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
Angel from Smyrna, Ga
âMay the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.â
Romans 15:13 NIV
And blessed is she who believed that what was spoken to her by The Lord would be fulfilled. Luke 1:45 Net
The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it. 1Thessalonians 5:24 NIV
Plymouth, Indiana
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
-Colossians 2:8 (NIV)
Pensacola, Florida
Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.
Psalm 125:1 NIV
Kim, Marietta, GA
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
“Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy; and I have set you apart from the peoples to be Mine.”
Leviticus 20:26 NASB
Asheville, N.C.
Those 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.
Ps. 40:31 NRSV
Cheryl, Augusta, Ks-They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony Revelation 12:11a. NIV
Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. Ps. 86:11 (NIV)
Taryn from Corinth, TX
“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.”
– Jeremiah 29:11
Rebecca Wolfe, Houston TX, “The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down,” Proverbs 14:1, NIV
Michelle from San Antonio, TX
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what Godâs will isâhis good, pleasing and perfect will. (Romans 12:2 NIV)
Isaiah 64:4 “Since ancient times, no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.” (NIV)
Proverbs 4:5-7 (NKJV)
6.Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.6. Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will keep you.
Shannon Griffith. Parker, CO
Philippians 4:11-13 NIV
I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
Jana from Rosenberg, Texas “You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 NIV
Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. Hebrews 7:25, NIV
Pat Tayes, TN
“3) But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,
4) whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe,
lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is in
the image of God, should shine on them.”
2 Corinthians 4:3-4 (NKJV)
Rebecca, Charleston, SC-I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Psalm 119:11 NIV
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgement thou shalt condemn. ESV
“He has caused his wondrous works to be remembered;
the LORD is gracious and merciful.”
Psalm 111:4
Vicki from Wilmington DE
“Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth”
Colossians 3:2 NKJV
Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self control
NIV Proverbs 25:38
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of trouble.
Hebrews 4:15-16 NIV
Ima Parriott, Springfield, IL:
Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked. (Psalm 82:3, 4 TNIV)
Carol, St. Michael
Psalms 25:15 (Amp)
My eyes are ever toward the Lord for He will pluck my feet out of the net.
Peggy, Warsaw, IN – You are precious in my eyes, and honored and I love you – Isa.43:4a -ESV
Debbie from Littleton CO
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.? Psalm 65:11 NIV
We will not hide them from our children, the trustworthy deeds of our Lord; his power and the wonders he has done. Ps. 78:4 NIV
Stacey Walsh Greenville, TX
Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.
1 Cor 1:26 NIV
Kathryn, Middletown, DE : Rather it should be that of my innerself, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. I Peter 3:4 NASB
“The things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man unclean. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, lies, slander.” Matt 15:18-19 (NIV)
Nancy, Dallas
Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.
Proverbs 4:6
NIV
Laura from Ft. Worth, “Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fevor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.” Romans 12:10-13, NIV
Krista from Midlothian, Virginia:
There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off. Proverbs 23:18
New International Version
Phil 4:8 NIV
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.
Pat, Vicksburg, MS
ISA 40:31 NKJV
“But those who wait on 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.”
“So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.”
Colossians 2:6-7 (NIV)
2 Tim 2:15 KJV
Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth
Eph 4:32 KJV
And be ye kind one to another,tenderhearted,forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Sharon from Disputanta, VA. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know this full well. Psalm 139:14 NIV
Denise, Cincinnati. Galatians 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Mollie Thomas, Fairhope, AL
 âYou have heard that it was said, âLove your neighbor[i] and hate your enemy.â 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
Matthew 5:43-45 NIV
Jennifer, Round Rock, TX
Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
Jamie ~ Mobile, AL ~ Epesians 3:20 NCV With God’s power working in us, God can do much, much more than anything we can ask or imagine.
Cherie Knight
Lockport, La
Philippians 4:5 NKJV
Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lords is at hand.
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
Joshua 1:9 NKJV
Ange from Bloomfield, KY – I will lie down and sleep in peace for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.
Psalm 4:8 NIV
Amy, The Woodlands, TX “And he brought out from there that he might bring us in and give us the land that he swore to give to our fathers.” Duet 6:23 ESV