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
Brielle Gage, Houston, ” Those who have been ransomed by the Lord will return. They will enter Jerusalem singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be filled with joy and gladness.” Isaiah 35:10, NLT.
Deuteronomy 26:17 (NASB)
17 You have today declared the Lord to be your God, and that you would walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments and His ordinances, and listen to His voice.
Nicole, Huntsville TX, “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.” Hebrews 11:6 NIV
Amber Thane, Flint, MI; “Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.” (1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NLT)
Whitney – Twin Falls, Idaho. If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you.” NIV
Exodus 33:13
“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.” Psalm 143:8 ESV
Proverbs 12:25 (NIV)
An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.
Holly,Little Chute, Wisconsin
Micah 7:18 NKJV
Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy.
Wendy-Longmont CO
“Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.”
Romans 4:20, 21 NIV
“For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord. Plans to help you not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
Donna from Pflugerville, TX
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters whenever you face trials of many kinds,”
James 1:2 NIV
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Psalm 8:9
“The LORD gives his people strength. The LORD blesses them with peace.” Psalm 29:11 (NLT)
Amie Martin from Seymour, TN
“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.”
II Corinthians 4:17 (NIV)
Janet from Richmond, IN
“The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.” James 5:16 (NLT)
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23
Kathy S – New Albany, OH
Galatians 6:9 NASB
And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary.
Robin Crawford from Alta Loma, CA
Romans 8:37 (Amplified Bible)
Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him who loved us.
Laurie, Gibsonville, NC
“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.” Galatians 5:16 NASB (Gideon Bible Study) 🙂
Rebekah from Hughes Springs, TX Neither height nor depth, nor anything in all of creation, can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8: 39 NIV
Evin from Fort Worth, Texas
In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps. Proverbs 16:9 NIV
Karen S, Garnet Valley, PA, “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 NIV.
For God gave us a spirit not of fear
but of power and love and self-control.
2 Timothy 1:7 ESV
Sally from Baton Rouge
Psalm 71:17-18 (NIV)
Since my youth, O God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds. Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your might to all who are to come.
Delight yourself in the Lord and He will
give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4
NIV
Jan from Pekin, IL
2 Tim 1:7 (NKJV)
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
Wendy-Longmont CO
“However, as it is written:
‘No eye has seen,
no ear has heard,
no mind has conceived
what God has prepared for those who love him'”
1 Corinthians 2:9 NIV
Romans 6:23 KJV
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Phil1:6 ESV.
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Misty Sanders, North Charleston, SC
Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me.
Luke 9:23 NIV
Thought I should say hi since you were right above me and from the same area around Charleston. Nice to”meet” you!
Nancy– Yonges Island, SC
Lean on, trust in, and be confident in The Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding.
Proverbs 3:5 Amp
Paulette , Ramstein
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Tim 4:7 NKJV
Let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches. I Corinthians 7:17
I have told you these things so that you may have peace. In this world, you will have trouble. But take heart, I have overcome the world. John 16:33 NIV
Nicki, Worcester UK (England) Acts 2:42 NLT
[42] All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer.
Jen from Round Rock, TX
Galatians 1:10 NIV
Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Joanne, Christchurch, New Zealand. Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I give myself to you. Psalm 148:8 NLT
Great verse- very apt at the mo. I didn’t know it before. Found
In ps143.8 xx
Very apt for me too. Hence trying to commit it to memory! And yes, that is the correct reference , not 148 🙂 x
Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him,and he will make straight your paths. NKJV
James 1:15 NIV
Then, after desire has conceived it gives birth to sin and sin when it is full grown gives birth to death
“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
2 Chronicles 7:14
(NIV)
Wendie from Lagrange, KY:
Delight yourself in the Lord and He will
give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4
NIV
Susan from Innisfil Canada
1 Timothy 4:4
For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude; NASB
Pensacola, Florida July 5, 2013
It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.
Lamentations 3:26 (NIV)
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come. Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39, KJV
Ashley, Kingwood TX
” 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 NIV
Edie, sanford, nc Romans 8:37 No, in all things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us!
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 about my weaknesses so that Christ’s power may rest on me. IICor. 12:9 NIV
“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill
the law of Christ.”
Galations 6:2 NKJV
Jane, Yorktown, he said to him, if your presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here. Exodus 33:15. NASB
Carole Dale from Cleveland, TN
“Oh Lord, our How majestic is your name in all the earth.. You have set your glory above the heavens.” Psa 8:1 NIV