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
Susan, Charlotte, NC
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Rom. 12:2 ESV
Rachel Jones, Clemmons, NC
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(84)
Michelle
Greenville, TX
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold the new has come.
2 Cor. 5:17 ESV
Andrea from Fresno, CA, “Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.” (Proverbs 31:30, ESV)
in Katy, TX
God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Ephesians 2:8 NLT
Jamie from Crossett,Arkansas:
And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with dealth.
Revelation 12:11 NASB
Connie from Tyler, Texas. You crown the year with Your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Kristy from Princeton, NC
Jer 29:13 NIV
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
Rhonda McDaniel from Morristown, TN “Be strong and courageous; For The Lord your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.” Deut. 31:6
Wendy, Plano, TX. “I am about to do 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.” Is 43:19 NRSV
Nell George, Gallatin, TN
But you, O Lord are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness. Psalm 86:15 NIV
Anna, Sarah, & Janie
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Matthew 6:33 – 34 But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (NIV)
Fairmont, WV
Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7 NLT
Denise M.
Burlington, VT
Create in me a new, clean heart, O God, filled with clean thoughts and right desires.
Psalm 51:10 (The Living Bible)
Laurie S from Kelowna, BC Romans 15:13 “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” NIV
Ava from Tyler Texas, “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 Cor. 15:58 NIV
Joni, Port Neches, Texas. “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.” Romans 5:1-2, Niv84
Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an abundance of peace and truth. Jeremiah 33:6 NIV
Sarah Spencer from Marion, KS.
For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Colossians 1:16-17, NIV84
Julie, Tallassee, Al
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. John 15:4 ESV
Judy from Boone, NC. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. —Psalm 51:10 KJV
This should be your ambition: to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands. 1 Thes 4:11 NLT
Melissa, Walla Walla, WA
“And those who know Your name will put their trust in You, For You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.” -Psalm 10:10 NASB
Sorry…that’s Psalm 9:10
Becky, from Allen, TX: “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, you will hear a voice saying, ‘This is the road! Now follow it.’ Isaiah 30:21 (CEV)
“To shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.” Luke 1:79 NIV
Lisa from Minnesota
Blessed the the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 1:3, ESV
M.J. in Lovington, NM
You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in Your Word.
Psalm 119:114 NIV
Cheryl Wright, Everett WA, Isaiah 43:18-19a. “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing!”
Cheryl! I see your verse! Love you!
Debbie from Lisle, IL:
Hebrews 13:7 “Remember your leaders who first taught you the word of God. Think of all the good that has come from their lives, and trust the Lord as they do.” Life Application Study Bible/New Living Translation
Jennifer-Frisco, TX
Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you. (Ephesians 4:29 GNT)
LaGrange, GA Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Psalms 19:14 KJV
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord.
“They are plans for good and not for disaster,
to give you a future and a hope. NLT
Beth, Gig Harbor
But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord, I say, “You are my
God.” My times are in Your hand
Psalm 31:14-15 (NASB)
I forgot to post from Columbus,Ohio
Pam in Texas
Whoever pursues righteousness and love
finds life, prosperity, and honor.
Proverbs 21:21 (NIV)
Sharon from Newport News, Virginia, For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11 ESV
Cynthia, Huntsville, AL: “By the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.” 1 Corinthians 15:10 ESV
Stephanie Frakes
Abilene,TX
“Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good spirit lead me on level ground!”
Psalm 143:10 (ESV)
“But the Lord has been my stronghold, And my God the rock of my refuge.” Psalm 94:22 NASB
Cathy from Lincoln, NE; “For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.” Isaiah 41:13, NIV
Karen from Lexington, KY, “O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done marvelous things, things planned long ago.” Isaiah 25:1 NIV84
Donna, Marina Ca
Ephesians 1:13- NKJV
In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.
Linda, Lufkin,
I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, our glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. Ephesians 1:17 NIV
Ann Kelley
San Antonio, TX
16Â Porque tanto amĂł Dios al mundo, que dio a su Hijo unigenito, para que todo el que cree en Ă©l no se pierda, sino que tenga vida Juan 3:16 (NVI)
Vicki, Indianapolis, IN:
Ps. 27:8, NIV
My heart says of you, “Seek his face!”
Your face, Lord, I will seek.
“You crown the year with your bounty and your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 NIV
DeeDee. Katy, Tx
Let your gentleness be evident to all. The LORD is near.
Philippians 4:5
NIV
Melanie – Decatur, AL
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
James 1:12 NIV84
Jill from Fort Ashby, WV.
Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Psalms 25:4-5 NIV84
Mary from Livonia, Michigan: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6,7