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
Marie, from Mancelona, Michigan
Proverbs 16:3: ESV. Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.
God’s will be established in me.
Katy Ganey, Fort Hood,TX
“Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you which is good and pleasing and perfect.” Romans 12:2 NLT
Cheryl from Kemah,TX
If my people who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:21 NIV
Mary Beth Brannon from Athens, GA
And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen!
2 Timothy 4:18 NKJV
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 28:11 NIV
Katy Myers, from Auburn, AL. “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of The Lord in your mouth is truth. ” I Kings 17:24 ESV
Heather, Trenton, TX
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1 ESV
“I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free!” ~Psalm 119:32 NIV
Matthew 6:34 NIV
“Therefore don not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of it’s own.
Jackie Pope, Covington, IN, “May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer.” Psalm 19:14 NKJV
Shanti, Wausau, WI
Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. Jeremiah 17:14 KJV
Greta, Greenville –Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Colossians 3:15, NIV
“Come to  me, all who labor and are  heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and  learn from me, for I am  gentle and lowly in heart, and  you will find rest for your souls. For  my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 ESV
Gwen from Waynesboro, Ms.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end. (Jeremiah 29:11 ASV)
Sally Denton, Muskogee, Ok. You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Marcia B., Salem, IN
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” 2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV
Taking off the “old”-putting on the “new” with SSMT!!
Katherine Eachus, Akron, PA
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, Greetings. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. James 1:1-4 ESV
Sandie from Red Deer Alberta:
Deuteronomy 30:6 NLT
The Lord your God will change your heart and the hearts of all your descendants, so that you will love him with all
your heart and soul and so you may live!
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
Becky from Fort Wayne, IN
Isaiah 55:12a…”You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace…”
Sarah Palmer ~ Russellville, AR
Isaiah 41:13 (NIV)
“For I am the LORD, your God,
who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you, Do not fear;
I will help you.”
Andrea Ritchie; Nashville, TN
Philippians 4:8 (ESV)
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Julie in Madison, GA
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. Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV
Jessica from Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Galatians 1:3 (NIV)
“Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.”
Oops….typo – that’s Gal 1:10, not 1:3!
Rebecca from Boise, Idaho.
For the word of the LORD is right and true; He is faithful in all He does. The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His unfailing love.
Psalm 33:4-5
NIV Case for Christ Study Bible
Susan from Knoxville, TN,
“Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” Col. 4:2 NIV
Suzy, Wheelersburg, OH
“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
Linnéa from Washington, D.C.:
“The LORD will fight for you!” ~Exodus 14:14a, NASB
Madeleine Corrales,NM Every generous act and every perfect gift is from above,coming down from the Father of lights;with Him there is no variation or shadow cast by turning.By His own choice,He gave us a new birth by the message of truth so that we would be the first fruits of His creatures. James 1-17-18 HCSB
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3: 5-6. NKJV
Roxy from Riverton, Utah
I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. NIV
Lamentations 3:22-23
Julie from Gresham, Oregon
“Show me the path where I should walk, O Lord; point out the right road for me to follow.” Psalm 25: 4 (NLT)
Celeste Cade, Clinton, MS, “Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.” Colossians 2:6-7 NASB
Cathy from Chesapeake Beach, MD “for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.” Proverbs 2:8 NIV
Karen from Westminster, MD
You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13 NIV
Connie, Houston. “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Philippians 4:6 NIV
Kathryn Salley
Greenville, SC
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 NIV)
Jennifer S., Okinawa, Japan. “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
Sharleen from Gresham, Oregon
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 (NKJ)
Lynda from Ocala, FL: I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end He will stand upon the Earth. Job 19:25 NIV
Kim from Fresno, CA
Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. Col 2:13b-14 NLT
Bonnie B, Florence, Colorado.
“I have suffered much, O LORD; restore my life again,
just as you promised.” Psalms 119:107
NLT
Wanda from New Lenox, Il
For God has not given you a spirit of fear, but of POWER and of LOVE and of a SOUND MIND.
2 Timothy 1:7
Cody * Houston, TX
“I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send Him to you.”
John 16:7, ESV
linda, colorado springs, co
“by day the lord directs his love, at night his song is with me – a prayer to the god of my life.” psalm 42:8 (niv)
The just shall live by Faith, and if he draws back and shrinks in fear , My soul has no delight in him.
But our way is not of those who draw back to eternal misery and are utterly destroyed, but we are of those who believe ( who cleave to, who trust in, who rely on God, thru Jesus Christ the Messiah) and y faith preserve the soul. Hebrews 10:38-39 AMP
Kasie Jackson from Dallas, Texas
Jeremiah 29:11 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 hope and a future.”
To me, this verse means hope and peace for the new year, 2013. God is going to be working on my heart in the little moments throughout the year. I will find much peace when this verse reads my heart.
Cara; Fridley, MN
“I am the LORD, and I do not change.” Malachi 3:6a,NLT &
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever” Hebrews 13:8, NLT
Holly Smith
Monument, CO
“To everything there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven: A time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to pluck up what is planted,” Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 Amp
Shawna Kent, WA
“Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.” John 15:4 NIV