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
Audrey, Bristol
“Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable–if there is any moral excellence and if there is any praise–dwell on these things.”
Philippians 4:8 HCSB
Psalm 37:3 NASB
“Trust in the LORD and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.”
Julie, Algonquin,
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever 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
Erin from Carlsbad …Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever 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
Kim, Houston
“These signs will accompany those who believe: They will cast out demons in my name, and they will speak in new languages. They will be able to handle snakes with safety, and if they drink anything poisonous, it won’t hurt them. They will be able to place their hands on the sick and heal them.”
Mark 16:17-18 NLT
Cheryl from Los Osos, CA: “Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise-the fruit of lips that openly profess his name.” Hebrews 13:15 NIV
Lisa from Louisiana
Isaiah 61:3
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the Lord
for the display of his splendor.
Amen!
Brittany from Stephenville, TX
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. (Hebrews 12:1, 2 ESV)
Katharine, Jonesboro, AR
“To fear the Lord is to hate evil.” Prov 8:13 NIV
Corina Spinazzola from Cape Town South Africa:
I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:16-19, NIV84
Lacey, Comer, GA
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. Colossians 3:23-24 ESV
Pamela, New Bern, NC “So do not fear, for I am with you, do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10 NIV
Psalm 46:10 (NIV)
Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.
Jacquie from Lawrenceville, GA. 1 for 10:23 NIV “Everything is permissible” – but not everything is beneficial. “everything is permissible” – but not everything is constructive.
The Eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; & shall say, destroy them – Deuteronomy 33:25-29 KJV
Kerry Stacks
But you, O Lord , are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. (Psalms 3:3 ESV)
Sandy H. from Powder Springs, GA.
Do not withhold your mercy from me, O Lord; may your love and truth always protect me.
PSALM 40:11. (NIV)
“Let us RUN with endurance the race that “GOD has set before us”. We do this by keeping our eyes on JESUS on whom our Faith depends from start to finish!”
Hebrews 12:1-2 (coffee carafe from dear friend)
Dawn, London, UK
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
Psalm 119:105 NIV 1984
Mary Ann
Look to the Lord and His strength, seek his face always Psalms 105:4 NIV
Raleigh, North Carolina
Choosing this first for strength as my daughter will be traveling to Uganda for 4 months serving the Lord. This mama needs some strength!
Ally, Greenville, SC
His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence (2 Peter 1:3 ESV).
Audli, Bloomington, IL
Therefore humble yourselves under the might hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
IPeter 5:7&8 NKJV
Megan from Austin,TX – “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
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 NIV
Tanya, Sharpsville
Isaiah 1:18
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” NIV
Karen- Amarillo,TX
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 have said to you. John 14:26 (ESV)
Alexis K., Waco, TX-
“He said to his disciples, ‘Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?’ They were terrified and asked each other, ‘Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!'” Mark 4:40-41 NIV
if we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny himself.
II Timothy 2:13 ESV
Nicole, Winnipeg
Isaiah 54:10 NIV
Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed,
Yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,
Says The Lord God who has compassion on you.
Ashley from Fort Knox, Kentucky
“Therefore, no condemnation now exists for those in Christ Jesus, because the Spirit’s law of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.” Romans 8:1-2 HCSB
Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children, and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 5:1-2
Julie Senefeld from Fishers, IN
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” James 1:22 NIV
Dawn from Airdrie Alberta Canada
being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6 NIV
But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted!
John 15:7 NLT
Ginger 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
but they who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31 EST
St Louis du Nord, Haiti
Let the words of Christ, in all their richness, live in your hearts and make you wise. Use his words to teach and counsel each other. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. — Colossians 3:16 NLT
Rachel from Dallas, TX
“Make your ear attentive to wisdom, incline your heart to understanding.” Proverbs 2:2 NASB
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. (Matthew 6:33 ESV)
Sydney Frank from Tulsa Oklahoma
“But you oh Lord, are a shield about me, my Glory, and the lifter of my head.”
Psalms 3:3 (ESV)
Margie Frank from Tulsa, Oklahoma
“But you, Oh Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.”
Psalm 3:3 (ESV)
Pam from Olathe, KS. “Let us hold fast the profession of our faith w/out waivering; (for He is faithful that promised;) & let us consider one another to provoke unto love & good works.” KJV
Stephanie – Columbus, OH
Is not this the fast I have chose? That ye loose the bands of wickedness, that ye undo the heavy burdens, that ye let the oppressed got free, and that ye break every yoke? Is 58:6 (KJV)
Dawna (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
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, bur in all of your ways acknowledge Him and he will direct your path.
Pensacola, Florida
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it.
Proverbs 18:21
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Randa from Kansas City, Ks.
The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms; He will thrust out the enemy from before you, and will say ‘Destroy’! Deut 33:27 NKJV
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men;yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Ecc.3:11 NIV
Shelli, Houston, TX: When we were overwhelmed by sins, you forgave our transgressions. ~ Psalm 65:3 (NIV)
Kelly Jo
Albany Ky
Exodus 20:7 niv
“You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name”
Shannon from Surrey,BC Canada
And Hannah prayed and said, “My Heart exults in the Lord; my strength is exalted in the Lord. My mouth derides my enemies because I rejoice in your salvation”.
1 Samuel 2:1 (ESV)