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
Amy from Tallahassee, FL
Matthew 11:28
Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
ESV
Beth from Woodstock,Ga
“Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble.”. Proverbs 13:20 NLT
She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.
Proverbs 31:25, NLT
Ps 13: 5-6
But I have trusted in Your faithful love;
my heart will rejoice in Your deliverance.
6 I will sing to the LORD
because He has treated me generously
Catching Up —
Psalm 28:7 HCSB
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped.
Therefore my heart rejoices,
and I praise Him with my song.
Ps 13: 5-6
But I have trusted in Your faithful love;
my heart will rejoice in Your deliverance.
6 I will sing to the LORD
because He has treated me generously.
Ps 100: 4
Enter His gates with thanksgiving
and His courts with praise.
Give thanks to Him and praise His name
Catrina, Clarksville. “So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word of God planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls.” James1:21 (NLT)
Erin, Marquand, MO. Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world. Psalm 46:10 NLT
Devon, Bolivia. “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1 (NIV)
Debbie, Bangor NI, “Self help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to finding yourself, your true self.” Matthew 16:25 (The Message)
Brandi from Fort Worth Texas
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:9
NASB
Michelle, Buda, Texas
“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” James 1:17 (NIV)
Jamie in Mason, OH
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, will have the power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ. Eph 3:17b-18 (NIV)
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:18 NIV)
Amy from Horsham, PA:
“I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For He has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.” Isaiah 61:10 (NIV)
Wiggins
Create in me a clean heart O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me. Psalms 51:10 NLT
Evelyn from Peoria, AZ
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. Isaiah 40:31 (ESV)
Scripture for 2/15, forgot to upload: Psalm 16:8 Amp. Bible,
“I have set the Lord continually before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved”.
Scripture for 3/1, Psalm 16:10,11 Ampl. Bible, “For You will not abandon me to Sheol, the place of death, neither will You suffer Your holy one to see corruption. You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy, at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore”.
For the Word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged swordm, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning of the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Hebrews 4:12, ESV.
Natalie, Austin TX “A new command I give you: Love one another as I loved you so you must love one another.” John 13:34 NRSV
“I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. john 15:9 NLT
Amanda from Sheffield, AL
Exodus 14:14 NIV
The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.
Catching up –
Amanda from Sheffield, AL
Proverbs 3:5-6 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.
Amanda from Sheffield, AL
CATCHING UP
Proverbs 3:5-6 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.
Joshua 21:45 NIV
Not one of all the Lord’s good promises to the house of Isreal failed; every one was fulfilled.
Joshua 23:8
But you are to hold fast to the Lord your God, as you have until now.
Proverbs 31:25 NIV
She is clothed in strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.
Kathy /Anniston AL
March 1st verse
Shout for joy, O heavens rejoice. O earth burst into song, O mountains for The Lord comforts His people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones. (NIV).
Pat from Cleburne, Texas
Forgot to post my February scriptures
“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
“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
Catching up
Jan 2013 you crown the year with your bounty and your wagons overflow with abundance
Psalm 65:11 NIV
Feb 2013 let the whole world bless our God and loudly sing his praises. Psalm 66:8. NLT
March 2013. Since you have been raised to the new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven. Where Christ sits in the place of honor at Gods right hand. Col 3:1 NLT
“Be strong. Take courage. Don’t be intimidated.
Don’t give them a second thought because God, your God, is striding ahead of you. He’s right there with you. He won’t let you down; he won’t leave you.”
“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on Him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord and he will have mercy on him and to our God, for He will freely pardon. Isaiah 55:6,7 NIV
March 1st, late- sorry
Philippians 1:6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. ESV
Only be strong and very courageous that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left that you may prosper wherever you go. Joshua 1:7 NKJV
Wendy- Longmont, CO
“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.”
Proverbs 4:23 NIV
Kim, Clinton Mo
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. Psalm 119:105 NIV
Katie, Fernandina Beach
Feb 15th:
They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings-and with him will be called, chosen and faithful followers.
Revelation 17:14 (NIV)
March 1st:
Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:34
Abby- St. Louis
Because you are precious in my eyes,
and honored, and I love you,
I give men in return for you,
peoples in exchange for your life. (Isaiah 43:4 ESV)
Tyra from Houston, TX:
Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 119:105 NKJV
Katera, Kentwood, LA
I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine dresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
John 15: 1&2 NKJ
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 path straig. ht . Proverbs 3:5-6. 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 path straight. Proverbs 3:5-6. NIV
“I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a (wo)man according to (her)his conduct; according to what (her)his deeds deserve.” Jeremiah 17:10 NIV
John 13:7
Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
Marleen from Pendleton ,SC
For the one whom God has sent speaks
The words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit
John 3:34 (NIV)
Kari, florida
Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” Whenever you turn to the right hand Or whenever you turn to the left. (Isaiah 30:21 NKJV)
And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to genertion.
Luke 1:50 ESV
Isaiah 6:8 NIV
I heard the voice of the Lord say “whom shall I send? Who will
go for us?”. “Here I am” I said, “send me”.
Regina OBrien, Birmingham, AL
You shall the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. Mark 12:30, ESV
NKJV. Isaiah 43:1b
“Fear not for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by your name;
You are Mine.”
Debbie, Clinton, TN
Deuteronomy 6:7 HCSB
Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Michelle of Washington DC
God, the Master, The Holy of Israel,
has this solemn counsel:
Your salvation requires you to turn back to me
and stop your silly efforts to save yourselves.
Your strength will come from settling down
in complete dependence on me. Isaiah 30:15 Message
Shawnte, Philadelphia, PA “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” Mark 11:24, NIV
Prov 27: 2, ESV, Let another praise you, and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.
Catching UP:
Prov 21: 19, ESV, It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome & fretful woman.
Kathrine Newman Greenville KY, Catching up
Jan. 1—Oh give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth forever. Pslam 136:1 KJV
Jan. 15—one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all. Eph :4-6 NIV
Feb. 1—See to it that no one misses the grace of God Heb 12:15 NIV
Feb 15.—Cry for help and you’ll find it’s grace and more grace. The moment he hears, he’ll answer. Isaiah 30:19
Mar. 1—Be kind to each other, tender hearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. Eph: 4:32 NIV
Mar. 15—Keep your lives free form the love of money and be contint with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you: never will I forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5 NIV