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
Melanie from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
“Blesses are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple.” Psalm 65:4 NIV
Megan Card- Nash, Texas
Joshua 23:14 (NASB)
“Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one word of all the good words which the Lord your God spoke concerning you has failed; all have been fulfilled for you, not one of them has failed.
Louisa; London, England
Psalm 91:2 ESV
“I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.””
Michelle; Austin, TX
The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.
Exodus 14:14 NIV
Christina from Nashville, TN
You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.
Psalm 65:11
NLT
Sandy Shiflett Deming, NM
Only fear the LORD; and serve Him in truth with all your hear; for consider what great things He has done for you.
1 Sam. 12:24 NKJ
Cari; Alexandria, LA
Isaiah 40: 4 DRA
“Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough ways plain.”
Shannon; Bethesda, MD
“The Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.”
Luke 19:10
Heather, Mosinee WI
“May your unfailing love be my comfort according to your promise to your servant.”
Psalm 119:76
Oops… version is NIV
Heather, Mosinee WI
Natalie from Parker, Colorado “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
Heather Brooks Arlington, TX
Romans 12:2 NIV
Do not conform 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.
Caitlyn from Blacksburg, VA
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. (Matthew 6:19-21 NIV)
You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NLT
Pam, wassenaar, the Netherlands
James 1:2, 3 NIV
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.”
Gretchen G. From Carthage, Missouri
“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, 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: 4-7 NIV
Patsi, Oklahoma City, Is. 55:8&9 (NLT) “My thoughts are completely different from yours,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you can imagine. (9) For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.”
Traci
Frankfort, KY
“You crown the year with Your goodness, And Your paths drip with abundance.”
Psalm 65:11 (NKJV)
Glenda from Albuquerque, NM
I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them. Isaiah 42:16 NIV
Amy Blanton, Henderson, TX
Job 33:26-28 NIV
“Then that person can pray to God and find favor with him,they will see God’s face and shout for joy;
he will restore them to full well-being.
And they will go to others and say,
I have sinned, I have perverted what is right,
but I did not get what I deserved.
God has delivered me from going down to the pit,
and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.”
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the Lion’s mouth. 2 Timothy 4:22 ESV
Marsha Westfield,In: For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.” Romans 8:14 NLT
Portia, San Diego
Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)
“So 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.”
So Excited!!!!
Stephanie Jo
Corvallis OR
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.
Deuteronomy 6:5 NIV
Elvira, Grande Prairie, AB, Canada
Psalm 65:11 NIV
“You crown the year with your bounty,
and your carts overflow with abundance.”
Was this one missed?
Isaiah 54:10 Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed, says the Lord who has compassion on you.
Christine B, Stephens City
But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your side. Numbers 33:55 NIV
Catherine ~ Grants Pass, OR
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,” Hebrews 12:1 NIV
Catherine ~ Grants Pass, OR
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,” Hebrews 12:1 NIV
25 ‘Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,
29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you (Matthew 6 : 25-33 – ESV)
Shawna in Virginia, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.” Proverbs 9:10 ESV
Cindy S., Largo Florida. “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. Lamentations” 3:22-23 NIV
Andrea from Brush Creek, TN: For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. Colossians 1:9-12, NIV
Mary from Houston, TX
Job 19:25 (NIV)
I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth.
Lori Atkeisson Grapevine, Texas
Psalm 31:19-22 MSG
What a stack of blessing you have piled up for those who worship you, Ready and waiting for all who run to you to escape an unkind world. You hide them safely away from the opposition. As you slam the door on those oily, mocking faces, you silence the poisonous gossip. Blessed God ! His love is the wonder of the world. Trapped by a siege, I panicked. “Out of sight, out of mind,” I said. But you heard me say it, you heard and listened.
Shannon, Birmingham, AL
Titus 3:4-5 NLT
When God our Savior revealed His kindness and love, He saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.
Kaitlin from Houston, Texas
25 ‘Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,
29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you (Matthew 6 : 25-33 – ESV)
Kristi Webb. Scottsdale, AZ
Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands. (Psalm 63:3, 4 NIV)
Sharon from Lincoln Park, MI
I will give you a new heart and put a new Spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36:26 NIV 84
Adrienne, Glen Spey, NY
“You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 NLT
Emily from Boise, ID
8 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 entrust my life.
Psalm 143:8
Peggy Fletcher, Berwyn,AB
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it , and it will be yours.
Mark 11:24 NIV
Amy from State College, Pa~
1 Corinthians 3:16 The Message
You realize, don’t you, that you are the temple of God, and God himself is present in you?
Olga, Lilburn, GA
“Indeed, none of those who wait for You will be ashamed;
Those who deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed.” Psalm 25:3 (NASB)
Heather, Lufkin, TX
“For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return.”
Phil 1:10, NLT
Michelle from Bedford, TX
“I prayed to the Lord, and He answered me, freeing me from all my fears.” Psalm 34:4, NLT
Jessica from Lancaster, SC… “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
Amanda Rosen
Covington, KY
Psalm 127:2 CJB
In vain do you get up early and put off going to bed, working hard to earn a living; for he provides for his beloved, even when they sleep.
DO YOU NOI KNOW THAT YOUR BODY IS A TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,WHO IS IN YOU,WHOM YOU HAVE RECEIVED FROM GOD? YOU ARE NOT YOUR OWN,YOU WERE BOUGHT AT A PRICE. HONOR GOD WITH YOUR BODY.
LIFE APPLICATION BIBLE
1 CORINTHIANS 6:19,20
SANDRA FROM TEXARKANA
Kathy, Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10 NIV
Lisa, Mauldin,
Then you will call on 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: 12-13 (NIV)
Kathy
Woodway Tx
You crown the year with Your bounty and Your carts overflow with abundance.
Psalm 65:11 NIV