Siesta Scripture Memory Team 2015: Verse 1!

WELCOME, EVERYONE, TO THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE 2015 SIESTA SCRIPTURE MEMORY TEAM!

WOOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!

Allow me to introduce myself to you as your fellow sojourner for the next 12 months and your official cheerleader. It will be my pleasure to remind you often that, in Christ Jesus, you most certainly CAN be victorious in this adventure of the faith, this challenge of the mind and this discipline of the Spirit.

Nothing we’ve done on this blog since its inception has seemed to attract more outrageous favor from God. We are convinced that He loves it. God never misses a single individual going to the work of memorizing His Word but imagine His delight when a huge community of tremendously diverse women in age, background, and worship tradition band together in a pilgrimage of faith. You don’t have to stop and wonder if it’s God’s will for His words to abide in you. The Word of God alive, active, and abiding in us speaks to us, shields us, warns us, strengthens us, sanctifies us, equips us in our callings, and directs us in our decision making. It sharpens our insight and improves our discernment. It makes us wiser and, let’s be bold enough to say, even smarter. Our brains were hardwired to flourish across the board when nourished by the Scriptures. Above all else, Scripture abiding and thriving in us builds up our faith, for “faith comes from hearing and hearing through the word of Christ.” (Romans 10:17)  And, Girlfriend, we want to be women of faith. That faith erupts into works that were planned for each of us before the creation of the world. (Ephesians 2:10)

OK. I want to get right to it before I lose some of you so that no one will be unclear about the protocol.

The entry of your first verse is your official registration for SSMT (Siesta Scripture Memory Team). Everybody who joins us needs to start right here in a designated comment to this exact post. Even those who may jump in with us a couple of months late who are willing to work double-time to get it all done will start right here.

For a quick recap of our objective: Remember, we are committing to the memorization of 24 verses in 12 months. Two a month. We each get to select our own verses to align with our personal needs and challenges. Choosing a Scripture that resonates with you is immensely helpful in the memorization process. If you have trouble coming up with one of your own, you can always share mine or look through the other entries for ideas. You’ll find your SSMT posts right here on the blog at 8:00 AM on the 1st and 15th of every month in 2015. [Under the LINKS section listed on the right hand side of our blog home page, you will find all SSMT posts will store together for easy access. See “Scripture Memory Team 2015”.] If you haven’t had a chance to read all the instructions and hear about our end-of-year celebration, please go back and read the informational post then return to this spot. Questions unanswered here are answered there.

One of the most important things for you to know from the top is how to arrange your comment with the verse you’ve selected. We limit each comment to this information: 

Your name, city, verse (written all the way out), reference, and translation. 

SO, here goes mine! I’m obsessed with the Book of Ephesians right now so much of my memory work will probably come from those pages.

Beth Moore, Houston, Texas. “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.” Ephesians 2:19 ESV

We’re fellow citizens with the likes of Peter and John and James and Stephen and Paul and Timothy and Barnabas and Joanna and Susanna and Lydia and Tabitha and just try counting all the Marys. We’re fellow citizens and members of the household of Middle Eastern believers confessing Christ in hostile climates, of Chinese believers meeting in house churches, of Eastern European believers finding hope in the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. We have brothers and sisters in Thessaloniki, in Paris, in Belfast, in Riyadh, in Copenhagen, in Calgary, and Rome. We – right here in this community – are sisters to a household of God that stretches across this globe, saved by the blood of Jesus Christ alone. By grace through faith. “It is the gift of God, not the result of works, so that no one may boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9) That’s what makes us family. We, beloved sister, are in gorgeous company. Let’s give our time on this planet as part of this household all we’ve got. Christ is so altogether worthy.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! One last thing before I say Go! Don’t panic or jump the gun and post a second time if you don’t see your verse published soon. I will be moderating all these launch comments by myself because I don’t want my staff to have to work on the holiday so I beg your patience. I’ll be hard at work on it but it will take me a while to get them all posted. As a rule over the next 12 months, only post a second time if it’s been 48 hours since you left the comment and you still don’t see it.

****I noticed that some of you posted verses earlier than this post was published and they came up on the SSMT informational comments.  I should have doubly emphasized what time the posts will go up each round: 8:00 AM, each 1st and 15th. So sorry if I did not make that clear enough! If you submit your verse earlier than that, it unfortunately appears under the wrong post and, the way blog moderating works, there’s no way for us to transfer the comments over. If you left your 1st verse under any other post than this one, please add it here as well. This is the official registration post.  I know it’s a bit complicated at first! Hang with it! So sorry for your extra trouble!

Hey, I am so glad you’re doing this with us. So much love to you.

OK, GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  1. 16051
    Missy Hawkins says:

    Missy Pocahontas AR But the comforter,which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name,he will teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said to you.John 14:26 KJV

  2. 16052
    Nancy Barrow says:

    Nancy Barrow, Bloomington, IN

    “What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ”
    PHILIPPIANS 3:8 (NIV)

  3. 16053
    Debbie says:

    Debbie from Denver, CO. My verse is Isaiah 54:4 “Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame.
    Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.
    You will forget the shame of your youth
    and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.” NIV

  4. 16054
    Pam Houston says:

    Pamela Houston, Buena Park, CA
    “Oh LORD, You have searched me and known me.”
    Psalms 139:1 NASB

  5. 16055
    Kim says:

    Kim DeSha, Louisville, KY.
    Then the Lord answered me and said:
    “Write the vision
    And make it plain on tablets,
    That he may run who reads it.
    Habakkuk 2:2, NKJV

  6. 16056
    Ann says:

    Ann Ledet, Ankara, Turkey – Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. 5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Phil 2:3-5

  7. 16057
    Cathy Gibson says:

    Pensacola, Florida
    1 John 3:20
    “For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.” KJV

  8. 16058
    Traci Peil says:

    Traci Peil, Naugatuck, Ct “I can do all things in Christ, who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13 NIV

  9. 16059
    Lee Newton says:

    but those who hope on the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles;they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:31 NIV

  10. 16060
    Dawn Brady says:

    Shavertown,PA Don’t be afraid for I am with you, don’t be discouraged for I am your God.I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. Isaiah 41:10 (NLT)

  11. 16061
    Megan F says:

    Megan, Boise, Id, I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. Philippians 4:12 KJV to go with a favorite verse 13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

  12. 16062
    Karen says:

    Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. Psalm 105:4 NIV

  13. 16063
    Michelle says:

    Praying this over my daughter Psalm 3:3 ‘But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the one who lifts my head high.’

  14. 16064
    Carla says:

    Carla, Aurora, IN “For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of Light.” Ephesians 5:8 ESV

  15. 16065
    Linda, Little Mountain, SC says:

    So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. Colossians 2:6 NIV

  16. 16066
    Vicky Porta says:

    Elkview, WV

    Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. ESV

  17. 16067
    Julie Fairfield says:

    Julie Fairfield, Keller, TX “Look to the Lord and his strength, see his face always.” Psalm 105:4 NIV

  18. 16068
    Shaila says:

    Shaila Syracuse Indiana
    Isaiah 26:12. NIV
    12 Lord, you establish peace for us;
    all that we have accomplished you have done for us.

  19. 16069
    Jill Adams says:

    Jill Adams, Jennings, FL. – “I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.” Psalm 16:8 ESV

  20. 16070
    Vickie says:

    Vickie, Nashville, TN – “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” Luke 6:37 NIV

  21. 16071
    Jill Erickson says:

    Jill Erickson, Findlay, Ohio
    “Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.”
    Isaiah 41:10 NLT

  22. 16072
    Sara Bowyer says:

    Sara Bowyer, Little Rock, AR
    For I know the plans I have you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future”. Jeremiah 28:11

  23. 16073
    Lisa Williams says:

    Lisa Williams, Houston, TX – “My prayer is that your love may more and more abound, both in understanding and wealth of experience” Philippians 1:9 NAB

  24. 16074
    Judi says:

    Judi, Darlington, Pennsylvania
    Isaiah 43:18-19
    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.

  25. 16075
    dale tillman says:

    Psalm 37:23-24

    23: The steps of a man are directed by the Lord when he delights in his way.

    24: Though he falls, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the Lord grasps his hand in support and upholds him.

  26. 16076
    Sabrina Aunspaugh says:

    Sabrina Aunspaugh,Taylor,TX “The Lord himself will go ahead of you. He will be with you. He will never leave you.He’ll never desert you. So don’t be afraid. Don’t lose hope.” Deuteronomy 31:8 NIRV

  27. 16077
    Stacy Young says:

    Stacy Young, Loganville, GA “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 NIV

  28. 16078
    Mandi says:

    May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for one another, just as ours does for you. 1 Thessalonians 3:12 NIV

  29. 16079
    Meghann says:

    Meghann DeLong, Lawton, OK : “For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.” John 1:16, ESV

  30. 16080
    Debbie Barnes says:

    Debbie Barnes, Andersonville, TN “For I am about to do something new.
    See, I have already begun! Do you not see it?
    I will make a pathway through the wilderness.
    I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. Isaiah 43:19

  31. 16081
    Beth Lesesne says:

    Beth Lesesne, Sumter,SC- ” Be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart;consider what great things he has done for you.” I Samuel 12:24 NIV

  32. 16082
    Stacey Magoon says:

    Stacey M. Savannah, GA “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)

  33. 16083
    Robin Oaster says:

    Robin Oaster Secane, PA (NKJV) 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11

  34. 16084
    Nickie Newhouse says:

    Nickie Newhouse, Redford, MI “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7 KJV

  35. 16085
    Lyn says:

    Lyn Toney, Helena, AR “Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.” Psalm 150:6 NIV

  36. 16086
    Kathy Crenshaw says:

    Kathy Crenshaw, Lillington, North Carolina
    I sought The Lord and He answered me. He delivered me from all my fears. Psalms 34:4 (NKJ)

  37. 16087
    Tess says:

    Jeremiah 29:12-13 NASB

    “Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find me when you search for me with all of your heart.”

  38. 16088
    Tisha says:

    Tisha, San Antonio, Texas-
    “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.” Ephesians 2:10 NLT

  39. 16089
    Christie says:

    Christie, Gadsden, AL Jesus looked at them and said,” With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26 NIV

  40. 16090
    Diana Love says:

    Diana Love, Mustang, OK “Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.”
    Psalm 105:4 NIV

  41. 16091
    Jessi bolding says:

    John 14:27 NIV
    27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

  42. 16092
    Lisa Markley says:

    Lisa Markley, Cary, NC- When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and heal the sick. Luke 9:1-2 (NIV)

  43. 16093
    Sandy says:

    For He will order His angels to protect you wherever you go. Psalms 91:11

  44. 16094
    Chrissy Jones says:

    Chrissy Jones, Clemmons,NC:
    “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12,NIV

  45. 16095
    Jackie keiser says:

    Jackie Keiser, Nappanee Indiana. “Nay in all these things we are more than
    Conquerors through him that loved us” Romans 8:37 KJV

  46. 16096

    For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age.

    Titus 2:11-12 ESV

  47. 16097
    Robin says:

    Robin Wade, Warner Robins, GA. “For the eyes of The Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.” 2 Chron 16:9a. NIV

  48. 16098
    Peggy D says:

    Peggy Durst, Decatur, IL Colossians 3:23-24

  49. 16099
    Lauren says:

    Lauren from Bealeton, VA
    “There is a time for everything, a season for every activity under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NLT)

  50. 16100
    Sandy Ott says:

    Sandy Ott, Ashland, KY. “For no word from God will ever fail.” Luke 1:37 NIV

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