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
Brenda from Granbury, TX
For I can do everything through Christ, who give me strength.
Philippians 4:13 NLT
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. (2 Cor 5:18) NKJV
Tracy from Kountze, Texas. Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the Lord your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Deut 31:6 NASB
Tessie from El Dorado Springs, MO. 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
Larajane from Abbotsford, British Columbia
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.
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
Marilyn Wirsz from Odessa,FL
So commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these words of mine. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders.
Deuteronomy 11:18 NLT
Renee Mantua, Ohio
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma. Ephesians 5:1-2 NKJV
Judy from Kyle, TX
‎22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.” 25 The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
Lamentations 3:22-25
ESV
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 3:18 NIV
Delores, Columbia, TN,
You crown the year with Your bounty and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Amy from Ames, Iowa
The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. God, You will not despise a broken and humbled heart. Psalm 51:17 HCSB
Let the name of God be blessed forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to Him. It is He who changes the times and the epochs; He removes kings and establishes kings; He gives wisdom to wise men and knowledge to men of understanding. It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells in Him.
Daniel 2:20-22 NIV
From a wise mind comes wise speech; the words of the wise are persuasive. Kind words are like honey, sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.
Proverbs 16:23-24 NLT
Emily from Thibodaux, Louisiana
“You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.” -Psalm 65:11 NIV
Nitsa from Eugene, Oregon
“The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to Him in song.” Psalm 28:7 NIV
Gretchen from Dardanelle, Arkansas
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:1 NIV
Donna from Chesapeake, VA
Isaiah 43:19 ESV
Behold, I am doing a new thing, now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
Karen from Martinsville, NJ
Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth,
for Your love is more delighful than wine.
Song of Songs 1:2 NIV
Romans 14:17 NKJV “For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.”
Glenda Miller in Tieton, WA — Romans 12:2 — Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, SO THAT you may discern what is the GOOD, PLEASING and PERFECT will of God. HCSB and
Jeremiah 29:11 — For I know the plans I have for you [this is the Lord’s declaration]– plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope! HCSB
Stacey, Springfield, Mo – “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,” therefore I will hope in Him.” Lamentations 3:24
Jo from Fremont, CA,
“Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far has the LORD helped us.” – 1 Samuel 7:12. NIV
Taylor from Moulton alabama Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:9 NIV)
DeLynn
Rocky Face, GA
Nehemiah 6:3
I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. (ESV)
Julie Downs, Westfield, Indiana: Come near to God and He will come near to you. Wash your hands you sinners and purify your hearts you double minded. James 4:8 NIV
Anita Siecker, Purcellville, VA
The Lord works righteousness
and justice for all the oppressed.
Psalm 103:6 NIV84
2 Thessalonians 3:13 ESV
As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.
Erin from Clinton, Mississippi
“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.”
Romans 8:1-2 (ESV)
Now glory be to God! By His mighty power at work within us, He is able to accomplish infinitely more than we would ever dare ask or hope. Eph 3:20 NLT
Virginia Beach, VA
Maya, 6 years old, Plano, Tx
I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth . Job 19:25 Niv 2011
Deb from Windsor, CT:
“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.”
Psalm 19:14, NIV
Connie Picayune, MS You crown the year with your good blessing and leave abundance in its wake> Psalm 65:11 NET
Amanda from Albuquerque, NM
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.
Isaiah 41:10 NLT
Marcy from Euless, TX
It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.
(Deuteronomy 31:8)
Heather, Mt. Pleasant,
The fear of man is a snare, but the one who trusts in the LORD is protected. Proverbs 29:25 HCSB
Fran, Stedman, NC
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.
Psalm 65:11 NIV
“Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are- yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with CONFIDENCE, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” Hebrews 14-16 NIV
Please edit the reference: Hebrews 4: 14-16. Thank You 🙂
Tina from Waconia, MN
You will keep in perfect peace, those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord himself is the rock eternal.
Isaiah 26:3,4 NIV
Dawn from Ozark,MO
But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.
They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by the long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit.
Jeremiah 17:7-8 NLT
2 Corinthians 4:16-12 NAS
Therefore we do not lose heart but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison.
Dottie, Lynchburg, VA: “Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; He will neither fail you not abandon you.” Deuteronomy 31:8 NLT
Tanya from Pittsburgh, PA
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding
Proverbs 3:5 NIV
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 NIV
Karen, Raymond, MS: “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7 NLT
Tanis, British Columbia, Canada
Then Jesus spoke to them again: “I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows Me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.” John 8:12 HCSB
Kim from Fredericksburg, VA
Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:58 NIV
Barb from Urbandale, IA: Be patient, then brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. James 5:7(NIV 84)
Stacie Dichsen, from O Fallon, IL
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all the things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. John 14:26 NIV
Michaelene Beall from Loganville, GA
“But blessed is the (wo)man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.”
Jeremiah 17:7 NIV
Karen from Mandeville, Louisiana, Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 NIV