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
Samantha R; Tempe, AZ
Hebrews 11, Verse 6, NASB Version,
“And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.”
Marie
Orange, TX
Proverbs 3:5-6(NIV)
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight.
Debbie, Folly Beach, SC: The Spirit of the sovreign Lord is on me because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives, and release from darkness for the prisoners.
Isaiah 61:1 NIV
Colleen, Osler,SK Canada
Jeremiah 29:11 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.
this verse is from the 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 NKJV
Cindy Matson from Kearney, NE. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Deut 6:5 (NIV)
Heather From Edmonton, Alberta
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Terry from Jasper,Ga … Hebrews 12:1 NKJV Therefore let us also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and every sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.
Debbie, Norfolk, “Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail”, Lamentations 3:21-22, NIV
Linda from Stanley, WI
“Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom” Psalm 90:12 NIV
Glenna, Irmo, “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
Romans 15:13 NIV
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.
Muskogee, OK
Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:17-18 NLT
Deanna, Tulsa OK, Is. 43:18,19 NIV84
Forget the former things, do not dwell on 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 desert and streams in the wasteland.
Highland Village, TX “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
Erin Reardon
Saint Charles
And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;
Acts 2:17
ESV
Sarah from Jay, Ok
You crown the year with Your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Suzy Highland Village Texas Bring confident of this that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6 NIV
Kathy – Epsom, New Hampshire
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thes 5:16 NIV
Molly; Fairport, NY
Romans 8:1-2, NIV
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.
Debbie, St. Charles, MO
Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. Psalm 105:4 NIV
Bethany from Albuquerque, NM
“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 the glory in the church and in christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.”
Ephesians 3:20-21 (NIV)
Debbie Kerr; White Lake, MI
Lam. 3:22, 23 (NKJV)
Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.
Kathryn from West Palm Beach, FL.
“James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelive tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings.” James 1:1 NIV84
“This is what the LORD says–Israel’s King and Redeemer, the LORD Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God.” Isaiah 44:6
Brooke from Augusta, GA It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God–that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. NIV84
Jenna from Huntsville, AL
“YOU crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 (NLT)
Lisa, Washington, Indiana
A few days late, but just got invited and want to participate.
My lifelong favorite verse to start a New Year,
Proverbs 3:5-6, NKJV
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
2 Peter 1:3 NIV His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths,
but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs,that it may benefit those who listen”.
Ephesians 4:29 NIV
Psalms 19:14 (HCSB)
“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.”
May God bless our endeavors to learn His Word!
Sandra from Waco: Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. Colossians 3: 1-2 NIV
Amy Davis
Hampton,GA
Isaiah 43:19 NLT
Forgot city! All new to me. Thanks
Christel Burmaster: Tomball, Texas
PSALMS 143:8 (NIV Key Word Study Bible)
“Let the morning bring me word of Your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in You.
Show me the way this day I should go, for to You Jesus, I entrust my Life”.
Kristi Norris – Mobile, Alabama
Psalm 9:2. NLT
I will be filled with joy because of you. Because if you I will sing praise to your name O most high
Amy Davis from Hampton, GA
Isaiah 43:19
For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.
NLT
Torrie from Melissa, TX
“I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears.” Psalms 34:4 NLT
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
Lynn, Spring Tx,
But examine all things; hold fast to what is good.
Stay away from every form of evil.
1 Thessalonians 5:21-22, NET
Melinda from Eckley, CO “You crown the year with Your goodness, and Your paths drip with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 NKJV
January 1, 2013 at 8:13 pm
Sharon Allen, Redmond, WA
2 Timothy 2:21 ESV
Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.
A little late.. we were out of town for New Years.
Jill from Omaha, NE
Numbers 6:24-26
New International Version (NIV)
24 “‘“The Lord bless you
and keep you;
25 the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
26 the Lord turn his face toward you
and give you peace.”’
Sarah Baker, Shreveport, LA
Pslam 143:8 NIV
“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 entrust my life”
Fran Dockins, Corryton, TN
Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou are exalted as head above all. 1 Chronicles 29:11 (KJV)
Anjanette Cain, Bloomington, IN
Isaiah 41:10
NIV 84
“So 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.”
Tina Ogle, Royse City, Texas, (John 1:1 ESV In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Marion
Isaiah 41:10 (NIV 84)
So 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.
Thank you Jesus
Cheryl from Pooler,GA
“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
OOPS I forgot city on my comment. So sorry.
Fulton, Missouri