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
Marki from Fairbanks, Alaska, I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Psalm 34:4 NIV.
Teresa from Walla Walla
“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
Karen Donoghue from Houston, TX ” Do not lack diligence, be fervent in spirit; serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; be persistent in prayer. Romans 12:11-12 HCSB
Jesus said unto him , if thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. Mark 9:23 KJV
Janet Scarth – Amarillo, TX
Psalm 51:10-12 NET
Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me! Do not reject me! Do not take your Holy Spirit away from me! Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance (salvation)! Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey!
Michelle, Warner Robins, Georgia
KJV James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Jenn, Cumming GA: Isaiah 26:8 NIV:
Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,
we wait for You; Your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.
Beth from Warminster,PA
“So you should rather turn to forgive and comfort, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.” 2 Corinthians 2:7 ESV
Beth, from Jonesborough, TN
“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 a hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11
NIV
Ebony, Philadelphia Pa
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
Jeremiah 1:5 NIV
Tami, Palm Coast. 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, Ephesians 3:20 (NIV)
Vanessa Kornelsen from Linköping, Sweden.
‘Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.’
Romans 8:1+2(NIV)
Ruth, Westerville OH
“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
Psalm 46:10 (ESV)
Carol from Santa Maria, Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees, Hebrews 12:12 NIV
Karen Gentry from Hewitt, Texas. “Therefore, having so vast a cloud of witnesses before us, and throwing off everything that hinders us and especially the sin that so easily entangles us, let us keep running with endurance the race set before us.” Hebrews 12:1, NIV
Shannon Buda TX
See I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
Isaiah 43:19 NIV
Valerie, Loveland, Ohio: When I am afraid, I will trust in you. Psalm 56:3 NIV
Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns; The world also is firmly established, It shall not be moved; He shall judge the peoples righteously.” (Psalms 96:10 NKJV)
Jess from Houghton, NY
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9 (NIV)
Kim from Corrales, NM “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty” Psalm 91:1 NIV
Chrissy, Pomeroy, Ohio
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 NIV
Jeanie from Spencer, IN “In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.” Proverbs 16:9 NIV
Jennifer, Georgetown, TX
NIV Isaiah 43:19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wastelands.
Aletta, Indianapolis, IN: Psalm 65:11
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.
Sim ~ Frisco, TX “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.”. Psalm 23:1-2 NKJV
Nancy, Junction City, Ar “The Lord will complete that which concerns me; Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your hands.” Psalm 138:8 NKJ
Sheila N. from Moncton, New Brunswick
The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me;your love,O Lord,endures forever-do not abandon the works of your hands. Psalm 138:8 NIV
Wilma Mansfield, Hot Springs, AR
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31 (KJV)
Suzanne, Houston, Tx. He replied, “What is impossible with men is possible with God.” Luke 18:27 HCSB
from Walla Walla,WA
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 NKJV
Carol Z.
Cooper City, FL
2 Corinthians 4:17-18 NIV
For our light and momentary troubles are acheiving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary. What is unseen is eternal.
For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith.
Philippians 3:8b-9 ESV
Tina
Mason, Ohio
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
2 Cor. 4:18 NIV
Elaine, Brooksville, FL
Nehemiah 6:3 So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down.”
Elaine, Brooksville, FL sorry forgot translation: NKJV
Kesley from Rome, GA. “May The Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.” 2 Thessalonians 3:5 NIV
Lauren from Dallas – 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
“I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.” Isaiah 42:16 NIV
Jeff (can a guy participate?) from Hendersonville, TN.
“This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.”
Romans 3: 22 NIV
Welcome Jeff!!!!
A brave soul, Jeff 🙂 We love ya!
Kathryn, Auburn Hills, MI “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.” Isaiah 43:19 (ESV)
When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.” Judges 6:12 (NIV)
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 a hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
Andrea from Niles, MI
“But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.” – Hebrews 10:39 (NIV1984)
KristiYaYa from Rock Hill, SC. 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
Becky from Colorado Springs
For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. II Timothy 1:7 NLT
Courtney Williams from Knoxville, TN
“I call on You, my God, for You will answer me; turn Your ear to me and hear my prayer.” (Psalm 17:6 NIV)
Troy, Oh
You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ Matthew 5:21 NIV
Dawn from Astoria Oregon, Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. James 1:2-3(NIV)
Melody
Myrtle Beach, SC
So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. Romans 8:6 NLT
Lindsey from Madison, WI
Ephesians 3:16-19 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strenghen you with power through His Spirit in you inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you being rooted and established in love may have power together with all the saints to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge. NIV version
Karen, Brandon, MS
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.” Isa. 26:3-4, ESV