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
Ali from Santa Barbara, CA, “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)
What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? You want something but don’t get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. 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 niv84
Bethany Shelton – Salem, OR
“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.”
Zephaniah 3:17 NIV
Carol from Wilmington, DE
“Every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation, or shifting shadow.” James 1:17 NASB
Lisa G., Memphis, TN “Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; For the LORD GOD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.” Isaiah 12:2(ESV)
Tonia Alexander, Tollette, Arkansas
“Delight yourself also in the Lord and he will give you the desires and the secret petitions of your heart.”
Psalm 37: 4 (AMP)
“Listen carefully to my words. Don’t lose sight of them. Let them penetrate deep into your heart; for they bring life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.” Proverbs 4:20b-22 (NLT)
Annie
Dallas, TX
Romans 8:1
NIV
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus
Ginny, Olean NY
“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your site, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.”
Psalm 19:14 (NIV)
Becky
Eldred, PA
“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 NIV
Kelly Glos, Pearland, TX
“The spirit of the Soverign Lord is on me, because the Lord has annointed me to preach good news to the poor.” IS 61:1 (NIV)
I’m “Breaking Free” this year š
Ft. Lewis, WA
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
(2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV)
Laurie from Mebane, NC
‘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
Paula Schaper, Dickinson ND, Ephesians 5:15-17 ESV
Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise. Making the best use of time because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Jill, Puyallup, WA
Isaiah 40:11, NLT
“He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms, holding them close to his heart. He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.”
Stephanie Curry
McDonough, GA
“Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.” Jeremiah 17:14 NIV
Aimee from Regina, Canada
since the world began, no ear has heard and no eye has seen a God like You, who works for those who wait for Him!”
Isaiah 64:4 NLT
Carolyn May, Hamburg, Illinois, Acts 20:24 New Century Version This is my life verse…
“I donāt care about my own life. The most important thing is that I complete my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave meāto tell people the Good News about Godās grace.”
hi lmp staff! i’m trying to find my post from jan 1 with my verse and it doesn’t appear to be here!!! it was posted around 8:30am and after i posted it it showed up with #309 next to it but now it’s gone??! can you help me? it was romans 15:13 NIV. or email me how i can find it if it’s already there and i missed it. i went through two times and didn’t see… i want to see beth next january!!!!!!
Connie from Shorewood, IL
Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.
Galatians 5:25 NLT
Emily Baughman from Elk Grove, CA
“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworth – think about such things.” Philippians 4:8 NIV
Carrie Jones
Ontario, Canada
“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Psalm 139: 14
NIV
Heather Crawley, Bartlesville, OK, “Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.” Hebrews 11:1 NLT
Psalms 34:1(NAS)
I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Julie L. Clymer, New York.
But Godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.
1 Timothy 6: 6-8 (NIV)
Charlotte Brown, Seymour, TX
“Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.”
I Corinthians 15:58
Wendy
Vero Beach
“Finally, be strong in The Lord and In his mighty power.”
Ephesians 6:10 (NIV)
Courtney, Indio, CA
“Because of the Lordās great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning, great is your faithfulness.”
Lamentations 3:22-23, NIV
Meredith
Menlo Park, CA
“Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.”
Psalm 25:4-5 ESV
Yvonne
Louisville, KY
Proverbs 1:33 (NIV)
but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm.
Sadie
Louisville, KY
Romans 12:12 (HCSB)
Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; be persistent in prayer.
I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.
Philippians 4:13 NIV
Brenda, Salem, OR
If we live in the Sprit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Galations 5:25, New King James
Shawn from Fontana, Calif.
“The steps of a man are established by the Lord, and He delights in his way” (Psalm 37:23) NASB
Job 42:2 “I know that You can do all things, and no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.”
Katelyn, from Fort Worth, TX
Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires. So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls. (James 1:20, 21 NLT)
Elaine F. from Dayton, OH
“May He give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.”
– Psalm 20:4 (NIV)
Cindy – Bothell, WA
“Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His Name;
worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.”
Psalm 29:2 (ESV)
Lauren, Jackson, Kentucky
I looked for my post about the time that I posted it, waiting two days… so if this is a repost I am really sorry.
Acts 20:32, HCSB And now I commit you to God and the message of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified
Geri
Deer Park, TX
John 1:1-3 NLT
In the beginning the Word already existed.
The Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He existed in the beginning with God.
God created everything through him,
and nothing was created except through him.
Shawna King, Omaha, NE
Isaiah 55:11
So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
Theresa E. from Oakland Township, MI
God is not a man, so he does not lie.
He is not human, so he does not change his mind.
Has he ever spoken and failed to act?
Has he ever promised and not carried it through?
Numbers 23:19 (NLT)
Note: I posted on 1/1 but I could not find my comment after looking for a long time, so I am reposting. Hope that is ok!
He brought me out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay and set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm. Psalm 40:2 NASB
Mary Nelle in Austintown, Ohio. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 NIV ’84 I’m about to teach EXPERIENCING GOD, and that is our first memory verse.
…Whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are right, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think on such things.. Phil 4:8
Heidi DePuy
Missionary in Cuenca, Ecuador
Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.
Philippians 4:8 NASB
NIV, Isaiah 55:8&9 For my thoughts are not your thoughts neither are your ways my ways declares the Lord. 9 As the Heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Cypress, TX
Psalm 5:3 (ESV)
O LorD in the morning you hear my voice, in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for You and watch.
JoAnne, Victoria BC Canada
I sought the Lord, and He answered me; and delivered me from all my fears. Psalms 34:4 NIV
Gwen Coburn, Muskogee Ok
Let me tell you why you are here. You’re here to be salt seasoning that brings out the God flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You’ve lost your usefulness and will end up in he garbage. Matthew 5:13 (message)
Teri, Indianapolis, IN
15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
I Corinthians 3:15. NIV