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
Cheri from El Dorado, CA “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” Deuteronomy 6:5 NIV84
Jonda, Alexandria, VA. James, a servantg of God and of the Lord jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and omplete, lacking nothing. James 1: 1-4 ESV
Kim from Plano, TX
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
Caroline Reid, Greenville, SC
Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Roz from Hiram, GA
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
But fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:7, NKJV
KJV- Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. Pslans 141:3
Janet from Port Orange, FL
(Jesus says)”My sheep listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me.” (John 10:27)TNIV
Ps 56:3 niv When I am afraid, I will trust in you.
sacramento , ca
Susan, Charleston, SC
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Tracie J. from Taylorville, Il.
“You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 NIV
Bethany from Muskegon, MI
“Be patient, then brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains.” James 5:7 NIV
Heather Railey – Cypress,Texas
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”
Philippians 4:13 (NKJV)
Christy Hedgecock, Tulsa
Psalm 23:1-2 ESV
The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures
& leads me beside stil waters.
Peggy, Wauseon, Ohio. You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Angelica Birmingham, AL
Jeremiah 29:11
New International Version (NIV)
11 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.”
Shelly
Rochester, MN
The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.
Numbers 6:24-26 NIV
Molly from Oak Park, Illinois. Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxieties on him because he cares for you. Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around lie a roaring lion looking for smoeone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. 1 Peter 5:6-9 NIV
Marci, Kent,OH
Psalm 28:7 NIV
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.
Gina from Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Seek the Lord and His strength;
Seek His face continually. Psalm 105:4 NASB
Leigh Gray Carmi, Il.
Psalm 121:1 NIV
I look up to the mountains;
does my strength come from mountains?
Teri, Wellington, Ks. “Now then,” said Joshua, “throw away the foreign gods that are among you and yield your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.” Joshua 24:23 NIV
Nicole Kinzler Little Rock, Arkansas
Finally, Brother, Whatever is true, Whatever is honorable, whatever is just, Whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Philippians 4:8
ESV
Christi, Johns Creek, GA: The sun shall be no more your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give you light; but the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. Isaiah 60:19 (ESV)
“Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.” Proverbs 4:23 NLT
Cindy Wolf, Morrison, MO
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
Psalm 39:1 GNT
“I will be careful about what I do and will not let my tongue make me sin.”
Amy7634, SF Bay Area
“…the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.”
Deuteronomy 1:31b (ESV)
Heather: Hempstead, Texas – So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. Galatians 6:9 NLT AMEN!
Megan, Columbia, SC
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Galatians 6:9, NIV
Traci from Chandler, Az.
From a wise mind comes wise speech; the words of the wise are persuasive. Kind words are like honey, sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.
Proverbs 16:23-24 (NLT)
Joanne, Seminole, Florida
“You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, all whose thoughts are fixed on You! Trust in the Lord always, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.” Isaiah 26:3-4
Laine; Glen Allen, VA
“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.” Philippians 3: 13-14 NIV
Mandy, Waco, TX
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things.
Philippians 4:8 NIV
tiersa reeves – tyler, tx
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom”. 2 Cor. 3:17 NIV
Tori; The Woodlands, Tx
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
“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
To loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke,
To set the oppressed free, and break every yoke?
Is it not to share your food with the hungry?
and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter?
when you see the naked, to clothe them?
and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
THEN your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear.
Then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
Then you will call, and the Lord will answer. You will cry for help, and he will say: “Here am I.”
Isaiah 58:6-9, NIV
Avery Anderson
Ada, OK
Proverbs 21:23;
“Watching what you say can save you a lot of trouble.”
Julie, Whitewater, MO
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. Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV1984)
Lynne Amos from Wray, CO: “But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.”
2 Thessalonians 3:3 ESV
Leanne
Sallis, MS
NIV
And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19
Terri from Overland Park, KS, May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit, Romas 15:13, NIV.
Lisa from Kathleen, Georgia. But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:31 NIV
Sandi
Duluth, MN
Isaiah 41:10 The Message
“Don’t panic. I’m with you.
There’s no need to fear for I’m your God.
I’ll give you strength. I’ll help you.
I’ll hold you steady, keep a firm grip on you.”
Simpsonville, SC
Psalm 91:1-2 (NLT)
Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. This I declare about the LORD: He alone is my refuge, my place of saftety;
he is my God, and I trust in him.
(Excited to join! Hope it’s not “cheating”–memorizing all of Psalm 91 for most of this year. It has “popped up” a lot lately, so thinking He wants me to pay attention!)
Maggie from Winnsborro, Texas
For I can do everything through Christ who gives me strength.
Phil 4:13 NLT
Rebekah from Winnsoboro, Texas
There is one body and one Spirit. In the same way you were called to share in one hope. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over everything, through everything, and in everything.
Eph 4:4-6 God’s Word translation
I Corinithians 6:12 NASB “All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.”
Bobbie from Ft. Worth Texas, my verse: Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do NOT KNOW. Jeremiah 33:3 NIV
Julianna Daniels, Chokio, MN
But if you favor some people over others, you are committing a sin. You are guilty of breaking the law. (James 2:9 NLT)
So needed!
The Lord is good, a stronghold in a day of trouble; he protects those who take refuge in him.
Nahum 1:7 (HCSB)