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
Carol from Pierre, SD
So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. James 1:19-21 NKJV
Jodie, Minneapolis – “Forget the former things, do not dwell on the past. See I a doing a new thing? Now it springs up, do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43: 18-19
carolina from ny, ny
but when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative – that is, the Holy Spirit – he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you. john 14:26 NLT
The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnance of clay, purified seven times.” Psalm 12:6 NIV Life Application Study Bible
But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. 1 John 3:5 NIV
For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; In the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock. (Psalm 27:5) NASB
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow, it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 NIV
Jena from York, PA – John 1: 12 “But whoever did want him, who believed he was who he claimed and would do what he said, He made to be their true selves, their child-of-God selves.” – The Message
Kim from Edmond, OK
Always be joyful. Keep on praying. No matter what happens, always be thankful, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
1 Thess.5:16-18 NLT
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:5 NIV
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man.
And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond
what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also
provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
I Corinthians 10:13 NIV
“Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed and get a new heart and a new spirit.”
Ezekiel 18:31 NIV
My Command is this: love one another as I have loved you.Greater love has no one than this,to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:12-13 NIV
kaci from Norman, ok
Michelle De Leon San Antonio, TX
” This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” John 15:8 NIV
Sue from Norwood
“Is not this the sacrifice that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free and to break every yoke?”
-Isaiah 58:6, NRSV
A NEW command I give you: LOVE ONE ANOTHER. As I have loved you, so must you love one another. By THIS everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. John 13:34-35
The Lord Your God is with you; He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you. He will quiet you with His love. He will rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17 Amplified(previous one that I forgot to enter on 3/15)
If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
Romans 12:18 Amplified
Christie Busselle-buffalo
Trust in The Lord with ask your heart and lean not upon thine own understanding. Acknowledge Him in all thy ways and He shall direct they paths. Prov 3:5-6 kjv
Amy Minneapolis, MN
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.” Psalm 91:1-2 NIV
16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. I Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
Lisa from Downsville LA
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away” Matthew 24:35 NIV.
Jade from Oklahoma City, OK, “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Exodus 14:14 NIV
I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! John 15:11 NLT
Kimberly from Carlsbad, CA
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:22 (NIV)
Heather, Mt. Pleasant,
And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. Hebrews 12:1b-3 NIV
Danielle from Richmond Texas, Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically, as something done for the Lord, and not for me. Colossians 3:23 NIV
Jesus answered him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one goes to the Father except through me.~ John 14:6 KJV
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. (Hebrews 12:11 NIV)
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.? Psalm 65:11 NIV
“For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him. “(Philippians 2:13 NLT)
Abide in Me and I in you. As the ranch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine,so neither can you unless you abide in Me. John 15:4
Ephesians 1:7 NLT
He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.
Wendy-Longmont, CO
“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.”
Deuteronomy 31:8 NIV
But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine.
Titus 2:1 NKJV
karen buchanan, dover, arkansas. KJV II Corinthians 5:17 ” Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
Amy from Horsham, PA:
“for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose” Philippians 2:13 (NIV)
Shasta, Enterprise, AL
” The Advocate, the holy Spirit that the Father will send in my name- he will teach you everything and remind you of all that [I] told you. ” John 14:26 The New American Bible
So do not fear for I am with you; do not be dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10 NIV
Jesus replied, “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.”
Matt 22:37 NLT
Rebecca, Woodstock, GA Isaiah 43:2 NLT When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.
Lisa from Burbank California
Call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. Palm 50:15 NRSV
Lori
from Kemptville, On
Casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. 2 Cor 10:5 (KJV)
Jamie from Dallas, TX
“Everything in the heavens and earth is yours, O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as being in control of everything. Riches and honor come from you alone, and you are the Ruler of all mankind; your hand controls power and might and it is at your discretion that men are made great and given strength.” -1 Chronicles 19:11-12 LB Translation
Laura
Cairns (Australia)
Since You are my rock and fortress, for the sake of Your name lead and guide me.
Psalm 31:3
NIV
Blessings from Candice C from Covington,La
So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath
James 1:19
Becky from Vineland, Ont.
He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge.
Proverbs 144:2 NIV
Rachel Vineland, Ontario
A fool gives vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.
Proverbs 29:11 NIV
Melissa from Tomball, TX.
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Psalm 19:14 NLT
Jennifer from Seguin, TX
“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
Kathryn: Middletown DE
“Who perceives his unintentional sins? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.” Psalm 19:12 (HCSB)