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
Bethany
Modesto, CA
Romans 12:2 (ESV)
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the RENEWAL OF YOUR MIND, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Harriet from Milan,Italy.
The Lord will work out his plans for my lifeā
for your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever.
Psalm 138:8 NLT
Morag, Bishop CA
” I know, LORD, that our lives are not our own. We are not able to plan our own course.” Jeremiah 10:23 (NLT)
Susannah Burns, Atlanta, Georgia
Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Ephesians 5:1-2 (NIV)
Annette living in Reno, Nevada
“For my yolk is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:30 NIV
Becky, Alberta Canada,
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Kyndra, Houston, TX
Galatians 6:9 “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” NIV
Lisa, Champaign, IL
This is the land I promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, “I will give it to your descendants.”
Deuteronomy 34:4
Jan,Loveland, CO
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him;
do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.
Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret_ it leads only to evil.
Ps 37:7,8 NIV
“but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”
Isaiah 41:31 (NIV)
Patti Broer, Summerset, SD
“Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to those who hear.”
Ephesians 4:29 NAS
Erin from Fort Worth, TX
Isaiah 50:4(b)-5 (NIV)
“He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears, and I have not been rebellious; I have not drawn back.”
Cindy Schade, Stockbridge, GA
And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. Colossians 1: 18-20, NIV
Clara from Fort Worth, TX
Isaiah 50:4(b)-5 (NIV)
“He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears, and I have not been rebellious; I have not drawn back.”
Kimberly from Andalusia, AL.
“Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.”
Romans 12:2 (HCSB)
(I’m late but joining!!!)
Lindsey
Scenery Hill, PA
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14 (ESV)
Lori – Fergus Falls MN
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with , all your soul and with all your mind”
Matthew 22:37 NIV
The Lord will fight for you. You need only to be still. Exodus 14:14
Romans 1:16(NASB)
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.”
Marisa from Las Vegas, NV: “For the mind set on flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace.” New American Standard Bible
The scripture for the the verse above is found in Romans 8:6
Amy Pedigo, Gardendale AL
“Above all, love each other deeply, for love covers a multitude of sins.”
I Peter 4:8 (NIV)
Deanna, Mansfield, TX “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.” Jn 14:26, NIV 1984
“He has made everything appropruate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hears. But man cannot discover the work God has done from beginning to end.” Ecclesiastes3:11 (HCSB)
Cynthia Gerdes, Lees Summit, MO
“Do not conform any longer 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
“The Lord’s loving kindnesses indeed never cease,
For His compassions never fail;
They are new every morning.
Great is Thy faithfulness.”
Lamentations 3:22-23 NAS
Jesus replied,āDo you now believe? Look, a time is coming ā and has come ā when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, and I will be left alone. Yet I am not alone, because my Father is with me. I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courageā I have conquered the world.ā John 16:31-33 (NET)
Anna – Conroe, Texas
Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her! Luke 1:45 NIV
Dana, Pace,Florida
I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down.”
Nehemial 6:3 NIV
NIV Psalm 90:17
May the favor of The Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us- yes, establish the work of our hands.
Robynn Karpontinis from Upland,CA
Romans 8:26 NIV
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
Ashley from Edmond
“Put away from you false and dishonest speech, and willful and contrary talk put far from you.
Proverbs 4:24 AMP
Ashley from Edmond, Ok
“Put away from you false and dishonest speech, and willful and contrary talk put far from you.
Proverbs 4:24 AMP
“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”
Psalm 51:10 NIV
Kristen, Costa Mesa, CA āBe still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.ā (Psalm 46:10 NIV)
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13
Jan Carter, Kearney, MO For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. Isaiah 41:13 NIV
Danielle Stewart, Leesville LA
“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
Romans 3:23 NET
Rebecca, Benton, AR Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if something is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things. (Philippians 4:8 NET)
Trudi, OH
Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding.
Proverbs 3:5 Amplified Bible
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 NIV
Wanda,from Houston, Texas “I will give thanks to Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Thy works, And my soul knows it very well.” Psalm 139:14 NAS
Pat, Greentown, IN
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Ps. 51:10 NIV
Tami from Omaha, NE:
If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much. If you are kind only to your friends,how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that.
Matthew 5: 46-47 NLT
Jacki, Grandville, MI
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast.”
Ephesians 2:8-9 (NIV)
Becky Roach, Elkhart, IN
So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. James 4:17 ESV
Shanda, Knoxville TN
“The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace.”
Romans 8:6 (NIV)
Ellen, Aurora, OH
“God is supremely esteemed. His center holds. Zion brims over with all that is just and right. God keeps your days stable and secure -salvation, wisdom and knowledge in surplus, and best of all, Zion’s treasure – fear of God. Isaiah 33:5-6 (The Message)
Anna Skarbowski, Greeley, CO
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.” ~Joshua 1:9 (NIV)
Valerie, Fultondale, AL
“The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Exodus 14:14
Kerry
St. Louis, MO
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with God’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.
Romans 12:12-13
NIV