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
Erin, Murfreesboro, TN
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 (NIV)
Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5
Shannon from Thompsons Station: 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)
Arlette, Cheney, WA
Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.
~ Hebrews 12:14-15, NIV
Rebecca from Lynchburg
Psalm 19:14 (NASB) ~ Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.
Kimberly L, New Castle, “No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,” Philippians 3:13, NLT
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. James 1:19 NIV
Beverly from Franklin, NC: “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, who has compassion on you. ” Isaiah 54:10 NIV
I have given you all authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.
Luke 10:19 NIV
Cindy from Menomonee Falls, WI
Revelation 15:3 NLT
Great and Marvelous are your works, O Lord God, the Almighty. Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations
James 1:2-3 NIV
Consider it pure joy, my brothers & sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
Peggy Gandy from Waynesboro, Ms.
I Thessalonians 5:18
In every thing give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach, for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips. Proverbs 22, 17-18
Open my lips,Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise.
Psalm 51:15 (NIV)
2 Tim 1:7 NLT
God does not give us a spirit of fear and timidity, but one of power, love, and a sound mind.
Loris, SC
Leslie Lemmon from Platte City, MO
Truly He is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will not be shaken. Psalm 62:6 NIV
Jen True from Greenfield IN
Psalms 119:9-11
9 How can a young man keep his way pure ? By keeping it according to Your word.
10 With all my heart I have sought You; Do not let me wander from Your commandments.
11 Your word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against You.(NASB)
Brenda, Granbury, Tx
If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.
Jeremiah 29:13 NLT
Emily Nance
Blue Ridge, TX
Let your hope make you glad. Be patient in time of trouble and never stop praying.
Romans 12:12 CEV
When Jesus spoke again to the people, He said, “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
Kathy in Waco, Texas,” As for me, far be it from me that I sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right. ” 1 Samuel 12:23 NIV
This is the day the Lord has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 (NKJV)
Christy from Lima, OH
This is the day the Lord has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 (NKJV)
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.
Kathy from Roswell, Ga Luke 9:23 Jesus said to them all: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” NIV
Tricia
St. Louis, MO
Isaiah 60:1
“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
God is with you in your darkest moments, pick yourself from your pain and shine by holding onto his grace and love. Use his light to push away the darkness.
Vicki, Ann Arbor, Michigan
For you are a holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. Of all the people on earth,the Lord your God has chosen you to be his own special treasure.
Deuteronomy 7:6 NLT
Shantha Diaz, Lincoln, RI
Hebrews 12:1-2
Therefore since we are surrounded by such great cloud of witnesses let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles us and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus the author and perfector of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. (NIV)
From thibodaux Louisiana
Ephesians 4:31-32 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as Christ God forgave you.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
NLT
The name of The Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
Proverbs 18:10 NIV
Redkey, IN
Teach me your way, O Lord,
and I will walk in your truth;
give me an undivided heart,
that I may fear your name.
Psalm 86:11
NIV
Tara brandon ms
let your light shine before men, that they May see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matt 5:16
Phil 4:4-7
4. Rejoice in the Lord always, again I will say rejoice. 5. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand 6. do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. (ESV)
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV)
James 1:2 NIV
consider is all joy brothers whenever you face trials of many kinds
James 1:3 NIV
Because you know that the testing of your faith developes perserverance
Stacey from Royal Oak, MI
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23 (ESV)
Katie from King George, VA
James 2:1 My brothers as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don’t show favortism. (NIV)
Cate Oakley from Annapolis, MD
“I remain confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the LORD
in the land of the living.
Wait for the LORD;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the LORD.”
Psalm 27:13-14, NIV
We live by believing, not by seeing. 2 Corinthians 5:7. Nirv
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.
Genesis 4:7 NIV
Haley from Conway, AR
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer” Romans 12:12 NIV
Kerri, Allegan, MI
“Then an abundance of spoils will be divided and even the lame will carry off plunder. No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill;” and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.” Isaiah 33:24 (NIV)
Amy from Bear Creek, NC
But even if He does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up. Daniel 3:18 NIV
Diann – Fernandina Beach, FL
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 NIV
Nancy, Grand Haven, MI. 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. (Philippians 4:8 NIV)
Haley from Conway, AR
“Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my savior, and my hope is in you all day long” Psalm 25:5 NIV
Deb Dorris, Effingham, IL
He is your constant source of stability; he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; he gives all this to those who fear him.
(Isaiah 33:6 NET)
Sandra Long from White House, TN
Trust in the Lord with all of your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths.
Proverbs 3: 5-6 NKJV
Joshua 1:5
No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.