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
Jenny Stade from Clovis, ca. “You have given me greater joy than those who have abundant harvests of grain and wine.” Psalm 4:7 NLT
Cndy, Charlotte, TN, But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. John 14:26 ESV.
Kathy from Ashland, KY
But we are not of those that shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.
Hebrews 10:39
Nancy Engberg from Minneapolis – Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me. Revelation 3:20 NIV
Caddo Mills
He shall be the stability of your times.
Isaiah 33:6 (NASB)
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Romans 12:12 NIV
Karen from Richmond, VA says,
The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.
Isaiah 32:17 NIV
Angie from Fishers, IN. “The fundamental fact of existance is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes liife worth living. It’s our handle on what we can’t see.” (MSG)
Shelly, Fort Worth, TX
1 Thessalonians 5:23 (NIV) – May God Himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Mary Anacortes, WA
Let the whole world fear the Lord, and let everyone stand in awe of Him. Psalm 33:8 NLT
Psalm 18:30 NAB
For with your aid I run against an armed band, and by the help of my God I leap over a wall.
Rosemary, Castle Pines, Co, “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs 15:1 NIV
Brenda from Auburn, Washington
“No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God.”
Romans 4:20
ESV
Jill from Houma, LA
A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 15:1 NISB
Darlene McAdams from Nampa Idaho
Thy word I have treasured in my heart,that I may not sin against Thee
Psalm 119:11
NASB
Amy
Savannah, GA
“The effect of righteousness will be peace and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.”
Isaiah 32:17 NRSV
Leigh Anne from Knoxville, TN
“But the Advocate, 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
“Be joyful always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
Connie in Thibodaux, LA
“For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.”
Colossians 1:16 (NIV)
Bethany from Tomball, TX
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 NIV
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is- his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans12:2
NIV84
Abby from Oak Ridge, TN
He has told you…what is good;and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8 NIV
Regina from Tallahassee, FL
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the vail.
Hebrews 6:19
Cindy, Cochem, Germany: 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)
Janice Pitchford, Abbeville, AL
“Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not.” Lamentations 3:22 NKJV
Jamie, Coupeville, Washington
All things are possible for him who believes
Mark 9:23, NASB
For nothing will be iMpossible with God. Luke 1:37
Please forgive me for double posting this time. I forgot the City.:( Please?
I am an ole woman and will keep trying.
L0ve you!
Deena from Amarillo, Texas
“But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.” Phil 3:20 NIV
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Psalms 119:11 kjv
Linda Gammon, Blue Springs, MO:
“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.”
James 1:27 ESV
Teresa from Loveland, Colorado
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
Vicki Knott, Greenwood, SC
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. Hebrews 12: 1-3 (NIV)
Michele, Rockmart, GA
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2, NKJ
Isaiah 43: 18-19
“Forget the former things: do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up: do you not preceive it? I am making a way in tyhe desert and streams in the wasteland.”
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life.
Romans 6:23. NIV
Michele, from Lakewood Ranch Florida
To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. 1 Peter 2:21 NIV84
Elaine Brady, Jefferson, GA
Now faith is sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
Hebrews 1:1-3, NIV
Angie from Lee’s Summit, MO
But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do it with gentleness and respect. 1 Peter 3:15 NIV
Ezekafor Blessing,Nigeria,.And I wish above all that you prosper I health and wealth just as your soul prospereth..3jhn:2.psalm103:5..also one of my best.
Amy Walker in Eagle, Idaho.
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. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”
Jeremiah 29:11-14
NIV
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we can ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us. Ephesians 3:20 NIV
Lynn, Brandon, MS
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22,23 (ESV)
Buffi from Mission, TX
“No human wisdom or understanding or plan can stand against the Lord.”
Proverbs 21:30 NLT
Tanya Applegate, Englewood, OH
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21 (NIV)
Marina from Olathe, KS
“The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.”
Proverbs 29:25 ESV
Dee DeeThornton,Fernandina Bcch, Florida “So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.” Romans 6:11ESV
Angela from Louisville KY
Lord, all my desire is before You and my sighing is not hidden from you.
Psalm 38:9 NASB
Mandy Cooper- Mansfield, TX “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.” Lamentations 3:22 NIV
Lisa ~ Bethany, OK ~ James 2:1 NIV84
My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don’t show favoritism.
Jacie from Amarillo, Texas
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” Ps 23:4 NIV