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
Jeanette, Fraser, CO, “give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thess. 5:18 ESV
Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exhalted among the nations, I will be exhalted in the earth.
Psalm 46:10
Proverbs 14:29 NIrV
Anyone who is patient has great undertanding. But anyone who gets angry quickly shows how foolish he is.
Susan from Cary NC
Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
NIV
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord.
Psalm 150:6 NIV
Angie – Fishers, Indiana
Isaiah 30:15 – The Message
“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.”
Romans12:12 NIV Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:5
NIV
Evin from Fort Worth, Texas:
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:33-34 NIV
Latisa from Largo,MD: “Dear friends I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshy desires that do battle with the soul.” 2 Peter 2:11 The NET Bible
Earlene from McKinney, Texas
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6. (NIV)
Sara
Plymouth, IN
And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
Romans 10:15 (NIV)
Isaiah 40:1 Comfort, comfort my people,says your God.
NIV
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Rock Port, MO
Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God. (Romans 6:13 NLT)
Emily
Maryville, MO
“But I trust in your unfailing love; My heart rejoices in your salvation! I will sing The Lord’s praise, for he has been good to me.”
Psalm 13:5-6
NIV
Colossians 3:2-3 NIV84
2.Set your minds on things above, not earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
Melinda Moyer in
Wichita, KS
“I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13 NLT
Lebanon. “This is my command: Love each other”. John 15:17. NIV
Arlette, Cheney, WA
Hebrews 10:35-36, AMP
35 Do not, therefore, fling away your fearless confidence, for it carries a great and glorious compensation of reward.
36 For you have need of steadfast patience and endurance, so that you may perform and fully accomplish the will of God, and thus receive and carry away [and enjoy to the full] what is promised.
Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin. As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. (1 Peter 4:1, 2 NIV)
Kristy, from Texas
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
Philippians 4:11
1 Peter 2:12
Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors. Then even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, they will give honor to God when he judges the world.
1 Peter 2:12 NLT
Patti, Fort Worth, Texas
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
James 4:7 (NIV)
Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
~ Philippians 4:7, NLT
Melissa from Canton, MI: “So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.” (1 John 4:16 ESV)
Janet from Richmond, IN
“As the spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like him and reflect his glory even more.” 2 Corinthians 3:18b (NLT)
” And whatever you ask in my name, that I will do, that the Father my be glorified in the Son.” ” If you ask anything in my name I will do it.”
John 14:13-14
“A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart”. (Luke 6:45 NLT)
Sandy from Simi Valley, CA: “Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again — Rejoice! Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. Remember the Lord is coming soon. Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.” Phil. 4:4-7 NLT
Rebecca Wolfe, Houston, “He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.”, Psalm 112:7, NIV
Jer 29:12 Then you call upon me and come and pray to me and I will hear you.
Jer 29:12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me and I will hear you. (ESV)
Jennifer from San Angelo, Texas
“it is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect”
Psalm 18: 32
NIV
Jennifer from San Angelo, Texas
My Daniel verses posted in March are my January verses I just can’t seem to get them to post in January.
” He reveals deep and mysterious things and knows what is hidden in darkness though He himself is surrounded by light.”
Daniel 2:22
New English version (?)
Debbie from Lisle, IL
“The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him.” Nahum 1:7 (NIV)
Debbie from Bangor NI…It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone. Ephesians 1:11 (The Message)
2Cor. 4:7 NIV
But we have this treasure is jars of clay to show that this all surpassing power is from God and not from us.
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 NIV
“Above all else guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” Prverbs 4:23 NIV
Sommer….Easley, SC…. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—EPH 2:8 – NIV
April from Burbank, IL
If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Romans 10:9 NLT
James 1:7-8 NIV
That man should not think he will recieve anything from the Lord. He is a double minded man unstable in all he does
Carol from Rochester New York Yea, before the days was I am he; and there is none that can delivery out my hand: I will work, and who shall let it? Isa. 43:13 KJV
Jen from Round Rock, TX
2 Cor. 1:4
He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.
Donna, La Verne, CA – “Be imitators of God, therefore as dearly loved children and live a life o love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” Ephesians 5:1,2 (NIV)
Bonnie – Marietta, GA
And the Lord turned the captivity of Job when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.
Job 42:10 – KJV
Bonnie – Marietta, GA
I will lift up mine eyes from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord who made Heaven and earth.
Ps. 121: 1-2 KJV
Bonnie – Marietta, GA
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved. He that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, He that keepeth Isreal shall not slumber nor sleep.
Ps. 121:3-4