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
Romans 8: NAS
For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly but because of Him who subjected it, in hope
Jennie from Greenwood, South Carolina, For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power. 1 Corinthians 4:20 ESV
Noelle, Newnan,GA
“So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge if his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding.”
Colossians 1:9 NIV
Debbie, Richmond,VA
You crown the year with Your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.
Ps. 65:11. NIV
Olivia: Lapwai, Idaho, And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. Psalm 9:10, KJV
Michelle Balkcum, Sharpsburg, NC,
Are any of you sick? You should call for the elders of the church to come and pray over you, anointing you with oil in the name of the Lord. James 5:14. NLT
And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you. Psalm 9:10 nrsv
Allie, south pasadena ca
And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you. Psalm 9:10 nrsv
Amanda from Anderson, SC
1 Timothy 2:15. KJV
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Magda from South Africa:The Lord bless you and keep you
The Lord make His face shine upon and enlighten you and be gracious to you , the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace. AMP
Magda from South Africa Numbers 6-24-26 The Lord bless you and keep you
The Lord make His face shine upon and enlighten you and be gracious to you , the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace. AMP
James 1:19: Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; ESV
Kim College Station, TX
“Faith Hope and Love, but the greatest of these is love” 1st Corinthians 13
Abby from Oakland, TN
Joshua 1:9 NIV
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for The Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks wisdom. Prov 25:28 NIV
Jan, Ringgold, GA
John 14;26. NIV84
But the counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name,will teach you all things and will remind you of all I have said to you.
Connie, Durham,NC We will not hide them from their children we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, His power and the wonders He has done.Psalms 78:4NIV
Revelation 1:17-18 NIV ~ “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.
“For God so loved the world that He have His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16
Tampa, Fl
“The voice spoke to him a second time,’ Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
Acts 10:15
Tampa, Fl
“After I strayed, I repented; after I came to understand, I beat my breast. I was ashamed & humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth”
Jeremiah 31:19
Kelly, Tampa
You crown the year with Your bounty and Your carts overflow with abundance. – Psalm 65:11 NIV
Suzanne from Hoover, AL
Deut 30:11 NIV
Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.
Isaiah 40: 30-31 NLT
Even youths will become weak and tired,
young men will fall in exhaustion.
But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.
They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
They will walk and not faint.
Galatians 2:20-21 NIV I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
The verse I have chosen is one of the verses from my online study. I love this verse. Colossians 3:23 says whatever you do, work at it with all you heart, as working for the Lord.
Oshkosh, WI
He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God. Micah 6:8 NIV
Jennifer from Cleveland, MS
“Sin is crouching at your door; its desire is for you, but you must master it.” Genesis 4:7, NIV
Rebecca
Cottage Grove, MN
Phillipians 1:9-11 NLT
“I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding. For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return. May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation-the righteous character produced in your life by Jesus Christ-for this will bring much glory and praise to God”
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 an a future. Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
Donielle from Columbia, SC
1 Peter 1:18-19 ESV
“For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.”
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galations 2:20
Greet all brothers with a holy kiss. Thessolnian 5:26 EVS
Show me Your ways O Lord, teach me Your paths; guide me in Your truth and teach me, forYou are God my Savior, and my hope is in You all day long. Psalms 25:4-5
Dawn from Bakersfield, CA
“Therefore I am now going to allure her;
I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her.
(Hosea 2:14 NIV)
Marcie, Elwood, In., The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but a fool despises wisdom and discipline.
Proverbs 1:7 NIV
Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes 4:12 NIV
Pv 3:5, NIV
“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.”
Lupe from Kansas, No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. (I Corinthians 10:13 NKJV)
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.? Psalm 65:11 NIV
Kristen, Charlotte.
Phillipians 4:13. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. HCSB
I am ready to begin!! Signing on late, but I will catch up!
Michele Barlow, Mt. Eden, Kentucky “And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.” Mark 12:30 NLT
Romans 8:31(NIV), “What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, then who can be against us?”
Crystal, Gridley,IL.
Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place and was praying there.
Mark 1:35 NASB
Nancy
Oshkosh, WI
1 Samuel 7:12
Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer saying, “Thus far the Lord has helped us.”
Isaiah 42:16 NIV
I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.
Job 23:10 NIV
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
Denise Chicago
“But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.”
Titus 2:1, 3-5 ESV