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
Kristi in Inman, SC
Psalm 142:1-2 (NIV)
1) I will cry aloud to the Lord; I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy. 2)I pour out my complaint before him; before him I tell my trouble.
Tina from Success.
Eccles. 3:15 NIV
Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.
Margie, Fairfax, VA
“And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.” Isaiah 58:11, ESV
Rebekah Reach Gardendale, AL
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8, NIV
Sarah, lambertville Michigan
Ephesians 4:29 niv
do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
Tammy, Bucyrus, Psalm 143:8 NKJV
“Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning,
For in You do I trust; Cause me to know the way in
which I should walk. For I lift up my soul to You.”
“For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes…He is your praise; he is your God”
Deuteronomy 10:17,21a (NIV)
Kelly Brown, Hastings, FL
Isaiah 40:8 NKJV
“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our
God stands forever.”
Alaina Ivey; Jacksonville, FL
“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 7:12 NIV)
Amanda Ungleich, Knoxville TN, Psalm 139: 1 NASB, “O Lord, You have searched me and known me.”
Laura from Ector, TX
Psalm 91:1 ESV
“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.”
Kim from Arden, NC Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God. Phil. 4:6 NIV
Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:12-13 NIV
Jen from Ridgecrest, CA
“Cease striving and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”
Psalm 46:10 (NASB)
Shannon from Lexington KY, “yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.” Romans 4:20-21 NIV
Julie-Jackson, MS. Psalm 65:11 “You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.”
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” -Luke 12:34, NIV
Liz from Geismar,LA ” For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 NIV84
Susan Allen; Arad,Bahrain
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.”
2 Corinthians 4:7 ESV
Anne Boschma, Scottsdale, AZ
Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
Colossians 3:12
New Living Translation
Dana
Lexington, KY
1 Chronicles 16:8 (NIV)
Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
Gina,Jacksonville
For I know the plans I have for you, “declares the Lord.” plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
Beth, San Jose, Costa Rica
Ephesians 4:29 (NIV)
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
Angie, Morristown TN
You crown the year with your goodness,
And Your paths drip with abundance. Psalm 65:11
“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you might go and bear fruit- fruit that will last- and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.” John 15:16 NIV
Connie, Shipshewana, Indiana “But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.” James 3:17 NIV
Amber Glenn Perrysburg, Ohio
Psalm 34:18 (NLT)
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.
Sarah S.
McKinney, Tx
“Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish for us the work of our hands — establish the work of our hands!” (Psalms 90:17 HCSB)
Alex from Alcoa, TN
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, 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 28:18-20 NIV
Terri Frasure from South Lebanon, Ohio
John 14:17 (HCSB)
“He is the Spirit of truth. The world is unable to receive Him because it doesn’t see Him or know Him. But you do know Him, because He remains with you and will be in you.”
Lynn from Leonardtown, MD
Phil. 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.”
Jeannette, Land O Lakes, FL.
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
“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.”
Dora from Birmingham, AL “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 Cor. 12:9 (NIV)
Jeremiah 29:11-13 NKJV
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says The Lord, thoughts of peace and not evil,to give you a future and a HOPE. Then you will call upon Me and go pray to me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
Luke 6:35 New Living Translation
Love you enemies! Do good to them! Lend to them! And don’t be concerned that they might not repay. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to the unthankful and to those who are wicked!
Stacy, Green Bay
The judgement followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. – Romans 5:16 (NIV)
Mindi
Charleston, SC
No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. (1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV)
Cheri Wenger; Indianapolis, IN
Phillipians 4:6 (NET)
Do not be anxious about anything. Instead in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.
Sherrie from Raleigh, NC
Seek The Lord and his strength;
Seek his presence continually!
Psalm 105:4, ESV
When words are many sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise. Proverbs 10:19 NIV
Kathy
Dow Il
Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith
Hebrews 10:22a NIV
Ellen, Phoenix
Matthew 28:20 (NIV) “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Monica
Cashiers, NC
“Jesus said, ‘My food is to do what God wants Me to do and to finish His work.’”
(John 4:34, NLV)
Vicki Davis, Marble Falls, TX
Psalm 105:4 (ESV)
“Seek the Lord and his strength;
seek his presence continually!”
Julie – Kingsport, TN
Colossians 3:23-24 (NIV)
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
“Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of the God and man.” Prov. 3:3&4 (had it on a card, can’t figure out the translation)
Hi Alba! It’s NIV.
Great reminder!
Ashley – Richmond, Va
But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him.
Jeremiah 17:7 (NIV)
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. Is 41:10
Cathy De, Osage Beach, MO
“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.”
Ps. 19:14 NKJV