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
Fenton, Ashburn, VA “For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin; He condemned sin in the flesh,” Rom.8:3 NKJV
Brandy H, Kingwood
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 1:2-4 ESV)
Stephanie, Valrico, FL. I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. (Psalms 16:8 NIV84)
Juleann, Wayne, Pa, “God is our refuge and strength,a very present help in trouble.Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed,and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.” Psalms 46:1-2
Lauren H Charlton, NY ~ Philippians 4:11 NKJV
Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content
Johanna, Carlsbad CA
2 Corinthians 4:16,17
NIV
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Kelly Snapp, Enid OK,
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
Tracie, Grand Prairie. Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassion never fail. They are new every morning;great is your faithfullness., Lamentations 3:22-23, NIV
susan: Mooresville, IN
Isaiah 58:11
The Lord will guide you always, he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well watered garden, like a stping whose waters never fail.
let’s go!
Fran from Acworth,
Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don’t worry about missing out. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met. Matt. 6:33 Message
Courtney, Flowery Branch, GA:
“My soul, wait silently for God alone, For my expectation is from Him”
Psalm 62:5 NKJV
Leah from Athens, Georgia
Isaiah 43:1-3a (NKJV)
“But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name;
You are Mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.
For I am the Lord your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;”
Cindy Sisters Or
Be anxious for nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be known to God. Philippians 4:6 NKJ
Savannah, Bossier City
Colossians 2:6-7
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. NIV84
Barbara, Celebration, FL
John answered, “The man with two tunics should share with him who has none, and the one who has food should do the same.” Luke 3:11, NIV, 1984
Jessica from York
“Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.”
Matthew 10:28 (NIV)
Melana Cummings
Sheridan Wyoming
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2 Corinthians 5:17
ESV
“I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. ”
Psalm 16:8-9 ESV
Jamie Shirley from Keller, Texas: You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your carts overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NIV
San Angelo ,Tx..
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 for the future. Jeremiah 29:11. (NIV)
Krista~ Blacksburg, VA
Do not be afraid, O Zion; Do not let your hands fall limp. The LORD your God is in your midst, a victorious warrior! He will exult over you with joy. He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy!
Zephaniah 3:16b,17 NAS
Alie Nelson…Normal, Il
For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. – Romans 6:14 ESV
Alegra Bishop Lemitar NM
As he walked along , he saw Levi son of alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth “follow me” Jesus told him and Levi got up and followed him. Mark 2:14 NIV
Kelli, Anaheim Ca
He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together. (Colossians 1:17 NLT)
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
Monica, Orlando, FL “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13 NIV
Robin from Littleton:
Psalm 91:1-2 NASB He who dwells in the shadow of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust!”
Carliann Conner – Urbandale, IA
“And I will give you treasures hidden in the darkness – secret riches. I will do this so you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, the one who calls you by name.”
Isaiah 45:3 NLT
Keaton Lovell
McCurtain OK
Galatians 5:22-23 (NLT)
“But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!”
Joyce, Dalton, GA
Romans 5:1 NIV
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ.
Ashley P; Colorado Springs, CO: Psalms 62:5-8 “Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him.” NIV84
Psalm 46:1 (KJV) God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Anna Blanton
Shelby, NC
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (HCSB)
Don’t you know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.
Nikki in Geneva, IL “I sought the Lord and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.”
Jennifer- Jackson, MO
“Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.”
Lamentations 3:22 NIV
Niki, Franklinton, LA
For I know the plans I have for you, ” declares the Lord, “plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
I left some out…Plans to prosper you and not to harm you plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
Ann Marie, Grand Rapids, MN
She opens her mouth with wisdom, and loving instruction is on her tongue.
Prov. 31:26, NET
Stephanie from Garden City, MO
“And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone.” {1 Thessalonians 5:14}
Mindy, McDonough, GA
Luke 18:27 (NIV)
Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
Elisabeth (@Zumbalyzious)
Modesto, CA
“Forget the things of the past. I am doing a new thing! Now it springs forth; do you not perceive & know it & will you not give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilderness & rivers in the desert. (Isaiah 43:19)
[Amplified Version]
Nikki in Geneva, IL “I sought the Lord and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.” Psalm 34:4 NIV
Candi from Ft. Bragg, North Carolina ‘Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as Ito The Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.’ Ephesians 5:22-23 NASB
Sue M
Grand Rapids, MI
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
1 John 3:1 ESV
“Be still and know I am God; I will be exalted amoung the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” – Psalm 46:10, NIV
Bonnie Whitaker, Lynchburg, VA. “I will sing unto the Lord
for He has dealt bountifully with me.” Psalm 13:6 KJV
Karen Furr, Charlotte, NC
Because he bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath!
Psalms 116:2 NLT
Phyllis from Fulton, MO
Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy – meditate on those things. Philippians 4:9 New KJV
Erin Holland from Paragould, Arkansas
“But the counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things & will remind you of everything I have said to you.” John 14:26 NIV
Janet from Flower Mound, TX “Look, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:19, Holman Christian Standard Bible
Sara; Frisco, TX
“For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.”
James 1:16 ESV