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
Jessica, Hull, TX
Don’t be quick to get angry because anger is typical of fools.
Ecclesiastes 6:9
God’s Word for Girls
Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
James 1:12
Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. James 1: 21-24 NKJV
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20 NIV
Heidi ~ Oak Harbor, WA
Oh MAGNIFY the Lord with me
and let us exalt his NAME together.
Ps. 34:3 ESV
Debbie
Clinton, TN
HCSB
Proverbs 4:23
Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life.
Shannon ~ Hawi, Hawaii
ROMANS 8:28 AND WE KNOW THAT GOD CAUSES ALL THINGS TO WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THOSE WHO LOVE GOD, TO THOSE WHO ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE. (NASB)
Janet, Fairhope, Alabama
A joyful heart is good medicine but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17:22
Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. Psalm 34: NIV
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ,after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. I Peter 5:10
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ,after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. I Peter 5:10 NIV
Sarah Reaves. South Boston , va. NIV. LUKE 9:1-2. When Jesus had gathered the twelve together he gave them power to cast out all demons and cure diseases. He sent them to procla the kingdom of God and heal the sick.
Joyful are those who obey his laws and search for him with all their hearts. They do not compromise with evil, and they walk only in his paths.
Psalm 119: 2 & 3
New Living Translation
Carrie from Anderson, SC
Therefore I tell you, all the things you pray and ask for – believe that you have received them, and you will have them.
Mark 11:24 HCSB translation
Tiffany. Canyon, TX
And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:18 (ESV)
Happy are those who mourn; God will comfort them! Matt 5:4 GNT
Happy are those who are humble; they will recieve what God has promised. Matt 5:5 GNT
Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires; God will satisfy they fully! Matt 5:6 GNT
I waited patiently for the Lord. He turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire. He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in Him. Psalm 40:1-3 NIV84
Doing catch up…was gone for a month and a half.
“The Fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” Prov. 1:7 NIV
“But if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.” I Cor. 11:15 NIV
“A soft answer turneth away wrath; but grevious words stir up anger.” Prov. 15:1 KJV
For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1 NLT
Super late/or 1 day early — but I’m playing a little catch-up and don’t forget next time.
Ps 34: 8 – Taste and see that the LORD is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him! – NLT
Psa 8:4 What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? NKJV
Psa 8:5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor. NKJV
Psa 8:6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet,
NKJV
Jill, Watertown
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,
for in you I trust.
Make me know the way I should go,
for to you I lift up my soul.
Ps. 143:8, ESV
Above all, my brothers, do not swear-not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No” no, or you will be condemned. James 5:12NIV
For May 1st:
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,
who have been called according to his purpose.”
Romans 8:28 NIV
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (English Standard Version)
You know what I am going to say before I even say it Lord. You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head.
Psalms 139:4-5
NLT
Arlette, Cheney, WA
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere. And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness.
James 3:17-18, NLT
“And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him” Colossians 3:17 (NIV)
Jennifer Hand, Liberty, NC
But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.
They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
They will walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31
New Living Translation (NLT)
Rebecca Wolfe, Houston, TX, “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)
Wendie from Lagrange, KY
I called on your name, O Lord, from the depths of the pit; you heard my plea, “Do not close your ear to my cry for help!” You came near when I called on you; you said, “Do not fear.”
Lamentations 3:55-57 ESV
I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
Psalm 34:4 ESV
Linda Jewell
Sedona, AZ
Deuteronomy 19:19-20 NIV
19 This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live 20 and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to His voice, and hold fast to Him. For the Lord is your life, and He will give you many years in the land He swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy,
Luke 1:54 ESV
Martha from Corpus Christi
Many Lord my God are the wonders you have done, the things you have planned for us. None can compare with you; were I to speak and tell of your deeds they would be too many to declare. Psalm 40:5 NIV
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction,
faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12
NIV
Jen in Round Rock, TX
Philippians 2:3 NIV
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
Carol in Kansas City:
“The Lord your God is in your midst; he is a warrior who can deliver. He takes great delight in you; he renews you by his love; he shouts for joy over you.”” Zephaniah 3:17 NET
Clayton, NC
“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us that we should be called the children of God” I John 3:1
new International Version
Ann in Walker,LA says:
May 1,2013 at 2:16 P.M.
“Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift.”
2 Corinthians 9:15
(NAS0
Amy in Minneapolis, MN
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
Matthew 6:21 NIV
Kendra ~ Enid,OK
Matthew 11:28 (NIV)
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Julie, Richmond Hill, GA,
“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.” 1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV
You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.
John 15:16 NLT
“And if I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come back and take you to be with
me that you also may be where I am.”
John 14:3 NIV
Vicki in Wilmington, DE
“Surely you have instructed many, and you have strengthened weak hands.”
Job 4:3 NKJV
Philippians 3:13 GNT
Of course, my friends, I really do not think that I have already won it; the one thing I do, however, is to forget what is behind me and do my best to reach what is ahead.
Crystal Ogden
Tenaha, TX
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23 NIV