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!Ā 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 moderatedĀ (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,Ā 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.Ā 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.Ā 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
Mellissa from Houston, TX.
I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. John 15:5 (NASB)
Barb, Phx, AZ
Show me the path where I should walk, O Lord, point out the right road for me to follow. Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me. All day long I put my hope in you. Psalm 25:4-5. NLT
Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 5:1-2
Anne, Dallas.
For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.
Galatians 1:10, NASB
Chelsey S. from Amarillo, TX
“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
Ginny Obergfell
Olean, NY
Since ancient times no one has heard,
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.
Isaiah 64:4(NIV)
Chelsey S. from Amarillo, TX
“Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.” Psalm 143:10 NIV
Psalm 139:1-2. NIV. O LORD you have searched me and know me. you know when I lie down and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar,
Tiffany from Georgetown, Tx: “God is not unjust; He will not forget your work and the love you have shown Him as you have helped His people and continue to help them.” Hebrews 6:10 NIV
Karen J. Hughes Woodstock Ontario Canada
The Lord is my Shepherd. I shall not want. Ps 23 v1 The New Testament
Behold, I am making all things new…write this down for these words are trustworthy and true…I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. Revelations 21:5-6 esv
Christy W. from Sydney, Australia
Ann from Lewistown, PA
Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at Gods Right hand.
Colossins 3:1 (NLT)
John 17:3 “Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” (NIV)
Cheryl, North Carolina “Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth!” Psalms 46:10
Psalm 33:18-19, “But the eyes of the Lord are on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
Kelly from Daphne, AL
I alone know the plans I have for you, plans to bring you prosperity and not disaster, plans to bring about the future you hope for.
Jeremiah 29:11
English Good News Translation
Beth from Johnstown, OH
Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.
Is. 55:2 NIV
Dianna from Moneta, Virginia
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against?
Romans 8:31
New King James Version
Lindsay E. from Houston, TX
“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” Ephesians 4:32 NIV
Nicole – Bolivar, MO
So our goal is to be acceptable to him, whether we are at home or away from home. 2 Corinthians 5:9 (CEB)
Jessy from Houston, Tx
“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
Isaiah 41:10 (ESV)
Mary, Fullerton, CA. “That whosoever believeth in him should have eternal life.” John 3:15 KJV
Tamar Knochel, Indianapolis Indiana, “There is no fear in love but perfect love casts out fear because it involves torment. But the man who fears has not been made perfect in love.” 1 John 4:18 NKJV
EVEN A FOOL IS THOUGHT WISE IF HE KEEPS SILENT,
AND DISCERNING IF HE HOLDS HIS TONGUE.
PROVERBS 17:28 (NIV).
Olivia from Demopolis AL. “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those that hear.” Ephesians 4:29
2 Timothy 1:7. For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. NIV
Chris from Arvada
Melanie Ceynar – Houston, TX- “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.” Hebrews 12:2 NIV
The Lord will fight for you: you need only be still. Ex. 14:14 NIV
Proverbs 17:9
Disregarding another person’s faults preserves love; telling about them separates close friends. NLT
Central Valley, CA
I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me.
– Psalm 57:2 (ESV)
Teresa, Krugerville – I love the LORD, for He heard my voice; He heard my cry for mercy. Ps. 116:1 NIV
We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited. Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way; in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses.
– 2 Corinthians 6:3-4
Kelly Glascock, Costa Mesa, CA — Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.(Romans 12:12 NIV)
Romans 15:13 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.NIV
Jill, Oswego NY
Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.
Proverbs 4:23 NIV
Davida, Athens, ….”I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into Godās love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all Godās people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is”. Ephesians 3:16-18 NLT
Ez 36:27 (esv)
I will put my spirit within you, and csuse you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
Ann, Birmingham, “For I can do everything through, who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13, NLT
Brenda – Pewaukee, WI – “This letter is from Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ. I am writing to Godās chosen people who are living as foreigners in the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.” I Peter 1:1, NLT
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
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. (1 John 4:4 NKJV)
Chrissie from Lincoln Park, NJ “For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not calamity to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11, NAS
Joshua 1:8 This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night that you may observe and do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous and then you shall deal wisely and have good success.
Sara Sanders, Garden City, KS
The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: āI have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness. (Jeremiah 31:3 NIV)
Mary Grace, Bolivar, Missouri
“Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.”
Proverbs 13:10 NIV
Arlington, TX
O my people, hear my teaching, listen to the words of my mouth.
Psalm 78:1
Michelle, Waynesboro
Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. Jeremiah 33:3 NIV faithgirlz bible
Ashley, Memphis, TN
One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all my days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to meditate in His temple. Psalm 27:4 NASB
Carla, Fort Worth ~ You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Angel from Cameron Missouri
Pursue love, yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. 1Corinthians 14:1 NASB
I love reading the bible and reading these blogs. It gives me so much hope.