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
Jennifer, Florida, “To you O Lord, I lift up my soul; in You I trust O my God. Do not let me be put to shame, not let my enemies triumph over me.” Psalm 25:1-2
Tammy Gillmore
Charlotte, AR
“So teach us to number our days, that we may present to you a heart of wisdom.”
Psalms 90:12 – NASB
DeAnn Salina, Ks Luke 1:37 New International Version “For nothing is impossible with God.”
Nancy, Powder Springs, GA
Remember to observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of rest dedicated to the Lord your God.
Ex 20:8-10a (NLT)
nancy mattingly
houston, tx
” Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power may be from God and not from us.” 2 Corinthians 4:7 HCSB
Vickie from Texico, NM
“Though I walk in the midst of trouble you preserve my life. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes, with your right hand you save me. The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me; your love oh Lord endures forever- do not abandon the works of your hands.” Psalm 138:7-8
Mary Ellen, from Barboursville, WV; Prov. 4:20-22(NLT)
My child pay attention to what I say. 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 healing to their whole body.
Leigh Ann
Gallatin, TN
“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life- a ransom for many.” Mark 10:45 HCSB
Merrie, Katy, TX
Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don’t forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.
Deuteronomy 4:9 HCSB
Pam Williams, Olive Branch, MS
For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.
2 Corinthians 1:20
Isaiah 50:4
New International Version (NIV)
4 The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue,
to know the word that sustains the weary.
He wakens me morning by morning,
wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.
liz gladstone or
faith from plano, texas
“i have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. in the world you will have tribulation. but take heart, i have overcome the world.” john 16:33 esv
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 15:27 NIV
Nancy’, Kansas City
Everyone who calls on the name of the lord will be saved
Zephaniah 3:17
NIV
Debbie
King George, Virginia
ESV
Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
The Reformation study Bible
English standard version
Sherrese from Fairmount Heights Maryland, Take, care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God. But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called “Today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. Hebrews 3:12-13, NAS
Crystal Becker, Hickory, NC Exodus 14:14 “The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.” KJV
Michelle, Buda, TX
“The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Exodus 14:14 (NIV)
Angela, Tulsa OK
“Let us hold on to the hope we say we have and not be changed. We can trust God that He will do what he promised.”
Hebrews 10:23 (NLV)
Melissa E from Anna, Texas
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
Jeremiah 1:5
Mary Conrad, Byron Center, Michigan
“For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him.”
Philippians 2:13 NLT
Beth, Barrington RI
“2 Do not conform 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 is—his good, pleasing and perfect will”
Romans 12:2 NIV.
Christain Kotoucek from Norman,OK
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33 NIV)
“He who dwells in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the almighty”. Psalm 91:1-2 NASB
Melissa E from Anna, Texas
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
Jeremiah 1:5 (ESV)
LuAnn from Port Huron, MI I am thanking you, God, from a full heart, I’m writing the book on your wonder, I’m whistling, laughing, and jumping for joy; I’m singing your song, High God. Psalm 9:1-2 MSG
Briley, Alexandria, VA.
Lamentations 3:22-24 (NLT)
22 The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease.
23 Great is his faithfulness; His mercies begin afresh each morning.
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in Him.
Ashley from Dallas, Georgia, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.” John 1:1-2 NIV
Deana Miller, Waco Texas
“Whatever you do, whether by word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.”
Colossians 3:17 (RSV)
Lauren, Decatur, TX.
“But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high.”
Psalm 3:3 (NIV)
Karen, Dallas TX
James 4:11 Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it. NIV 1984
Lisette & Elysse, Largo FL
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
I’m very excited to be doing this with my almost 13year old daughter. 🙂
Before anything else existed, there was Christ, with God. He has always been alive and is himself God. He created everything there is – nothing exists that he didn’t make. John 1:1-3 TLB
He brought us out from there, that He might bring us in and give us the land that He swore to give to our fathers. Deuteronomy 6:23 ESV
Kristi, Houston – Be glad for all God is planning for you. Be patient in trouble, and always be prayerful. Romans 12:12 New Living Translation
Lynn Greene, Villa Rica, Georgia Galations5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.(NIV)
“Do not conform 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 is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
Romans 12:2 NIV
Katie Greene, Villa Rica, Georgia John 17:17 Sanctify them by the truth;your word is truth. (NIV)
And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away and thou comfortest me. Isaiah 12:1 KJV
Ann Sugar Land, TX
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12
NIV
He who dwellith in the secret place of the most high shall :abide under the shadow of the almighty
Psalm 91:1 KJV
Sara, Plymouth, IN
Open my eyes, that I may see
Wondrous things from Your law.
Psalm 119:18 NKJV
Kimberly, Denver, CO
2 Do not conform 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 is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:2
New International Version (NIV)
“Free me from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge. Into your hands I commit my spirit; redeem me O Lord, the God of truth.”
Psalm 31:4-5
Betty, Evergreen, CO
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,His compassions never fail. They are new every morning! Great is His faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 NIV
Kristi, from Telford, PA…
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you ay be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 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. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does. James 1:2-8 NIV
Tracy, Akron,OH
1John 4:19, NIV
“We love because He first loved us.”
Catherine, Houston, TX
Because I aim to lose at least 57 pounds this year:
“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.”
Romans 12:1 ESV
Laura from Prairieville, Louisiana
Let me live that I may praise You, and may Your laws sustain me. Psalm 119:75 NIV