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
Chelsea- Fayetteville, Ga
“so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.” (Colossians 1:10 ESV)
Michelle from Louisville, KY
Walking in the way of your truth, we wait eagerly for you, for your name and your renown are the desire of our souls.
Isaiah 26:8
The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes. Psalm 19:8 Krista Chacko, Chicago, IL
Molly from Santa Paula, California
“Gold there is, and rubies in abundance, but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.” Proverbs 20:15 (NIV)
Carol and A.(12), Virginia, “Their children will be mighty in the land, the generation of the upright will be blessed.” Psalm 112:2 (NIV)
Megan, Westmont, IL
“Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.”
Psalm 105:4 NIV
Denver CO
If I abide in you,
and My Word abides in you,
you will ask what you desire
and it will be done for you.
John 15:7
Suzy Myers
Bay Springs, MS
“But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.” 2 Thessalonians 3:3 NIV
Jenny from Fort Worth, TX
Psalm 37:5 (Amplified Version)
Commit your way to the Lord [Roll and Repose each care of your load on Him]; Trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident] also in Him and He will bring it to pass.
Come let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. Psalm 95: 1-2, NIV
“Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning,
For in You do I trust;
Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
For I lift up my soul to You.”
Psalm 143:8 NKJV
Lindsey Pruitt, Philadelphia PA
“Do not fear, for I am with you;
Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, surely I will help you,
Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”
Isaiah 41:10 NASB
Siesta newbie! 🙂
Michele ~ Kenosha, WI
I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I wil remember your wonder of old. I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds.
Psalm 77:11-12 ESV
Melissa Stauffer, Centreville, Michigan
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Romans 5:1-2 (NIV)
Betsy, San Diego, CA
If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. James 1:5 New Living Translation
Lisa Thompson,
Richmond, BC
Psalm 36:5
Amplified Bible
“Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, extend to the skies, and Your faithfulness to the clouds.”
(He answered our prayer and provided a van for us today! Praise His Name!)
Heather, Macon GA
“Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him.”
Psalm 62:5 NIV
Liz from Costa Mesa, CA
Luke 1:37 “For nothing will be impossible with God.” NASB
Becky Callon
Yelm
She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.
Proverbs 3:15
NIV
Bergheim, TX
“I am leaving you with a gift-peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.” John 14:27 NLT
So prepare your minds for service and have self control. All your hope should be for the gift of grace that will be yours when Jesus Christ is shown to you. 1 Peter 1:13
Angela from Florence, SC
Psalm 65:11 NKJV
“You crown the year with Your goodness, and Your paths drip with abundance”
Revelation 4:11 NIV
You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will were created and have their being.
Edwardsville, IL
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1
1984 NIV
Gerrie, Roeland Park, KS
1 Corinthians 13:12
Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. NIV 84
Valerie. Breezy Point, MN.
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. Romans 15:13. NIV
Amanda
Derby, KS
Jeremiah 29:11-12 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. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me and I will listen to you.
Gina from Ruston, LA. Deuteronomy 6:5(NIV)Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past. Behold, I will do something new, now it will spring forth; will you not be aware of it?
Isaiah 43:18-19
Santa Clarita, CA Romans 8:1, Therefor, there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Jana H. ~ Piedmont, OK
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
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Or, as it speaks to me in this season, “The Lord will be with [my daughter] wherever [she] may go.” Joshua 1:9
Annalee, Houston
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.” Colossians 3:15 NIV
Christina in Hazelwood
“Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.” Proverbs 15:22 NIV
Rebecca from New Orleans, LA
James 1:5 (NIV)
If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to.
REST… Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Mt 11:28
Carrie Burke from Santa Rosa Beach, FL
Psalm 139: 23-24 NIV
“Search me, 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.”
Sarah – Brighton, MI
Psalm 65:11 NIV
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.
Oakdale, MN
Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV
Forget the former things; do not dwell in the past. 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.
Melissa
Waco, TX
The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.”
Zephaniah 3:17
NIV84
A merry heart does good like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones. Prov 17:22 NIV
Proverbs 17:22 NKJV
Kirsten – Beulah, MI.
HCSB (2009)
Psalm 63:8
I follow close to You;
Your right hand holds on to me.
Susan; Jonesboro, Arkansas
When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it.”
Genesis 28:16 NIV
Deanna Padilla; Frisco,TX
Mark 1:17
“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
Lori; Centralia, WA
“Oh, that we might know the Lord! Let us press on to know Him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring.”
Hosea 6:3 (NLT)
Mallory Bayles. Lawrence, KS.
Isaiah 30:15 (ESV)
“For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel,
‘In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”
Here we go 2013!
Jamy P. Southlake TX
Deuteronomy 6:6-7 NIV
“These commandments that I give you today are to be placed upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home,and when you walk along the road. When you lie down and when you get up.”
Gwen, OKC, Eph 6:10-12, NASB Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Laura Beth, Jackson, MS
“But I trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me.”
Psalm 13:5, NLT