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
Kate
Wilkes, NC
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
1 Tim 3:16-17
Amy S.
Lawrenceville, GA
Lamentations 2:19b NIV
Pour our your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children.
Diane Watt, Harker Heights, TX. “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” Proverbs 4:23 NIV
Meagan Turner, Bedford, TX
Let us then approach Godās throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews 4:16 KJV
Isaiah 41:10
New International Version (NIV)
10Ā So do not fear, for I am with you;
Ā Ā Ā Ā do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
Ā Ā Ā Ā I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Christa, Gilbert, AZ
Romans 12:12 NIV
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”
Jenny – Brighton CO – You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Jenn Carroll; Ramstein, Germany
Romans 12:9-10 (NIV84)
“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.”
Marcia from Austin…And be you kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake has forgiven you. Eph. 4:32 KJV Expositors
Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Ps 62:8 HCSB
Susan, Lake Oswego, OR
John 4:14 (TNIV) “But those who drink the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
Teri Smith, Gadsden, AL
…acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the motive behind the thoughts…
I Chron 28:9 NIV
Neila from Cincinnati Ohio; So now finish the work you started. Then your “doing will be equal to you “wanting to do”. Give from what you have. 2 Corinthians 8:11 NIV
Trisha, Midland, TX
Isaiah 61:1-4
“The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion–
to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,
the oil of joy instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of His splendor.”
May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, (Romans 15:5 ESV)
Erin Williams, Edmond, OK
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
You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremial 29:13 ESV
Susan From Birmingham AL
Psalm 19:14 (NASB)
“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.”
Jennifer, Chattanooga, TN
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me.
Psalm 51:10, ESV
Dayna Poppen, West Monroe, LA, Deuteronomy 31:8, The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you, Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, NIV
Heather, Auburn, AL “…as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or death.” Philippians 1:20 ESV
When I am afraid I put my trust in you
Psalm 56:3 ESV
Allie from Memphis, TN. Colossians 3:12, “Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience…” ESV
Lisa Pritchett
Hiram, GA
“Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.”
Psalm 84:10 NIV
Denise, Davis, Il This is my third year and I hope that i will have the funfs to make it to the celebration at the end. I sooo need it!
“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds.”
James1:2 ESV
Carol, Farmers Branch, TX
“The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”
Zephaniah 3:17, NIV
NIV Psm 119:10-11: I seek you with all my heart, do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
Jean, Midland TX
Hebrews 10:39 niv
But we do not being to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved
Brooke; Pensacola, FL
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
Sarah Bell; Mossy Head, FL
Psalm 65:11 (NIV)
“You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.”
“And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.” Phil 4:19 NIV
Rene Munyon, College Station, TX
is following Connie from Fort Mill, SC,:
“She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs with no fear of the future.”
Prov 31:25 NLT
Cait, Hamilton, ON Canada
“Above all, keep loving each other earnestly, since loves covers a multitude of sins.” 1 Peter 4:8 ESV
Sara H., Arkadelphia, AR.
Protect me, oh God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” Psalms 16:1-2 (NRSV)
Dawn Brewer – Ridgeville, SC
Romans 12:12 (ESV)
“Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.”
Kelly from Westfield, NJ, “…I am doing a great work and I can’t come down…” Nehemiah 6:3 MSG
Angie B. Hartland, WI
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.”
Joy – Dayton, WY – “All your children shall be taught by The LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children.”
Isaiah 54:13
Kem, Memphis, TN
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your holy spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
Psalm 51:10-12 NIV
Laura – Newnan, GA
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.
Romans 12:2 NIV
Numbers 6:24-26
The Lord bless you and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace. NKJV
Denise D, Charleston, SC
“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of my mouth but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that may benefit those who listen” Ephesians 4:29 NIV
Could not find my post from yesterday.. So here goes again.
“17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NASB)
Laney from Tulsa, OK
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
Isaiah 43:19 NIV
Trudy from Katy Tx.
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
Isaiah 43:19 NIV
Gina- Cumming, GA
“Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.”
Joshua 1:8 NIV 2011
Julie, Houston. “You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11NIV
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Duet. 6:5. KJV
“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 NIV
Staci, Bismarck, ND “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.”(NIV)
Patti from Mission Viejo, 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. Then you will call upon 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 29:11-13 NIV