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
Karen
“And to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.”
Ephesians 3:19 NASB
Michele, Cumming, GA
1 Cor 4:18-19 NIV
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but what is unseen, for what is seen is temporary but what is seen is eternal
Judy from Manila, “The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.” Proverbs 14:1, NASB
Ps.34:4 I sought the Lord and heard me and delivered me from all my fears NKJV
Vicki, Burton, MI
“James a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings. Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.”
James 1:1-3 NIV
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body and be thankful.
Colossians 3:15 NASB
Jesus Wept John 11:35
Entrust your works to the Lord, and your plans will succeed. Proverbs 16:3(NAB)
Kristi from Ft Bragg NC
But his delight is in the law of The Lord and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in season and its leaf does not wither. Psalm 1:2-3 ESV
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 NIV 84
Rachel Jackson, Easley SC
“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.”
Zephaniah 3:17 NKJV
Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.
Ps. 119: 165 (NIV)
Jessica Whitmore
Cullman,AL
And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful. Colossians 3:5 NLT
Correction on scripture reference- Colossians 3:15
Idaho Falls, ID
“These things I have spoken to you, so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation but take heart, I have overcome the world.” John 16:33, NASB
Nanette from Fredericksburg, TX”Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, thogh the olive cropsfails and the fields produce not food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord. I will be joyful in God my Savior.” Habakkuk 3: 17-18 NIV
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. ”
Ephesians 1:3 (NIV)
Bible – Living Bible translation Psalm 103:1
I bless the holy name of God with all my heart.
Submit yourselfes, then to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. James 4:7 New International Version
city – Nederland
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things. Phillipians 4:8 NIV
He is your constant source of stability; he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom, he gives all this to those who fear him.
Isaiah 33:6 (NET)
Anita Mead in Lubbock, TX
NIV Ps 65:11
You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 2 Corinthians 9:6 NIV
Jana, San Angelo, TX
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)
Sandie, Rockmart
You crown the year with bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.
Psalm 65:11 NIV
Ivy Mason
Athens, GA
Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, my soul.
I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
Psalm 146:1-2, NIV
Mine didn’t make it the first time around, so I’m trying again! Kim; Warren, Maine: “And the manna ceased the day after they ate of the produce of the land. And there was no longer manna for the people of Israel, but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.” Joshua 5:12 ESV
Beth, Lake Jackson, TX
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 (NIV)
Gail – Rogers, ARK Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths. Proverbs3:5-6 NKJV
Lexi from Rochester
“You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.”
Psalm 63:1 (NIV)
” Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for The Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9. NIV
from Houston
Be strong and courageous; don’t be terrified or afraid of them. For it is the Lord your God who goes with you; He will not leave you or forsake you.
Deuteronomy 31:6 HCSB
Alisa Brown, Winchester, KY. For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the hear’ Hebrews 4:12 NIV
Heather Elmore
Atlanta, GA
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 ~ NKJV
They asked each other, ‘ were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the scriptures to us.’
Luke 24:32. NIV
My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
Psalms 121:2 (NIV)
Donna Kuntz , Lutz fla 1 Thes. 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, He will establish you and guard you against the evil one. 1 thes. 3:3
Annette Radvansky
The Woodlands, Texas
Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.
Isaiah 59:1 (NIV)
Suzanne, Birmingham: “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified: do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 NIV
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
Denise D from Paris
Luke 15:20
“So he got up and went to his father.
But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.”
Jenny from Cairo, GA
You crown the new year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 (NIV)
Lori L, Waxhaw, NC
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 (NIV)
Brooke, Princeton, ME:
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when the morning dawns.
Psalm 46:5 ESV
Brenna from Rome, GA
“Therefore, behold, I will make them know, this once I will make them know my power and my might, and they shall know that my name is the LORD.” -Jeremiah 16:21, ESV
Sam, Hanscom Air Force Base, MA
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
-2 Corinthians 3:17, NIV
Marcie from Tucson, AZ: “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.” Psalm 91:1 (NIV)
Jill Frisco, TX
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with adundance.
Psalm 65:11
Jessica from Show Low, AZ: “But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.” James 1:5 (NASB)
Lisa, Piedmont, SC, “For I know the plans I have for you,” Declares the Lord,”Plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11, NIV.
Sarah from Frisco, TX
“Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.” (NLT)
Melinda
Tacoma, WA
Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.
Titus 2:3-5
New International Version (NIV)