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
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)
You, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love.
Psalm 59:17 (ESV)
Lisa from Forsyth,IL
“Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. ” Hebrews 4:16 NKJ
Kayla from Winchester, Kentucky
“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”
Jeremiah 29:13 NIV
Jonda from Shakopee, MN
For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.
Isaiah 41:13 NIV
Jenna from Mooseheart, IL
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no shadow of turning. Of his own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures. So, then my beloved brethern, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
James 1:17-20 NKJV
Amanda from Fort Meade, MD
“4Rejoice in The Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.”
Philippians 4:4-5
Jeremiah 29:11 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.
Robyn from San Antonio: “But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.”
James 3:17 NASB
Julie from Frisco, TX
James 3:17 (NIV)
But the wisdom that comes from Heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.
Anna S
Sullivan, MO
“For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.”
Colossians 2:9-10 KJV
Patti, Arkansas
Consider it pure joy my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:2-3, NIV
Patsi from Porter, Texas
So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done.
And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.
Matthew 21:21-22
Jackie from Lake Charles: “Then those who feared the LORD talked with each other, and the LORD listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in His presence concerning those who feared the LORD and honored His Name.” Malachi 3:16 NIV
DLynn, Argyle, TX
Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations
Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
Psalm 90:1-2 NIV
Megan Hughes, Edina, MN
Psalm 65:11 NIV
You crown the year with Your bounty and Your carts overflow with abundance.
Heather for the Bethany Church group, Raymond, NH.
Hosea 6:3 NLT
“Oh that we might know the Lord! Let us press on to know him. He will respond to us as surely as the dawn or the coming of the rains in early spring.”
Amy
Houston, Tx
“Faithful is He Who is calling you to Himself, and utterly trustworthy, and He will also do it (fulfill His call by hallowing and keeping you)
1 Thessalonians 5:24
Amplified version
Kari Dobbs — Frisco, TX
Joshua 24:15 (NASB)
“As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Jennifer – London, Ontario.
Choose a good reputation over great riches, for being held in high esteem is better than having silver or gold. Proverbs 22:1 (NLT)
Emily Byrd; Baton Rouge, LA
“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10, New American Standard
Jamie; Murfreesboro, TN
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39 NIV
Bethany Wells-Rockport, TX
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord , my Rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14 NIV
Sara, Edmond, OK
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” Ephesians 3:20-21 NIV
Hali, Jacksonville, AL
“May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.” Galatians 6:14 NIV
Erika Chapman from Florence, SC You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Geri, Avon, IN:
“I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust”. Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.”
Psalm 91:2-6 (NIV)
Pam Rowell from Round Rock, TX
Seek the Lord and the strength he gives! Seek His presence continually! 1 Chronicles 16:11 NET
Michelle, Hockley, TX
“Ah, Lord God ! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you. (Jeremiah 32:17 ESV)
Michelle, Clanton, AL
Do everything without grumbling or complaining, so that you may become blameless and pure “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation”. Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky. Phillippians 2:14-15 NIV
Vicki; San Clemente CA
“Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, O Lord”.
Psalms 89:15 (NIV)
Emeta, Peoria, “Sing to the one who rides across the ancient heavens, his mighty voice thundering from the sky.” Psalm 68:33, NLT
Marcia, Carmel, IN
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Lord my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me. (Psalm 30:2 NIV)
Jessica from Bryant Arkansas:
The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Lamentations 3:22
Kristi from Atlanta Georgia
Philippians4:6-7 NIV
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Celia from Kingsport, TN – “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
“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.” Proverbs 22:6 NIV 1984
Melissa Davis; Grand Junction, CO. “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7 NIV
Linette Duncan Oklahoma. Do not conform to the pattern of the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve God’s will his good, pleasing perfect will. Romans 12:2 NIV
The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knows them that trust HIm.
Nahum 1:7 KJV
Heather B.; Roanoke, VA. “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)
Sarah, League City Texas, “Let the wise listen and add to their learning,
and let the discerning get guidance.” Proverbs 1:5 NIV—
Rachel, Dallas, TX
And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scored places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.
Isaiah 58:11 (ESV)
Dana Parham; Winston Salem,NC
Psalm 25:5 (NLT)
Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me. All day long I put my hope in you.
Lisa from Warman Saskatchewan Canada, 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
Heidi, Wichita, KS ~ “Be humble in the presence of God’s mighty power, and He will honor you when the time comes. God cares for you, so turn all your worries over to Him.” 1 Peter 5:6-7
Kaylee, Macon
Ephesians 3:20-21 NIV
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we can ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever. Amen!
John 1:1-2(NKJV)
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.”
My first time doing this! Pray for me please.
Tammie, Walters, OK “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.” James 1:5 ESV