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
The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore…Psalm 121:8 NIV
Carol, Naperville You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NLT
Nora from Crowville, Louisiana
“But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead…I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”~Phil. 3:13-14
Amanda Breninger
Oklahoma City
I can do all this through him who gives me strenght
Philp. 4:13
NIV
Phillipians 3:20-21. NIV
But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
Laura
San Antonio, TX
James 1:1-4 NASB
“James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes dispersed abroad: Greetings. Consider it pure joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have it’s perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.:
*after James: Mercy Triumphs, I am memorizing James this year*
Robin P.; Morehead City, NC
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9, NIV84.
Norcross,GA
Proverbs 12:22 The Lord detests lying lips but He delights in people who are trustworthy. NIV
Donna from Belton SC, My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an additude of personal favoritism. James 2:1 NASB
Erica, Baltimore, MD
“Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill His promises to her!” Luke 1:45 NIV
Alicia from NC, Psalm 5:3 NKJV My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up.
Andrea Porter, Pottstown
“I am leaving you with a gift-peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give isn’t like the peace the world gives. So don’t be troubled or afraid.” John 14:27 NLT
Kim Hernandez
Roswell,Ga
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed ,for His compassion never fail. They are new every morning great is your faithfulness . Lamentations 3-22,23 NIV
Abby, Franklin, TN
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17, NIV
Royana; Grand Prairie, TX
Lamentations 3: 22-23 HCSB
Because of the LORD’S faithful love we do not parish, for His mercies never end. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
Lisa from Kearney, Nebraska Philippians 4:8 Finally brothers, 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. NIV
Amy from Victoria, Texas
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
From Riverton, UT
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthy things.
Colossians 3:1-2 NIV84
Lissy Parker, Atlanta, Ga.
Proverbs 31:27
NIV
She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
1 Corinthians 2:9
no eye has seen
No ear has heard
no mind has imagined
what God has in store for those who love him.
Sorry I forgot to put that I’m from Vinton Louisiana 🙂
Justine, Houston,Tx
Philippians 4:19 and my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus
Rachel, Austin, TX
” ‘ 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 hope and a future.’ ”
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
Psalm 17:3 NIV84
Though you probe my heart and examine me at night, though you test me, you will find nothing; I have resolved that my mouth will not sin.
Kathy from Elon
Psalm 143:8
Let me experience Your faithful love in the morning,
for I trust in You. Reveal to me the way I should go
because I long for You.(HCSB)
Katie Swaney from McDonough, GA:
“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.”
Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)
Laura from Decatur, IL
Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ; Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. (Jude 1,2 NKJV)
Meredith from Elizabeth City, NC ” The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. Zephaniah 3:17 ESV
Isaiah 58:11 “The Lord will guide you always; He will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen you frame. You will be like a well watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
Ecclesiastes3:11 Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He had planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of Gods work from beginning to end.
**forgot**
Elisabeth Beasley
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Caci from York, SC
‘Do not be anxious about anything but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known to God.’ Philippians 4:6
Jacquelyn Aliso Viejo, CA
Genesis 18:14 NIV
“Is Anything too hard for the Lord?”
Leslie
Wisner, La.
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”
1 Peter 4:8
NIV
“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 hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV Study Bible
Tisha, San Antonio, Texas
“The Lord your God is in your midst, A victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.”
Zephaniah 3:16-17 NASB
Lisa
Jacksonville, Florida
“If you are not firm in faith, you will not be firm at all.”
Isaiah 7:9b ESV
And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice – the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Romans 12:1 NLT
Fort Worth Proverbs 3:5 ESV
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
Debbie; Jacksonville, Florida
Isaiah 43:1 HCSB
Now this is what the LORD says –
the One who created you, Jacob,
and the One who formed you, Israel –
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by your name; you are Mine.
Wanda from Butler. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.
Phi 4:13 (ESV)
“In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O Lord, will keep me safe.” Ps. 4:8 NLT
Ruth from Plano, Texas
“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 hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
Lisa D. from Alpharetta. GA
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:
The old has gone, the new is here!”. 2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV
Lori-Anne in Exeter, CA You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Trena,Olathe,KS
1 Peter 5:7
New Living Translation (NLT)
Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 NKJV
Psalm 68:19 (AMP)
” Blessed be the Lord, Who bears our burdens and carries us day by day, even the God Who is our salvation! Selah {pause, and calmly think of that]!
Jennifer from Cullman, AL
I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Psalms 27:13,14 NIV84
Elizabeth
Cedarburg, WI
2 Corinthians 5:17
Good News Translation (GNT)
17 Anyone who is joined to Christ is a new being; the old is gone, the new has come.
Mandy from Imperial, CA
Philippians 1:6
Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. (NIV)
Kim from Lavalette, WV. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act. (Psalms 37:5 ESV)