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
Lakecia Harris
Montgomery,Alabama
Ecclesiastes 11:6,NIV
Sow your seed in the morning and at evening let your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well
Nancy Beda from Boardman,OH
Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing,and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2 HCSB
Rebecca Mcallister, San Luis obispo, Ca
James 1:2-4 (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. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
Who is like your children, O God, a people saved by the Lord? You are my shield, helper and glorious sword. My enemies shall submit to me, and I shall trample down his high places. Deut 33:29 – NIV in personalized prayer form
I forgot to add – Michelle Wilson from Boynton Beach, FL
Melanie from Fort Gaines, Georgia: “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.” Romans 12:2 NLT
Marcia Jordon; Fulton, MO
“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.”
Joan from Springield, VA
People, always put your trust in God!
Tell him all your problems.
God is our place of safety. Selah
Psalm 62:8 ERV
Mary from Appleton, Wisconsin
“In the morning, O LORD, You will hear my voice; in the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch” Psalm 5:3 NASB
(Matthew 5:15-16 ESV)
Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
Elizabeth- Northport, AL
“You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 NIV
Deb Volkman; Archbold, OH
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (ESV)
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”
Shelley Hodges; Frisco, TX
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.
Colossians 3:12 (Message)
Kristi Brokaw, Abilene, TX: “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” James 1:27 NIV
Kristin from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
“Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Romans 12:11-12 NIV
Bronwyn from Maricopa, Arizona. “I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.” Psalm 119:15 NIV
Krystal – Irving, Tx
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8:1-2 (NIV)
Mary, North Richland Hills, TX.
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. (NIV)
Ruby from Houston
Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
For 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 is singing a song over you
Jeanette, Mansfield, Texas – “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives, and freedom to prisoners; to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn. ” Isaiah 61:1-2, NASB
Cindy
Madrid, Spain
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
Ma King, Colleyville, Texas
Mark 11:24 (Amplified)
For this reason I am telling you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe (trust and be confident) that it is granted to you, and you will [get it].
Denise Vernon, Toledo,Consider it pur joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, James 1:2 niv
Luke 1:47 And Mary said, My soul magnifies the lord. ESV
Anne, Cupertino, CA
āThe LORD is my light and my salvation ā whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my lifeāof whom shall I be afraid?ā Psalm 27:1 NIV
….whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there be any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy-meditate on these things. Phil 4:8 NKJV
Sherry, Thomasville, “My help cometh from the Lord who made heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:2 King James Version
2nd Timothy 1:7, ESV
“For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.”
Judy Heindl,Cottageville, WV “I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,” Eph. 4:1 KJV
Tabaitha Kaye: Katy, Tx
Psalm 119:1(ESV)
“Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!
Deedi Phillips from Kodak, TN, That is why the Lord say, turn to me now, while there is time. Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Joel 2:12
Tracy from Marion, IL
Colossians 3:23 (NIV)
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,”
Cindy, Clarksville, TN: My voice you shall hear in the morning, O Lord. In the morning I will direct it to you. And I will look up. Psalm 5:3 NKJ
Laurie from Denton, TX
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.”
Matthew 12:30 NIV
Deedi Phillips from Kodak, TN, That is why the Lord says, turn to me now, while there is time. Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Joel 2:12
NLT
Gail, Ft. Worth TX
Trust in him at all times, O people;
Pour out your heart before him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah
Ps 62:8, ESV
Corrie, Burlington Washington
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
Dyann Powell Denver, CO
Do everything without complaining or arguing so that you may become blameless and pure children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe.
Philippians 2:14-15 NIV
Mary Anne, Manvel, Tx.
Proverbs 19:11 New Life Version
A (wo)man’s understanding makes him(her) slow to anger. It is his(her) honor to forgive and forget a wrong done to him(her).
Sarah from Newark DE
Jeremiah 29:11 “I know what Iām doing. I have it all planned out- plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.” MSG version
Bonnie Wallace, Charleston SC
“Wisdom is more valuable than jewels; nothing you could want can compare with it.” Proverbs 3:15 GNT
Joyce; Salado,TX
Isaiah 41:10 NIV
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will stregthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my rightous right hand.”
June from Coarsegold, CA
He (she) will have no fear of bad news; his (her) heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord. Psalm 112:7 NIV
Shirley Barry, Mooresville, NC
Acts 17:28
28 āFor in him we live and move and have our being. As some of your own poets have said, āWe are his offspring. Translation: NIV
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected thee from being king.
I Samuel 15:23 (KJV)
Jennifer; Chattanooga,TN
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Jan from Olney, Texas “But you will not leave in haste or go in flight;
for the Lord will go before you, the God of Israel will
be your rear guard.”
Isaiah 52:12
NIV
Terri from Mt. Holly, NC I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come? My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1-2
NASB
Kelly from Tulsa, Oklahoma
“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirableāif anything is excellent or praiseworthyāthink about such things.” Phillipians 4:8 NIV
Jodi Hough, Howe, TX
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again–rejoice! New Living Translation