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
For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for use a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!
II Corinthians 4:17 NLT
Lori in Newnan, GA
“Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me an know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.”
Psalm 139:23-24 (NIV)
“Finally, brothers, pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you. And pray that we may be delievered from wicked and evil men, for not everyone has faith.” 2 Thes 3:1-2
Erica Voss, Stafford, VA
The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.” Psalm 32:8 NLT
Stevie, Fort Worth, TX You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV (Borrowed Beth’s)
Anna, Redford, MI
1John 4:9 NIV
This is how God showed his love to us: He sent his one and only son into the world so that we could have lide through him.
Ami Loizides Pruett, Waynesville, NC
“May all who fear You find in me a cause for joy, for I have put my hope in Your word.” Psalm 119:74 (NIV)
Memory Verse
Kelly H. Acworth, GA
“Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.” Psalm 143:8 NIV84
Devon from Shelbyville, KY
“For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.”
Galatians 5:17 ESV
Julie, from hanford, ca… for I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13
NLT sorry forgot
Kim, Memphis, TN
“In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.”
John 1:1,4-5 NLT
Kit (Kathy) Frankenfield from Spring Hill, Kansas. “Because of the Lord’s faithful love we do not perish, for His mercies are new every morning; great is your faithfulness!” Lam. 3:22-23 HCSB.
Jacqui. From Lemoore, ca For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. NLT. Phillipians 4:13
Ephesians 4:32. NIV
“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.”
Isaiah 43:2 NIV
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 the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.
Jenna from Cedar Park 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
Kathryn Stoker
Aurora CO
Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and not just please ourselves.
Romans 15:1
oops…NASB
Sue S from Lawrenceville, GA
“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.”
Romans 8:1,2 ESV
Amie, Centreville, VA
Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.
Psalm 54:4 NIV
Danielle from Sevierville, Tennessee: “You crown the year with Your goodness; Your ways overflow with plenty.” Psalm 65:11 NLT
Can’t wait. Hide the Word in my heart that I might not sin against Thee.
And I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?” (Nehemiah 6:3 ESV)
Kari Benton
Katy, TX
James 1:2 “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds” NIV
Chantel from Watson, LA – Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old is gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17, NIV
Ephesians 1:1,2 ESV
“Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Jessica~ Helena, AL
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.”
Psalm 23:1 ESV
Kathy, Danville, KY
“Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.”
Psalm 86:11 NIV
Ellen Forrester, Spring, TX
Proverbs 21:30 ESV
No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the Lord.
Marcy from New Berlin, WI
Isaiah 26:3 NIV
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in You.
“Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor serving the Lord.” Romans 12:11, NIV
Diane from Brunswick, GA. “You hem me in–behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me.” Psalm 139:5 NIV
Tamara and Aaron from Huntington Beach “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.” Ps 90:17 NIV
Michelle L., Duncan, OK, But godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Timothy 6:6, NIV
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever. Isaiah 40:8 NIV
Lindsey, Nacogdoches TX.
The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.
1 Thessalonians 5:24
Haley from Atlanta, Ga
“Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.”
2 Thess. 3:16 (NIV)
Debbie, Houston
Psalm 4:8
“I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.”
Sandt Jane
Long Besch
Kelli Amman, Jordan “Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.” Psalm 126:1 NIV
Cindy from Barboursville, WV
“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you” Matthew 6:33 NKJV
“O GOD, You are my GOD; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water.”
~ Psalm 63:1, NKJV
Christy from Coeur d’Alene, ID
“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
Hannah from Little Rock Arkansas,
“For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control” 2 Timothy 1:7 ESV
Katie in Cypress, Texas
You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 (NIV)
Georgia from Altus AFB, Oklahoma
Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead. I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. Phillipians 3:13-14 NIV
Alyssa from Dallas, Texas –
“Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.”
Hosea 6:3, ESV
Sarah West Valley, Utah
I will praise God’s name by singing to him.
I will bring him glory by giving him thanks.
Psalm 69:30 NIRV
Paula Halcom, Madison Heights, MI
Comfort in light of things like Sandy Hook…
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the SPLENDOR OF HIS COMING. 2 Thess. 2:8 NIV
Betty from Ottawa, Illinois
“Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
Psalm 46:10 NIV1984
Ginger Berry, Arlington, TX
“The Lord your God is with you,
he is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
he will quiet you with His love,
he will rejoice over you with singing.”
Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV84)
Dawna Berry (11), Arlington, TX
“The Lord your God is with you,
he is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
he will quiet you with His love,
he will rejoice over you with singing.”
Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV84)