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
Lanessa from Los Alamos, NM
Proverbs 2:2 (NLT)
Tune your ears to wisdom,
and concentrate on understanding.
Hannah from Lima, PERU
“I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be given over to the Lord.â And he worshiped the Lord there.
1 Samuel 1:27-28
Heather from Auxvasse, MO
“Clearly, you are a letter from Christ showing the result of our ministry among you. This “letter” is written not with pen and ink, but with the Spirit of the living God. It is carved not on tablets of stone, but on human hearts.”
2 Corinthians 3:3 (NLT)
Jessica Stone, Nicaragua
“But I trust in you, O Lord, I say, ‘you are my God’ My times are in your hands.”
Psalm 31:14,15a (NIV)
Marilyn Dale, Fort Pierce, FL, What causes fights and quarrels among you? Donât they come from your desires that battle within you? 2 You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want,so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask
with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. James 4:1-3 NIV
Jeremiah 6:16
“Thus says The Lord: ‘Stand by the crossroads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls.” (ESV)
Evington, Va
Briana Armstrong, Greenville SC
“As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.”
Isaiah 55: 10-11 (NIV)
Melissa
Sulphur, LA
Romans 8:14-16 (NIV)
“For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father.’ The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are Godâs children.”
Tracy, WV
Yet I will rejoice in The Lord, I will take joy in the God of my salvation. Habakkuk 3:18 ESV
Sarah~Houston,TX
Sarah
Houston,TX
Do not love the world. If anyone loves the world the love of the father is not in him.
1John2:15
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being
Ephesians 3:16 NIV
James 1:1 NIV
James a servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ to the 12 tribes scattered among the nations Greetings
Deb from Kokomo, Indiana
“When I am afraid, I will trust in you”
Psalms 56:3 NIV84
Corley Turner
Huntsville, AL
“The Lord your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.â (Zephaniah 3:17 NKJV)
Marie from Byhalia, MS
It is a trustworthy statement: For if we died with Him, we will also live with Him; If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us; If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself. (2 Timothy 2:11-13 NASB)
Michelle from Alberta, Canada
“I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?”
Jeremiah 32:27 NIV
Elayne from Arlington, Texas, From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the LORD is to be praised. Psalm 113:3 ESV
Sandy, Holiday, FL
1 Lord, through all the generations you have been our home!
2 Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, from beginning to end, you are God.
Psalm 90:1-2 (NLT)
Tracy from Saskatchewan, Canada: “Rejoice not over me, Oh my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me” Micah 7:8 ESV
“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the Word of TRUTH.” 2 Timothy 2:15 NIV
He died for everyone so that those who recieve his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them. 2 Corinthians 5:15 NLT
Joy, Lubbock TX
Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act. Don’t worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes.
Psalm 37:7 (NLT)
Carla F., Houston, Texas
Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear, then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
Isa. 58:8
Janice Nieuwoudt, London UK
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” Philippians 4:13 (NKJV)
Janet, Nashville, TN “You crown your year with your bounty and your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalms 65:11 NIV
Grace Young, Chandler OK
Jesus replied, âThe Scriptures say, âYou must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.â â (Luke 4:8 NLT)
“Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”
Philippians 4:8 (ESV)
Mandi from Normal, IL
1 Corinthians 10:31 “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” NIV
We brought nothing into this world, and we can take nothing out of this world. But if we have food & clothing, with these we will be content (I Timothy 6:7-8).
Debra Funderburk – Many, La
“You must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the Lordâs coming is near.” James 5:8 (Holman Christian Standard
(I posted Jan. 2 at 7:23 still waiting moderation but there are several published below mine. Decide to try again)
Juliana, Dahlgren IL, ‘Anxiety in a mans heart weighs it down, but a good word cheers it up’ Proverbs 12:25 NIV
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited. Romans 12:16. NIV
In the beginning as the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. John 1:1 ESV.
Oops, Birmingham, Alabama
From Knoxville, IA
Matthew 10:29-31
“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny. And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.”
Jessica, Manhattan NY
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has annointed 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
Stephanie Lazenby, Lexington, TN
Do not let this Book of Law depart from your mouth; mediate on it day & night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Joshua 1:8 (NIV)
Kristen, Burbank, CA
“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
1 Corinthians 1:9 NIV
John 3:16 (NKJV) For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life (Jordan is 8 yo)
Diane Senk, Commerce Twp., MI
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 NIV
Maria from Detroit, MI
You say, âI am allowed to do anythingââbut not everything is good for you. You say, âI am allowed to do anythingââbut not everything is beneficial.
1 Corinthians 10:23 (NLT)
Knoxville, TN
Ps 65:11, NET
“You crown the year with your good blessings, and You leave abundance in your wake.”
Katie Davila, Tomball TX. âFor as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:10-11 ESV.
*Reposting from 1/1. I don’t see my original comment, and I don’t remember the time I submitted. đ
I found my earlier comment. It was on Jan. 1 at 10:30p. I just couldn’t find it yesterday. Sorry!
Chelsea Wells – Brazil, IN
“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.”
Isaiah 43:2 (NIV)
I am on board this year. “Then the Lord said to Joshua. ( Denise) Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” Joshua 8:1 NIV
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.”
Philippians 2:3 NIV
Judy Carroll
Grenada,MS.
“Set your mind on the things above,not on the things that are on earth.” Colossians 3:2
New American Standard
Michele Meadows from Cumming, GA
The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands. Psalms 138:8 ESV
Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
The Lord your God is with you,
the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you;
in his love he will no longer rebuke you,
but will rejoice over you with singing.â
Susie, Littleton, Co., James 4:7. NIV
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.