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
Rhonda Calvert
Siloam Springs, Arkansas
Then David continued, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, for the L ord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. He will see to it that all the work related to the Temple of the L ord is finished correctly. (1 Chronicles 28:20 NLT)
The Lord is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him. Lamentations 3:25 NLT
Jaclyn from Naperville, IL:
“My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has done great things for me- holy is His name. ”
Luke 1: 46-49, NIV
Jenny, Tulsa, OK
Psalm 13:6
I will sing to the LORD, Because He has dealt bountifully with me. NASB
Olga from Woodstock, Georgia: “Trust in the Lord forever,
For in YAH, the Lord, is everlasting strength.”
Isaiah 26:4 NKJV
Rachel from Columbus, MS
“Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:13-14 NIV)
Jordan from Jonesboro, Ar
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved (Ephesians 2:4-5).
Andrea
Chester, VA
“If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.”
Isaiah 7:9 NIV
Tori Sangi; Moore, OK
Heb.10:24-25 (NLT)
Think of ways to encourage one another to outbursts of love and good deeds. And let us not neglect our meeting together as some people do, but encourage and warn each other, especially now that the day of his coming back again is drawing near.
Christine from Tempe, Arizona:
“Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.” Colossians 4:6 ESV
Meredith from Carrollton, Texas “I eagerly hope and expect that I will not be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by death or by life” Philippians 1:20 NIV
Mary from Hartville, Ohio
“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Romans 5:1 NIV
Sandra, Palm Coast,Fl,
Proverbs 3:12 (NIV)
because the Lord disciplines those He loves,
as a father the son He delights in.
Alison P.
McComb, MS
And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.
Ezekiel 36:26
NLT
Courtney in SC
“Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. Matthew 6:33 NIV
Carolyn, New Baden, IL
Don’t worry about anything; instead pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.
Philippians 4:6 NLT
Heather from Veguita, NM
The Lord is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him. Lamentations 3:25 NLT
Rebecca Dallas, TX
Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; 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. – Joshua 1:18 NIV
Tammie from St. Peters, MO
Proverbs 16:3 (NIV1984)
“Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.”
Holly from Missouri City, Texas
Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. — Matthew 5:3 (NIV)
But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord .(Joshua 24:15 NIV)
Jodi , Eagle, ID
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)
April from Grand Rapids, Michigan
Lamentations 3:22-23 (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.”
Tara, Powder Springs, GA:
“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
Crystal – Ontario “I have loved you with an ever lasting love; I have drawn you with loving kindness. I will build you up again and you will be rebuilt. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out and dance with the joyful.” Jeremiah 31:3-4 NIV
Tracy – Edgewood, KY
You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.
Psalm 65:11 (New Living Translation)
Rebecca Wolfe, Houston TX, For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow, it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart., Hebrews 4:12, NIV.
Nicole Graves from Keller, TX- “You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.” Psamlm 65:11 NIV !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
Mary From Bartlesville – Have I not commanded you?
Be Strong and courageous. Do not be afreaid; don’t be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9 NIV
Julie – Charleston, WV
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.
John 3:36 NIV
Jess McGurn; Dickinson, ND
Ephesians 1:17-19 NIV
I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Glorious father, May give you the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation, so that you may know him better.I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength.
Lisa
Birmingham, Alabama
One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and meditate in His temple. Psalm 27:4 New American Standard
Cory from Greenbrier Tennessee – May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord , my Rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 NIV)
Ephesians 4:32 NIV
“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as Christ God forgave you.”
Tabitha from Milan, MI
“He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection.”
Psalm 91: 4 NLT
Caroline from Tucson, AZ Psalm 65:11 “You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance”. NIV
Judy from Baldwyn Mississippi
“Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning,
For in You do I trust;
Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
For I lift up my soul to You.”
Psalm 143:8 NKJV
Carol from Billings, MT
As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:9 NIV
Emily Furda, Windber PA “Blessed are those whose strength is in You, who have their hearts set on pilgrimage.” Psalm 84:5 NIV
Jennifer – Friendsville, TN
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
Sherry from Halethorpe, Maryland
Exodus 14:14
“The Lord Himself will fight for you. Just stay calm.” New Living Translation
Kathy from San Diego, Ca.
1 Peter 3:1-2, NIV
Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, 2 when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.
Holley Pace; Evans, GA
Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV
“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
Proverbs 3:5(TNIV)
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
Suzanne from Chesapeake, VA – when you pass 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. For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. Isaiah 43:2-3: NIV
Exodus 14:14 “The Lord will fight for you, you need only be still.”
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
New King James Version (NKJV)
19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body[a] and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Please, remove this one.
Lauren, Tulsa, Ok,
Philippians 4:8 NASB
“Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.”
Heather from CT. If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion. Phil 2:1 NIV 1984
New Lenox,
The Lord your God is in your midst; He is a warrior who can deliver.
He takes great delight in you; He renews you by his love; He shouts for joy over you.
Zephaniah 3:17 NET