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
Karen Tucson, Arizona
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them,
for the Lord your God goes with you; He will never leave you or forsake you.”
Deuteronomy 31:6 NIV
“Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago,” Titus 1:1-2 (NAS)
Kate Rudasill, Grapeland, Texas (NAS)
Elaine Shutt, College Station, Texas (ESV)
Peggy from Bangor, Maine. “For I know the plans I have for you,ā declares the Lord, āplans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”. Jeremiah 29:11 NIV84
Kacee from Storrs, CT
Isaiah 55:8-9 NIV
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares The Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
“Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of Godās elect and the knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,” Titus 1:1 (NIV)
Laura Birdsong, Dallas, Texas (NIV)
Donna Busler, Lufkin, Texas (NIV)
Tiffany, Murfreesboro. TN. “Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things lett cannot see.
Hebrews 11:1 (NLT)
Psalm 89:15 NIV — Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim You, who walk in the light of Your presence, LORD.
Susan-Clinton, MS
Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has preceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.
Isaiah 64:4 NIV
Juliana
Livermore, CA
Galatians 6:9 AMP
And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint.
Laura, League City, Texas
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 NIV
Beth-Troy
Amp
Galatians 4:7
Therefore, you are no longer a slave (bond servant), but a son; and if a son
Then (it follows that you are) an heir by aid of God through Christ.
Janet-Montgomery, New York
Psalm 119:105
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. ESV
Cindy from Nevada, IA
“You thrill me, Lord, with all you have done for me! I sing for joy because of what you have done.”
Psalm 92:4 NLT
Pam, NC
Brethern, I do not count myself to have apprehended, but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead.
Philippians 3:13 NKJV
Rachelle from Gardner, KS: “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
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
Heather ~ Honolulu. sorry.
Teresa Landreth, Chadron, Nebraska
Matthew 5:16
“In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.”
NIV
Heidi from Stewartville, MN
Proverbs 30:5 (KJV)
Every word of God is pure; he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
~ memorizing scripture, thanks to Beth’s leading, has CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER! ~
Peggy
San Diego
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
Kathy, Austin
John 14:26 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. NIV
Ps 65:11 YOU crown my year with YOUR bounty and YOUR carts overflow with abundance NIV LOVE!
Lyne: Goshen, KY
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV84
April Weatherspoon
West Palm Beach
“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 complete, lacking in nothing.” James 1:2-4 ESV
Theresa Haskins, Newport News, Virginia
Psalm 62:1 “For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.” ESV
Allyson Sons; Summerville SC
“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 5:1, ESV
Pam Serpico from Elizabethtown, KY
She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs with no fear of the future.
Prov 31:25 NLT
Philipians 4:8 Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is nobel, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — Think about such things.
Aisha from Newnan Ga,
Proverbs 18:21 (MSG) words kill, words give life; they’re either poison or fruit – you choose
Alisa
Chattanooga, TN
What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31 NIV
Aimee from Houston, TX: I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. John 16:33 NIV
Melissa, Houston; You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Victoria Mclaughlin; Guy,AR
” Truly my soul silently waits for God, from Him comes my salvation. ” -Psalm 62:1
kathleen, trinity
Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart. My heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end. Psalms 119:111-112, NIV
Mary, Shreveport, LA
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. (Hebrews 11:1 NIV)
Karen, Centralia, Mo: The Lord is my shepherd. He gives me everything that I need. NIRV
Alicia Dutton, Houston, TX
2 Timothy 1:7 Life Application Study Bible
“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self discipline.”
Springdale, Arkansas
I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorius Father, may give you (me) the spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you (I) may know him better.
Ephesians 1:17
NIV
Johanna in Tampa, Florida
Because of the Lord ās great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:22, 23 NIV)
…be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.
Joshua 1:9
NIV
Jessica-Trenton, TX
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Philippians 4:6 KJV
sara mattingly, houston, tx
“but for this purpose I have raised you
up, to show you my power, so that my
name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”
exodus 9:16 ESV
Melissa from Greensboro Alabama, Then he crowns it all with green, lush pastures in the wilderness, hillsides blossom with joy. Psalms 65:11
Rainbow Study Bible
The Lord will guard your going out and coming in from this time forth and forever Psalms 121:8
Sandy, Dodge City, KS
I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you.
1 Chronicles 29:17 NIV
Allison, Greenville, SC
“Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.” Hebrews 10:23(NLT)
Alisha Lee from Lafayette Louisiana; “But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure, then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, imparital and sincere.” James 3: 17
Issa from Santa Clarita, CA
The Lord will guide you always; He will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
-Isaiah 58:11, NIV
Brooke; Mobile, AL
“You crown the year with bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 NLT
Tonja, Roanoke
For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus,
So that we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)
Tatiana from Geneva, IL
“But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked” (Luke 6:35, NIV)
Linnea (age 10); Waconia, MN
Daniel 12:3 (NIV 1984)
“Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.”