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
Beth, Tulsa
“Forget the former thing; 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 wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV
Mariposa Sivage – Albuquerque New Mexico
She is clothed with strength and dignity;
she can laugh at the days to come.
She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
Prob. 31:25-26
So excited to particpate again!!!
NIV
andrea from Fort Collins, CO
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8 NASB
Sarah
Wausau, WI
Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom He gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. Colossians 3:16 NLT
Michelle Thomas, Northwood, New Hampshire
“The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.ā
Exodus 14:14 NIV
Beth from Morristown, TN: “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10 NIV 1984
Kim from Springfield, Illinois
Colossians 3:23
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,
Laura, Greenville, NC: “I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be given over to the Lord.”
1 Samuel 1:27-28 (NIV)
And my Mom’s
Theresa, Taylorsville, KY:The Lord is near to the broken hearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18 ESV
Diera – Austin, TX
“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
Proverbs 15:1 NIV
Beth
Columbia, SC
Romans 8:31
“What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?”
Sue in Grapevine, TX
1 Corinthians 9:17 (ESV)
For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward, but if not of my own will, I am still entrusted with a stewardship.
Amy, Fairview, TN
“And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in wisdom with God and with people.”
Luke 2:52
“Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.” 1 Peter 5:8 NLT
Kathleen Akridge
Saint Louis, MO
Phil. 3:13
“Brothers and sisters, I do not yet to consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead.”
Glory to God!!!
Andrea from McKinney, TX – “Everything is permissible” — but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible” — but not everything is constructive. (1 Corinthians 10:23, NIV)
Molly, Gainesville, GA
“One generation shall praise Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts. On the glorious splendor of Your majesty and on Your wonderful works, I will meditate.” Psalm 145:4-5 NASB
Nancy from Lufkin, TX
Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. Proverbs 16:3
Linda, Los Alamos, NM
Psalm 46:10
Be still and know that I am God, I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! (NKJV)
Melissa- Falling Waters, WV
“Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts, but work out its implications in every detail of our lives”.
Galatians 5:25 The Message
Amy, Fairview, TN
“And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in wisdom with God and with people.”
Luke 2:52 HCSB
Kris; Medina, WA
Psalm 23:1-3a (NIV)
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul.
Maryann from Anderson, SC. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power my rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV
10 Then he said to them, āGo your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.ā Nehemiah 8:10 ESV
Michele Kappas from West Palm Beach, FL
“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)
Can two walk together, except they be agreed? Amos 3:3, NKJ
Dawn-Dallas, GA
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touchedāthis we proclaim concerning the Word of life. The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We write this to make our joy complete.
1 John 1:1-4 NIV
Jessica, Milwaukee, WI.
“So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. Itās your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it.”
Colossians 3:12-14 (The Message)
April Nelson; Xenia, OH
John 10:27-28 HCSB
My sheep hear My voice, I know them and they follow Me. I give them eternal life and they will never perish – ever. No one will snatch them out of My hand.
But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things things we had done, but because of his mercy. (NIV)
Saige
Macon, Georgia
Proverbs 2:1 (KJV)
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Gina Tompkins
Tulsa, OK
… I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Ephesians 4:1-2 NIV
Amber from Gainesville, GA. “The Lord will send rain at the proper time from His rich treasury in the heavens and will bless all the work you do. You will lend to many nations, but you will never need to borrow from them.” Deuteronomy 28:12, NLT.
Tiffany, ATL
Seek the Lord while he may be found. Call upon him while He is near.
Isa. 55:6 ESV
Cindy, Annapolis, md. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jer. 29:13 niv
Carolyn
Burlington ON
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”
1 Corinthians 13:13
(NIV)
Tracie Cronise Boonsboro, Md
Hebrews 11:1 NIV
“now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see”.
Betsy, Lincoln Park, NJ
“For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ,” Romans 5:17 NIV
Kelli…Manzanola, CO
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Proverbs 1:7
NIV84
Carolyn; Williamston, MI
I John 4:16, NIV
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
Robin from OrangeCity, Iowa
“I waited patiently for the LORD; He turned to me and heard my cry” Psalm 40:1 NIV
For unto us a child is born, to us a child is given, and the government will be on his shoulders, and he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Almighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isiah 9:6 NIV
S.Record Chapel Hill, NC
Amy Dickerson. Chattanooga, TN.
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. Romans 10:17. NKJV
Richmond VA.
May your unfailing love be my comfort according to your
promise to your servant.
Psalm 119:76 NIV
Sharon from Savannah, GA. “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” Romans 8:37 NIV
Jeremiah 29:11 (ESV) For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ. Philippians 1:9 & 10
Karen Salvato Lubbock, TX
Romans 12:2 “Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your kind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.” (HCSB)
Kelly Ayers, from Denton, TX
The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.
Genesis 3:21 (NIV)
Penelope from Louisville, KY:
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! Matthew 7:11 (ESV)
Valerie, Ashburn
“His ways are higher then our ways and His thoughts higher than our thoughts.”
Isaiah 55:9