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
Maly Moseley, from Marysville Ohio, “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV
Desiree, Lake City,FL
“The faithful love of the L ord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.”(Lamentations 3:22, 23 NLT)
Caralee Lilly from Edmonton, Alberta. Matthew 5:1-2 Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, His disciples came to Him. And he opened bid mouth a d taught them, saying:” English Standard Version.
kelley from kansas city, ks. “flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” -2 timothy 2:22 hcsb
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.”
1 Peter 5:6; ESV
Cindy
Columbia, MO
Kathryn, Tempe AZ
Psalms 24:18 NIV
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Tracy Carden
Whitesburg, TN
“Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.” Ecclesiastes 11:4 (NIV)
Krista, St.. John’ s, NL
He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins. He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding. Ephesians 1:7-8, NLT
Mollie, Tyrone, GA;
“You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 NIV
Michelle Harris, Indianapolis, IN
Praise the Lord, my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Psalm 103:1 (NIV)
Peyton Pearman, Chattanooga, TN
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 ESV
Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage, be strong. Do everything in love.
1 Corinthians 16:13-14 NIV
Camille from Bothell, WA
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? ~ Matthew 6:25-27, NIV84
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
Psalm 6:2 NKJV
Barb, Prescott Valley, AZ
“I will instruct you & teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you & watch over you.” Psalm 32: NIV
oops that is Psalm 32:8
Desiree Crisp Douglass, KS
Luke 1:45-47 NIV
“Blessed is she who has believed that The Lord would fulfill his promise to her. ” And Mary said, “My soul glorifies The Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my savior.”
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.”
Ashley, Huntsville, AL
“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)
Lissa : Bixby, OK.
1 Timothy 1:14
The grace of our Lord was poured on on me abundantly, along with faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. NIV
Kim, Calgary Alberta Canada
“I can do all things through Him who gives me strength”. Philippians 4:13
Kara from West Palm Beach, FL
“Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”
Matthew 11:28-30 NLT
Judy, from Selah, WA “I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.” Psalm 34:1 NKJ
Wendy from Aurora, CO
“But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
Acts 20:24
John 1:16 (HCSB)
Indeed, we have all received grace after grace from His fulness,
Pam Milner, Caldwell, Texas
Philippians 4:13 “I can do everything through him who gives me strength” NIV 2154
Ashley Honea, San Angelo, TX “Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.” Ephesians 4:29 NASB
Karen from Beech Island SC
Psalm 86:6-7 NKJV
Give ear o Lord to my prayers. And attend to the voice of my supplications. In the day
Of my trouble I will call upon You for You will answer me.
Laura Humphreys, Savannah, GA
Philippians 2:1 (NIV)
“If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion,”
Hebrews 4:16
“Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace in a time of need.”
NKJV
Paula, Atlanta Tx
“O Lord, you have searched me and known me.”
Psalm 139:1 NKJV
Joan from Westerville, OH
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15 NASB
Calla. Thousand Oaks California ” The Lord Himself goes before you & will be with you; He will never leave you or forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” Deutoronomy 31:8 NIV
Janice from, Dawson Springs, KY
Brothers and 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 3:13, 14 NIV)
Kerrigan from Sacramento, CA: “For nothing is impossible with God.” -Luke 1:37 (NIV)
Carole from Marietta, GA “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” Matthew 6:33 NIV
Jules Kearney, NE
Jeremiah 1:19 NIV
They will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you and will rescue you, declares the Lord.
Shelly from Gordon, TX
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
Christa from Greeneville, TN “Make thanksgiving your sacrifice to God.” Psalm 50:14, ESV
Pam, Lakewood. Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the spirit who gives live has set you free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8: 1-2, NIV.
Melody Faith, Knoxville, TN “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.” Jeremiah 33:3 KJV
Natalie – Houston
The Lord will guide you always; He will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
Isaiah 58:11, NIV
Kendi from Midland, Texas, He must become greater; I must become less. john 3:30 NIV
Cheryl Primeaux, Pensacola, FL
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
Lisa-Longmont, CO.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
Romans 1:16 NKJV
Mindy, Rowley, IA
“Where do wars and fights come from? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members?” James 4:1 NKJV
Ps 46:10 NIV. Be still and know that I am God.
Canyon, Purcellville, VA
Do not conform any longer to the patterns 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
Beth Mellinger; Lancaster, PA
Psalm 28:7 (ESV)
” The Lord is my strength and my shield; in Him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to Him.”
Jessica Katie–Nashville, TN
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)
Kathy, Conway, NH
I can do all things in him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 RSV