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
Tammy, White House, TN
“Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:8-9 NIV
Jody from Traverse City, MI
“She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness.”
~Proverbs 31:26 (NKJV)
Carrie
Minneapolis, Mn
Romans 5:2
“Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”
Oh….forgot
That would be from the ESV
Debbie, Summersville, Mo You crown the year with your bounty,and your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
Brandy Lister
Platte City, MO
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)
Pat from Hot Springs, AR.
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint. Is 40:31 KJV
Jessica from Clare, MI
“She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness.”
~Proverbs 31:26 (NKJV)
Nevertheless, you have done well that you shared in my distress. Philippians 4:14 NKJ
Maddie – Jordan, MN
Romans 15:20-21 (ESV)
and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else’s foundation, but as it is written, “Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand.”
Lori J.
Foristell MO
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
Hebrews 12:1
NIV
Rachel; Birmingham, AL
1 John 2:15-16 (ESV)
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.
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
“I sought the Lord and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Psam 34:4 NIV
Shirley
Reidsville, NC
Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.
Psalm 55:22 NIV
Jennifer Bartruff; Jacksonville Fl
Ephesians 5:15-16. (Holman Illustrated Study Bible)
(15)”Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk-not as unwise people but as wise-(16)making the most of the time, because the days are evil.”
Lauren Thomas – Bonner Springs,KS
Oh, that we might know the Lord! Let us press on to know him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring.
Hosea 6:3 NLT
“Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.” 1 Corinthians 15:58, ESV
Susan Melchor; Gatlinburg, TN
Isaiah 43: 19 (NIV)
” 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.”
Jen K (Prosper, TX)
Who can find a virtuous and capable wife?
She is more precious than rubies.
Prov 31:10 NLT
Jenna Brewer – Austin, Texas
Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)
“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.”
Amen
“Now the Lord is spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
II Corinithians 3:17 NIV
Fishers, IN
Lillian, Ohio
Philippians 4:8
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.(NIV)
Susan Cary NC Psalm 1:1 blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. NIV
Jan A, Charlotte, NC.Ephes. 5:15-16
“Look carefully then how you walk! Live purposefully and worthily and accurately, not as the unwise and witless but as wise (sensible, intelligent people). Making the very most of the time [buying up each opportunity], because the days are evil.” Amplified Bible
(Shorter in NKJV)
Casey Gilliam- Frisco, Texas
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 (NIV)
Jenny Ross, Lynnfield, MA
The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
Psalms 16:6, ESV
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:21 NIV
Karen, Houston, Tx
Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. Ephesians 6:11 (NIV84)
Rebecca, Chattanooga, TN
“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 NIV84
Sam, York
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.- 1 Corinthians 15:58 ESV
Susan; Danielsville, GA
Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. Jer 33:3 NKJV
Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your creator and become like him. Colossians 3:10
NLT
Deb, Loveland, CO – “I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.” Psalm 34:1 NKJV
Teresa Heape from Albany, Georgia
2Peter1:3 (NIV)
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness.
Kristi, Fayetteville, AR
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.”
Proverbs 1:7 ESV
1Corinthians 13:1-2 ASV
“if I speak with tongues of men and of angels, but have not love I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophecy,andknow all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have faith, so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
Penne Richards: Lubbock, TX
“It is because of the Lord’s mercy and loving-kindness that we are not consumed, because His [tender] compassions fail not.
Lamentations 3:22 (AMP)
Philippians 4:6 NLT Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.
Rhonda – Winchester,KY
For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.
II Chronicles 16:9 NIV
Katie Hartshorn ~ Jonesboro, AR
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” (Ephesians 3:20-21 NIV)
Elizabeth Farina from Becket, MA
We break down every thought and proud thing that puts itself up against the wisdom of God. We take hold of every thought and make it obey Christ.
2Corinthians 10:5 (NLV)
Kathi from Enid Oklahoma. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still. NIV
Exodus 14:14
Kathi from Enid, Oklahoma. Exodus 14:14 The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still. NIV
Allyson Wojtalewicz, Houston, Texas
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” Psalm 139:13 NIV
Jodi from Greensburg,PA
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
Debbie, Newberg, OR
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen”
Ephesians 3:20 NIV
Amy, Apex, North Carolina
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)
Sabrina S- Newton Ia
“Even the youth grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings of eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40: 30-31 NIV
Danielle, Brookfield, GA
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones. Proverbs 16:24 NKJV
Judy from Gladwin, MI
“She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness.”
~Proverbs 31:26 (NKJV)
Jodi, Sundown, TX.
Not to us, LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness. Psalm 115:1 NIV