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
Connie in Eagan, MN
In your anger do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.
Eph 4:26-27 NIV
Jan from Pekin, IL
Jer 31:25 NIV
“I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.”
Brenda, Greenville SC
Ps. 139:3 NIV
You discern my going out and my lying down, you are familiar with all my ways.
Karen S, Garnet Valley, PA, “Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.” Jeremiah 17:14 NIV
Debbie-Royse City- James 1:8 NIV he is a double-minded man unstable in all he does.
Kimberly – Carlsbad, CA
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways”, declares the Lord.
Isaiah 55:8 NIV
Isaiah 43:2
New International Version (NIV)
2 When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze.
..for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. 2Timothy 1:7, ESV
Psalm 16:8 (Amp)
I have set the Lord continually before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Evin from Fort Worth, Texas
Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.
Psalm 9:10 NIV
Isaiah 65:24 NIV Before they call I will answer: while they are still speaking I will hear.
RUBY, NC
When you pass through the waters, i will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. Isaiah 43:2 (NIV)
Emily
Maryville, mo
“It is good to give thanks to The Lord, and to sing praises to Your name oh my high; to declare your lovingkindness in the morning and your faithfulness every night.”
Psalm 92: 1-2
Nkjv
Ann, Morelia, Mexico
“Bless the Lord, O my soul; all that is within me bless His holy name.” Psalm 103:1 RSV
I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.”John 15:1 NIV
Pammie from Southern CA
“Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying.” Romans 12:12 NLT
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. PS 32:8 HCSB
Wanda
Hiram, GA
5 – Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.
6 – For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience,
7 – and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them.
Colossians 3:5-7
NASB
Though the mountains be shaken (crumble) and the hills be removed, yet My unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor My covenant of peace be removed, says the LORD, who has compassion on you. Isaiah 54:10 (NIV)
Patti, Ft. Worth, TX
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Psalm 91:2 NIV
Karen Buchanan, Dover, AR. KJV Psalms 52:8 “But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.”
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
Be joyful always; pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
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
Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you
1 Peter 5:7
NIV
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me
Pensacola, Florida Psalm 91:4
He will shield you with His wings. He will shelter you with His feathers. His faithful promises are your armor and protection.
NIV
Shawn Winston-Salem NC
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding
Proverbs 3:5 NIV
Wendy-Longmont,CO
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”
Psalm 147:3 NIV
Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us. Ephesians 3:20, NASB
Janet from Richmond, IN
“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast because they trust in you.” Isaiah 26:3 (NIV)
My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. James 1: 19-20 NIV
Rachel from lake villa,Illinois
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of love and of power and of a sound mind.”
2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV
Sylvia Pierson, Leonardtown, MD
In your anger do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.
Eph 4:26-27 NIV
2 Cor. 12:8-10 ESV
Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 9 But he said to me,
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have seen the One who sees me.” Genesis 16:13 (NIV)
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3 ESV
Shari from Murrieta, CA
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:9 ESV)
The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalm 27:1 NKJV
Sherri Herron
Paris, 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
Regina from Ft. Myers florida Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 KJV
Tonia from Palm Harbor …Sing and make music in your heart to The Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:20 NIV
Myrna
Oklahoma City
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
Rosalind
Charlotte
Be very careful, then, how you live- not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil
Ephesians 5:15-16 NIV
Lenore from Bakersfield – Phil.4:5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. NIV
Mandy from Texas
Jeremiah 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.
Dana, Jackson, GA – 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
The word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.Ps 119:05
My heart is fixed O God, my heart is steadfast and confident! I will sing and make melody. Ps 57:5
1 Thessalonians 5:18
Give thanks in all circumstances for this is the will of God in everything hold fast what is good
ESV
Simona in Texas
Come to me, (Simona),
when you labor & are heavily burdened,
and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28
Personal Promise Bible / WEB
Gwen, Waco “As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you. Be Strong & of good courage.” –Joshua 1:5-6 NKJ