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
Linda, Plano, TX
May the God of hope fill you with 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
Page from Tucson, az
Isiah 43:2 NIV
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you,
And when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you,
When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned,
The flames will not set you ablaze.
Christy. Terrell tx
Withhold not good from them to who it is due, when it is
In the power of thine hand to do it. Proverbs 3:27 KJV
Johnette ~ Littleton, CO
“A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter: he that has found one has found a treasure.”
Sirach 6:14 RSV
Heather Lloyd, Newnan, Ga
Isaiah 50:7 (NASB)
” For the Lord God helps me, therefore, I am not disgraced; therefore I have set my face like flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.”
Psalm 61:3 ESV For you have been my refuge,a strong tower against the enemy.
Hayley; Seymour, TX
James 3:1-2 (NET)
“Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly. For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.”
Meg from Shelbyville, KY.
Psalm 37:3-4 (NIV): Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Delight yourself in the LORD and He will give you the desires of your heart.
MaryD, Charlotte
You crown the year with your bounty;
your wagon tracks overflow with abundance.
(Psalm 65:11 ESV)
Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. Deut. 6:4-5. ESV
Catherine Hunter, Mobile, AL
The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” Exodus 33:14, NIV
Susan from Fort Worth, Texas.
“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.” 1Corinthians 6:19 NIV
Mandi Rouse, Auburn, AL
“The Lord rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.” 2 Timothy 4:18 NIV
Karen, Orillia ON. “I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.” Psalm 119:11 (KJV)
Tammy H. Kingsland, GA 11 For I know the pland that Ihave for you, declares the Lord,’plands for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. 12then you will call upon me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. Jeremiah 29:11-12. NISB
A Cord of Three Strands Karen, Cheryl, Christy
Jay, OK
You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.
Psalm 65:11 NIV
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” Romans 12:2 (ESV)
Jamie from League City Texas,
If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
I Cor. 13:1 NLT
Kerry from Houston, TX
Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
Eph. 3:20,21 NASB
Susan Knowles from Bradenton, FL
“But watch out! Be very careful never to forget what you have seen the LORD do for you. Do not let these things escape from your mind as long as you live! And be sure to pass them on to your children and grandchildren.”
Deuteronomy 4:9 NLT
Becky Rivers, Warrior, AL
“Therefore if anyone be in Christ, he is a new creation; Old things have passed away, Behold all things have become new!” NKJV
Ooops 2 Corinthians 5:17
( I knew I would mess up 🙁
Johanna; Montgomery, AL
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Psalm 19:14 (NKJV)
Laurel from League City Texas,
Suppose I speak in the languages of human beings and of angels. If I don’t have love, I am only a loud gong or a noisy cymbal.
1 Cor 13:1 NIRV
Dana in Pasadena, Maryland: And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” (Revelation 21:5 ESV)
KariAnn; Houston, TX
Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
“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.
Stacey, Sugar Land, TX:
“As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.” Colossians 3:12 NRSV
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 NIV
Do not conform any longer 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 – His good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12: 2-3 NIV
Jen Indianapolis. Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night. So that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Joshua 1:8 NIV
Jen Terzo, SLC. Ut
Do not be anxious about anything but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known to God.
Philippians 4:6 NKJV
Cathy, San Bernardino, CA
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases His mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23(ESV)
Melissa Walch from Carrollton, Texas. Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you. Psalm 84:4 NIV
Pam from Apple Valley, MN
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 NIV
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
Hebrews 11:8 (NIV)
…as I too have traveled to a place I have never known before…
Isaiah 40:31
Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired. They will walk and not get weary.
New American Standard Bible
Fishers, Indiana
Psalm 73:23-24. NIV. Yet I am always with you, you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory. And earth has nothing I desire
Lisa from Charleston, West Virginia
The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace. Numbers 6:24-26 NIV
Romans 8:38
Fishers, Indiana
New Living Translation
And I am convinced that nothing can ever seperate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demans, neither our fears for today nor our worries about omorrow-not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.
Shannon Velasquez, Fort Collins, CO
You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance. -Psalm 65:11 (NLT)
Michelle, Fort Worth, TX
This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 ESV
Faith, Murfreesboro, TN
“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, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen.” Ephesians 3:20-21 (NIV)
Bonnie Northen, Manakin Sabot, VA
1 Samuel 3:18 HCSB
He is the Lord. He will do what he thinks is good.
Committed to this truth no matter what.
Sorry…I am posting this again. It has been about 36 hours and I haven’t seen my post yet. Hope this is ok!
Michelle, Clanton, AL
Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky. Phillippians 2:14-15 NIV
Shawn, Rapid City, SD
Psalm 62:8 (NIV)
“Trust in him at all times, O people, pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.”
Maxine from Southlake, Texas “You grew weary in your search but you never gave up. Desire gave you renewed strength and you did not grow weary.” Isaiah 57:10 ESV
Newby Cook, Greenwood MS;
“For it is by grace you have been saved through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.” Ephesians 2:8 NIV
Sherry from Warman, SK (Canada).
My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. ~Psalm 62:1-2 NIV
Karen D from Orlando, FL “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.” NIV
Carie from Oklahoma City,
These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world. (1 Peter 1:7 NLT)
Kaitlin, Mound, MN
“That He alone in everything and in every respect might occupy the chief place [stand first and be preeminent].”
Colossians 1:18b AMP