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
Camille from Ozark, Missouri
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengten you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10 NIV84
I will make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand and I will do all that I please. Isaiah 46:10 NIV
Cindy~Highlands Ranch,CO
Trust in The Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He sall direct your paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6 NKJ
Julie, Mansfield, TX But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—
1 Corithians 2:9 (ESV)
“So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
Matthew 6:34 NLT
Gretchen Sutherland, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Deuteronomy 4:29
“But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Linda – Holts Summit, MO
Psalm 63:4 NIV
I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.
Cindy Gordon from Colorado Springs, CO
You crown the year with Your bounty, and your carts overlfow with abundance. Psalms 65:11, NIV
Sacha, Midland, TX
Psalm 107:8,9 (ESV)
“Let them thank the LORD for His steadfast love, for His wondrous works to the children of man! For He satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul He fills with good things.”
Cynthia T.; Benbrook, TX
1 Cor 10:13 (ESV)
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.
Tiffany, Atlanta, Ga.
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Colossians 3:12-14
Angie ~ Orlando, FL
“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God. And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” Rom. 5:1-5, NASB
Peoria,AZ
Psalm 105:4 (NIV)
“Look to The Lord and His strength; seek His face always.”
Lisa, Mississippi
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Genesis 1:31 KJV
Karlys, La Place, LA
My son, do not forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commandments,
for length of days and years of life
and peace they will add to you.
Proverbs 3: 1 + 2 ESV
Debbie Jolley; Fuquay-Varina, NC
Philippians 3:13-14 (NIV)
“Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
Pam, Houston, TX
…and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 2:3-5 NIV84
Deneen from Sterlington, LA
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3 ESV
Christy Gore from Springdale, Arkansas
“When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight; for I bear your name, O Lord God Almighty.” Jeremiah 15:16 NIV
Joy, Caldwell, Idaho
“Give thanks in everything, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18 HCSB
Colleen ~ Scranton,PA
Psalm 147:11 (NKJV)
“The LORD takes pleasure(delight)in those who fear Him,in those who hope in His mercy.”
Karen Quinnett from Huntington Beach, CA
“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.”
—Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
Do not fear for I am with you. Do not be dismayed for I am your God. I will strenthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10 NIV
Tammy, Lawrenceville, Hebrews 12:11 NIV All disciplines for the moment seems not to be joyful, but afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.
Jackie, Mobile, Al
“Only fear the LORD and serve Him in truth with all your heart; For consider what great things He has done for you.” 1 Samuel 12:24 NASB
Rachel~Las Vegas, NV
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” 2Cor5:17ESV
“come quickly to help me, O Lord, my savior.” Ps. 38:22 NIV
Margaret Ann, Pacific Junction, IA
Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every on of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things.
Romans 2:1 ESV
Mimi from Alpharetta, GA
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 lift up my soul. Psalm 143:8 NIV
Carrie D*Boonville,IN
“Look, I am about to do something new.
Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it?
Yes, I will make a road in the desert
and paths in the wilderness.” Isaiah 43:19 NET
Sandy from Granite Bay, CA
James 4:7 NIV Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
” Come quickly to help me, O Lord, my savior.” Ps. 38:22 NIV
Isaiah 30:21
New International Version (NIV)
21 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.”
Candy from Huntsville AL
For you, O Lord, will bless the righteous; with favor. You will surround him as with a shield. Psalm 5:12
Eileen
Lompoc, California
\But it is good for me to draw near to God, I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all Thy works.
Psalm 73:28 KJ21
Candy from Huntsville, AL
Psalm 16:8 NIV
I keep my eyes always on the Lord;
with Him at my right hand, I will not be shaken!
Jennifer from Silsbee, Tx
For I know the plans I have for you” — this is the LORD’S declaration — “plans for your welfare , not for disaster , to give you a future and a hope. Jerimiah 29:11 (HCS)
Traci; Colonial Heights, VA
Joshua 1:9 (ESV)
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
Jo from Scottsville, Ky
Matt. 6:33 NIV
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
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. Isaiah 41:10 NIV
Patty, Marysville, OH
Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love. (1 Corinthians 16:13,14 NIV)
Tara from Corryton, TN
“O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;”
Psalm 63:1 KJV
Jamie, Holly Springs
Matthew 11:28-30
English Standard Version (ESV)
28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Karen from Harrison, AR
“Because your words are better than life,
My lips will glorify you.” Ps 63:3 NIV
Glenda from Sheridan, Arkansas
“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
Teresa, Grand Prairie, TX
I sought the Lord, and He answered me and delivered me from all my fears. – Psalm 34:4 HCSB
Jeny from Colorado Springs, Colorado,
One thing I ask of the LORD,
this is what I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the LORD
all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD
and to seek him in his temple.
For in the day of trouble
he will keep me safe in his dwelling;
he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle
and set me high upon a rock. Psalm 27:4-5(NIV)
So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Psalm 90:12
ESV
Mary Watkins
West Memphis, AR
Ellen, Stoughton, MA,
Habakkuk 3:19 ESV
“God, The Lord, is my Strength; He makes my feet like deers; He makes me to tread on my high (difficult) places.”
Can’t resist sharing Amplified version to clarify meaning. Promise I won’t do often.
The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds’ feet and will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] and make [spiritual] progress upon my high places [of trouble, suffering, or responsibility]! For the Chief Musician; with my stringed instruments. (Habakkuk 3:19 AMP)