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
Sherri Smith, Bellevue NE
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Colossians 4:6, NIV
Tami from Monroe, GA
” Don’t be afraid, because I am with you. Don’t be intimidated; I am your Elohim. I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will support you with my victorious right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 GNV Names of God Bible
Heather from Louisville, KY
“So then, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.” Matthew 6:34 NET Bible
Pat, Jackson, KY, LORD, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. Psalm 90:1 ESV
Jane, Houston, Texas
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”
Colossians 3:12, NIV
Jean, Columbus, Ohio “My flesh and my heart fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” Psalm 73:26 ESV
TAMI: AUBURNDALE, FLORIDA
PSALM 25:5 (NIV84)
“Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all
day long.”
Laura from Nokia, Finland:
Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. (Psalm 90:12 NIV)
Leanne Swanson, Billings, MT
“This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word.”
Isaiah 66:2 NIV
Psalm 5:12 (NIV)
“Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous;
you surround them with your favor as with a shield.”
Rachel from Merrillville, IN. “O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever.” Psalm 107:1, KJV
Mary, Brookfield, CT
But I call to God, and the Lord saves me.
Psalm 55:16
NIV
Sara Landerdahl, Peoria, IL
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.
Isa. 43:19 (ESV)
Cathy from Gastonia, NC
“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God.”
Romans 7:14
NKJV
Kim, West Long Branch, NJ Ps. 119:114 You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word. NIV
Amy Rey from Tampa. “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. Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
“I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently will find me. ” Proverbs 8:17 NKJV
Vicki, Corpus Christi Tx
2 Corinthians 9:8 Amp
And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient (possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation).
Rachel, The Woodlands, TX
“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 God’s will is- his good, pleasing and perfect will.” Romans 12:2 NIV
Jean Schlosser from Rubicon, WI
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings.
Consider it pure joy,my brothers, whenever you face trials
of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its
work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who give generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. James 1:1-6
Cindy, Hazlehurst, MS
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name!
Psalm 103:1 (ESV)
Brenda from Bluffton, SC
” Yor crown the year with Your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 NIV
Cathy from Essex, Vermont
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV
not leaning on my own understanding….leaning on the everlasting arms!!
Brenda from Bluffton, SC
” You crown the year with Your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 NIV
Davina Coleman, Tulsa, OK
“Now all glory to God, who is able to keep you from falling away and will bring you with great joy into his glorious presence without a single fault.” Jude 1:24, NLT
Lisa from Davidsville,, PA
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12 ESV
Pam; Spring, TX
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 NKJV
Alison ~ Lithia, FL
Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O Lord, do not abandon those who search for you.
Psalm 9:10 NLT
Debbie from Corpus Christi, Texas: “I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world.” John 16:33 NAB
Bridget from Thousand Oaks, CA
“You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 NIV
Jean Schlosser from Rubicon, WI
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings.
Consider it pure joy,my brothers, whenever you face trials
of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its
work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who give generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. James 1:1-6 NIV
Courtney Bethany from Chicora
Courtney Bethany from Chicora, Pennsylvania, “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
Karen: NYC
In you, O Lord, I have taken refuge;
let me never be put to shame;
deliver me in your righteousness.
Psalm 31:1
NIV84
Laurie ~ Paden, OK
“Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.” Ephesians 5:1-4
Lindsay in Evanston, IL: “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.” Colossians 3:23-24 (ESV)
Ronna K – Deer Park, Tx
‘Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things.’ Philippians 4:8 NIV84
Jennifer, Ardmore, AL
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face,and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 2 Chr 7:14 KJV
Jean Schlosser from Rubicon, WI
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings.
Consider it pure joy,my brothers, whenever you face trials
of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its
work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. James 1:1-6 NIV
Shannon Olson from Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA
Handing out life to those who love me, filling their arms with life—armloads of life!
Proverbs 8:21 (MSG)
Vera,
Tremont,Illinois
You crown the year with your bounty and your carts overflow with abundance.
Psalm 65:11 NIV
Gwen from Doylestown, PA
“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)
Michelle O’Banion – Grandview, TX
Psalm 139:14 HCSB
I will praise You
because I have been remarkably and wonderfully made.
Your works are wonderful,
and I know [this] very well.
Cindy from Tucson, AZ:
Romans 10:11 (NIV 84)
As the Scripture says, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”
Nancy Melbourne, Florida “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13 NIV
Jaycie from Udall, Kansas
Numbers 6:24-26 NKJV
The Lord bless you, and keep you;
The Lord make HIS face shine on you,
and be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up HIS countenance on you,
And give you peace.
Keelee Bright; Edmond, Oklahoma
” 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
Charlotte, England
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God”
Philippians 4:6 (ESV)
Micah 7:5 (NIV)
But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD,
I wait for God my Savior;
my God will hear me.
Leah Bush
Driftwood, TX
Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary. Galatians 6:9 (NASB)
Lynne from Sedona, AZ.
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be on his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”
Isaiah 9:6(KJV)