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
Alisha Huff, Ewa Beach, HI
For He will give His angels charge concerning you, to guard you in all your ways. They will bear you up in their hands, that you do not strike your foot against a stone.
(Psalms 91 11-12, NASB)
Lorraine, Marysville, Washington
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Colossians 3:23 – 24 NIV
Luke 10:19 (KJV)
Behold I give unto you power to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Cindy, Baton Rouge, LA
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His mercy towards those that fear Him.
Psalm 103:11 KJV
NIV, Joshua 1, 9
” Don’t be affraid, God is with you”.
Dina Haynie,fla
Song of Solomon 7:10 (nasb)
I am my beloved’s and His desire is for me.
Jackie from Sikeston, MO
Matthew 5:16 NIV
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
Shelly, San Angelo, TX
Proverbs 31:10-12 ESV
An excellent wife who can find?
She is far more precious than jewels.
The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will have no lack of gain.
She does him good, and not harm,
all the days of her life.
You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.
Matthew 5:14
The good person produces good things from the store of good in his heart, while the evil person produces evil things from the store of evil in his heart. For his mouth speaks what overflows from his heart.
Luke 6:45 CJB
My grace is all you need, for my power is greatest when you are weak. ~ 2 Corinthians 12:9 GNT
Fearless J, Chester, VA
Jesus Wept. John 11:35 NIV
Darla from Sealy, Texas “but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strenght. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40:31 NIV
Kim, Blair NE
Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers. But they delight in the law of the Lord, meditating on it day and night. ~ Psalm 1:1-2 NLT
Make known to me your ways, Lord; teach me your paths. Psalm 25:4 NAB
Sandi H., Holt, MO
“He is your constant source of stability.”
Isaiah 33;6 (NET)
Gail from Monroe, GA.
Psalm 28:7 NKJV
The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart
trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him.
Helen from Houston, TX
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouth but only what is helpful in building others up, according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Ephesians 4:29
Giesbrecht, Annissa
St. Catharines, Onatrio, CANADA
May the LORD fill your hearts with GOD’S love, may CHRIST give you the strength to go on.
2nd Thessalonians 3:5 NIRV
Angela, Katy TX:
James 1:1 NIV
“James, a servant of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings”
Linda, Gifford IL “And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands I am giving you today.”
Deuteronomy 6:5-6 NLT
Heather, Lansing, MI
Do you not know, have you not heard? The Lord is an everlasting God, the creator of the whole earth. He does not get tired or get weary, there is no limit to his wisdom.
Isaiah 40:28 ESV
Sam, Rowley, II Timothy 4:7-8 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness , which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing. NKJV
Jessica
Russellville, Ar
Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall come true.
Mark 11:24 KJV
Jessica
Russellville, Ar
O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth forever
Psalm 107:1
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.,”
Psalms 91:1-2 (NKJV)
Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you. Luke 6:38, NKJV
Kira, Springfield, IL
“Search me O God and know my heart. Test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.” – Psalm 139:23-24 NIV
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ~ 1 Cor 13:4 NIV84
Maryann, Norwood, MA, “Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.” Romans 12:10-11 NIV
Patty, Springfield IL:
“Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”
John 6:68b-69 NIV
Kristi, Grapevine, Tx
1 COr. 10:31 Whatever you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
Heather W. from Oklahoma City, OK
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
-Philippians 4:6-7 NKJV
Emily Strate
Searcy, AR
Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 3:3
NIV
Laura – Auburn, Alabama
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Ezekiel 36:26-28 ESV
Sarah, Rancho Cucamona Ephesians 1:3 NASB
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
Sara-Tampa, Fl
“In Him lie hidden all treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”
Colossians 2:3 NLT
Cindy Criss
Candler, NC
The Lord has done great things for us; we are glad.
Psalm 126:3
ESV
Laura from Fort Worth
“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in The Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth). And find out what pleases The Lord.”
Eph. 5:8-10 NIV
Kim from Olathe, KS
Trust God from the bottom of you heart; don’t try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track.
Proverbs 3:5-6 (Message)
“For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love, and of a sound mind”
2 Timothy 1:7
the above verse is in (YLT)
Brittany from Verona Illinois
Psalm 65:11 (NIV)
You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with adunance.
Jennifer Knoxville “It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man” Psalm 118:8 NKJV
Josie from Bossier City, LA: But when I am afraid, I put my trust in you. Psalm 56:3, NLT
Karen,Oconomowoc;Wis..I shall say of the Lord,”He is my refuge and my fortress;My God,In Him I will trust.~Psalm91:2 NKJV
2 Corinthians 4:16 (NIV)
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.
Psalm 65:11 NIV
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”
John 14:27 (ESV)