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
Patti Anne, Tupelo,
Human, the Lord has told you what goodness is. This is what He wants from you: be fair to other people. Love kindness and loyalty, and humbley obey your God. Micah 6:8 ERV
Thou art my hiding place, thou shalt preserve me from trouble, thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Psalm 32:7 (KJV)
Lynn Huffer from Frederick Maryland “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding” Proverbs 3:5 (NIV)
10 The mountains might shake.
The hills might be removed.
But my faithful love for you will never be shaken.
And my covenant that promises peace to you will never be broken,”
says the Lord. He shows you his loving concern.
Isaiah 54:10 (NIRV)
Kelly Mueller
LaPorte, Tx
But you are a shield around me O Lord; you bestow glory on me and lift up my head
Psalm 3:3 NIV
Joan from Michigan
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28 NIV
Amy, Alexandria, VA
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23 (ESV)
Gretchen, Camp Lejeune NC
“She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her heart.”
Proverbs 31:26 ESV
Franceska from Fairmont, West Virginia: So don’t be anxious about tomorrow. God will take care of your tomorrow too. Live one day at a time. Matthew 6:34 NIV
“Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think – infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes or dreams -”
Ephesians3:20 AMP
II Cor 9:10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. NIV
Gina Treutlein
Springfield, Mo
But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.(Romans 8:25 NLT)
Then I let it all out; I said, “I’ll make a clean breast of my failures to God.”Suddenly the pressure was gone- my guilt dissolved, my sin disappeared.Psalm 32:5 The Message
Commit to The Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. Proverbs 16:3. NIV
Jesse, Wartburg,TN KJV
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis 1:1
Leigh from Donalsonville, GA – For where your treasure is there your heart will be also. Luke 12:34 NIV
Jeani , Webster Texas
“For I will delight myself in your commandants, which I love.”
Psalm 119:47 AMP
Delight thyself also in the Lord, and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Psalms 37:4
Rebecca M., Morristown, TN “Watch the way you talk. Let nothing foul or dirty come out of your mouth. Say only what helps, each word a gift.” Ephesians 4:29 MSG
Sharon Brooks, Hallsville, TX
“May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us–yes, establish the work of our hands.”
Psalm 90:17 (NIV)
Mardi Yeary, Bakersfield CA
“We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain where our forerunner, Jesus, has gone our our behalf.” Hebrews 6:19-20a
Paula from Olive Branch, MS
“O Lord, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.”
Isaiah 33:2
Lisa, Darden, TN, YOu crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. , Psalms 65:11, NIV
Darlene from Omaha, NE
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me
Psalms 51:10 KJV
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Debbie Hartshorn
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Philippians 4:13
I can do everything through Him who gives me strength. NIV
Pauline living in Mount Vernon Washington
Philippians 4:4&5 (plans to do vs 4-8)
“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. ” ESV (may switch versions later)
Jess from Wichita, KS- “Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, and lean not upon thine own understanding.”
Proverbs 3:5
Annie. Wayne, NE
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Deuteronomy 31:6 (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 prosperous and successful. Joshua 1:8 (NIV)
Deuteronomy 6:5
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.”
NIV
Philippians 4:13 “I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.”
Rock Island, Illinois
Philippians 4:13 “I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.”
No matter how unbearable life gets, I know I can get through it with His help. I just need to give it all over to Him. NLT
Rock Island, Illinois
James 1:5 (NIV)… “If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.” NIV
Charlotte Ashley; Lexington, SC
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.
Psalm 65:11 NIV
Proverbs 3:5-6
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Sorry
NIV
Andrea from Wellington, TX
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anoited me to bring the good news to the poor.” Isaiah 61:1 (ESV)
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
Krisi Parker
Republic, MO
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do , do it all for the glory of God. 1 Cointhians 10:31 (NIV).
Seek the Lord and His strength. Always look to Him. 1Chron. 16:11 ISV (international standard version)
Melanie Davis, Irving, TX
“Because of the Lord ’s 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)
Veronica from Gilbertsville, PA
Seek the Lord and His strength. Always look to Him. 1Chron. 16: 11
(this is the second post, first one I forgot to put where I live…sorry!)
Carrie, Allenton
Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,
Colossians 3:12 ESV
Yvonne, Sevierville TN
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Shelley, Madisonville, KY
“In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.”
Proverbs 16:9 (NIV)
Kay from Richmond Hill, Ga 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
Deb V – Archbold, OH
1Thesolonians 5:16-18 (esv)
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Brenna from Chatham, IL
Ephesians 4:32 (NIV)
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Leslie G., NJ
“You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your Word.”
Psalm 119:114 (NIV)