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
Kathryn, Austin, Texas
The fear of the lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Proverbs 1:7
Proverbs19;18 NKJV
Chasten your son while there is hope,and do not set your heart on his destruction.
You crown the year with Your bounty,
and Your carts overflow with abundance.
Psalm 65:11 (NIV)
Maria Dickerson
Whitmire, SC
Casey ~ Centerville, OH
“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 40:31 NIV)
Psalm 103:2 (NLT)
Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me.
Amy Logsdon ~ Harrisburg NC
Connie from Plano, Texas: “Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face continually.” Psalm 105:4 NAS
From Memphis,TN
“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:19 NIV
1 John 2:5 – But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know that we are in him.
Crystal in Warren, PA
Romans 10:14, NLT
But how can they call on Him to save them unless they believe in Him? And how can they believe in Him if they have never heard about Him? And how can they hear about Him unless someone tells them?
Anne from Atlanta Georgia
Psalm 46:1
NIV
God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble.
Erin from Denison, TX
“Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am.”
Philippians 4:13 MSG
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Psalm 147:3 NIV
Deborahann, Sun City West, AZ
Alicia from South Carolina: Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of you coughs, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Ephesians 4:29 NIV
from DFW – Protector – But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you. Psalm 5:11 NIV
Katie-Duluth The Lord is my shepard, he gives me everything that I need. Psalm 23:1 NIrV
Tammee, Corinth-TX, Lamentations 3:22-23 (NET) The Lord’s loyal kindness never ceases; his compassions never end. They are fresh every morning; your faithfulness is abundant.
Karen from Dover,AR. Ephesians 4:32 KJV ” Let all bitterness and anger and wrath and evil speaking be put away from you with all malice.”
Jean; Lebanon, Tennessee
“You crown the year with Your goodness,
And Your paths drip with abundance.”
Psalm 65:11. NKJV
Brandi from Fayetteville, Arkansas
Jeremiah 17:7-8 NIV
“But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
whose confidence is in him.
He 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.”
Carol Ann from Norman, OK
Psalm 8:3-4 (ESV)
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
what is man that you are mindful of him,
and the son of man that you care for him?
Whitehouse, Texas “Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear, he will come like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.” Hosea 6:3 NIV
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”. Genesis 1:1
San Ramon, CA
“But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.'” Luke 2:10 NIV
Kristi from North Hollywood “He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly.” NIV
Suzanne, McKinney, TX
When I am afraid, I will trust in you.
Psalm 56:3
NIV
Sheri, Mobile AL.
“Do not conform yourselves to the standards of this world, but let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God – what is good and is pleasing to him and is perfect.”
Romans 12:2
GNT
Melody Perry MO- Look to the Lord and His strength seek his face always Psalm 105:4 NIV
Tonya Parker, Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. James 4:7 NKJV
Cheryl, Houston, Texas
Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21 NASB
Rebecca from Moline, Illinois
Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Jessica Boaen, Vidalia, Georgia
2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
Halley, Elkhorn, Nebraska
“But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.”
Psalm 59:16 NIV
Madi from New Market,Alabama
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
Allison Little from Jackson, TN
“Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.”
Ephesians 3:20
New Living Translation
Robin Cotton. Gainesville,Ga
2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
Julie, Pittsburgh, PA
“There is no one holy like the Lord. There is no one besides You! And there is no rock like our God.” 1 Samuel 2:2 HCSB
Richardson, TX – “I love you, Lord, my strength.” Psalm 18:1, NIV
Rita from Biloxi, MS
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—” Ephesians 2:8 NIV
Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind so that you may discern what is good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2 Holman
Kathy Carenza, New Port Richey, Florida
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, Ephesians 4:1
Kathy Carenza, New Port Richey, Florida
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, Ephesians 4:1 ESV
Kristin from Belmont, North Carolina
“So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in Him. Rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.” Colossians 2:6-7 NIV84
Karen Orem, Utah For I am convinced that nothing can ever separate me from God’s love. Neither death nor life neither angels nor demons, neither my fears for today nor my worries for tomorrow-not even the powers of hell can separate me from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below-indeed, indeed nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate me from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus Our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39 NLT
Kari Day
Burlington Washington
You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 (NLT)
Philippians 1:1-2 (ESV)
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus. To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Jen L, Roanoke VA
(I’m memorizing the book of Philippians this year)
Monica in Salt Lake City, Ut James 5:7 Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of The Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth being patient about it, until it receives the early & late rains. ESV
Abbey ~ San Angelo, Texas
I will give them one heart and one way that they may fear me forever, for their own good and the good of their children after them. Jeremiah 32:39 ESV
Elkins, AR
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
Psalm 23:1 NIV1984
Honey
Lauderhill
The Life of a creature is in the blood and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; It’s the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.
Leviticus 17:11 NIV