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
Bailey W. from Southaven, Mississippi
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Psalm 119:105, ESV
Angie Edwards
Severance, CO
Zephaniah 3:17
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. (NIV)
Sandra Borgen, Lidgerwood, ND Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Philippians 4:8 KJV
From Calvary Chapel Carson City
Proverbs 19:17
He who has pity on the poor lends to the
Lord, and He will pay back what he has given
Michelle, Buda, TX
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.”
1 Peter 5:6 (NIV)
Pam Jones, Dallas, TX
“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the
earth.”
Psalm 46:10 (NIV)
Robyn from Ada, OK
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance – Psalm 65:11 NIV
Stacy , Slinger, WI.
I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace
In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have
Overcome the World. John 16:33. NIV.
Leslie Fett-Fayetteville, Ar
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. (Hebrews 11:6 ESV)
Crystal Sabella Buffalo New York
Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” NIV
Debbie
Clinton, Tn
HCSB
Proverbs 15:15
All the days of the oppressed are miserable, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
Lesli Morrow- Mansfield, TX I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten,the cankerworm, & the caterpillar, & the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. Joel 2:25 (NIV)
Jer 29:11 NIV
“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.”
“You are my witness” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand I Am He. Before me no god was formed nor will there be one after me.” Isaiah 43:10 NIV
Lisa Bernadette from Lawndale,CA- My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26 NIV84
Pat, Vicksburg
Eph 2:8-9 NKJ
“For by grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. Not of works lest anyone should boast.”
Bec from Australia. Micah 6:8 from the NLT. “No. O people, the Lord has told you what is good, and what He requires of you: to do what is right, to live mercy and walk humbly with your God.”
Psalm 5:1-3
Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation. Give heed to the voice of my cry. My King and my God, for to You I will paru. My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning I will direct it to You and I will look up. (NKJV)
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; acknowledge him in all your ways and He will make your path straight. Proverbs 3:5 NIV
Tiffany from Temple, Texas
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds,” James 1:2 NIV
Kim Smith from Littlestown, PA. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 NKJV
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is kept safe. (NIV)
Micki from Prairie Village,KS. Consider it pure joy, my brothers (and sisters), whenever you face trials of many kinds,because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. James 1:2-3 (NIV)
The Lord replied, “I will personally go with you… and I will give you rest-everything will be fine for you.”
Exodus 33:14 NLT
Trish-Pamplico SC
Kristina from Austin 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
Merriman Atlanta Ga
“But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.”
—Jeremiah 17:7
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds1 James 1:2 NIV
I have momorized the book of James. I read an electronic version of the NIV in Braille, and am writing to you in braille now. Pl1ease make your workbooks accessible to nonprint readers! Thanks for all you do and say!
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, James 1:2 NIV
Jill, Florida
But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.” Lamentations 3:21-24, ESV
Tracy Taylor, Running Springs, CA
Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees and make straight paths for your feet. That what is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed. Hebrews 12:12-13 (ESV)
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV)
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,
James 1:2 ESV
Virginia from Memphis TN
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,
James 1:2 ESV
Kristin in Westerville, OH
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
Beth Anne Rekowski from Merrill Wisconsin
Isaiah 40:31
But those who hope in the Lord
Will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
They will run and not grow weary,
They will walk and not be faint.
(NIV)
Meghan, from Houston, Texas. “You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 NIV
Sue, Standish, ME
“This is the day the Lord has brought about. We will be happy and rejoice in it.” Psalm 118:24 (NET)
The Lord of hosts has sworn saying, “Surely just as I have intended so it has happened, and just as I have planned so it will stand” Isaiah 14:24 KJV
Blessed by The Lord
Who daily loads us with benefits
The God of our salvation!
Our God is the God of salvation;
And to God The Lord belongs the escapes from death.
Psalms 68:19-20 nkjv
Addie, Amherst, NY
Jeremiah 29:11 ESV
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6,7 (NKJV)
Lauri from Quincy, MA
Marisa, Billings Montana
Fear not, for Iam with you. Be not dismayed, for Iam your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
Isaiah 41:10 NKJV
Lindsay from Tampa, Florida
seek the LORD and the strength he gives! seek his presence continually!
Psalm 105:4
Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually. Psalm 105:4 (ESV)
Cathy Lee
Gig Harbor, WA
But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.
Psalm 12:5 NIV
Elliot from Caldwell, Texas. “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.” (Matthew 5:14 NLT)
pattilou from afton, VA
I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. Lamentations 3:19 NIV84
Jer 29:11 NIV
“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.”
I can’t tell you the times I have recited this verse to myself recently! I have to remember his plan is better than my plan.
Jadee Carins
Gold Coast, Australia
““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