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
Alison Leamon from McKinney, TX
“Do not let this book of law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:8-9 NIV84
Do not conform any longer 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. (Romans 12:2 NIV84)
Martha from Chorpus Christi
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him,so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the holy spirit.
Romans 15:13 NIV
Kelly Lewis, Phoenix AZ
Thank [God] in everything [no matter what the circumstances may be, be thankful and give thanks], for this is the will of God for you [who are] in Christ Jesus [the Revealer and Mediator of that will].
1 Thessalonians 5:18 AMP
Leah Cullen, Ramona CA
And when God counted him as righteous, it wasn’t just for Abraham’s benefit. It was recorded for our benefit, too, assuring us that God will also count us as righteous if we believe in him, the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. – Romans 4:23-24 (NLT)
Pauline, Kearney, NE
I will lift up my eyes to the hills
From where comes my help?
My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.
Psalm 121:1-2 NKJV
Holly from Amarillo, TX: You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Bryn, San Francisco CA
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world. John 16:33 ESV
Donna Atlanta Tx Isiah 61:1 The spirit of the Lord is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted and the suffering. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted, open the eyes of the blind, and to announce liberty to the captives.
And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19 NIV
And I will give them one heart [a new heart] and I will put a new spirit within them; and I will take the stony [unnaturally hardened] heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh [sensitive and responsive to the touch of their God] Ezekiel 11:19 AMP
…….oops……I’ve just posted but typed 10 instead of 19. Can you delete the wrong one. THANKS!!!
Jesus replied, Love the Lord your God with all your heart
with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment and the second is like it.
Love your neighbor as yourself.
Matt.22:37-39 NIV
Lauri in Houston, Texas
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
Gal. 6:9 NIV
Heather; White House, TN; Philippians 4:8 NLT
And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.
Merredith, Champaign “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
Jumping in a bit tardy but SO glad to be back for 2013!!
I want to memorize!
Susan
Jersey Village
” I will break down your stubborn pride and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.”
Leviticus 26:19
NIV
Celeste Cade, Clinton, MS, Romans 6:14 NASB “For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law, but under grace.”
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 3:18-19 NIV
Donna Butler from Arlington, Texas
“And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us: And if He hear us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.” I John 5:14,15 KJV
Paula from Bakersfield …
“Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” – Hebrews 13:5 (ESV)
Brenda from California
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
Ephesians 3:14 NIV
Carrie, San Luis PotosĂ, MĂ©xico
Humility is the fear of The Lord; it’s wages are riches and honor and life.
Proverbs 22:4 NIV
Debbie, Lisle, Illinois
“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)
Week 2
Matthew 12:36-37 (ESV)
I tell you, on the day of judgement people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified and by your words, you will be condemned.
Elise Smith, Waco Texas, She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs withour fear of the future. Proverbs 31:25 NLT
Elise Smtih, Waco Texas, There is no fear in love [dread does not exist], but full-grown (complete, perfect) love turns fear out of doors and expels every trace of terror! For fear brings with it the thought of punishment, and [so] he who is afraid has not reached the full maturity of love [is not yet grown into love’s complete perfection]. 1 John 4:18 Amp
Jeremiah 17:7-8
” Blessed is ths man who trusts in the Lord; whose confidence is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, fot its leaves reamin green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, fot it does not cease to bear fruit.” ESV
Kassidy Dillard from Dubois, PA….
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
Valerie Rios, Buda Texas, week two
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.
-Hebrews 10: 23
Valerie Rios, Buda Texas, week two
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.
-Hebrews 10: 23 (NIV)
Angela, Monroe LA, My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. James 1:19-20 NIV
Jeanne, San Francisco,CA..
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and don’t lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 WEB
Deborahann from Sun City West, AZ
Psalm 147:5 (NIV)
Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.
Jeanne, San Francisco, CA – Posted 2 since I started today.
” Humble yourself therefore under the mighty hand of GOD, that he may exalt you in due time; casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.
1 Peter 5:6-7 WEB
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with Thanksgiving present your requests to God.
Phillipians 4:6
Tabitha Schenkel, Liberty NC, Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God. Philippians 1:3 NLT
Kelly Fisher – Houston, TX
“Give your attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.” Matthew 6:33-34 (MSG)
Stacey, Mount Pleasant, SC Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thes 5:16-18 NIV
Michelle De Leon, San Antonio,TX
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. (1 Peter 5:10 NIV)
Darlene from Muncie, Indiana
“But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 NIV84
1corinthians chapter 7 verse 16
Wife, you do not know; maybe you will save your husband. And husband, you do not know; maybe you will save your wife.
For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord plans to prosper and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
Nancy from Perry, GA
GOAL: to memorize Philippians
Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine making requests for you all with joy,
Philippians 1:1-4 (NKJV)
Charlsie from Austin, TX: “Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart I will praise his holy name.” Psalm 103.1 NLT
Krista, Spring, Texas
“Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.” NLT
Psalm 37:3 Trust in the Lord and do good; Dwell in the land and feed on His faithfulness.
Psalm 16:7-8: I will praise the LORD, who councels me; even at night my heart instructs me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. NIV
Marla, Carmel, IN…
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
James 1:12 (NIV)
Sara, Wichita, KS –
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
Hebrews 12:11 (NIV)
Janice Platte City, MO -Your love oh lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfullness to the skies. Ps 36:5 NIV
Kimberly from Montezuma Indiana
Phil. 1:6 “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.” NIV