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!Ā 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 moderatedĀ (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,Ā 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.Ā 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.Ā 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
Concetta, White Oak, TX, Romans 12:2 (NLT)
“Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.”
Sissy, Waycross,GA Deuteronomy 31:8 HCSB “The Lord is the one who will go before you. He will be with you; He will not leave you or forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. Ā For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. (Colossians 3:2-3 NIV84)
Kari from Grand Rapids, Michigan
Zeph 3:17, NLT
For the Lord your God is living among you.
He is a mighty savior.
He will take delight in you with gladness.
With his love, he will calm all your fears.
He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.ā
Reba from Alabama
For by Grace are you saved through Faith;And
that not of yourself; but it is the Gift of GOD.
Ephesians 2:8 KJV
Esther, Lancaster, PA
Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love Him. When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed James 1:12-13 (NIV)
Lorie, Fredericksburg, VA,
Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. Deuteronomy 6:4-6 NAS
Monika Tockstein
Shamong, NJ
“But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.”
James 1:22 NET
Julie S
Mt. Pleasant, TX
Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. (Proverbs 16:24 NASB)
Penny, Columbus, GA
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Colossians 3:12 NIV
And do not be conformed of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2 NKJV
Lanie Beth Sinclair, Locust Grove, GA
Isaiah 26:8, NIV
Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,
we wait for you;
your name and renown
are the desire of our hearts.
Donna from Gloucester, VA: Genesis 2:7 “Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.” NIV
Suzanne, Canton, Georgia
“For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose.” Phil 2:13 NIV.
Donna, West Lafayette, Behold it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back Isaiah 38:17 ESV
Bonny, Angle Inlet, MN. Psalms 119:103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Hannah-Grace S.
Mt. Pleasant, TX
And from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. (John 1:16 ESV)
Lauri Cassel: Littleton, CO
Romans 12:12(NIV)
12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Anne, Wheeling, WV
Romans 12:2 (NIV)
“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.”
Marlies, The Netherlands
Peter 2:9 NASB
‘But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for Godās own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light’
Sue, Texarkana, TX
Psalm 90:12 “Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” NIV
Kim, Grapevine,
God blesses the people who patiently endure testing. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. James 1:12 NLT
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptaion will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
1 Corinthians 10:13, RSV
Kristin from Nashville psalm 1 v 1-2 NIV
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of lockers. But his delig is in the law of the Lord and on his law he meditates day and night.”
Elizabeth (age 6), Lawrenceville, GA.
“Your word I have treasured in my heart, that I may not sin against You. Blessed are You, O Lord; Teach me Your statutes.”
Psalm 119:11-12 NASB
Courtney Eastman from Kingsport, TN: “For the spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.” 2 Tim 1:7 (NIV)
Jennifer from San Antonio, 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 a hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.”
Jeremiah 29:11-12
Jennifer from San Antonio, 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.”
Jeremiah 29:11-12 (NIV84)
Erin May; Grant, Alabama
Philippians 4:6-7 (ESV)
“do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
Kim from Poplar Bluff, MO; “But all who listen to me will live in peace, untroubled by fear of harm.” Proverbs 1:33 (NLT)
Esther Ortiz, Miramar, FL
Ephesians 3:18, NLT
“And may you have the power to understand, as God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.
Kristy
Frisco,Texas
Lamentations 3:22 AMP
It is because of the Lord’s mercy and living
kindness that we are not consumed because
his tender compassionate fail not.
Hanni, Indiana:
I want you to be merciful; I don’t want your sacrifices.
I want you to know God; that’s more important than burnt offerings.
Hosea 6:6 NLT
You start the new year with a good harvest.
You end the year with many crops. Psalm 65:11(ERV)
Susan from Jefferson City, TN
The Spirit of the Lord God is on Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners; Isaiah 61:1 HCSB
Chelsea Claxton from Canton, GA
Psalm 146:1-2, NASB
“Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!
I will praise the Lord while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.”
John 14:26 Amp. But the comforter (counselor, helper, intercessor, advocate, strengthener, standby) the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My Name (in my place to represent Me & act on my behalf) He will teach you all things. And He will cause you to recall (will remind you of, bring to your remembrance) everything I have told you.
Thanks Beth, great place to start!
Shirlee McGuire from Athens,AL
Psalm 33:4
“For the word of The Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness.”
-ESV
Lynn ~ Saskatoon, Sask
Psalm 34: 1-4 NIV
“I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips. My soul will boast in the Lord; let the afflicted hear and rejoice. Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt his name together.”
Sierra from Colonial Heights, VA
Deuteronomy 6:5 NLT
“And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.”
Phyllis from Raleigh, As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Ephesians 4:1 NIV
Amy, Wichita, KS
“Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.”
Romans 12:12, ESV
Angie, Charlotte, NC
Psalm 65:11
“You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.”
Mary Anne from Osler, SK
“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 NIV
Surely He will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with His feathers and under His wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
Psalm 91: 3&4 NIV
I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be Courageous! I have conquered the world. John 16:33 HCSB
Jean from Palm Bat, Fl
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because The Lord has annointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted and proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners. Isaiah 61:1 NIV
Dori Cook
Spring Hill, TN
“So teach us to number our days so we may present to You a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 NASB
Deuteronomy 6:5 “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.”
NIV
Psalm 91:1-2 (NIV)
“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD,’He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.”
Jennifer
Charleston, SC
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. (Proverbs 9:10 NIV)