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
The steadfast love of The Lord never ceases his mercies never come to an end
Lamentations 3:22
Shannan, Elk City, OK: “But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the LORD God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.” Psalms 73:28 ESV
Dana from Palestine, Texas
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not on thine own understanding. In all thy ways, acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 KJV
Erin from Camden, SC “You crown the year with your bounty, & your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 NIV
Deborah~ Nashville, TN
For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
2 Corinthians10:3-5 (NIV)
Connor, Inssbruck Austria
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
“Your decrees are the theme of my song wherever I lodge.” Ps. 119:54 NIV
Centereach, NY
Matthew 11:28-29
Come unto Me all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let Me teach you for I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your soul.
New Living translation
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV 1984)
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.
“What’s more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to this land and I will not leave until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you.” Genesis 28:15 NLT
Denise from Indianapolis, IN – “No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted,he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.” 1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV
Debbie from Fairfax, VA
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed; for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” – Lamentations 3:22-23 (NIV)
Janet, Richland, MS
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7 NIV
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 NIV
Stephanie Hickson, Carlsbad, CA
“And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12 ESV
Elaine from McVeytown, PA
“But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus–the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.”
Acts 20:24 NLT
Julie, McKinney, TX
Psalm 3:5. But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. (Amplified Bible)
Psalm 119:11(NIV)
I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
Sierra Tolman, Salt Lake City
Lamentations 3:22-23 NIV84
“Because of the Lord’s great love, we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning, great is your faithfulness.”
Jill P, Ames, IA
Psalm 126:4-6 HCSB
“Restore our fortunes, Lord, like watercourses in the Negev. 5 Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. 6 Though one goes along weeping, carrying the bag of seed, he will surely come back with shouts of joy,
carrying his sheaves.”
Pettisville, Ohio
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6: 23. NIV
Khristina from Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Psalm 23:1 GOD, my Shepherd! I don’t need a thing. You have bedded me down in lush meadows, you find me quiet pools to drink from. True to your word, you let me catch my breath and send me in the right direction. Psalm 23:1 The Message
Amber, Van Buren, AR
Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. Phil 4:11 ESV
“Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.” Ecclesiastes 11:4 (NIV)
Sharice from Shelby, NC
Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2 HCSB
Deanna from Safford, AZ
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV84
Kay G. Tucson,AZ “When you walk through the waters,I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers,they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire,you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.” Isaiah 43:2 (NIV)
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5 NIV
This is the day the LORD has made. I will REJOICE and be GLAD in it. Psalm 118:24 (NKJV)
Erin Clark from Ponchatoula La
Psalm 22:5 (NIV84)
“They cried to you and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.”
Mendy from Cary,NC
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
Sarah Staples; Kearney Nebraska
“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 these things
Philippains 4:6
Do not worry about anything;instead pray about everything. Tell God what you need,and thank him for all he has done. NIV
And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death. Romans 8:2 NLT
Shirley from Poplarville–“The LORD says,”I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you. Psalm 32:8 NLT
Littleton, CO
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.
James 3:17 NIV
Ali Key, Clearwater, FL
“Let all that you do be done in love.” 1 Cor. 16:14 NASB
Amanda from Orlando Florida, “Seek the Lord and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually!” 1 Chronicles 16:11 NIV
Laura, Huntsville, AL
“Now the Lord is a Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” – 2 Corinthians 3:17, NIV
And now abide faith, hope,love these three; but the greatest of these is love.
1 COR 13:13 NKJV
Deana, Justin,TX Philippians 4:9
Practice what you have learned, received, heard and seen in me and model your way of living on it and the God of peace will be with you. Amp
Sarah Staples; Kearney Nebraska
“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 these things”.
Philippians 4:8 NLT
Karen from Chichester, NH
His ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts higher than our thoughts.
Isaiah 55:9, NIV.
Lindsay Haselsen from Florence, SC
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28 NIV)
Kim, Canyon, Texas. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:6 NIV
Wendy Zahller, Cody Wyoming
Joshua 1:8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. (NKJ)
Jamye L., Greenbrier, AR
For what does the Scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
Romans 4:3, NASB
Lisa, San Antonio, 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
Deb from Pittsburgh, PA
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God. RSV
Beth, Wynnewood, OK – Repent, therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. Acts 3:19-20, ESV