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
Trish from California, MD
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. James 1:19-29 NIV
Brenda from Beaverton, Oregon
Love…
bears all things that come,
is ready to believe the best in every person,
its hopes are fadeless,
and it endures in all circumstances.
1 Corinthians 13:7 (AMP)
Skylar; Collinston, La
“He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
2 Corinthians 5:21
Jaclyn Yarbrough from Austin, TX
“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.” Romans 12:2, ESV
“And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.”
1 John 4:21
ESV
Valarie, Ohio
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” John 14:27 NIV
Summerville
Matthew 6:33
But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be given to you as we’ll.
NIV
Laurel, Augusta, Ga.: “being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” Phil. 1:6, NIV
Christie from South Hadley, MA
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
Isaiah 26:3. ESV
Candace Hendrick, TX
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV
Me and my 7 year old girl are memorizing this one together! 🙂
Kate, Millville, NB, Canada
Do not fear, for I am with you;
Do not look anxiously about you, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, surely I will help you,
Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10 (NASB)
Tammy(mof2coolkds) Delray Beach,FL:
“Wait for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait for the LORD.” Psalm 27:14 (HCSB)
Megan
Houma, Louisiana
Lamentations 3:22-23 (NIV)
“Because of the lords great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
Nikki from Littleton, Colorado
Philippians 4:19
“And my God will supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”
ESV
Stephanie from Carmichael, CA
“And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.”
Ephesians 4:32 (NKJV)
Melanie-Houston- “Look to the Lord and His strength; seek His face always.” Psalm 105:4 NIV
Amie T. from Honolulu, Hawaii: “God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” 1 Corinthians 1:9 NASB
Kellye from Knoxville, Tennessee. “I have made you, you are my servant; Israel, I will not forget you. I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sin like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.” Isaiah 44:21b-22 (NIV)
Sheila from Phenix City, Alabama: God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1 NIV
Holly from Pratt, KS Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. (Ephesians 6:13 NIV)
But those who hope in The Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not grow faint. Is: 40:31 NIV
Karla, Broomfield,
“And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you.” Psalm 39:7 NLT
Paula, Russell KY-, 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 NIV
Sara from Lexington, Ohio
Psalm 70:5 (NIV)
” Yet I am poor and needy; come quickly to me,O God. You are my help and my deliverer, O LORD, do not delay.
Psalm 121 Vs 1I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help. The Old Scofield Study Bible KJV
Angie Baylis
Clarkston, Michigan
“Greet one another with a holy kiss.” (2 Cor 15:12) NIV
Christy Wallace: Collinsville MS
Proverbs 22:11 NIV
” One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.”
So Excited!!!
Debbie Portland, Oregon
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16 ESV
Greer, South Carolina
I love the LORD because he hears my prayers and answers my prayers. (Life Application Study Bible) Psalm 116:1
Hannah from Bolingbrook, IL
I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against you.
Psalm 119:11 NRSV
Cathy from Tenaha, Tx, Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14 NASB
Shannon Roe
Tuscaloosa, AL
Ps 65:11 NASB
“You have crowned the year with Your bounty, and Your paths drip with fatness.”
Desiree from Houston, TX. The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him. Nahum 1:7, NIV.
I forgot to put where I am from Phila, PA
Megan from Columbia, MO
“The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace” Numbers 6:24-26 ESV
“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
Bonnie, Schuylkill Haven, PA
I Timothy 4:8 NLT
Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.
Janie Osgood – Walla Walla, WA.
Hebrews 4:16 – NLT 07
“So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy
and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.”
Tara from Bolingbrook, IL
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.
Romans 12:2 ESV
Eposi
Houston, TX
The LORD Himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.
Deuteronomy 31:8 NIV
Shawna from Bates City, MO
“guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.” Psalm 25:5 NIV84
The Lord God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. Zephaniah 3:17 ~ ESV
Carla Lee
NIV Isaiah 43:18-19
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 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 wasteland.”
I NEED A FRESH, NEW START!!!!
Ashley Jones – Frisco, TX
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
Sarah Musser, Nashville, Tn;
10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. 2 Corinthians 9:10-11 (NIV)
For you were called to freedom, bretheren, only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. Galations 5:13 NASB
Lesley from Clinton, MS
“The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.” Lamentations 3:22-23 NLT
Dayna, Kansas City, You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3 NIV
Doria, Spring Hill, Fl
” I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths. I will guide them; I 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
Cynthia; Brooklyn Park, MN
“Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.”
Psalm 16:5-6 (NIV)