2013 Siesta Scripture Memory Team: Verse 1!

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!

 

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  1. 10851
    angie says:

    He said “Be still and know that I am God. I will be
    exalted among the nations. I will be exalted on the
    earth. Psalms 46:10. NIV

  2. 10852
    Kris Jansen says:

    Kris Jansen, Germantown, WI

    Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

    Matthew 7:7-8 (NIV)

  3. 10853
    Crystal Lord says:

    Crystal Lord, Brandon, MS
    “How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked nor stand in the way of sinners nor sit in the seat of scoffers, but his delight is in the law of the Lord and on His law he meditates day and night. He will be like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither, and in whatever he does, he prospers.”
    Psalm 1:1-3
    NASB

  4. 10854
    Linda H. from Austin says:

    Right behind you a voice will say “This is the way you should go”. Isaiah 30:21 NLT

  5. 10855
    Michelle Singleton says:

    Michelle from Louisville Kentucky, “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if something is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things.” Phillipians 4:8 NET

  6. 10856
    Vicki Hall says:

    Vicki Hall, Paducah, KY

    For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him. Ps 103:11 NIV

  7. 10857
    Jeannie says:

    Jeannie from Atlanta, IN, Matthew 5:1-5 “Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying,:Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven, Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” ESV

  8. 10858
    Rachel Whitmore says:

    Rachel–Evansville, IN

    “Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” Col. 4:6 NIV

  9. 10859
    Erika Boen says:

    Erika — Valley Springs, South Dakota

    “Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his father doing, because whatever the father does the Son also does.” John 5:19, NIV

  10. 10860
    Leise Wells says:

    Leise W, Waco, TX Psalms 13:5
    But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. (NIV)

  11. 10861
    Cheryl says:

    Cheryl N, Augusta, Ks Ps 119:114 “You are my shelter and my shield I put my hope in Your word.” Psalm 119:114 NIV

  12. 10862
    Marjorie Helen says:

    “I sought the Lord, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.” Psalm 34:4 NIV

  13. 10863
    Kathryn Collins says:

    Kathryn from Dallas, Texas.

    “But thanks be to God, who gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.” 1 Corinthians 15:57-58 (ESV)

  14. 10864
    Glenna Reed says:

    Glenna from Jackson,OH. ‘I beseech you therefore, brethern, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Romans 12:1 KJV

  15. 10865
    Melissa Marks says:

    Melissa Marks, Katy, TX

    3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue

    II Peter 1:3

  16. 10866
    Susie says:

    Susie, from Atlanta, Georgia:
    “Now faith is the assurance, the confirmation, the title deed of the things we hope for, being the proof of things we do not see and the conviction of their reality; faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses.”
    Hebrews 11:1, AMP

  17. 10867
    Carrie Henson says:

    Carrie H, San Angelo Tx
    “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.” Proverbs 16:3 NIV

  18. 10868
    Cassie says:

    Exodus 15:2 NIV
    “The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

  19. 10869
    Kirby Ray says:

    Kirby from Parsons, KS

    “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” James 1:22 NIV

  20. 10870
    Amy says:

    Amy, Haskell, NJ
    “I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?”
    Jeremiah 32:27 NIV84

  21. 10871
    Kerri says:

    Kerri from Columbus, Georgia: “You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 NIV

  22. 10872
    Debbie Adkins says:

    Isaiah 55:8-9
    For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my way higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
    NIV

  23. 10873
    Cynthia in Seaford says:

    Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God.

    –Philippians 1:3 NLT in loving memory of Carol Masters, the sweetest sister in Christ, who went home to be with Him January 13, 2013.

  24. 10874
    Dwan says:

    A merry heart does good like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones. Proverbs 17:22, NKJV

  25. 10875
    Gretchen says:

    Gretchen from Dardanelle, AR
    For the spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love, and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 NIV

  26. 10876
    Ellen says:

    Ellen; Fort Polk, LA
    A fool gives full vent to his anger,but a wise man holds it in check. Proverbs 29:11

  27. 10877
    LisaH says:

    Lisa – Ozark, MO

    2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV
    …we take captive every thought and make it obedient to Christ.

  28. 10878
    Julie Crow says:

    Webb City, MO
    We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.
    2 Corinthians 10:5 NASB

  29. 10879
    Cheryse says:

    Cheryse Santos, Miami , FL

    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 about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 2 corinthians 12:9 NIV

  30. 10880
    Ana Raquel says:

    Psalm 73: 3-4 NIV
    3. things we have heard and known,
    things our ancestors have told us.
    4 We will not hide them from their descendants;
    we will tell the next generation
    the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord,
    his power, and the wonders he has done.

  31. 10881
    Bethany says:

    Bethany-Hattiesburg, MS

    The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.

    Exodus 14:14 NIV

  32. 10882
    Angie from Alexandria, VA says:

    All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 1 Corinthians 6:12 NKJV

  33. 10883
    Deborah Meabon says:

    Debbie – Warren, PA

    Mark 12:28-29 TLB

    One of the teachers of religion…asked, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”
    Jesus replied, “The one that says, ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is the one and only God.’

  34. 10884
    Debbie says:

    Debbie
    Clinton, TN

    Luke 10:27 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself. HCSB Apologetics Study Bible

  35. 10885
    Sarah says:

    Sarah of Pueblo West, CO-

    “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

  36. 10886
    pat ford says:

    Loving this and learnig new verses without feeling overwhemed.

  37. 10887
    Pat Ford says:

    “Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?” Psalm 139: 7. HCSB
    Pat, Greenville, Ky

  38. 10888
    Jill Bunn says:

    Jill Bunn – Austin, TX

    Philippians 4:4-7 ESV

    Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, Rejoice. Let your reasonableness be made known to everyone. The Lord is at hand. Do not be anxious about anything but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God, and the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

  39. 10889
    Kendra W. says:

    Kendra – Dallas, TX

    Matthew 21:22, NLT

    “You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.”

  40. 10890
    Pamela. Denver says:

    I will lift my eyes up to the hills- where does my help come from?
    My help comes from The Lord,
    Maker of Heaven and Earth.
    Ps. 121:1. NIV

  41. 10891
    Emily says:

    Emily- Quito, Ecuador!

    Isaiah 61:1-2 (NIV)

    “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn”

  42. 10892
    Jessie says:

    Jessie – Rossville, Georgia

    The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in mercy. – NKJV

  43. 10893
    Tina from Orlando Florida says:

    “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he’s a new creation; old things have
    passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2Corinthians 5:17 NKJV

  44. 10894
    Amber says:

    Psalm 66:12

    …we went through fire and water, but you brought us to a place of ABUNDANCE! 🙂

  45. 10895
    Jessica says:

    Jessica – Birmingham AL

    Finally, brothers and sisters, 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.

    Philippians 4:8 NIV

  46. 10896
    Kathy says:

    Kathy from Louisville.

    John 10:9 (NIV)

    I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. (Jehovah-raah)

  47. 10897
    Misti Sanders says:

    Misti, McGregor, TX

    I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Psalm 119: 10-11 NIV84

  48. 10898
    Gretchen from Mesquite says:

    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 about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 2 Cor. 12:9 (NIV)

  49. 10899
    Erin Linn Roche says:

    “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1 NKJV

  50. 10900
    Amy says:

    Amy – Custer, SD:

    The Lord is my light and my salvation – whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life – of whom shall I be afraid?

    Psalm 27:1 (NIV)

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