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
Courtney from Gainesville, GA:
“For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.”
2 Corinthians 10:3-5, ESV
for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.
Luke 1:49 ESV
Sherri F, Bryant AR; Psalm 90:12
Teach us to make the most of our time that we may grow in wisdom.
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. (James 5:16 NIV)
Mary from Hartley, Iowa
Luke 12:35 (NCV) – “Be dressed, ready for service, and have your lamps shining.”
Carol from Pierre, SD
James 1:5-8 NKJV
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and with out reproach and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double minded man, unstable in all his ways.
Caitlin DeArmond from Hillburn, NY
And while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously; 1Peter2:23 NASB.
“If anyone would come after me he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me” Luke9:23
Nellie. Knox, In. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life…John 3:16 KJV
Teri from Washington DC
The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward and and give you peace.
Numbers 6:24-26 NIV
Nicole…Stanford, KY
A wife of Noble character, who can find” She is worth far more than rubies.
NIV Proverbs 31:10
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Nicole …. Stanford, KY
A wife of Noble Character, who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.
Proverbs 31:10 NIV
Donna Penner from Palmdale, California….”Look to The Lord and His strength; seek His face always” 1 Chronicles 16:11 NIV
Now The Lord is Spirit,and where the Spirit of The Lord is,There is Freedom.
2 Corinthians 3:17 NIV
Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.
Romans 4:20-21
Julie, Easley, SC
Alice, Hardin
“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,
whose confidence is in him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit.”
Jeremiah 17:7-8 NIV
Ann. Centerville. The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Deut. 31:8
Natalie, Paragould AR
Furthermore, if you call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, if you seek if like silver and search for it like hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and discover the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 2:3-5 HCSB
Yaneli B. from Houston, TX
2 Corinthians 5:17, ESV
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
Janna Windham, Covington, wa
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:21 NIV)
“Above all,you must understand that no prophecy of scripture came about by the prophets own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man but man spoke from God as they weere carried along by the Holy Spirit.” 2Peter 1:20-21 NIV
His master saw that the Lord was with him (Joseph) and that the Lord caused all that he (Joseph) did to succeed in his (Joseph’s) hands. Genesis 39:3 ESV.
Tepreene, from saint paul,minnesota. My verse:) Trust in the Lord with all ur heart and lean not on ur own understanding but in all ur ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6
Tepreene, from saint paul,minnesota. My verse:) Trust in the Lord with all ur heart and lean not on ur own understanding but in all ur ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 Niv
Tracy- Waterloo, Ont., Canada “Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. Depart from evil and do good. Seek peace and pursue it.” Ps. 34 vs.13&14 NLT
Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let’s show the truth by our actions. 1 John 3:18 NLT
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 NIV
2 Peter 1:20-21 nkjv knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation,for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
Psalm 103:1-5
Bless The Lord, oh my soul
And all that is within me,
Bless his holy name!
Bless The Lord, oh my soul
And forget not his benefits,
Who forgives all our iniquity,
Who heals our diseases,
Who redeems us from the pit,
Who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
Who satisfies you with good
So that your youth is renewed like eagles.
You crown the year with Your goodness, and Yyour paths drip with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NKJ
Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.
Proverbs 4:23 NIV
John 14:27 ESV
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
“Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.” Genesis 15:1
Michelle from Fair Grove, MO
“When I’m afraid I put my trust in you.” Psalm 56:3 ESV
Wanda
Hiram, GA
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
4 “Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!
5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
6 These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart.
7 You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.
8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.
9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
Rosharon, TX
Jeremiah 29:11 NKJV
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Linda Montague
Navarre, FL
Proverbs 10:27
The fear of the Lord prolongs days,
But the years of the wicked will be shortened.
Elizabeth, Muskogee, OK. 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)
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.- Psalm 65:11 NIV
Dana, Round Hill, Virginia
Hebrews 10:24, NIV
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.
Bianca from Scottsdale AZ “All my longings lie open before you, O Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you” (Psalm 39:9 NIV).
“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity.” 1 Timothy 4:12
Sandi, Pueblo West, CO
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, There is freedom.
2 Corinthians 3:17 NIV
For you created my inmost being,
You knit me together in my Mothers womb.
Psalms 139:13 NIV
St. Catharines Ontario, CANADA
Psalm 32:8 NIV
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
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We respect our own parents for training and not spoiling us, so why not embrace God’s training so we can truly live? Hebrews 12:9 MSG
Kelly from Huntsville, AL
“You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 (NIV)
Kristy, North Carolina
Look to the Lord and his strength;
seek his face always.
1 Chronicles 16:11 (NIV)
Lee Anne Brannon
Waco, TX
He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the L ord require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?
micah 6:8.nasb