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
“I have loved you.” says the Lord.
Malachi 1:2 a
New King James Version
So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today. Matthew 6:34 – NRSV
Sandi Glenn, Leakesville Mississippi . 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.” (Joshua 1:9 NIV)
Lori Grundy, Vivian, LA
But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in Him. 1 John 2:5 NLT
Pam, Tallahassee, FL
For His anger lasts only a moment,
but His favor, a lifetime.
Weeping may spend the night,
but there is joy in the morning. – Psalms 30:5, HCSB
Jackie Gay, Marianna Florida, “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16 NLT)
Kim, Frankenmuth, MI: “But even when I am afraid, I keep on trusting you.” -Psalm 56:3 (NIV)
“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not grow faint.” Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)
Debbie from Cathey’s Valley, CA: “And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Jesus Christ.” Philippians 4:7 (NIV)
JESSYB, Middletown, DE,
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Phil 4:6 NIV
Raelene from Edmonton, AB, Canada. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. -Ephesians 2:10 (NL
Jennifer Webber, Memphis, TN
Then you will call, and the Lord will answer;
you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.
Isaiah 58:9 (NIV)
Diane Welna, Whitehall, MT
“If you love me, you will obey my commandments.” KJV
Diane Welna, Whitehall, MT
“If you love me, you will obey my commandments.” John 14:15 KJV (Sorry…forgot my reference on my first posting.)
Kara Lynne, Philadelphia, PA
In all thy ways, acknowledge Him, and He shall direct they paths.
Proverbs 3:6 KJV
Kara Lynne, Philadelphia, PA
In all thy ways, acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 3:6 KJV
DeeDee from Madison, Al
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
James 1:17 NIV
You are to live clean, innocent lives as children of God in a dark world full of crooked and perverse people. Let your lives shine brightly before them. Philippians 2:15b
For January 1, 2013:
Leslie Crawley, Flagstaff, AZ
James 1:1 “James a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ; to the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad, Greetings (joy to you :-)”. NASB
For January 15, 2013
James 1:5 “But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God who gives to all generously and without reproach and it will be given to him.” NASB
Sheena from Alabama
Trust in the Lord with all 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
Renee, Grand Rapids, MI
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! Isaiah 26:3 NLT
Renee, Grand Rapids, MI
Above all else, guard your heart, for it affects everything you do. Proverbs 4:23 NLT
Kolene
Enola, PA
1 Peter 2:9 (Amp)
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, (God’s) own purchased, special people, that you may set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues and perfections of Him Who called you out of darkness into HIS marvelous light.
Isn’t obvious that GOD deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, chose these “nobodies” to expose the hollow pretensions of the “somebodies?” 1 Chaorinthians 1:27 (The Message)
Phil 4:8
Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellance, if there is anything worth of praise, think about these things. (ESV)
Terri S. – Little Elm, TX
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: (Philippians 1:6 KJV)
Tammy Willner, Caddo Mills, TX
But let patience have its perfect work,that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. James 1:4 NKJV
I will give you the treasures of darkness, richez stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.
Isaiah 45:3 NIV
Julie/Deer Park/TX Psalm 4:8 I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety. NIV
Carole La Junta Colorado
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Angi from Bremen, GA
Those who do not control themselves are like a city whose walls are broken down. Pro. 25:28 NCV
Jennifer Hand, Liberty, NC
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NLT
Romans 3:23 (KJV) For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.
Jackie Gay, Marianna FL, I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
—Romans 8:38-39 nlt
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Mt.11:28
NIV
Tracie, Monticello, FL
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
2 Cor 10:5 KJV
Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. 2 Corinthians 9:10-11 NIV
Marla, from Dixon, IL (NIV) Col 3:13
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Arglye, TX
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. ESV
Argyle, TX
May the God how give you encouragement and endurance give you a spirit of unity among yourself as you follow Christ Jesus.ESV
Romans 15:5
My little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. 1John3:18NRSV
I Samuel 12:24 (ESV)
“Only fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you. “
Psalm 19:14
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. ESV
Wendy from MS—” I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.” -John 14:18 NASB
With Joy you will drink deeply from the fountain if Salvation. Isaiah 12:3 NLT
Jane, Northfield MN 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.
Lesli Morrow, Mansfield,TX “The Lord will fight for you; you need only be still”.
Exodus 14:14 (NIV)
James 1:4 NIV
Perserverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete not lacking anything.
Tallahassee, FL ESV Daniel 4:34 for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom endures from generation to generation;
San Ramon Ca With Joy you will drink deeply from the fountain of your salvation. Isaiah 12:3
Lynn, Orlando, FL
“Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.”
~ Ephesians 3:20-21 (NIV 1984)