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
Darla Wurtz from Groesbeck
I shall delight in your statutes. I will not forget your Word. Psalm 119:16 NASV
Steph Albritton
Nottingham, England
You crown the year with Your goodness, And Your paths drip with abundance. (Psalms 65:11 NKJV)
Karissa, Martinsburg, WV
(sharing Kellie’s verse)
Hosea 6:3 AMP
Yes, let us know (recognize, be acquainted with, and understand) Him; let us be zealous to know the Lord [to appreciate, give heed to, and cherish Him]. His going forth is prepared and certain as the dawn, and He will come to us as the [heavy] rain, as the latter rain that waters the earth.
Rachelle from SanTan Valley,AZ
Colossians 3:15 “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.” NIV
May the words of my mouth and the mediations of my heart be accetable in Thy sight, Oh Lord, my Strength and my Redeemer.Psalm 19:14 KJV
Jordan from Mobile, AL
“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” ~ 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ESV
Turn my eyes away from worthless things;
preserve my life according to your word
Psalm 119:37 NIV
Joanne from Tomball, TX, I can do all things through him (Christ) who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13, ESV.
Brenda, Sunnyside, NY
Philippians 3:13 NIV
Brothers, 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.
Debbie, Lincoln, Ne. “Abram believed The Lord and He credited it to him as righteousness.” Gen. 15:6 NIV 1984
Denise from Katy, TX
“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)
For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken. says the Lord, who has mercy on you. Isaish 54:10-14.
Wicked excited!
Oh Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me.
Psalms 139:1 (NLT)
Kristin; Interlochen, Michigan
Lamentations 3:22-23 NKJV
Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.
Melanie, Vancouver, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. (John 14:27), NIV
1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)
Cast all your anxieties on Him because He cares for you.
Tuscaloosa,AL
“I sought The Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.”
Psalms 34:4 HCSB
(The Great Forsake and Take ; )
Rose, Fresno, Ca
“Yet I will exult in the Lord, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.” Habakkuk 3:13 NASB
Elissa from Anaheim, CA
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one! You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 (NKJV)
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
water never fails.
Isaiah 58:11 (NIV84)
Frances from Kapolei, Hawaii
Proverbs 3:5,6 NLT
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do and He will show you which path to take.”
Michelle, Texas. “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 29:11NIV
Yvonne from Riverside, CA
And if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts! ~2 Corinthians 3:11 (NIV)~
Rachael, Snoqualmie WA.
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
Margie Cavazos Corpus Christi, TX You shall also be (so beautiful and prosperous as to be thought of as) a crown of Glory and honor in the hand of The Lord, and a royal diadem ( exceedingly beautiful) in the hand of your God. Isaiah 62:3 amplified
Lisa
from Kirkland, WA
Psalms 13:5 KJV
But I have trusted in Thy mercy, my heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation.
Val from Snohomish, WA
2 Thessalonians 3:3 “But The Lord is faithful He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.” ESV
Cindy Chang
Surrey, BC
The Lord your God is in your midst,
a mighty one who will save;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.
Zephaniah 3:17 Esv
Leslie from Houston, TX.
Psalms 145:18 (NET) “The LORD is near all who cry out to him, all who cry out to him sincerely.”
Bethany from Allen, TX
“So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.”
Colossians 2:6-7
Michelle, Bangor, Maine
“Praise be to you, Lord, the God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.
Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.” 1 Chron. 29: 10-11 (NIV)
I will exalt you, my God and King, and praise your name forever and ever. I will praise you every day; yes, I will praise you forever. Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure his greatness.Psalm 145: 1-3
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in You
Isaiah 26:3 NIV
Nichole from Radcliff, KY
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. (Deuteronomy 6:5 NKJV)
Rachel from Eugene, OR
“Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who live him.”
James 1:12 (ESV)
Jill Hiner, Akron Ohio
“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
Emily – Elk Grove, CA
“You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 NIV84
I sought the LORD and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Psalm 34:4 ESV
Denise Colorado
Mark 4:23-24
If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.”
“Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more. (NIV)
Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:58 NIV
Megan, Charlotte, NC
He will not grow tired or weary, his understanding no one can fathom.
Isaiah 40:28
NIV
Carole from Houston, TX
Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. Ephesians 6:11 NIV
Emilie, The Woodlands, TX
(2 Peter 1:19-21 NLT) Because of that experience, we have even greater confidence in the message proclaimed by the prophets. You must pay close attention to what they wrote, for their words are like a lamp shining in a dark place—until the Day dawns, and Christ the Morning Star shines in your hearts. Above all, you must realize that no prophecy in Scripture ever came from the prophet’s own understanding, or from human initiative. No, those prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit, and they spoke from God. (2 Peter 1:19-21 NLT)
Janet from Roseville, MI
Trust in The Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and He will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV
Kathy from Biloxi, MS: We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 2 Corin 4:8-9 NIV
Kendra from New Era, MI: Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:16-18 NIV)
Phil 4:13. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. NAS
Jovin, Houston TX
You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV84
Jennifer from centennial, co….. . You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
emily:{houston,TX}
“do not be conformed to this world, BUT be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” romans 12:2 ESV