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
Manon, Pebble Beach, says “The God who made the Word and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. From one man he made all of the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. For in him we live and move and have our being. As some of your own poems have said, “we are his offspring. “Acts 17:24-28
Jennifer from York, NE
“Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?” Romans 6:16 (NKJV)
Lindsay Dryer from Ozark, Missouri
“I will always show you where to go. I’ll give you a full life in the emptiest of places — firm muscles, strong bones. You’ll be like a well-watered garden, a gurgling spring that never runs dry.” | Isaiah 58:11 MSG
Sharon
Florence, SC
Proverbs 17:17 (The Message)
Friends love through all kinds of weather,
and families stick together in all kinds of trouble.
Debbie from Westerville, OH
Romans 8: 28 RSV ” We know that in everything God works for good with those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.”
Syneva from Topeka, Kansas; 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
Lorel, Tomball, TX
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”
2 Corinthians 5:17. NIV. Yay for newness!
Ashley from Olive Branch, MS “Commit your actions to The Lord, and your plans will succeed.” Proverbs 16:3 NLT
Brandy H ; Lebanon, Ohio
” My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. ”
James 1:19-20 NIV
Vickie C, Baytown, TX
But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one. 2 Thessalonians 3:3 ESV
Robin Stangland, Snohomish, WA
John 15:9 NIV “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.
Erin from Newnan, GA. 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 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.
Romans 12:2 NIV
Kristine from Ontario, Canada.
“We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!” I Cor 13:12 The Message
Flynn from rancho Santa fe, ca.
Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in you. Psalm 56:3 NKJ
Gail, McDonough, Ga
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let you 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
Amber, Encinitas CA ” 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
Pam from Columbus, GA. 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 14:26NIV
Sherilyn from Warsaw, IN
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV84
Shelley Thiess; Shalimar, Florida
2 Corinthians 10:5 (NIV)
“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”
Michelle from Colorado Springs
Colossians 3:17 “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of The Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” NIV
Shan; New Richmond, WI
Don’t worry about tomorrow. It will take care of itself. You have enough to worry about today.
Matthew 6:24 (CEV)
Brenda Scott Frisco, TX John 15:7 NIV “If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you.”
Cathy from Mountain Grove, Missouri “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. Romans 12:1 NiV
Carol from Chester, Ca. “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may also abound in hope.” Rom. 15:13, ESV
But 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 9 :11
Cindy from Hampstead,
“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10,NKJV
Roxy, Columbia, Md
Luke 12:34 (NIV)
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Melissa Teakell
Romans 12:1 ESV
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Wichita, KS
Patti G from La Porte, Texas, “In yo, Lord my GOd, I put my trust” Psalm 25: 1 (NIV)
correction since I don’t want to blaspheme 🙂
Patti G from La Porte, Texas, “In YOU, LORD MY GOD,
I put my trust.” Psalm 25:1 (NIV)
Lisa
Van Buren, AR
I run in the path of Your commands, for you have set my heart free.
Psalm 119:32
(NIV)
Chelsey Green, Troy, MI
“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.” Hebrews 10:23 NIV
Tricia from Indianapolis,IN
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:6-7 NIV
Psalm 97:1
The Lord reigns, Let the earth be glad.
Let the distant shores rejoice.
Psalm 97:1 NIV
The Lord reighns, let the earth be glad;
let the distant shores rejoice.
Joy, Lubbock, TX
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Romans 12:12 NIV
Patty-London Ky The Spirit of the Lord is on me, Because he has anoinited me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. Luke 4:18-19 NIV
Jennifer from Round Rock, TX
1 John 2:15, NLT
Stop loving this evil world and all that it offers you, for when you love the world, you show that you do not have the love of the Father in you.
Alexis, houston, texas “many are the woes of the wicked, but the Lord’s unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts in him. Psalm 32:10 NIV
Patti-Ft. Worth, TX
Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV84)
“The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.”
Kim from Panama City, Florida ~ You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13 NASB
Dora from Houston, TX: I prayed to the Lord, and He answered me, freeing me from all my fears.
Psalm 34:4 (NLT)
Janet of Grand Prairie, Texas
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere.
James 3:17 NLT
Christen, Denver CO
“… I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness. I will build you up again and you, Virgin Israel, will be rebuilt.”
Jeremiah 31:3-4 NIV
Paula from Conway,South Carolina “The Lord bless you and keep you;the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26 (NIV)
Carole, from Wanamingo, MN. “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spriitual blessing in Christ.” Eph. 1:3, NIV.
Philippians 4:6,7(NKJV)Be anxious for nothing, 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 minds through Christ Jesus.
Johanna, Forsyth, MT
1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But wehn you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you stand up under it.
Valerie Lewis from Park City, KY —
Psalms 65:11(NKJV) – You crown the year with Your goodness, And Your paths drip with abundance.
Virginia B. Longmont, CO
“For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile. This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say, “It is through faith that a righteous person has life.” Romans 1:16, 17 NLT
Stephanie R., Hines, OR
May he grant you your hearts desire and fulfill all your plans! Psalm 20: 4 ESV