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
Melissa,Clinton MS. Proverbs 3:5-6, trust in The Lord with all your heart lean not on your own understanding: in all ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. NIV
April, Magnolia
And all things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive. Matt 21:22 NKJV
Cindy Landrum ~ Bridge City, TX
“Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget none of His benefits; Who pardons all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases;” ~~Ps 103:1-3 (NASB)
Lindsey johnson, San Antonio, TX
Psalms 139:13
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.
Janice from Jacksonville, FL. 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. Isaiah 43:1 HCSB
Kelsey, Houston, Texas
“No temptation has seized you, except what is common to man. But God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.” 1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV
Carrie Wilson from Summersville, WV
Isaiah 43:18-19 ESV
Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, the just shall live by faith.
Galatians 3:11 KJV
Michelle Alosa Concord, NH
“You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.”
Matthew 17:20 NLT
Elizabeth McInerney from Novato, CA
“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families, he leads forth the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scortched land.”
Psalm 68:5-6, NKJV
Laura from Oklahoma City, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Cor 5:17 NKJV
Susan
Elida, OH
Philippians 4:13 NLT
“For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.”
Brooke, Salt Lake City, Utah
“He must become greater; I must become less” John 3:30 NIV
Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people
Ephesians 6:7 NIV
Michelle from Dallas, TX
2 Cor 9:6
Remember this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. NIV
Trust in The Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight. Prov.3:5-6
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
2 Corinthians 5:17
She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs with no fear of the future.
Prov. 31:25 NLT
Phyllis, Shattuck, OK
The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.
Proverbs 13:4 NKJV
Chelsea
Enterprise, Oregon
Psalm 128:1-2 (ESV)
Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
who walks in His ways!
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.
Cherie, Surprise, AZ
“You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.” ISA 43:10
Summer, Steamboat Springs, CO
seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take. Proverbs 3:6 NLT
Robin Clayborn from Prosper,TX
“But when the kindness and love of God our Savior was revealed, he saved us. It was not because of any good deeds that we ourselves had done, but because of his own mercy that he saved us, through the Holy Spirit, who gives us new birth and new life by washing us. God poured out the Holy Spirit abundantly on us through Jesus Christ, our Savior, so that by his grace we might be put right with God and come into possession of the eternal life we hope for.”- Titus 3:4-7
Amy and Taylor Watson San Antonio, TX
And he said the things that are impossible with men, are possible with God. Luke 18:27 KJV
Shea from Birmingham, AL. “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. Trust in The Lord forever, for The Lord, The Lord himself, is the rock eternal.” Isaiah 26:3-4 NIV
Angie from Wilmington. “Forget the things that happened in the past. Do not keep on thinking about them.” Isaiah 43:18 (NIRV)
Katie from Denver, CO
“Find rest, o my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.” Psalm 62:5-6 NIV
Angie, Chillicothe, MO
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9, NIV
Michelle Davis, Plant City, FL
But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe He is, and that He is a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him.
Hebrews 11:6 NKJV
Danielle Carlton WA I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Phil 4:14 NKJV
Sorry it’s Phil 4:13
Annie, Issaquah, WA, Eph. 2:4,5
“But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions- it is by grace you have been saved.”
Robin, Chaska, MN
Praise the Lord; praise God our savior! For each day he carries us in his arms.
Psalm 68:19 NLT
Caitlin – Aiken, South Carolina
Philippians 4:6 KJV
Be careful for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
‘Jesus Wept’ John 11:35 NIV
Billie Thompson, Hot Springs, SD
Proverbs 31:25 (NCV)
She is strong and is respected by the people. She looks forward to the future.
Kimberly from Pacific Grove,CA
Romans 4:20-21 (NIV)
Yet he did not waiver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.
Debbie, Decatur,AL John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abiideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing. KJV
Jennifer from KnoxvilleTN, -Proverbs 14:29 AMP ” He who is slow to anger has great understanding but he who is hasty of the Spirit exposes and exalts
His folly.”
Worthing
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
Alice from Houston, Texas. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:12 KJV
Meredith from Houston,Texas
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;”
Proverbs 3:5 NIV
Stacy from Arlington, TX “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.” NAS
Kristen Johnson; Washington, MI
Psalms 101:2 NIV
“I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk with in my house with a perfect heart.”
Kelly from Sherman, TX: “Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom; Your rule is for all generations. The Lord is faithful in all His words and gracious in all His actions.” Psalm 145:13 HCSB
Charlotte Skadal, Houston, Texas
With passionate encouragement from the teachings of our Siesta Momma,
“As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.”
2 Timothy 4:5, ESV
Donna from Norman, OK
Psalm 143:8 (NLT)
“Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning,
for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk,
for I give myself to you.”
Dee from Alexandria, VA
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. phil 3:13-14 (ESV)
Jolinda- Yukon, OK
It does not, therefore depend on human desire or efforts
But on God’s mercy. Romans 9:16 NIV
Cindi,Houston,Tx.
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 NIV Study Bible
Vickie, Spokane, WA.
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. Philippians 4:8 NIV