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
Karen, Willits
“Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” (Ephesians 5:15–17) NASB
Erin – Eagle River
1 Peter 3:9 NIV “Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.”
Sharon in North Africa
فَقالَ لَهُ يَسُوعُ: «أنا هُوَ الطَّرِيِقُ وَالحَقُّ وَالحَياةُ. لا أحَدَ يَأْتِي إلَى الآبِ إلّا بِي. 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, AB(etrv)
“For nothing will be impossible with God.” HCSB
Las Vegas, NV
Psalm 95:2 AMP
Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;
Let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise!
Melanie in Midland
2 Peter 1:3 His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness.
Lissa Bennett, Duncan, SC
Oh God, you are my God, earnestly I will seek you,
My soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you,
In a dry and thirsty land, where there is no water.
Psalm 63:1 ESV
Dawn
Cochran, Ga
NASB
“And the LORD will continually guide and you, and satisfy your desire in scorched places, and give strength to your bones; You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.” Isaiah 58:11
January 2 2013
Prov 16:3. Commit your works to the Lord
And your thoughts will be established.
Susan Knoxville
Be devoted to one another,honor one another above yourselves Rom 12:10 NLT
Joanne from Pearl City, Hawaii: “Set your mind on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.” Colossians 3:2-3 NIV84
Kristina~Cary, NC
Jeremiah 29:11-13(NIV)
“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.”
Shellie from Modesto, California Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. Habakkuk 3:17 & 18 KJV
my verse for Jan 1,2103
Psalm 27:13 ” I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living” NIV translation
What shall I return to The Lord for all His goodness to me. Ps.116:12 NIV
Stacy from Newark, De.
For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self control. (2Tim1:7 NLT)
Judy from Charlotte Court House, VA
Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” Isaiah 30:21 NIV
Sue Uibel from Mooresville, NC
I will keep on expecting you to help me. I praise you more and more. I cannot count the times when you have faithfully rescued me from danger. I will tell everyone how good you are, and of your constant, daily care. I walk in the strength of the Lord God. Psalms 71:14-16 The Living Bible
Rhonda Burrough; Katy, Texas
John 14:1 (NIV)
“Do not let your heart be troubled. Trust in God. Trust also in me.”
Aimee, Uganda, East Africa, Colossians 1:13–“He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved son …” (ESV)
Beth from Mt. Carmel, IL
2 Cor. 4:10 (NIV 84)
“We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.”
Ruthie, Allen, TX
Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, and therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; how blessed are all who long for Him.
Is. 30:18 NAS
Robbie, Magnolia,Tx Isaiah 65:19
See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland.
Renee from Lansing, Michigan
Do not conform any longer to the pattern on 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
Lizz, Brick NJ:
Seek The Lord and His strength; seek His face continually.
Ps 105:4, NASB
Leslee, Columbia, SC
But now, this is what the Lord says— he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. (Isaiah 43:1 NIV84)
Lisa fromCincinnati, Ohio- Have no anxiety at all, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests know to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. NAB-Reviesed edition
Karen from Kennett Square, PA, “They will rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated;they will renew the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations.” Isaiah 61:4, NIV.
Carmen, Summersville, WV “I am creating something new. There it is! Do you see it? I have put roads in deserts, streams in thirsty lands.” -Isaiah 43:19 (CEV)
Melissa Crutchfield
Bologna, Italy
ESV
Psalm 139:14
“I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are you works; my soul knows it very well.”
Amber H Rockwell, NC
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God–this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern 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 12:1, 2 NIV84)
Erika from Hampden, MA
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened , so that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 1:18-20. NASB
Keki, Georgia
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed and qualified me to preach the Gospel of good tidings to the meek, the poor, and afflicted; He has sent me to bind up and heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the [physical and spiritual] captives and the opening of the prison and of the eyes to those who are bound, (AB)
Paula Jones – Maryville, TN – I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word. Psalm 119:16 NIV
Karen Irwin; Dickson, TN
“Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains, that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.”
Colossians 4:2-6
NJKV
“This I what the LORD says – your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: ‘I am the LORD your GOD, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.”
– Isaiah 48:17. NIV
Laura Fanta
Fort Worth, TX
Kathy, from Huntington, WV
Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. ESV
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding Proverbs 3:5 NIV
Nelda Adkins, Houston, TX
Matthew 21: 21-22 NKJ
So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done. And whatever things you ask in prayer, BELIEVING, you will receive.”
Behold, God, my salvation! I will trust and not be afraid, for The Lord God is my strength and my song; yes He has bnecome my salvation.
Isaiah 12:2 NIV
Melisa-Wooster, OH
Psalm 138:7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me;You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies and Your right hand will save me. (NASB)
Verna-Bolivar, MO:
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. (2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV)
Becky from Round Hill, VA
“For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7 NIV
Melissa, St. Mary’s County, MD “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26 KJV
Michelle
Woodstock, VT
James 4:8 nasb
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.
Ps. 29:2, ESV
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His Name; worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.
Sing O barren one, you who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child! For the spiritual children of the desolate one will be more than the children of the married wife, says the Lord. Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; spare not; lengthen your chords and stengthen your stakes. Is. 54:1-2 AMP
Nicola, currently in London England, usually Calgary AB Canada
Julia Hill — Anniston, Alabama
“Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
Psalm 37:4 ESV
Janice Blountville, TN ” I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in Me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from Me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 NIV
Bless from Savannah, GA
John 4:5
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”