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
“Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation.”
Isaiah 12:2 NASB
Alli Johnson, Beaufort
Through You we will push back our adversaries; Through Your name we will trample down those who rise up against us.
Psalm 44:5 NASB
Tanya, Richmond, “No, Jehovah’s hand is not so short that it cannot save; Nor is His ear so heavy that it cannot hear”. Isa.59:1 RcV (Jan.1)
January 14, 2013
Bobbie Puckett
Ft. Worth, Texas
1st John 4:16 (NIV)
We know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God and God in her.
Carolyn Reed, Houston Texas, “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:1 NIV84
Tara -Dawsonville, GA
Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. 1 Chronicles 29:13 KJV
Luke 12:34 NLT
Wherever your treasure is,there the desires of your heart will also be.
John 15:5 ““I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” NKJV
“Therefore, I urge you brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God-this is your spiritual act of worship” Romans 12:1NIV
Colossians 3:13
Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you have a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord Forgave you. NIV11
2 Corinthians 10;3 NAS
For though we walk in the flesh,
we do not war according to the flesh
Michelle from Topeka “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds.” James 1:2 (NIV)
Robyn – The Woodlands, TX
‘Come, therefore, let us enjoy the good things that exist, and make use of the creation to the full as in youth.
Wisdom 2:6 (NRSVCE)
Psalm 23 : 1
The Lord is my shepard, I shall not want.
King James
Krystin-Edmond Oklahoma
The faithful love of the lord never ends! his mercies never cease
Lamentations 3:22 NLT
Ashleigh- Edmond, Oklahoma
The faithful love of the lord never ends! his mercies never cease
Lamentations 3:22 NLT
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. Phil. 3:7-8
Chrissy G., Flower Mound, 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 NIV
Aimee from Tolono, IL
“Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.” PSALM 37:3 NIV
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 4:6-7
Kay Chester, Va
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
Ephesians 6:10 NIV
Kristi from Lees Summit, MO
Heal me, O Lord and I shall be healed; save me and I shall be saved, for you are my praise.
Jeremiah 17:14 ESV
Lorri: Fort Worth, TX
The one who calls you is faithful and He will do it. I Thessalonians 5:24
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. I John 3:2 KJV
Marissa Haney, Pittsburgh, PA
“For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self control.” Timothy 1:7
The Devotional Bible New Century Version, Edition Experiencing the Heart of Jesus
“Cast all your anxiety on him, for he cares for you.”
1 Peter 5:7
“Cast all your anxiety on him, for he cares for you.”NIV
1 Peter 5:7
I’m using Beth’s Psalm 65:11 versed. Loved it!
I will lead the blind by ways they have not known,
along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;
I will turn the darkness into light before them
and make the rough places smooth.
These are the things I will do;
I will not forsake them.
Isaiah 42:16 (NIV)
Dawn – Pampa, Texas
Luke 12:31 But seek his kingdom, & these things will be given to you as well . NIV
Debbie, Hattiesburg, MS:
“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High, shall abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge, and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust.” Psalm 91:1-2 (NKJV)
Lanie from NC
For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not great; I will help you. Isaiah 41:13 NOV
Psalm 28 6&7 NLT
Praise the Lord! For He has heard my cry for mercy.
The Lord is my strength and shield.
I trust Him with all my heart.
He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy.
I burst out in songs of thanksgiving.
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. (Ephesians 6:10 NIV)
from Warman,SK
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
Tiffany – Grain Valley, MO
“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)
Deuteronomy 3:22
Do not be afraid of them; the LORD your God himself will fight for you. (NIV)
But since he has no root, he last only a short time.
When trouble or persecution comes because of the word
he quickly falls away.
Matthew 13:21 NIV
Shannon Michaelis, Houston, tx. Revelation 5:12-13. ESV
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might
and honor and glory and blessing!”
And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying,
“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”
The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in Him. Nahum 1:7 (NIV)
Mandy Pierce
Boswell, Oklahoma
O Lord, I give my life to you.
I trust in you, My God.
Do not let me be disgraced, or let my enemies rejoice in my defeat. No one who trusts in you will ever be disgraced but disgrace comes to those who try to deceive others. Psalm 25:1-3 NLT
Kelly Snapp, Enid OK
Valerie from Buda, Texas “You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 NIV
And he said into her, thy sins are forgiven. Luke 7:48 kjv
Kim-Rayne, La.
“I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” Phil 4:13 NIV
Amanda, Claremore OK, Psalm 139:14
“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Susan Mahnel: Locust Grove, VA
Deuteronomy 31:8
Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; he will neither fail you nor abandon you. (NLT)
But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing to the LORD, for he has been good to me. Psalm 13:5-6
Angelika – La Junta, CO
Kim-Rayne, La
“Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.” Psalm 34:14 NIV
Rebecca. Helena, Alabama
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith, and this not from yourself, it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8. NIV
This same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is bearing fruit everywhere by changing lives just as it changed your lives from the day you first heard and understood the truth about God’s wonderful grace. Colossians 1:6 NLT