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!Ā 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 moderatedĀ (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,Ā 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.Ā 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.Ā 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
Tiffany – Clinton, SC. And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Philippians 4:8 NLT
Leigh from Stockton, Mo. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly. Colossians 3:16 (NIV)
Sherri from Marietta, Georgia: “When I am afraid, I will trust in You.” Psalm 56:3 NIV
God never tells us to do anything without giving us the ability to do it. Philippians 4:13
Renee Kelley from Houston, Tx-
As a mom with a chronic illness and 3 daugthers with mild autism, this scripture I read yesterday blessed me:
“You answered me when I called to you; with Your Strength You strengthened me. Psalm 138:3 (GNB-Good News Bible)”
I pray that God continues to strengthen you Kelly.
Daphne – Baker City, OR “The LORD says, “I will give you back what you lost to the swarming locusts, the hopping locusts, the stripping locusts, and the cutting locusts. It was I who sent this great destroying army against you.”
Joel 2:25 (NLT)
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; (Romans 12:10 NASB)
Lynnse Wilson from Colorado Springs, CO
One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what i seek: that i may dwell in the house of Lord all the days of my life,
Psalm 27:4 NIV
Amy from Springfield, MO
“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 NIV
Hi Amy! You live in my town. I wonder if I know you.
Louise from Portland, Texas
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13{NIV}
Julie from Bristol, Tennessee
Isaiah 61:1a NIV
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.
Paige from Flowood, Mississippi: “Kind words heal and help; cutting words wound and maim.” Proverbs 15:4 MSG
Linda, Bartelso IL. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life-a ransom for many. Mark 10:45 HCSB
Laura G from Ann Arbor, MI
“He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.” Isiah 53:7 KJV
Paula, Houston, TX
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever. Isaiah 40:8, NIV84.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hebrews 11.1 KJV
Tracy Bennett, Madison WI
Be shepherds of gods flock that is under your care, watching over them
Not because you must, but because you are willing, as god wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve; not lording it over those entrusted to toy, but being examples to the flock.
1 Peter 5: 2-3 NIV
Karen, Dover, NH
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go for to you I lift up my soul. Psalm 143:8 (NIV)
Leslie G from Warner Robins, GA says “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.”.
Proverbs 19:21 NIV
Dimy from Griffin, Ga.: “Blessed are they who keep His statutes and seek Him with all their heart.”~Psalm 119:2 (NIV)
Kelly from Wingate, NC I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalm 34:1 NASB
Nellie From Hudson, N.C
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)
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Cor 4:18 (NIV).
Alicia from Gulfport, MS
O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. (Psalms 139:1 NIV84)
Becky from Denver, CO
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. And from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. (John 1:14,16 ESV)
Sara from Wichita
I lift up my eyes to the mountains – where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth – Psalm 121:1-2 (NIV)
Linda, Delray Beach, FL
“The Lord is my strength and my song;
He has become my salvation.” Psalm 118:14
Psalm 118:14 above is from NIV
Lynn
Lafayette
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.
Psalm 65:11
NIV
Cindy from Lakeland, FL. What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? Rom 8:31 KJV
Brittney from Poplarville, MS
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 (NIV)
Kristi S. Rogersville, TN
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Ephesians 6:12 NIV
Cyndi – Oklahoma City, OK
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
Version: NIV
NIV
Kathy Burrus from Hendersonville, TN
“So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.” Colossians 2:6-7 NIV
Kim Witter, Tucson, AZ
NCV Eph 4:2. Always be humble, gentle, and patient, accepting each other in love.
emi from white house,tn, “I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Oh, praise the greatness of our God! He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.” Deut. 32:3-4 NIV84
Jenny Kramer, Indianapolis IN
I will give thanks to you Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of your wonderful deeds. Psalm 9:1 NIV
Mika, Dallas, TX: Commit your works to the Lord and your plans will be established. Proverbs 16:3 (NASB)
Amy from Burnsville, MN
But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. ESV
Bethany Trent from Harrisburg, NC
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you, and gave Himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. Ephesians 5:1-2
Leslie Lemmon from Platte City, Missouri. “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.” 1 Corinthians 13:4 NIV
Ashleigh from Gadsden, Alabama: “Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32 (NLT)
Robbi from Lodi, Ca
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. Mark 8:35 (NIV)
Paige~ Faith, NC: But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. Psalm 89:24 KJV
Jodie from Kansas City, MO “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.” I Corinthians 13:7. NIV
Sue, from Lookout Mountain, Tn., Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all people, a light for the revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel. Luke 2: 29-32, NIV
Leanne from San Antonio, Texas: Yes, be bold and strong! Banish fear and doubt! For remember, the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9 (TLB)
Jaime from Nederland, Texas…”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)
Chrissy from San Tan Valley, Arizona
“Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in the Spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.”
Romans 12:11-12 ESV
Desiree from Calgary, Alberta.
And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. Colossians 1:17 NASB
Paula Stemple from Marlinton, WV
“Do not conform 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 Godās will isāhis good, pleasing and perfect will.” Romans 12:2 NIV