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
But Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. 2 Peter 3:18 NIV
“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
Michele from Meridian Idaho
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not trust in your own understanding. Agree with Him in all your ways, and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6
Psalm 1:2-3 NKJV
But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.
Lindsey, Athens Ga
“For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1
Tammy Stuart, Mesquite, Tx
“He will delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful song. Zephaniah 3:17b NLT
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Sorry…this scripture is from the King James Version 🙂
Kathy, Elk Grove, CA says, “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. 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 10:3-5 (NASB)
Megan – Monroe, LA
Prov. 16:9 NIV
In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.
Elisabeth, Bastrop TX
But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
Philippians 3:7 KJV
Steph, Scottsdale az ” and we know that in all things god works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Romans: 8:28 niv
“Count it all joy, my brothers. when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” James 1:2-4, ESV
Karey, Justin, Texas
“You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.”
Psalm 65:11
Dot, Bartlesville. “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 ASV
Misty from Edmond, OK
Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent- the LORD detests them both. Proverbs 17:15 NIV
Cynthia, Missouri
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Galations 5:14 ESV
Sheena from San Antonio TX. Romans 8:39 the Message. I’m a absolutely convinced that nothing-nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable-absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.
Cindy, Tulsa, OK “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself interecedes for us with groanings too deep for words”. Romans 8:26 ESV
Tiffany, Dublin – “Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.” Psalms 143:10 (NIV)
Rhonda Anderson IN NIV
Psalms 3:3-5 But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. I call out to The Lord and he answers me from his holy mountain. I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because The Lord sustains me.
Kathi from Kingwood,Tx, “God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God lives in him.” 1 John 4:16, NIV
Sarah, Poteau, “You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11, NIV.
Tori from Las Vegas
“Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day. For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.”
(2 Corinthians 4:16-18 NET)
Heather Haan from O’fallon, MO
Pleasant words are like honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 16:24 (NET)
Carmen from Matthews, “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28 KJV
Heather Brooks
Arlington, TX
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
“The Lord your God is with you. He is mighty to save. He takes great delight in you. He quiets you with His love; He rejoices over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17 NIV
Kay Klenzendorf, Mansfield, Tx
Roxanne, Houston
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!
Psalm 141:3 ESV
Holli, Texas
Isaiah 55:2, “Why spend money on what does not satisfy? Why spend your wages and still be hungry? Listen to me and do as I say, and you will enjoy the best food of all.”
Terri, Fountain Valley
“What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
– Luke 18:27 (NIV)
Amy Hewitt from Tampa, FL “Therefore, there is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:1 NIV
Cindy, SLC
Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast, it’s not proud, it’s not rude, it’s not self seeking, it’s noe easily angered and it keeps no record of wrongs.
1 cor 13:4,5 NIV
Stacy from Amherst, NE
“For I am about to do something new. See, I hae already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.”
Isaiah 43:19 (NLT)
Romans 8:29 NIV
For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his son, that he
Might be the firstborn if many brothers.
Mary, Alcoa, TN
Exodus 33:11- Then Moses said, “I pray You, show me Your glory.” NASB
Jolene, Suwanee, GA
“Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.”
Proberbs 16:3 NIV
Kathy Harrison, MO
“When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.”
Proverbs 11:2 NIV
But the fruit of the sprit is love,joy,peace,patience,kindness,goodness,faithfulness,gentleness and
self-control. Against such things there is no law.
NIV Galatians 5:22
Valdosta GA
Philippians 2:3-4 (NIV) Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit,* but in humility consider others better than yourselves.* ;Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.*
Psalm 34:17-18 (NIV)
17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. 18 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
The Woodlands,TX
Psalm 139:2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar NIV
Maple Valley
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel – NOT WITH WORDS OF HUMAN WISDOM, LEST THE CROSS OF CHRIST BE EMPTIED OF IS POWER.
NIV 1 Corinthians 1:17
Leigh from Fairhope
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of others.”
Philippians 2:3-4 NIV
C. Wilburn, Long Creek, OR Romans 15:13 NIV May the God of hope fill your with all joy and peace as you trust in Him so that you may overflow with hope, by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Allison Haines
Macon, GA
“So I am willing to endure anything if it will bring salvation and eternal glory in Christ Jesus to those God has chosen.” 2 Timothy 2:10 (NLT)
Nichole, Nashville, TN 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
4 Nichole is patient and kind. Nichole is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. She does not demand its own way. She is not irritable, and she keeps no record of being wronged.
(inserting my name for love):)
Robin, Alta Loma, CA – Joshua 1:9 (NIV) Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid, do not be discouraged for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
Andrie Baker, Norcross, GA “It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22-23, KJV).
Andrea Dublin, OH
Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)
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.
Psalm 103:11
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His mercy towards those that fear Him.
sorry, its from the KJV.