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
Marilyn from Missouri:Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will direct yor paths. Proverbs 3:5 NKJV
Brenda, Greenville, SC
Daniel 2:21 NIV
He changes times and seasons; He sets up kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
Lacy, Cincinnati. Finally, brothers, 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 NIV84)
Sarah, Dry Ridge, Kentucky
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 NIV
You crown the year with Your bounty and goodness, and the tracks of Your [chariot wheels] drip with fatness. (Psalm 65:11 AMP)
Molly Tyler, Texas
James 1:7-9
New International Version (NIV)
7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.
9 Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position.
Kimberly, Roseburg OR
Ephesians 1:7-8 NIV
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sons, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding.
James 1:1
“James, a bond-servant of God and of The Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad, Greetings”
Sheila Etonga, Dallas, TX, Prov 3:9-10 “Honor the Lord with your possessions and with the first fruits of all your increase. So your barns may be filled with plenty and your vats will overflow with new wine” (NKJV)
Sherry, Murray, KY
God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.
John 3:17 NLT
Pati from Nixa, Missouri
My verse: psalm 103:1 Bless The Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name!
Monica, Okinawa
James 4:7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
RSV (Catholic Edition)
Merriman -Atlanta Georgia
Galatians 6:9 NIV
Let us not become weary in doing good,for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Pam, Apple Valley, MN
Psalm 130:3-4 NIV
If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O LORD, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared.
Isaiah 50:4 (NLT)The Soverign Lord has given me words of wisdom, so that I know how to comfort the weary. Morning by morning he wakens me and opens my understanding to do His will.
Stacey, Lexington, KY
“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.” Hebrews 11:6 NIV84
The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace. -Numbers 6:24-26 (NIV)
Alexa, Tennessee.
Romans 8:32
“He who did not spare His own son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him graciously give us all things?”
ESV
Achara, Jacksonville
“So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him strengthened in the faith as you were taught and overflowing with thankfulness.” Colossians 2:8 NIV
Kim from Georgetown, KY
Psalm 52:8 NKJV
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;
I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.
Amie, Nashville, IL
Psalm 55:4
“My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen on me.”
NIV
” It’s harder to make amends with an offended friend than to capture a fortified city. Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with iron bars.”
~Proverbs 18:19 NLT
Tonya B, Daphne,AL “I can do everything through him who gives me strength” Philippians 4:13 NIV
Sue
John 14:26
“But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send inMy Name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.”
NIV84
Alisa, Ocala
Isaiah 18:4- This is what the Lord says to me: “I will remain quiet and will look on from my dwelling place, like the shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.” NIV
Katie, Fernandina Beach
Phil 4:8
Finally brothers, 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.
NIV
Laura Ivey from Austell, GA. “But they who wait for The Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. ” Isaiah 40:31 ESV
Columbia, MO
Finally, brothers, 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
Columbia, MO
Finally, brothers, 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
“Jesus wept” John 11:35
1 Timothy 6:17-18 Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in the wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.
Ecclesiastes 11:7
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.
Niv
Bethany, Macon, GA
Romans 8:24 NIV
For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have?
In Him and through faith in Him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
Ephsians 3:12 (NIV)
Becca Christian, Bakersfield, CA,
John 14:27 (NIV) “Peace I leave with you, my peace i give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid”.
Joy S, Springfield (OH)
Col 1:1-4 (NIV)
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
2 To the holy and faithful brothers in Christ at Colosse: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.
3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,
4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints—
Rachel from Lander, WY. “You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalm 66:11 NIV
Hellena from Pittsburgh, pa
‘even the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve others and to give his life as a random for many’ Mark: 10:45 (NLT)
Leslie
Rockwell , NC
Galations 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.
Becky from Stillwater, OK “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” Psalm 119:105 KJV
Tammy from Fort Myers, Florida: Proverbs 1:5 HCSB “A wise man will listen and increase his learning, and a discerning man will obtain guidance.”
Kathy
Carrollton, Al
Psalm 91:1 NIV
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
Philippians 4:13 I’ve found the recipe for being happy whether full or hungry,hands full or empty. Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am. The Message
Wendy West Monroe, LA
Finally brothers, 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
Debbie H
Central Florida
Ephesians 1:17 NAS
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.
Tara from Fort Worth, Texas
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. – James 1:2-4 (NIV)
Psalm 91:1 NLT
Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
From Santa Maria, CA
1 Peter 1:22, New Century Version
“Now that your obedience to the truth has purified your souls, you can have true love for your Christian brothers and sisters. So love each other deeply with all your heart.”
Victoria, BC, Canada
Romans 14:17 (KJV)
“For the Kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.”
Ashley, Calgary, Ab
Finally brothers, 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. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practive. and the God of peace will be with you.
Philippians 4:8-9