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
Megan; Goodlettsville, TN
Romans 12:12 (NIV)
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”
Becca ~ Oceanside, CA
“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
John 13:35 NIV
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
Penny Colton, Kountze, Texas
Romans 14:13 (NIV)
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth. Hosea 6:3ESV
From Wichita Falls, TX
Rayna, Olathe, KS,
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Eph. 4:32 ESV
Linda from Helena, MT: Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path (Psalm 119:105.
Annaleise, Oklahoma City, OK
Isaiah 8:13-14a NIV
The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread, and he will be a sanctuary.
Trish from Dublin, OH
You crown the year with bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.
Psalm 65:11 NIV
Ellen; Cleveland, TN
Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.
John 14:27 NASB
Christi Savino
Cary, NC
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. (Ephesians 4:2 NIV)
Kristen, Dallas, TX
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 true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. (Romans 12:1, 2 NIV)
Jennifer from Sherwood, AR- “This is the day that The Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24, NIV84
Carol Leek, Keizer, Oregon
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.
How appropriate for Jan. 1!
Cindy, Panama City, Panama
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. Ps. 91:1 NIV
Jennifer, nashville tn
Niv
Jeremiah 29:11 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.
Ronella from Newcastle Okla. no temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation He will also provide the way to escape, that you may be able to endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV
Nicole from Tahoka – You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Gayla Pappenfoht. Jacksonville, MO. You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV…. Perfect!
Ashley King, Monroe, GA
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; of there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”
Philippians 4:8 KJV
January 1,2013
Minerva Huante;Hamburg AR
James 2:1 The Message
“My dear friends,don’t let public opinion influence how you live out our glorious,Christ-originated faith.
Rita Brown
Midland, TX
“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me…Sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 3:12-14 NIV(2011)
Becca from Peoria, Az
Lamentations 3:22-23 NASB
The Lord’s loving kindnesses indeed never cease; For His compassions never fail.
They are new every morning; Great is your faithfulness.
Christine Caine- Orange County Ca
2 Samuel 22:20
He brought me out into a spacious place;
he rescued me because he delighted in me.
Sarah Beth – Meridian, MS
“I will give you new hearts. I will give you a new spirit that is faithful to me. I will remove your stubborn hearts from you. I will give you hearts that obey me.” Ezekiel 36:26 (NIrV – my 6 year old’s Bible we used for study tonight)
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43: 18-19 NIV
Terri, Gardendale, Alabama
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
“Peace I leave with you; Â my peace I give you. Â I do not give to you as the world gives. Â Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” Â John 14:27 NIV
“Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love.”
– 1 Corinthians 16:13-14
New King James Version
June from Keyser, WV. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11
Lisa from Blue Ridge, Virginia God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1 ESV
Erika Boston, ma
I’ll never forget the trouble, the utter lostness, the taste of ashes, the poison I’ve swallowed. I remember it all—oh, how well I remember— the feeling of hitting the bottom. But there’s one other thing I remember, and remembering, I keep a grip on hope: (Lamentations 3:19-21 MSG)
Grace – Attica, MI
Hebrews 6:9-12 ESV
“Though we speak in this way, yet in our case, beloved, we feel sure of better things – things that belong to salvation. For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for His name in serving the saints, as you still do. And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”
Susan from Overland Park, Kansas – “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13 NIV84
Brenda – Allen, TX
“You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 NIV84
Winston Salem, NC
Consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. Romans 8:18 NIV
April from Midland, TX
“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness.” 2 Pet. 1:3
Leslie, Kansas City, MO, “Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. 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.” Philippians 3:13-14(ESV)
Karie-Phoenix
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
Michelle, Ashburn, VA
Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.
Psalm 119:105 NLT
Mary from Raymore, MO: What I have said, that I will bring about; what I have planned, that will I do. Isaiah 46:11, NIV
Sonya from Frisco Texas, I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. Philippians 1:20 NIV
Beth from College Station, TX
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:2. NIV
Tracy
Tangent, Oregon
Isaiah 40:28
Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the Lord,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
Lara Harris, Spring Hill, TN
Luke 21:28 NIV
When these things begin to take place, STAND UP AND LIFT UP YOUR HEADS, because your REDEMPTION is drawing near.
Jenna
Detroit lakes MN
For since the world began,
No ear has heard,
And no eye has seen a God like you,
Who works for those who wait for Him!
Isaiah 64:4 NLT
Amy from Oswego, NY –
Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Psalm 51:7 – NASB
Bretta, Melissa TX, “Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.” Ps 143:8 (NIV 84)
Debbie from Inverness, MS
“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.”
Philippians 4:6-7
Sandy Hartley; Glendale, OR
Psalms 119:114 “You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word!” (edited from ‘Thou Art’ KJV, emphasis added 🙂