Finally!!!!!!!!
Are you ready, Sisters? Do you hear me cheering?? I have never been more excited about doing this.
I am on the verge of doing about 10 backward flips on my hardwoods. I said on the verge. Not quite doing it. Well, I’m doing it in my heart. That counts for a lot around here.
SO LET’S DO THIS THING! Now, promise me this! Promise me you will read this entire post before you leave a single comment. I know you’re about to burst and I am, too, and, for that reason, I’ll keep it as short as possible. It’s so important that we get our ground rules firmly established so that we’ll have a fabulous experience. Remember, hundreds of our participants this time around are brand new so let’s make sure everybody’s on the same page.
A few things you absolutely MUST KNOW:
*Your comment to this post is your official registration onto the team. Everybody starts at Verse 1 no matter when they begin the process. (Word gets around and we often still have people joining in with us even in March and April. We don’t mind how late they begin as long as they can catch up, memorize their verses, and document each one of them on the proper post as an official participant.) This launch post will remain right here in this January 1st 2013 slot all year long and each new person will need to make her first entry here. This is how we track who signed up when we get to the end of the year and it’s party time.
*Your comment must be strictly limited to the following 5 pieces of information: name, city, verse, reference, translation. I’ll say it slower now for those brand new to the process:
Your name (or first name if you prefer), city. Your verse for that two-week period written all the way out, the reference for it (where it is found in the Bible: Book, chapter, verse) AND the *translation you’ve taken it from.
(*For instance, is the Bible you’ve pulled the passage from a KJV, an NAS, HCSB, NIV or NLT? Or is it The NET Bible, The Message or another similar version? The translation almost always appears on the outside spine of a Bible. If not, you will find it on the first few pages. If you’re looking on line, you’ll get an option to choose a translation. Do so as it speaks most clearly to you. We aren’t fussing over translations here in our memory work. You also do not need to stick with one version throughout.)
Just those 5 pieces of information! They will comprise every comment to this post. And the moment you start scrolling through all of them, you’ll see why. Page after page after page after page of Scripture and each one telling a reader exactly where to find it. It is the most powerful sight to behold. This invites people who are not participating in the memory work to reap tremendous benefits by just reading the comments and taking strength from verses they may not have known existed. This way it has the potential to bless our whole community or any weary visitor to our blog. I’ve been in crises before and gotten on the comment pages and scrolled from Scripture to Scripture and practically wept with relief and fresh courage or revelation. That’s why it’s best to keep the SSMT comments as succinct as possible. If you’ve got an exclamation in you that you just can’t hold back, you can occasionally make the briefest comment like, “I really need this one!” or “I’m sharing so-and-so’s verse” but, please, no more than that.
Comments other than the verse-entries on the 1st and 15th of each month can’t be approved. I’m so sorry and I hope you’ll understand. Thousands of us will be doing this together so the moderation process is monumental from the administrative side. The verses will be all Lindsee and I can handle in the comments for our two SSMT days per month. Keep in mind: NONE OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS PERTAIN TO THE OTHER BLOG POSTS HERE AT LPM. We will be completely free to do our regular thing on all other posts! The really stringent rules are only for the 1st and 15th of each month in 2013 and in reference to Siesta Scripture Memory Team. I hope that makes sense!
*Your comment may take 24 hours to get moderated (or posted if you’re new to the blog process) and sometimes a bit longer if it falls over a weekend. We try our hardest to stay up with it but on those days when 500+ come in at once, it’s quite a task! But we love it! It just requires a little patience on all sides! Before you assume that your entry somehow vanished and you’re tempted to write it again, give it one full day and see if it shows up. Keep track of what time you posted it and double check the comments around that same time. The accidental repeats make it much harder to track participation through the course of the year so always double check. If you don’t find it a day later, by all means, post it again!
*Remember that you get to choose your own verse! That’s really important! The ease with which you can memorize a verse is greatly impacted by how much it means to you. The more you need it or want it, the more you’ll absorb it. If you come up dry at times, no problem! You can either share my verse or another in the comment line that really speaks to you.
*PRAY that God will bless you in this endeavor and will enable you to memorize His Word! Ask continually throughout the entire year! When I get stuck and frustrated that I can’t get my words in order, if I’ll stop what I’m doing and ask God to supernaturally infuse me and help me to concentrate, you would not believe how quickly a breakthrough will come.
Are you about to stuff a sock in my mouth?? I’m about 2 seconds from stuffing one in my own mouth. Melissa gave me two new pair of boot socks for Christmas so at least I have fresh choices.
All right, already! Here goes mine! In honor of our process ahead and how willing the Holy Spirit is to help us…
Beth from Houston Texas, But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. John 14:26 NIV84
Here’s one more alternative if you’ve never memorized it for a new year! I just love it for January 1st:
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
May God’s grace abound to you, Sweet Thing. WELCOME! We have such a fabulous challenge ahead of us. GOD, GRANT US YOUR GOOD FAVOR!
So…what are you waiting for??? SIGN IN WITH VERSE ONE!
PS. I thought you guys might find it a bit amusing that I brought in the first 300 comments in the CAR on the way to the airport to catch my Atlanta flight for Passion 2013. Laughing. You keep your blog mama busy. I love you so!
Tags: Scripture Memory 2013
NIV
Psalm 119:133
Guide my steps by your word, so I will not be overcome by any evil.
Leland, NC; Alexa
Kristina from Tampa, FL
Proverbs 11:25 – A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed. NIV
Ephesians 4:29 NIV
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
Kiah from Ada, OK
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
John 1:1 NIV
Psalm 65:11 NLT
“You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.”
I Corinthians 10:31- Whether therefore ye eat or drink or whatsoever you do, do all to the glory of God.
NIV
Atlanta, GA
Isaiah 55:8 (NIV)
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares The Lord.
“The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in Him.” -Psalm 37:23 NIV
Danay’e Taylor
Spencer, Indiana
Michele, Anderson, SC
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. John 13:35 NIV
Misti from Frederick, Ok
Show me the right path, O Lord; point out the road for me to follow. Psalm 25:4 NLT
Lori
Bloomington
And Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.”
Matthew 19:26
NIV
Jennifer from Jackson, Tn. “You crown the year with Your goodness; Your ways overflow with plenty.” (Psalms 65:11 HCSB)
Micheline; Highlands Ranch, CO
1 John 2:15-17 (NASB)
“Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.
Jolie. – Norman, OK. Philippians 4:8, NIV
“Finally, brothers and sisters, 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
Kristy, novelty, oh. “For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Matt 7:2 NIV
Katie – Loganville, GA
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
2 Peter 5:7, NIV
Tara from Salt Lake City, UT. “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, NIV
I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. (Ephesians 1:17 NIV)
Sandee Trobaugh -Lathrop, CA
Ephesians 3:20 HCSB
“Now to Him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us.”
Alicia; Bryan, TX
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”
1 Peter 2:9, NIV84
Jenna – Charleston, WV
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23
Rachel Sweatt
Canyon, Texas
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
–Proverbs 19:11, ESV
Samantha Guyton, Hurley, MS
“For I know the plans I have for you” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future”
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
Kimber, Idaho
John 14:26 (NIV84) “But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.”
Crevolyn; Gainesville, GA
2 Corinthians 5:17
NIV84
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”
Rachel Teeroovengadum, QLD, Australia
Romans 12:12 (cev)
Let your hope make you glad. Be patient in times of trouble and never stop praying.
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body[a] and in your spirit, which are God’s.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NKJV)
please, remove this one, as well.
The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me; Your love, O Lord, endures forever-do not abandon the works of Your hands. Psalm 138:8 NIV
Lisa Drury, Greenville, KY, “Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18 NIV
Lisa from Kansas City MO,
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
Pat Stokes; Portland, TX
2 Corinthians 4:16 (NIV)
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
Linda from Pittsburgh,
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Lisa Moore from Atlanta Georgia. Hebrews 1:3 3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, ESV
Matthew 5:13
“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anyhting except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.”
Christa K., Chicago, IL; 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 84
Cristi, Ocala, FL. Hebrews 13:2 NIV
Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
Julie from Belleville, Ontario.
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed but not in despair; persecuted but not abandoned; struck down but not destroyed.
2 Corinthians 4:7-8 NIV
Leslie, Sand Springs, OK, For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11 ESV
Wynell from Athens Georgia. Therefore I urge you brothers and sisters in view of God’s mercy to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice holy and pleasing to God, this is your spiritual act of worship. Romans 12:1 NIV
Amanda Cross; Van Buren, AR
Joshua 1:9 ESV
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
Sarah; Appleton, WI
“So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.”
Genesis 1:27, NIV
Susan Lawrence (Nokomis IL) I am the vine, and you are the branches. If any remain in me and I remain in them, they produce much fruit. But without me they can do nothing. (John 15:5, NCV)
Sarah from Manhattan, KS.
“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.” Psalm 19: 1-2 (NIV 1984).
Joyce
Sparta, NJ
“Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4 (ESV)
Amy, Jacksonville, FL 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
Tammy from Fairhope, Alabama “I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether we’ll fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.” Philippians 4:12 NIV
Kim Umland; Henderson, CO
Psalm 119:11 (KJV)
“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.”
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Phil 4:6
Michelle, Surrey, British Columbia “Don’t worry about anything, instead, pray about everything. Tell God what ou need, and thank Him for all He has done.” Philippians 4:6 NLT
Kristin, Searcy, AR
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5 (NIV)