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
Molly from Interlochen, Michigan
“Lord, my every desire is known to you; my sighing is not hidden from you.”
Psalm 38:9, Holman Christian Standard Bible
Annmarie, Livermore
Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine; neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
John 15:4 NKJV
Susan Cutrer, Corinth, 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
Jennifer Carroll- Gillette Wyoming
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. 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.”
(Joshua 1:8-9 ESV)
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 ESV
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 a hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
Justine Y.
La Habra, Ca
Phillipians 2: 3-4 (NIV)
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility values others above yourself, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of others.
This is my first time to join SMT. Not sure if I am doing this correctly.
Don’t know where to go to give my scripture.? Will check back tomorrow.
Jacqueline from Sherwood, OR
Psalm 33:4 “For the word of the LORD holds true, and we can trust everything he does.” NLT
Christa, 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. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart”. Jeremiah 29:11- 13, NIV
“Your carts overflow with Bounty,, and Your carts overflow with abundance”
Psalm 64:11. NIV
Ruth, Lubbock, TX
“The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands. Psalm 138:8, ESV
Rychelle Reiling; Spokane, Washington
Psalm 119:28-30 NLT
“28 I weep with grief; encourage me by your word. 29 Keep me from lying to myself; give me the privilege of knowing your law. 30 I have chosen to be faithful; I have determined to live by your laws.”
Ally Blackwell, Duluth,Georgia
Proverbs 3: 5-6(ESV)
“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.”
Stephanie, Martinez, GA
Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
Galatians 5:1 (NKJV)
You Crown he year with your Bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.
Psalm 64:11, NIV
Kimberly Housley; Burbank,Ca.
1 John 2:24 NIV
As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.
Debbie, Grand Prairie, Texas
May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1Thessalonians 5:23
NIV
Julie, Fontana, California, “Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone.” Hosea 4:17 NKJV
Mary Lou, Littleton, CO. Oh that we might know the Lord! Let us press on to know him. He will respond to us as surely as the dawn or the coming of the rains in early spring. Hosea 6:3 NLT
Lisa from Laguna Niguel – Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you, not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. NIV
Kirsten from El Paso, TX:
Ephesians 1:18-19 (NIV)
[18] I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, [19] and his incomparably great power for us who believe
Karen from Redmond
The unfolding of your words gives light;
it gives understanding to the simple. Psalm 119:130 NIV
Sandy from Anaheim, CA
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. John 14:6 (NKJV)
Brynn from Rogers, AR
“The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”
Deuteronomy 31:8 NIV
Myra, London, England
“Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.” Eph. 3:20 NLT
Leah: Tulare,California
Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” Luke 18:27. NIV
Kaylee Schlabach Tampa, Florida
He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and say to them: Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Lord God says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will live. I will put tendons on you, make flesh grow on you, and cover you with skin. I will put breath in you so that you come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord .” (Ezekiel 37:4-6 HCSB)
Kathy, Andover, Kansas
Psalm 17:3 Though you probe my heart and examine me at night, though you test me, you will find nothing,I have resolved that my mouth will not sin. NIV
Kate from Anchorage, AK
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6. NRSV.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away, and look, new things have come.
Holman Christian Standard
Natalie from Olympia
For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Colossians 1:16-17 NIV84
Lori Yamada, Mililani, Hawaii
He settles the barren woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord. -Psalm 113:9 NIV
Tori from Las Vegas, NV
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, 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 NIV84
Cecilia from Irvine, CA: Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. (Romans 8:5, 6 NIV)
Cellen from Camarillo California 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
Leann from Atlanta, GA.
Romans 12:12 (GNT: Good News Translation)
“Let your hope keep you joyful. Be patient in your troubles. And pray at all times.”
Brittney, Kirkland, WA
“Come to Me. Get away with Me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with Me and work with me- watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with Me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.” Matthew 11:28-30 MSG
Kelly from Concord, NC
You crown the year with Your goodness; Your ways overflow with plenty. Psalm 65:11, Holman
Lisa from Draper, Utah
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Deb, Ruthven, ONT
Luke 1:38 NIV 84
“I am the Lord’s servant, answered Mary. May it be to me as you have said.”
Nicole fin Lancaster, Ca
Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. (Colossians 2:6, 7 ESV)
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
Christi, Ohio,
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 lift up my soul. (Psalms 143:8 NIV84)
Vicki, Delafield, WI
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Pat Kelley
Seattle, wa from Amsterdam today
Isaiah 43:2 NIV
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze..
Psalms 96:1 Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. NIV84
Teresa Ator Tyler, TX
You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.
Psalm 65:11 (NLT)
Linda: Omaha,Ne.
Heb 4:12…NAS
“For the Word of God is living and active and more powerful than any two-edged sword,
Piercing to the division of soul and spirit,
Of joint and marrow,
And it is able to judge the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Kim, Clevedon,UK
Job 36:26 (NIV)
“How great is God-beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.”