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
Sara from Slidell, Louisiana::
“Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.” -Proverbs 12:1, ESV
Nayo from Evanston, IL
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. Colossians 1:15 NIV84
Wendy from Modesto, CA
James, a servant of God and 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,
James 1: 1-2, NIV
I will be memorizing James this year.
Let the peace of Chrit rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Colossians 3:!5 NIV
Katherine Peterson from Western Australia, Australia.
Those who fear the Lord Ā are secure; he will be a refuge for their children. (Proverbs 14:26 NLT)
Jeantelle, Lafayette La
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and tomorrow.
Hebrews 13:8 NIV
Michelle, Pleasant Grove, AL Matthew 5:16 NKJV
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
Erin, Albertville, AL
“Even to your old age and gray hairs, I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.” Isaiah 46:4 NIV
Diane Wadsworth, Pleasant Grove, Alabama Psalm 141:3, NLT
Take control of what I say, O Lord, and guard my lips.
Savanah
But to you who are listening I say: love your enemies, do good to those who hare you. Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. Give to everyone who hares you, and if anyone takes whet belongs to you, do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you.
Luke 6:27-31
AnnaMarie from Pittsburgh, PA
“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
for nothing is impossible with God. luke 1:37 niv
Amanda, Dothan Al. 1Peter 2:22-24 Esv
He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to the one who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds we are healed.
Crystal. Lamar, SC. My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your heart keep my commandments. Proverbs 3:1 Nasb
Sara from West Plains, MO
I long to dwell in your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Psalm 61:4 NIV
Laura Clinton, MO – Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His face continually. Psalm 105:4 New American Standard
Jessica. Leavenworth,IN. You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Pslam 65:11 NIV
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faithāand this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of Godā not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are Godās handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Ephesians 2:8-10 NIV)
Chelsea Bazemore lilburn, ga
“You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 NIV
Ainslie, Columbia SC
“Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:3-4 NIV
Kati from Clinton,Tn
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that you may grow up in your salvation,
1 Peter 2:2, NIV
Lindsay English from St. Johns Michigan
“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.”
Romans 8:1-4 ESV
Carol of Granite Shoals, Texas
And thou shalt love The Lord Ty God with all thine heart, with all thy soul and with all thy might.
Deut. 6.5 KJV
Brandy- Siloam Springs, AR
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
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 John 4:7
Jan Zumo – Washburn, MO
And whatever you ask for in prayer, having faith and really) believing, you will receive.
Matt 21:22 The Amplified Bible
I’m Destiny from Dallas, Tx. My verse is from James 1:1 (NLT) this letter is from James, a slave of God and of The Lord Jesus Christ. I am writing to the 12 tribes–Jewish believers scattered abroad. Greetings!
Iām Destiny from Dallas, Tx. My verse is from James 1:1 (NLT) this letter is from James, a slave of God and of The Lord Jesus Christ. I am writing to the 12 tribesāJewish believers scattered abroad. Greetings!
Kim from Franklinton, Louisiana
Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hope, Mukilteo, WA “In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness. The darkness has not understood it. John 1:4-5 NIV
Kelly from Houston, TX
Since you were a child you have known the Holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise. And that wisdom leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 3:15 NCV
Kim-Kearney, Missouri
Proverbs 28:26-
He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe. (NIV)
Kelsey, Granite City, IL – “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.” Romans 12:12 ESV
Lori
Kemptville, Ont, Canada
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, what ever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things. Phil 4:8 NIV
Katie from Thousand Oaks, California
āBut blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.ā
Jeremiah 17:7-8 (NIV)
So sorry I forgot on the first was a little sick š
Deut: 31:6 NIV
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 nor forsake you.
Elise–Newark
Psalm 103:17-18, “But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear Him, and His righteousness with their children’s children–with those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.” (NIV)
for the moderator….Sorry, I forgot to put my city on the previous comment so please feel free to add it if it’s important. I live in Crystal Lake IL. thank you so much!
Bev from Gauteng – South Africa
He who concels his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion. Proverbs 28:13 – NIV
Nicole from Houston
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
Colossians 3:15
Briana L. ~ Broken Arrow, OK
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. ~ Isaiah 40:31 KJV
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you,plans of hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11
Janey from Huntington Beach, CA. “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.” Isaiah 49:15 -16, NIV
“The Lord is the everlasting God,the Creator of the ends of the earth. Isaiah 40:28”
Jena from Nacogdoches, Texas
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” Philippians 4:13 (KJV)
Amy, Hermann, Missouri: Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD! Psalm 27:14 ESV
amy
arlington, tx
“you are my witnesses, declares the lord, and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me.” isaiah 43:10
Polly from West Des Moines, IA
“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
Michelle Bentham | Wautaga, TX
that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. (Philemon 1:6 NKJV)
Jerimiah 32:27
I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for Me?
NIV