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
Middletown DE
Romans 8:6 NASB
For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the spirit is LIFE and PEACE!
Susan Bymaster. Ames, OK.
All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children. Isa. 54:13 ESV
Cherie Knight
Lockport, LA
Psalm 63:1 NKJV
O God, you are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thrists for You; My flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water.
Jan from Clarendon
NKJ
Psalm 18:30 As for God, His way is perfect;
The word of the Lord is proven;
He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
Kristi Donahoe Chesapeake, Ohio
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forth unto those things which are before Philippians 3:13 KJV
Finally, brothers and sisters, 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)
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven where moth and rust do not destroy and thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:19-20
NIV
Jen True
Greenfield, IN
Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love.
Eph 4:1-2 NASB
02/01/2013
Proverbs 3:5
•Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. (NIV)
Do not be afraid of them; the LORD your God himself will fight for you. Deuteronomy 3:22 NIV84
Paula, Island Lake, IL
“Though the fig tree should not blossom And there be no fruit on the vines, Though the yield of the olive should fail And the fields produce no food, Though the flock should be cut off from the fold And there be no cattle in the stalls, Yet I will exult in the Lord , I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.”
Habakkuk 3:17-18 NASB
Kim from Missoula,
Psalm 18:1 NLT
I love you Lord; you are my strength.
Chris, Des Moines, Iowa
Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your Presence?
If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in hell, You are there.
Psalm 139: 7-8 NKJV
Keri from Little Rock, AR
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”
Matthew 5:6, ESV
Stacy D … Iowa…be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
Ephesians4:3
Jaye
Raleigh, NC
“But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.”
1 Corinthians 15:10 ESV
NKJ Exodus 14:14
“The Lord will fight for you and
you shall hold your peace”
Louise – San Angelo Tx ” Trust in The Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight.” NIV84
Rebecca Wolfe, Houston, TX “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you will be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.” James 5:16, NIV
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 NAS
Know this my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.
James 1:19 ESV
Laura~Saskatchewan,Can
“If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
Matthew 21:22 NIV 2011
Cindy, Denton, TX. Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Ephesians 6:10 (ESV)
Raven- Atlanta, GA
“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)
And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up the cross daily, and follow Me. “For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake, he is the one who will save it. “For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself? Luke 9:23-25 NAS
… it should read, take up his cross daily, … sorry
Ft worth, Texas.
Hebrews 12:1b
Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily
Ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the
Race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus…
Christin Carroll Olive Branch, MS
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10 NIV
Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Christ Jesus is revealed. 1Peter 1:13. Kym, Highlands Ranch, CO
Kathy B from Pelham Alabama
I have said these things to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world”.
John 16:33 ESV
The Amplified Bible says…Behold,I have indelibly imprinted (tattooed a picture of) you on the palm of each of my hands… Isaiah 49.16a
Hollie- from Greenbrier Arkansas
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.” -Psalm 51:10-12 (ESV)
The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me. Lord, your love is eternal. Do not abandon the work of Your hands. Psalm 138:8
Erin
Fairbanks, AK
Ephesians 2:10
“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
NIV
Deanna from Summerville, SC
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 NKJ
Psalm 37:23-24
(NLT)
23 The Lord directs the steps of the godly.
He delights in every detail of their lives.
24 Though they stumble, they will never fall,
for the Lord holds them by the hand.
Christene from London, Canada
Eph 3:20 NLT
Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think
Courtney,Chicora.
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
Though the Lord is supreme he takes care of the humble, but he stays away from the proud.
ESV
Psalm 136:8
Portland,Texas
Always be willing to listen and slow to speak.
Do not become angry easily, because anger will not help you live the right kind of life God wants.
ESV
James 1: 19,20
Portland, Texas
People who cover over their sin will not prosper; but if they confess and forsake them, they will receive mercy. Proverbs 28:13. NLT
Nan Barry, Coppell TX,
Look to the Lord and his strength.
Seek his face always.
Psalm 105:4 NIV
Nadalin; Portland Tex
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you, I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh
Ezekiel 36:26
ESV
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Matthew4:4 NKJV
Andrea
East Earl
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing if your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is–is , good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:2 NIV
Isaiah 40:31
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 be faint
Krista from Midlothian, VA
They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord. Their hearts are secure, they will have no fear; in the end they will look in triumph on their foes. Psalm 112:7-8 NIV
Isaiah 12:2 Surely God is my salvation;I will trust and not be afraid.The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense;he has become my salvation.”
2 Peter 1:5. NIV 84. For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith, goodness; and to your your goodness, knowledge;
February entry.
Ann from St. Johns FL, Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 NIV
Karla Wagner, Sparta Mi
With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall. Psalm 18:29 NIV