instilled in me over 5 years ago. What an amazing vessel you ALL are.

Thank you for your service to Jesus. I’m not the same. “Thank you Lord!”

Love you all… Fran TN

Dear Beth, Travis, and the LPL Team

Before I start I’m asking you to pleasse excuse my keyboard - it seems to insert double letters or extra letters on a whim….

The first Bible study I ever did (not just my first Beth Moore study, but truly, my first study ever) was ‘A Woman’s Heart, God’s Dwelling Place’. I was 35 at the time, and we had just started attending a small Baptist church in Arizona. The study just blew me away, and I literally could not wait to pull out my Bible and do my homework each day. And when we got to the end, I was just floored to learn that I am God’s dwelling place. It totally transformed how I see myself. The following year we did Breaking Free… and I did break free of so much baggage, bitterness and unforgiveneess. That was the first time in my aduult life that I felt genuinely happy on a consistent, day to day basis.

Since then I’ve done several more studies, usually on my own - To Live is Christ, A Heart Like His, Believing God, and Daniel. But what I am mosst grateful for is not the specific things that I have learned in these studies, but rather the change that has been made deep in my heart that makes me long to study God’s word. And that has changed my life.

Beth and Travis - you two are the perfect pair for the LPL events, because you have a matched passion for Jesus. It’s been such a joy for me to attend several LPL events over the years. Thank you for living out your love for Christ in such a visible way. I am so blessed by you both.

A million thank-yous!!!

The first time I heard of Beth Moore was right after my Freshman year of college- way back in 1996. I was interning at our church and the children’s minister had a book on her desk called “Things Pondered.” I read it cover to cover in my lunch break, while laughing and crying. I was moved. I began my first “Beth” study- A Woman’s Heart: God’s Dwelling Place” that next fall and fell in love with Jesus- and Beth. :) I did a Bible study every semester at FBC Arkadelphia while attending Ouachita Baptist University. When I found out Beth lived in Arkadelphia and attended FBC I about died. Could she have sat in this very chair I’m sitting in?!?! :) Ha.

Thank you Beth for listening to God and doing what He has called you to do. I love all the studies you have written, but Breaking Free and Believing God were so profound that I still “wallpaper my mind with truth” and say the 5 statement pledge of faith. I thank God for you and how He changed my life through your studies. I’ve only been to one Living Proof Live event- in 1999- but I pray one day I will be able to attend another one. A sweet lady sang “Jesus, I am Resting” and I bawled the whole way through. I will never forget it.

Thank you Beth and everyone at Living Proof Ministries- and last but ABSOLUTELY not least thank you Keith, Amanda and Melissa for sharing Beth with all of us!

Beth, Travis and ALL LPL Team Members: What a great privilege to say thank you for everything you do and have done these past 10 years. You guys are the ultimate professionals in every way and with great big servant hearts!

I was on the same plane as some of the Praise Team and technical guys coming back from San Antonio LPL, and you were even so kind to listen to my ramblings as I tried to thank you the best way I knew how.

Beth is so precious to me. I feel like I know her, and she has been used of God in my life to help me be a better pastor’s wife, mother, and now - a new grandmother! She makes me laugh, pure and simple, and she makes me want to study and know God in a deeper more intimate way. I have had the GREAT HONOR to lead others and also complete every single Beth Moore study ever! In fact, I am on my 2nd time through “A Woman’s Heart” (revised version). Esther is already pre-ordered and I can’t wait until the UPS man drops it off next month!!!

As the wife of a music minister and even if I didn’t know and love church music - I couldn’t thank Travis enough. God truly has gifted you Travis, you are a master musician - leading us to worship and preparing our hearts - you just know how to do it and you do it so wonderfully!

May God bless you bountifully in the days and years ahead.

Thank you each one - no matter your contribution!!!

Be blessed, Jan (GEORGIA)

I wrote once before but after reading my comments I feel I need to clarify something.

Beth? You know when I said that you make it hard to idolize you? I realize that probably sounded cheeky…or that I was implying that there was nothing to admire about you.

Not. At. All.

What I meant in that ‘ill-worded comment’ was that you carry youself with such tremendous humility. You consitantly are directing the glory to God. You consitantly are placing the focus where it should be.

Love you for that!

(Hope that clarified things a bit)

Chris in Canada

There really isn’t a word in my vocabulary to express the feelings in my heart for Beth and her ministry team. My hope is that someday in heaven we will all have the time and the words to tell her how much her servanthood and “realness” has meant to us.

This morning in church our entire congregation was reading aloud a portion of Psalm 96. Why do we tend to read the scriptures in such monotone?? Not Beth! I love her expression and tone when she reads the Holy Word of God! She brings it to life with such passion and meaning. I so appreciate her way of making sure the Word is alive and active - not monotone and dry - because those Words are life to us!

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for showing me how my life could be different by applying God’s Word to it. Thank you for helping me walk out of so much bondage and errant thinking! Thank you for being a fellow sojourner who is willing to do life with all of us siestas and Bible Study gals. We love you so!

The first time I met Beth was through the Tabernacle study (nearly killed me). Somehow this study was done in a church in which the pastors didn’t believe the Bible to be the infallible Word of God. As an eventual group leader I was called a “fundi-Christian” and a “Beth Moore groupie” (even though we studied under other teachers, too) by one of our pastors (who I loved anyways :). I marvel now that I so boldly shared my growing knowledge of God’s Word with a pastor (!!) He and I had some amazing conversations.

Each week approximately 40 women gathered to study and grow together. We called ourselves “Steady with the Sisters” (one woman had said “study with the sisters” but we heard her say “Steady” with the sisters and it stuck).

My family has moved on to a Bible-believing church and I continue studying God’s Word from Beth and others.

I thank God for Beth and her team for all of the reasons others mention, but I wonder if you all realize how God uses these studies in dead churches all over? Revival comes and spreads — not just to women, but to our families and even to our pastors and priests.

God’s Word IS alive and active. Thank you for communicating (and living) that principle above all else!

With much love, Cathy

oops—forgot my information on the previous post I just submitted!

I was at one of those very first conferences with y’all, in Dothan, Alabama in April of 1998…I have been blessed abundantly many times over in the last 10 years. Just keep on, y’all. The world needs to see the Jesus we have!

This box they have me typing in seems awfully small for the overflow of feelings I have. When I was 32 years old, shortly after I had my second daughter, my oldest daughter, Chelsea, had just given her heart to Christ. I had become absolutely dumb-struck by the incredible responsibility and privelege I had for my daughters’ discipling. I was completely unprepared. I was saved at an early age but never really discipled and to say I made some lousy choices wouldn’t even begin to describe my wreck of a life…But God. He encircled me with a church that reached out to the girls and I and loved us like crazy. And my first big step was doing Experiencing God. Huge change for me. So what does all that have to do with the question posed here…

Then came my first Beth Moore study. I learned so much. And your two girls were just older versions of my own. I was inpired and encouraged. Thank you.

I remember completing two Beth Moore studies before going to my first LPL event. And unlike one of my Siestas who had it right from the beginning, I had to guard myself from worshipping the messenger instead of the only real Message! Yes, I became an official Beth Moore groupie in Moore, Ok (pretty appropriate, huh?). One of the first Christian music CD’s I bought was the LPL CD from Travis - oh my, it might have even been on cassette back in the day! What a praise team!! No words will ever do them justice. Thank you.

I’ve completed all but I think one of Beth’s studies, and after either leading (who would have ever dreamed - oh, yeah…Him.) or attending them, I had to buy the trade book, too. I didn’t want the truth she taught me to slip away. Thank you.

And, Beth, I remember somehow you were booked to speak in…of all places…Seymour, TX, which is a little over an hour’s drive from my house. Which, of course, all Texans understand is “just up the road.” I think that was before you really hit it “big”… ;) I attended that event and cried from the start to the finish and healed more than you can imagine. You see, just a week or so before, my husband of 16 years had told me he was finished. I needed you and even more I needed Him…and you lead me to Him. That was in 2000. Thank you.

And this summer I got to be a part of the Siesta Fiesta. What fun and what joy!! How far we have come!!! Thank you.

Beth, I remember so vividly you talking about the two people who inspired you to be hungry and love God’s Word and to love Jesus with abandon. Well, my dear sweet sister, YOU have been that mentor for me. Even if from afar, even if from words on a page, even if from a message from a video. No other single teacher has had a greater impact on me than you. And I pray that the influence I now pass on is one that is absolutely glorifying to Jesus alone. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I will continue to pray for you, your precious family, and your team.

OH how God has chenged my life because of your studies. I did my first in the Fall of 1998 when I was single and 25. Now 10 years later married and with 3 boys I have grown to be hungry and thirst for His Word and for HIM!!! I ‘ve done all the studies except one (David) and have been to 3 LPL events. Our God is so awesome to give you a new message at each one that fits for that specific time! He is so Faithful to meet me where I am. I grew up in a christian home and accepted Jesus when I was 7 but these last 10 years have brought me so much closer to HIM. How can I ever thank you for that? Thank you Beth for your dedication to women and to our Jesus. I have been so blessed by you and HIM! Travis and team thank you for taking me to the throne of Jesus during your LPL evets and in my own kitchen. I think sometimes my husband and boys do not understand but my God is right there with me. I can feel HIS presence. You are awesome and have brought this “non-crier” to tears for Jesus on many occasions!
Thank you to all the “behind the scenes” servents who give all they do to bring the Word out to us hungry women!
Love and prayers! Casey