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
You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Bernice Seward; Clarkston, WA
“as it is written, ‘I have made you the father of many nations’—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.” Romans 4:17, RSV
“Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim You, who walk in the light of Your presence, LORD.”
Psalm 89:15 NIV
Taryn Owen from Corinth, TX
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28 (NIV)
Brandi-Springfield, MO
The steps of man are established by the LORD and He delights in his way. When he falls he will not be hurled headlong because the LORD is the one who holds his hand. –Psalm 37:23-24 (NASB)
Crystal, San Antonio TX,
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.
Ephesians 4:29 (NIV)
Anastasia, Cochranton, PA
But as for me, it is good to be near God.
I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge;
I will tell of all your deeds. Psalm 73:28 NIV
Angela, Denver
“So chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even- tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear love…”. Colossians 3:12-14. The Message
Sheila from New Braunfels, TX
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Kelly- Dallas TX
“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
Marcie from Pacific Grove, CA. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. Psalm 100:5 NIV
Colleen, Oceanside, CA
1 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. 2 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 12:1-2, NIV
Elizabeth; Fayetteville, AR
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
Isaiah 26:3, NLT
All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17 NLT)
Claire Porter, Orangeburg, SC
NIV – Psalm 27:13-14
“I am confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.”
melanie hylok
edina, mn
hebrews 4:12
God’s word is living and active.
sharper than any two edged sword. niv
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 139:23-24 NIV
Glennell Strawn; Buda, Tx.
John 15:5 (NAS)
I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.
“But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name will teach you all the things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.” John 14:26 NIV
Kate Miller, Carmel, IN
Lamentations 3:19-24, NIV84
19 I remember my affliction and my wandering,
the bitterness and the gall.
20 I well remember them,
and my soul is downcast within me.
21 Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:
22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.”
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Proverbs 31:30, NIV
Carolyn McClellanville, SC
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Proverbs 31:30, NIV
Lori from Port Arthur, TX…
“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13 (NIV)
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 29:10 NIV
Nichole
Alvin, Texas
“Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house, and your sons like olive shoots around your table.”
Psalm 128:3-4
KJV
Denise, Ocean Springs,MS
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning,
O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. Psalm 5:3 KJV
Laura Spurlock; Mapleton, IL
Prov 31:25 “She is clothed with strength and digninty, and she laughs with no fear of the future.”
Deirdre, Suwanee, GA.
The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy. Psalm 126:3 NIV
Elizabeth in CA
“The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth” Psalm 145:18, NIV
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. John 1:17
Psalm 37:4-7 NIV
“Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, and justice of your cause like the noonday sun.
Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;”
Shayne Welch; Seymour, TN
“Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary. So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith.”
Galatians 6: 9-10 (NASB)
Lisa Fountain Valley, CA
Psalm 0:1 NIV
“I will give thanks to You Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
Lori Hillegas, Floyds Knobs, IN
Hear my voice when I call, O LORD; be merciful to me and answer me. My heart says of you, “Seek His face!” Your face, LORD, I will seek. Psalm 27:7-8 NIV
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”
James 1:22
Shannon Brown – Allen, TX
James 1:19
“Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry” NIV
Staci
Corona, CA
Proverbs 3:7-8 (esv)
Be not wise in your own eyes
Fear the Lord and turn away from evil
It will be healing to your flesh
And refreshment to your bones
Kym, Morrison
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul & with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment.
Matthew 22:37-38, NKJV
Becky Stephens; Morganton, NC
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.”
Lori L from Montrose, CO
“Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
NIV
Haley Tryon
Sweet Valley, PA
Oops…
2 Chronicles 7:14, NIV
“…if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
Romans 8:11 NLT And if the same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies by His Spirit who lives in you.
Lindsay from Ellsworth, Maine
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1 NIV
Aubi from Fort Worth, TX
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.” Isaiah 43:1b-3a (ESV)
Donna from Atlanta, GA
“Because you are my help, I sing in the shadows of your wings. My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.”
Psalm 63:7-8 NIV
Jill Day, Campbellsville, KY
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.”
Colossians 3:12, NIV
Lori Feeler from Odessa, TX
Lamentations 3:23 (NIV)
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
Brandie, Kearney NE:
“For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: ‘In returning [to Me] and resting [in Me] you shall be saved; in quietness and in [trusting] confidence shall be your strength.'” Isaiah 30:15 AMP
Julie, Chesterland, OH(Internet issues ~ sorry)
Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him.
Psalm 37:7a (ESV)
Katie Cincinnati, Ohio
But the Advocate, 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)
Renay from Cleburne, TX
“If you can?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for him who believes.” Mark 9:23 (NIV)