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
Jenny, Yukon, OK
Hebrews 12:11 ESV
“For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.”
Roxie, South Lyon, MI
Everyone around was in awe – all those wonders and signs done through the apostles! And all the believers lived in wonderful harmony, holding everything in common.
Acts 2: 43-44 The Message
Emily Auten: Rogers, AR: “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” 1 John 4:8 NIV
Erin, Detroit, MI
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.” Hebrews 10:23, ESV
Kerry, Nederland, Texas
And may the Lord our God show us His approval and make our efforts successful. Yes, make our efforts successful!
Psalm 90:17
NLT
Judy Hand, Littleton, NC
I shall not die but live to declare the works of God. psalm 118: 17 (NIV)
Sam from Tampa, FL. “Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” Proverbs 31:30 (NIV)
Karen from Schererville, IN
“The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.”
Psalm 126:3 NIV
Kayse Pratt, from Azusa, California.
Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 {KJV}
YAY!!!
Ephesians 3:20 KJV
“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above
all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh
in us.”
Ellen, Sevierville, TN
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Cynthia, Columbia, SC
Eph. 4:1b-3
Walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with humility and gentleness, with patience showig forbearance to one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. NAS
Tanya L., Charleston, SC
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.
Isaiah 26:3, ESV
Amy from Noble,OK
“Finally, brothers and sisters, 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
Carola, Missoula, MT
Eph 1:9
Making known to us the mystery of His will, according to His purpose, which He set forth in Christ (ESV)
Valerie , Ontario, OH
“You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, all whose thoughts are fixed on You! Isaiah 26:3 (NLT).
Penny, Mansfield, OH
Matthew 12:7 NLT
But you would not have condemned my disciples if you would have understood the meaning of, “I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.”
Danville, Ky
Isaiah 40:29 (NKJ)
He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength;
Kristin Frank, Rockwall Texas
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
Tracey Nave, Seminole, TX
I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
Psalm 119:11, NIV
Michelle from Louisville Ohio
Joshua 1:9 ESV
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.
Donna Nash from Huntington, WV “Therefore beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless,” 2 Peter 3:14 BARN
Alicia: NYC
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalm 91:1
NIV84
Kim-Colorado Springs, CO
“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
But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Phillipians 3:7 ESV
Kaitlyn: Cincinnati, OH
2 Corinthians 3:18 (NLT)
“So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord -who is Spirit – makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.”
Molly Smith; Henderson, Tennessee
“She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.” Proverbs 31:25, NIV
Laura from Mount Dora, FL-
Create in me a pure heart. O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 NIV
Carolyn, St. Peters MO
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
Psalm 91:1-2 NIV84
Misty Ansted-Midlothian, TX
“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Eph. 2:10 NIV
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. (Philippians 2:3 ESV)
Karen from Grand Prairie shares: It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. KJV
Cora Lee, Kearney NE “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to remembrance all that I said to you.” NASB
Diane from Littleton, CO
Ephesians 1:15-17 NIV
For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better.
Kim from Columbus, Ohio
“For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro thoughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.”
II Chron. 16:9 a NKJV
Deborah from Calgary Alberta, “Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord,the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal” Isaiah 26:4 NIV
Kristin K. from North Augusta, SC. “The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.” (Romans 8:6 NIV)
Dawn Knapp from McKinney, TX
“The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.”
Psalm 18:2 NIV
Caitlin, from Charleston, SC:
“Little children, letās not love with words or speech but with action and truth. This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and reassure our hearts in Godās presence. Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knows all things.”
1 John 3:18-20
Caitlin, from Charleston, SC. I forgot to put the translation for my verse! 1 John 3:18-20. It’s the Common English Bible.
Patti from Sarasota, FL
“For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.” Phil 4:13 NLT
Carla, Pierre, SD
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess for He who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23 NIV
Britney. Concord, NC— Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me Heavenward in Christ Jesus. [Philippians 3:13-14, NIV]
“I can do all things through him who strengthens me.” Phil.4:13 ESV
Teach me how to live to please you, because you’re my God. Lead me by your blessed Spirit into cleared and level pastureland. Psalm 143:10 MSG
Ps.86:17 Give me a sign of your goodness that my enemies may see it and be put to shame, for, O Lord, have helped me and comforted me. NIV Camarillo Ca.
Kim Arlington, VA
Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Colossians 4:5-6 NIV
Nancy–Yonges Island, SC
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. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in Me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.
John 15:4-5 ESV
Tammy; Siloam NC : Psalm 32:8
Charlene McNary, Detroit, MI
It is better to take refuge in the Lord that to trust in man. Psalm 118:8, NIV
Sarah, Colorado Springs, CO
I seek you with all my heart; Do not let me stray from your commands. Psalm 119:10/NIV