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
Audra, San Tan Valley AZ
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world. John 16:33 ESV
A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.
Proverbs 31:10 NIV
Kelsey, Richardson, TX
I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Psalm 34:4. NIV
Proverbs 10:16 (KJV)
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
Stacy Bishop, Magee,Ms….Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law. Psalm 119:18 NIV
Tracey from Alabama. “Better a handful with quietness than both hands full, together will toil and grasping for the wind.” Ecclesiastes 4:6 NKJV
Imogene,Austin,TX
Romans 15:7 NIV
Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God
Maribeth, Jackson, MS
And my God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19 NIV
Raina Howard from Atlanta, GA
James 1:5-6 (NIV 1984)
“If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.”
Woohooo! So excited!
Shari from Long Beach, California. “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrews 4:16 NKJV
Darlene, Mt. Airy, MD. And my soul shall rejoice in The Lord; It shall exult in His salvation. All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like You, Who delivers the afflicted from him who is too strong for him, And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?” Psalm 35: 9-10. NASB
Amber from Longview, TX
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.
Psalm 65:11 NIV
Maria Schatz, Thompson’s Station (TN). “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.” 1 John 4:7/NIV
Jenny from Cheney Washington
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Cindy Ramirez from Lakewood, Washington. “She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed; Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all. Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate” Proverbs 31: 25-31 NIV
Katie from San Antonio, TX
‘Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.’
James 1:17 NIV84
āBut the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.ā 2 Thessalonians 3:3 ESV
Mei, Easley SC
What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, discovered in this matter? If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast aboutābut not before God. Romans 4:1-2
Jan from Monroe, Louisiana: “We can make our plans, but The Lord determines our steps.” Proverbs 16.9 NLT
Charlotte, Easley SC:
Come to terms with God and be at peace; in this way good will come to you. Job 22:21 HCSB
Melissa, Easley SC
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, Romans 5:1 NIV
Michelle De Leon from San Antonio, TX
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6 NIV
Amy, Hood River, Oregon “what the righteous desire will be granted.” Proverbs 10:24, NIV
Sally from St. Paul, MN, You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Kelly from Hollidaysburg, PA. “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
Deborah, Waco Texas,
“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom”
Psalm 90:12 NIV
Romans 12:18 (NIV)
“If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at PEACE with everyone.”
Kimberly
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Deuteronomy 30:19b-20
“Now choose life so that you and your children may live and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to HIS voice, and hold fast to Him. For the Lord is your life, and He will give you many years in the land He swore to give your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Tanya, Rapid City, SD – “See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.” – Isaiah 49:16 NIV
Teresa; Flower Mound, TX
Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation. (Romans 12:16) (NASB)
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,Ephesians 3:20 Niv
Leslie Jordan
Rochester, MN
Ezekiel 36:24-28 NIV
For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Then you will live in the land I gave your ancestors; you will be my people, and I will be your God.
Kari, Sikeston, MO
Philippians 3:13 ESV
Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
Michelle, Fort Belvoir, VA
“For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.” Psalm 30:5 ESV
Judy from Foster City, CA
” For I know the plans that 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 29:11-12
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.
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV).
judy
I forgot to add…….Judy, Centerville, Ohio
April, Lake Charles, LA
“Fear not, daughter of Zion, behold your King is coming sitting on a donkey’s colt!” ~John 12:15 (ESV)
You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance. Psalms 65:11 NIV
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. (Ezekiel 36:26 NIV) -Andrea from Greeley, CO
Kaci from Moultrie, GA
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 HCSB
Jennie from Long Creek Oregon, “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 84
Stacey- New Orleans
*John14:15
If you love me keep my commands
Nlv
Julia, Whidbey Island, WA: “So weāre not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace.” 2Cor 4:16 MSG
Olivia from Puyallup, WA
Commit your way to the Lord, trust in him, and He will act.
Psalm 37:5 ESV
Jennifer; Kailua, HI:
You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek You; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and patched land where there is no water. Psalm 63:1 NIV
Jill Navarro, Chesterton, IN
Luke 12:34
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. ESV
Lisa Christopher, Olympia, WA
Psalm 19:1 NIV
“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.”
And so, dear brothers and sisters,[a] I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrificeāthe kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Romans 12:1 New Living Translation
Charyse, Albany, OR, “I sought the Lord and He answered me and delivered me from all my fears.” ~Psalm 34:4~ HCSB