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
Andrea from Gardendale, AL.
The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemy before you, saying, “Destroy him!” Deuteronomy 33:27 NIV
Kris from Cloquet
I’m late submitting my memory verse.
Col. 4:2, NIV
“Devote yourselves to prayer being watchful and thankful.”
For the Son of man came to find and restore the lost. Luke 19:10. MSG
Audrey from Bristol, TN
“He will delight in you with gladness. With His love, He will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.”
Zephaniah 3:17b (NLT)
Susan from Jacksonville, FL
One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. Psalm 27:4 ESV
Adriana san antonio,TX
delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4
‘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.’
John 14 :26 NIV
Tiffany from Woodstock, GA.
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Jo Ann from Bismarck Illinois.
I give them (My sheep) eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of My hand. John 10:28 NIV
Teach me to do your will for you are my God,
may your good spirit lead me on level ground
Psalm 143:10. NIV
Noemi
Palm Bay, Fl
So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.
John 1:14
NLT
Mandi from Greenbrier, AR
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
He ransoms me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
Psalm 55:18. NIV
Lauren from San Marcos, Tx
I will praise you forever for what you have done. In your name I will hope for your name is good. I will praise you in the presence of your saints. Ps. 53:9 NIV
2 Corinthians 5:6-8
6 So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
New King James Version (NKJV)
Gretchen from Warsaw, IN
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 6:10-12. NIV
I chose psalm 65:11. I think it is a great new year verse. A clean slate with the prayer bounty and overflowing abundance ( of love and hope). I hope
Jana from Yukon, OK
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,
present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6 NIV
Mischia, Morganton, NC
Whatever is good and perfect comes down to us from God our Father, who created all lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow. James 1:17 (NLT)
Thank you .. This is great challenge and oh how I need to be challenged to memorize God’s Word.
Leslie Rockwell,NC
Galatians 2:20 (KJV)
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Holly from Muscle Shoals, AL: For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and self-control. 2 Timothy 1:7, ESV
Elizabeth, Broomfield, CO
He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber. Ps 121:3 (HCSB)
Holly from Muscle Shoals, AL: For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. 2 Timothy 1:7, ESV
Cathy, Gig Harbor
He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.
Psalm 112:7 NIV
When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy. Psalms 94:19 (NIV)
1 John 1:1
“That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched – this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.” 1John1:1 NIV
Tanya from Satsuma, AL
In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. John 1:1 Amplified
Megan, Northlake, TX
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 glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. (Ephesians 3:20, 21 NIV)
Jessica R, Allen TX
Proverbs 30:7-9 (NIV)
“Two things I ask of you, O Lord; do not refuse me before I die: [8] Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. [9] Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, `Who is the Lord?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
Donna from Deer Park
We demolish arguments and every pretensions that sets itself up against the knowledge of God and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. iI Corinthians 10:5
She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.
Proverbs 31:25 NLT
Carol from Plano TX
“May He give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.” Psalm 20:4
Merriman –Atlanta Georgia
Isaiah 50:4
The sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue to know the word that sustains the weary.
Lisa from Treasure Island, Fl
Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved-you and your household.
Acts 16:31 NIV
Jennifer from Austin, TX
Be joyful in hope,
Patient in affliction,
Faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12
Since I missed the 1st of January, here is my memory verse…
Nevertheless I am continually with You; You hold me by your right hand. Psalm 73:23 (KJV)
Deborah Davis
Elgin, Texas
Maria Cristina – Orlando, Florida
Those who have been ransomed by the LORD will return. They will enter Jerusalem singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be filled with joy and gladness.
ISAIAH 35:10, New Living Translation
Psalm 19:14 (NASB)-Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of
my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.
Jennifer, San Antonio TX, Psalm 31:4 Keep me free from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge. NIV
Teresa – Flower Mound,TX
I Corinthians 4:20 (NASB) For the kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power.
Teresa – Flower Mound, TX.
John 11:35 (NASB) Jesue wept.
Teresa – Flower Mound, TX.
Galatians 2 (NASB) I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righeousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly.
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. Joshua 1:9 KJV
Lori, Spartanburg, SC
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts you double-minded.
James 4:8 ESV
Proverbs 3:6
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight NIV for Feb.1
Carissa Hardage from Benton: “but the man who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.” Romans 14:23 NIV
Verse 3
“In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight”
Ephesians 1:7-8 ESV
The Lord is my shepherd, i shall not be in want. Psalm 23 NIV
Susan Cook
Leander, Texas
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)