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
Erica Scott; Simpsonville, SC
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Jennifer from Nashville. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways. And My thoughts than your thoughts. ” Isaiah 55:9 NASB
LindaAnn, Beechmont
Numbers 6:24-26 CSB
The Lord bless you and protect you; the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you;the Lord look with favor on you and give you peace.
Understand my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to take offense and to get angry. James 1:19 Everyday Life Bible
Charlotte Skadal, Houston, Texas
“As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.”
2 Timothy 4:5, ESV
John 1: 1-3 (NASV)
“In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being”
chosen to coincide with my 52 week study of the Bible
Michele, Canton, MI, Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.
Melissa Columbus, Ohio
Psalm 1:1-2 ESV
Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
Ann Unruh from Denver PA … And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. (2 Corinthians 9:8 NIV)
Kim, Cedar Park, Texas
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – His good, pleasing and perfect will.”
Romans 12:2 NIV
Isaiah 12:2
Surely God is my salvation. I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.
Kim Gray, Nashville, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT
Bonita, Odon, IN I ask only one thing from the Lord. This is what I want: all my life. and look with my own eyes at his Temple. Psalm 27:4 New Century Version
Krista~Gunter, Texas
“You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 NIV
Donalene Paynter Columbus, Ohio
The Lord is good, a day of stronghold in the day of of trouble; he knows those who take refudge in him. Neham 1:7
Angie Wilkinson
Prairie Village Kansas
Deuteronomy 5:32So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left. (NIV)
Michelle, Carterville IL
I love The Lord, for He heard my voice; He heard my cry for mercy. Because He turned His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.
Psalm116:1-2 NIV
Kristy from Tyler, TX
And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13 NAS
Cynthia Brentwood, TN
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your heart be troubled and do not be afraid.”
John 14:27
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
Sheila
Thetford, England
My memory verse-Jan 3,2013: “Do not fear for I am with you; do not be dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you & help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. ” Isaiah 41:10, NIV.
Apply-I’m facing surgery. Love! Dawn.
Julie Gibbs from Centennial, CO Isaiah 50:4 (NLT)”The Sovereign LORD has given me his words of wisdom, so that I know how to comfort the weary. Morning by morning he wakens me and opens my understanding to his will.”
Susan, Houma, LA
Psalm 37:3.4. NIV
Trust in The Lord and do good;
Dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
Take delight in The Lord,
And He will give you the desires of your heart.
I’m late!
Morgan; Chicago
Zechariah 2:8 ESV
For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.
Angie from Jackson, MS
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is a gift of God. Not by works so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV
Sue from Chadron, Nebraska
“He is before all things and in Him all things hold together.”
Colossians 1:17. NIV
Kelly in Houston, TX
Psalm 119:10 (NIV)
I seek you with all my heart;
do not let me stray from your commands.
NAS version. James 1:2. Consider it all joy my brother when you encounter various trials…
Kelli Corona; Watkins, CO
Philippians 3:12 (NKJV)
Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.
Niki Carroll, Shelby, NC; “Therefore do not be vague and thoughtless and foolish, but understanding and firmly grasping what the will of the Lord is.” Ephesians 5:17 (AMP)
Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you. Jeremiah 32:17 (NIV)
Lori, Acworth, Ga.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts for God. Colossians 3:16, ESV
Cindy Freda
Columbus
“Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”
I Thess. 5:16-18
KJV
Shelly Story
Wausa, Nebraska
Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy because I am holy.”
1Peter 1:13-16, 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.”
Meagan Williams, Dallas, TX
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Psalms 119:105, ESV
Tonya M from Florence, SC
Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.
Jeremiah 32:17 (NIV)
Becky – Cynthiana KY
Deuteronomy 8:3 NIV
Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
Tammie from Ferris, TX
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in the present age. Titus 2:11-12 ESV
Caroline H. — Shreveport, LA
John 5:24 (NIV)
“I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.”
Shannon Hartman, Indiana
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Becky Akana, Suwanee, GA
Since we are surrounded by such a great cloud witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles and let us run with perseverance the race that is mark out for us. Hebrews 12:2 (NIV)
Tami from Clovis, CA
John 16:33 NIV
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.
Kim from Rushville Ohio “But the counselor, the Holy Spirit , whom the Father will send in my namme, will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have said to you.” NIV
Memphis TN
Hebrews 12:28-29 ” Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let is offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.”
Bette from Danville,
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. Psalm 143:8 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.” James 1:2-3 (NIV)
Sue Bailey: Bellingham, WA
Colossians 3:17 NIV
And whatever you do,whether in word or deed,do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father thru him.
Ellisa from Tulsa, OK
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28 NIV84
Christie Chavez from Frisco, Texas, Don’t be afraid just stand back and watch the Lord rescue you today. Exodus 14:13 NLT