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
Lauren from Marietta, GA
“For God gave us a spirit not of fear, but of power and love and self-control.”
2 Timothy 1:9 ESV
Heather from Clemmons, North Carolina. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits – who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, Psalm 103: 2-3
Norrell
Prattville, AL
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Psalm 51:10
NIV
Midland TX
“Let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily hinders our progress.” Hebrews 12;1 NLT
Kristy, Austin, Texas. You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Savana
West Friendship
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.
John 14:26
NASB
Janet from Springfield, Missouri.
“I AM leaving you with a gift — peace of mind and of heart. And the peace I give isn’t like the peace the world gives. So don’t be troubled or afraid.”
John 14:27 NLT
Jodi from Tyler, TX
“Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”
Hebrews 4:16 (ESV)
Several co-workers are joining together to memorize over this next year.
Stephanie from Atlanta GA: “For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know Whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.” 2 Timothy 1:12 NKJV
Webb City, MO
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer NKJV
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 NIV
Renee from Atlanta, “You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 NIV
Maria Taylor
Atlanta, GA
And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the LORD; I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will do it. (Ezekiel 17:24, ESV)
Susan from Houston,Texas “He will not fear bad news; his heart is confident,trusting the LORD” Psalm 112:7 NIV
Amy
Spartanburg
“I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”
Deuteronomy 30:19b-20
NIV
Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 NLT
Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm. Proverbs 4:26 NIV
Amanda from Murfreesboro, TN
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving”. Colossians 3:23-24 NIV
Michelle from Columbus, TX: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” Hebrews 12:1 NIV
Lee Watts, Atlanta
Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me. Psalms 51:10 NLT
Heika – Dallas, Texas
Hebrews 11:1 NIV- Now Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
Dena, Indianapolis
Colossians 3:15 NIV
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.”
Megan from Grove City, Pennsylvania
“But I trust in You, Oh Lord; I say, ‘You are my God. My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me. Let Your face shine on Your servant; save me in Your unfailing love.’”
– Psalm 31: 14 – 16 NIV
Odessa, TX
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Romans 15:13 NIV
Kathy from Tuttle,OK : 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 NIV
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Phillipians 4:6 NIV
Elsie from Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.
I Corinthians 15:58 NASB
Schell G. from Little Rock, AR “You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalms 65:11 NIV
Amy W from Winter Haven, FL.
“Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished.” Luke 1:45 – NIV
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and rescues those who are crushed in spirit.” Psalm 34:18 NIV
Jillian, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
For He satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul He fills with good things.
Psalm 107:9, ESV
Tina from Humble, TX
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
– Philippians 4:6-7 ESV
I’m ready to go! <3
❤ Get rid of your worries. Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.
-1Peter 5:7
Elizabeth from Midland, Texas
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,… Phil. 3:13 NIV 84
Angela, Round Rock, TX, “God’s word is better than a diamond, better than a diamond set between emeralds. You’ll like it better than strawberries in spring, better than red, ripe strawberries.” Psalms 19:10, The Message.
Christina from Sterling, KS
❤ Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
~1 Peter 5:7
New International Version (NIV)
Elizabeth from Castle Rock, CO
“Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgements and how inscrutable his ways! “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?””
Romans 11:33-34, ESV
Sarah
Orlando, Florida
“You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.” Psalms 65:11 NLT
Kristi from Birmingham, AL
“You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.”
Jeremiah 29:13 ESV
Katie Douglas, Atlanta, GA
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21 NIV
Ingrid from Flowery Branch GA
38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[k] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39 NIV
Corry from Surrey, British Columbia
“You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.”
Psalm 65:11 (NIV)
Tiffany Melton, Houston TX, “You crown the year with your bounty; your wagon tracks overflow with abundance” Psalm 65:11 ESV
Audree, Sandwich Il
Trust in the L ord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take. (Proverbs 3:5, 6 NLT)
Kim, Austin,
[Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path. Psalm 119:105] NKJV
Shelly Tanner
Tucson
When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through fire,
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze.
Isaiah 43:2
NIV
Debbie – Wichita, KS
“So here I am in the place of worship, eyes open, drinking in your strength and glory.”
Psalm 63:2 MSG
Holly from Benton, AR
“You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.”
Psalm 65:11 NIV84
Mel Ann, Millry, AL From James , a servant of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes scattered among the nations, greetings! James 1:1 NIV
There will be an app, right? Please please please!