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
Lea Carter; Granger, IN
” you crown the year with your bounty; your wagon tracks overflow with abundance” Psalm 65:11 ESV
Barbara – Johnson City, TN
1Chron. 29:11-12 KJV
Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; this is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
Ginny from Atlanta, GA
“Let my mouth be filled (with) Your praise (and with) Your glory all the day.” Psalm 71:8 NKJV
TH, Sylvan Lake, Canada, Deut 31:8 The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. NIV
@laratexas Yours,LORD is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty for everything in the heavens and earth belong to you, Yours LORD ,is the Kingdom, and you are exalted as head over all. 1 Chronicles 29:11 HCSB
Shelley Brooks, McKinney, Texas–
I Peter 1:13 “Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.” NIV
Rebecca Knoxville Tennessee Isaiah 43:18 NLT But forget all that—it is nothing compared to what I am going to do.
Jenn from Midlothian, VA
Zephaniah 3:17, NIV:
“The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with his love, He will rejoice over you with singing.”
Zion, Green Bay, WI
But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of The Lord gave you: to love The Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, to obey His commands, to hold fast to Him and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul.
– Joshua 22:5 (NIV84)
Sarah
Webb City, MO
Ephesians 6:12
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
NIV 🙂
Daniela, Abingdon, MD, “The Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and strengthen your bones; You shall be like a watered garden. And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.” Isaiah 58:11 NKJV
Laura from Vernon, BC, Canada
“We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.” Hebrews 6:19 NIV
“For with God nothing is ever impossible, and no word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment” (Luke 1:37, Amplified)
Morgan from Muscle Shoals, AL; And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself.” Luke 9:23-25, ESV
Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. Psalm 62:5,6 NIV
Breanna, Dothan,AL
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, ⌊he is⌋ a new creation; old things have passed away, and look, new things have come. (2 Corinthians 5:17 HCSB)
Candace from Greenville, SC The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.
My heart leaps for joy,and with my song I praise him. Psalm 28:7 NIV
Tiffany Gowesky ; Scotch Plains, NJ
Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; For I trust in You; Teach me the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul.
Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies; I take refuge in You.
Teach me to do Your will. For You are my God; Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground. Psalm 143:8-10 NASB
Romans 12:18 (NIV 84)
If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
Tami
Columbus, Ohio
Nerissa, Mountain Home, AR
“For the word of the Lord holds true, and we can trust everything He does” Ps 33:4 (NLT)
Cindy Sammetinger, Wapakoneta, Ohio
To humans belong the plans of the heart,
but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue.
All a person’s ways seem pure to them,
but motives are weighed by the Lord.
Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
and he will establish your plans.
The Lord works out everything to its proper end—
Proverbs 16:1-4a NIV
“O Lord, you are our Father, we are the clay, you are the Potter. We are all formed by your hand.”
Isaiah 64:8 (TLB)
Pam, Indiana
“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 20:11 NIV
Jessica from Chattanooga, TN.
Romans 8:24-25 For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
Laurie from Cypress, TX
All hard work brings profit but mere talk leads to poverty.
Proverbs 14:23 NIV
Madisyn from Greenville, SC – The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.
My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him. Psalm 28:7 NIV
Natalie Hall; Shreveport, LA
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? (Psalms 27:1 ESV)
Ellen from Loveland OH
For I am persuaded beyond doubt (am sure) that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things impending and threatening, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39 Amp
*Brooke – Bartlesville , OK*
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 wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
Isaiah 43:18, 19 NIV
Debbie Summers in Royse City,Tx
What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? James 4:1. NIV
Heather, Cypress, TX
“The righteous cry out,and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles”.
Psalm 34:17 (NIV)
Candace
Jefferson City, TN
Isaiah 41:10, HCSV
“Do not fear, I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you; I will hold on to you with my righteous right hand.”
Oops–Jeremiah 29:11
Kat; Fairhope, Al
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 ESV
Amanda from Van Buren, Arkansas: “Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.” Isaiah 59:1 NIV
Cathy, Princeton,TX
2 Corinthians 9:15 NIV
Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
Lou Ann, Owensboro, KY
Galations 6:9 (NIV)
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
Kelsey Noll: Tallahassee, FL
“Come, let us return to the Lord;for he has torn us, that he may heal us;he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
After two days he will revive us;on the third day he will raise us up,that we may live before him.
Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord;his going out is sure as the dawn;he will come to us as the showers,as the spring rains that water the earth.”
Hosea 6:1-3 ESV
Wanda Tyler Crisfield MD
Therefore, I urge you brothers in view of god’s mercy to offer your bodies as a living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship.
Romans 1:12 New International Version
Diane, Oshkosh, WI.
He has showed you, O man, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8 NIV
” He must increase but I must decrease.” John 3:30 KKJV
Bev-Houston, Texas
“Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.” ~ Lamentations 3:22-23 NKJV
Meredith
Atlanta, GA
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
James 3:17-18, NKJV
Prepare your mind for service and have self control. All you should be for the gift of grace that will be your when Jesus Chrisy is shown to you. 1 Peter 1:13 ncv
Kathy Bryson, Albuquerque, NM
“For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God.” Colossians 1:9-10 NIV84
I long to obey Your commandments! Renew my life with Your goodness.
Psalms 119:40, NLT
Michelle, Grove City,Ohio “Count it all joy, my brothres, when you meet trails 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 nothing.” James 1:2-4 ESV
Jen, Hiawatha, Ks
“They eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry.” Psalm 34:15 NIV
Andrea, Salem, VA
2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV
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 may rest on me.
Wendy Ada,OK
Continue praying, keeping alert, and always thanking God. Col 4:2
NCV