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
Abby K Columbus,TX
“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 8:12
(NIV)
Janet- San Diego, CA
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares The Lord. Plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
Carol- The Woodlands Jeremiah 29:11 “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.” (NIV)
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)
Emilie in North Carolina
Deuteronomy 31:8 a- NET ‘The Lord is indeed going before you-..”
Carrie – Tennessee
“Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him, and will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.” Psalm 37:4-6 (NIV)
“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us..” Ephesians 3:20 (ESV)
Michelle from Marietta, GA
“You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.”
– Psalm 65:11 NIV
Alicia, Mesa, AZ
Because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:2 NIV
Rosyline, San Antonio, Psalm 27:1, The Lord is my light & my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life, whom shall I be afraid?, NKJ
Colossians 2:3 nlt
In Him lie hidden all the treaures of wisdom and knowledge.
Judy; 2 Timothy 1:7 “For God did not give us a spirit of fear or timidity; but a spirit of power, of LOVE and of self discipline” NIV
Maya, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, James 1:2-3 “Consider it pure joy my brothers and sisters whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.” (NIV)
Betty Loma Linda; A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. Prov. 17:22 KJV
Cinda, Deltona Fl., Joshua 1:9 Have I not told you to be strong and corageous ? Do not be terrified , Do not be discouraged, for your Lord God is with you wherever you go..(NIV)
Janeen – Murfreesboro, TN
Habakkuk 3:17-19
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
Van Buren, AR “I sought the Lord and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.” KJB
Jane, Van Buren, AR, Psalm 34:4, “I sought the Lord and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.” (KJB)
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways awknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
Kate- Parker, CO
John 14:26 (NIV)- But the Advocate, 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.
The Lord your God is with you, the mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in His love, He will no longer rebuke you but will rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17, TNIV.
Janet S., Holmes Beach, Florida
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 14:6 NIV
Connie I
Edmonton, Alberta
Jeremiah 12:5 (NLT)
Then the Lord replied to me, “If racing against mere men makes you tired, how will you race against horses? If you stumble and fall on open ground, what will you do in the thickets near the Jordan?”
Romans 8:37 “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Christ who loved us.”
Kerre Bogard, Chattanooga,TN. “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
Missie, Houston
He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8 NIV84
Mia from Fort Myers, Florida:
Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes, and I shall keep it to the end. Give me understanding and I will keep your law. Indeed, I will observe it with my whole heart! Make me walk in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it. Incline my heart to your testimonies and not to covetousness. Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, and revive me in your way.
Psalm 119:33-37 NKJV
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.” James 1:2-3 (NIV)
Thou crownest the year with thy goodness… Ps 65:11 KJV
Amanda – Crawford, TX “She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.”. Proverbs 31:25 NIV
Lori
Dublin, OH
“For I know the plans that 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)
Kim H, Bakersfield, Ca, James 5:16 “Therefore, confess you sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.” (NASB)
And my God shall supply your every need according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
–Philippians 4:19, New English Translation
Miranda from West Monroe, LA “The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.” Psalm 23:1 NIV
Brittany, Houston, TX
Psalm 73:26-28 (MSG)
25
You’re all I want in heaven!
You’re all I want on earth!
26
When my skin sags and my bones get brittle,
God is rock–firm and faithful.
27
Look! Those who left you are falling apart!
Deserters, they’ll never be heard from again.
28
But I’m in the very presence of God—
oh, how refreshing it is!
I’ve made Lord God my home.
God, I’m telling the world what you do!
Tarsha, Tampabay, FL: “That I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth, that you may answer words of truth to those who send to you.” Proverbs 22:21 NKJV
Chaney
Bentonville, AR
If it is true that you look favorably on me, let me know your ways so I may understand you more fully and continue to enjoy your favor. And remember that this nation is your very own people.”
Exodus 33:13
New Living Translation (NLT)
Allison
Katy, TX
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV84
Carrie R.- Tallassee Alabama Lord, you are my God;and I will exalt You and praise Your name, for in perfect faithfulness You have done wonderful things, things planned long ago.
Isaiah 25:1 NKJV
Angie, Columbus Ohio~ Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face continually.” Psalm 105:4 NAS
Paetyn, Russellville, AR
” but the one who did not know it and committed deeds worthy of a flogging will recieve but few. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required. And to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.” Luke 12:48 NASB
Wendy, Blacksburg, VA
“Blessed be God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hands” -Genesis 14:20 NIV
Andrea from Chillicothe, Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6, NIV.
Emily – Lenexa, KS
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)
Shickeytha from Hayesville
“In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.”-Proverbs 14:26 KJV
Beth B., Malaybalay, Phillipines (currently, but hailing from the great state of Georgia), Jeremiah 1:10 HCSB “See, today I have set you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and demolish, to build and plant.”
Gaynor Lubojasky. Sugar Land, TX. Romans 12:2 (NIV): “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will.”
Amy Noort – Veenendaal (Netherlands)
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – His good, pleasing and perfect will.” Rom. 12:2 (NIV)
Morgan from Orlando, Florida
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. (James 1:5 ESV)
Love must be sincere, Hate what is evil, cling to what is good. Romans 12:9 NIV