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
Caitlin, midland,tx
Phillipians 1:9-10
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ.
Cathy Lee, Gig Harbor
“When I am afraid, I will trust in you.” Psalm 56:3. NIV
Brook, Fort Collins, CO: “You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 NLT
Hannah
Hermitage, TN
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weakness, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
2 Corinthians 12:9 (ESV)
Hannah from Pleasant Hill, MO
“But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ- the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith.”
Philippians 3:7-9 NIV84
Philippians 3:7-9, NIV
Kristen from Syracuse, NY
Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.
Romans 8:1-2 (NASB)
“For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.” 2 Chronicles 16:9
Dianne from Decatur, AR
For I am the Lord your God, the one who takes hold of your right hand, who says to you, “Don’t be afraid, I am helping you.”
Isaiah 41:13 (NET)
Amanda, Pine Bluff, AR
Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good. Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other. Romans 12:9-10, NLT
Shaunthea from Anderson, Indiana
You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance Psalm 65:11 NIV
Paula, Abilene, TX
O sovereign Lord! You made the heavens and the earth by your strong hand and powerful arm. Nothing is too hard for you!
Jeremiah 32:17, NLT
Cassidy, Houston, “I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.” Psalm 119:11, NIV
Cheryl Williams, Little Rock, AR, “I am overcome with joy because of Your unfailing love, for You have seen my troubles, and You care about the anguish of my soul.”
Psalm 31:7 NLT
Sheena Wood, Jefferson OH. “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
2 Timothy 1:7. NKJV
Susan Mountain Home, AR Pslm.51: 10-12 NIV
Create in me a pure heart oh God and renew in me a steadfast spirit to sustain me. Do not cast me from Your presence take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and renew a willing spirit within me
Eva from Tuskahoma,OK
The thief cometh not but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
John 10:10 (KJV)
Ps 141:1 I cry out to the Lord
Lissa from Granbury, Texas, “But when I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.” Psalm 56:3 NLT
Yen, Houston, TX. “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
Amy, Washington, DC – “I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart.” Mark 11:23 NLT
Kristy, Houston
Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;
Isaiah 55:6 ESV
Please correct the last verse to say grant me a willing spirit. not restore
Sorry for the trouble.
Thank you, Susan
Monique, Newbury Park CA
Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but the Lord’s purpose prevails
Proverbs 19:21
and it’s NIV
Lindsee, Houston, TX
“Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your Laws, we wait for you, your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.” Isaiah 26:8 (NIV)
Do not be conformed to this world.
But be transformed by renewal of your mind.
That by testing you may discern,
What is the will of God.
What is good, acceptable & perfect.
Romans 12:2
Rebecca
Sevierville, TN
“Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, not let it be fearful.”
John 14:27 NASB
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Raynell Spring Texas, Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. Psalms 119:105
oops, (NIV)
Colette from Chadron, Nebraska:
Psalm 46:10 (NIV)
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
“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.” Jer 29:11 NIV
Stephanie Garcia, Denton, TX
“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
Galatians 2:20 ESV
Rocksprings, TX NIV Ps. 65:11 “You crown the year with your bounty,and your carts overflow with abundance.”
Rocksprings, TX NIV Ps. 65:11 “You crown the year with your bounty,and your carts overflow with abundance.”
Your word is a lamp unto my feet, a light on my path.
Psalm 119: 105
Dallas, TX
Verse is NIV text
Kari from Dickinson, ND-
Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly.
2 Timothy 2:16 NIV
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
My name is Joni, I live in Athens, TX and my scripture #1 is Romans 12:2 – I did start on the first, but my computer was down till now!! 🙂 Thanks!
Aja from Houston, Tx
“For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.” 2 Chronicles 16:9 NIV
Florence Oregon
2 Timothy 3: 16-17 (ESV)
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof,for correction, and for training in righteousness that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
Janice Kelly
Bridge City
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
Maria J. Lopez-Sanchez | West Palm Beach | Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all decit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. | 1 Peter 2:1-3 | NIV
You will go out in Joy and be led forth in Peace.
Isaiah 55:12 NLT
Heather G
Charlotte NC
Terri from Staunton, VA
You must understand this, my beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger;
James 1:19, NRSV
Terri from Brandon,MS
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.
Psalm 4:8 NIV
Jeanifer Bartlett~~Port Neches, Texas
Galations 5:22-23a NIV
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might… Deuteronomy 6:5
Michelle, bonney lake, wa “And don’t let anyone put you down because you’re young. Teach believers with your life: by word, by demeanor, by love, by faith, by integrity.” 1Timothy4:12, the message
I’ve been memorizing, but completely forgetting to sign in!
Nikki B
Richmond, VA
“From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be praised.” Psalm 113:3 (NIV)
Lisa Snyder in Montgomery,TX
Hosea 14:8B Message
Everything you need is to be found in me.
Melody, Derry, NH
“He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.”
Psalm 91:4, NIV
Meredith B.
Collierville TN
Ephesians 4:32. NIV
Be kind and compassionate to one another,forgiving each other , just as in Christ God forgave you.
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV