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
shelly Plainview 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 said to you. John 14:26 NIV
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of hte Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust”. Psalm 91:1-2
Jen Johnson
McKinney, Tx
~ Isaiah 43:1b ~
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;I have summoned you by name; you are mine.”
NIV
Sue Branan, Oktaha, Ok
This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! 2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT
Lisa Snellville, GA
Psalm 143:8 NIV
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 entrust my life.
This is Jo Lynn from Crowley. Luke 9:23-24. NKJV. Then He said to them all : “If anyone come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it,but whoever loses his life for me will save it.
Emily from Lawrence Kansas, “The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights.” Habakkuk 3:19 (NIV)
Psalm 27:4 One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and seek him in his temple.
Carol, Cashion, OK “You are my King, O God; command victories for Jacob. Through You we will push back our adversaires:through Your name we will trample down those who rise up against us.” Psalm 44:4-5 NAS
Shellie – Arlington, TX
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 2 Corinthians 9:8 NIV
Laurie Witthoff, Naperville, Illinois: “Wait and hope for and expect the Lord: be brave and of good courage and let your heart be stout and enduring. Yes, wait for and hope for and expect the Lord.” Psalm 27:14 (AMP)
Bekah~ Andrews,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 NIV1984
Susan from Carbondale, IL
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10 NIV
JoLee; Arlington, TX
Ezekiel 13:20. NIV
“Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against your magic charms with which you ensnare people like birds and I will tear them from your arms; I will set free the people that you ensnare like birds.”
Erin from Denver, CO: Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 NIV
Brittany from PA, “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought and make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV
Psalm 4:3 (NASB) “But know that the LORD has set apart the godly man for Himself;The LORD hears me when I call to Him.”
Kimberly Smith ; Yazoo City, MS
Psalm 33:12 KJV
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Lori D; Georgetown, TX
Hebrews 11:6 (NIV)
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must BELIEVE that He is and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
Janice, Poplar Bluff, MO
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;I have called you by your name; you are mine.” Isaiah 43:1b Amplified Bible
Erin in Charlotte, NC
“Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:1 NIV84
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John1:1 (NIV)
Sonya Ardmore, Ok
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:14
Phillippians 3:12-14 New International Version (NIV)
12] 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.
13] 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,
14] I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Lakeville, MN.
Philippians 4:6 NIV “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation,by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”
Laura Hagedorn, Wausau, WI. Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may yOur good spirit lead me on level ground. Psalm 143:10 NIV
Miranda Matteson
Bellevue, NE
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for The Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 (NIV)
Angela W. – Lebanon, TN
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John1:1 (NIV)
Psalm 51:10
God, create a clean heart for me
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
HCSB
Anne from Katy, Texas. “The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.” Psalm 9:9-10 NIV
Katie from Broken Arrow,
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)
Rayna
Pearland
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight.”
-Proverbs 3:5-6 NASB
And Hannah prayed and said: “My heart rejoices in the Lord; My horn is exalted in the Lord. I smile at my enemies, Because I rejoice in your salvation. No one is holy like the Lord, For there is none besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.
1 Samuel 2:1-2 (New King James Version).
Stephanie Stafford, Woodward, OK
For this very reason make every effort to add to your faith goodness, and to goodness knowledge, and to knowledge self control, and to self control perseverance, and to perseverance godliness, and to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.
2 Peter 1:5-7 NIV
Anne- wichita, KS
Because of the lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23
Dawn, Greenwood, IN
Luke 1:45 (NIV)
“Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!”
Linda from Littleton, CO “Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:1 (NAS)
Cindy from Colorado
“I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.” Rom 1:16, NIV
Carrie, Logan, UT (but moving to Atlanta, GA this week), “Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.” Psalm 96:1 NIV
very inspirational!
Ginny ~ Rice Lake, WI
You crown the year with your bounty,
and your carts overflow with abundance.
Psalm 65:11 NIV
Anita from Creighton, MO
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.” 1 Corinthians 13:1 KJV
Ashlie from Yukon, OK
“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
Amy from Rogers, Arkansas
“The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still”
Exodus 14:14 NIV
Angelica “Gigi” Dominguez from Mabank, Texas
Phillippians 3:12-14 New International Version (NIV)
12] 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.
13] 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,
14] I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Helen Tisdale
Stockton, Calif.
“For my (determined purpose)is thatI may (know Him), That I may progressively become more deeply & intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving & recognizing & understnding the wonders of (His person) more strongly & more clearly & that I may (in that same way)come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection(which it exerts) over believers. And that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed in spirit unto His likeness, even to His death.”
Phil. 3:10
Amplified
Karen Lee – Leeds, Alabama
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV
Valerie, Mineral Wells, Texas O Lord, You have searched me and You know me. Psalm 139:1 NIV
Laura, San Jose, CA
Isaiah 4318-19 NKJV ““Do not remember the former things,
Nor consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing,
Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert.
Erin from Cape Girardeau, Missouri
“And teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Matthew 28:20