Hi SSMT partners! I’m Bailie – the newest and youngest member of the LPM staff.
A few weeks into my time here at LPM, I kept hearing the term “SSMT” being thrown around by my coworkers, and I wondered what on earth are they talking about? And when one of them explained, “Oh, it’s stands for Siesta Scripture Memory Team,” I was even more confused. What’s a Siesta? I thought. Doesn’t that mean “nap” in Spanish? Smile.
So if any of you are new to SSMT, I’m right there with you! Now I couldn’t be more on board with this simple, achievable way to sear God’s Word into our hearts and minds.
Do you have a section of Scripture that you find yourself referring back to all the time? Maybe you leave your little Bible bookmark there or the Lord keeps proving its relevance to you season after season. For me, it’s Hebrews 4:14-16:
14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. 16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
These verses have ministered to me for years. They encouraged me through months of living in a foreign country. They motivated me to get back up and fight when temptation overcame me. They showed me how Jesus is so fully human, truly, He can relate to everything I feel. And they reminded me of my God-given dignity and confidence to approach His throne of grace (thank you JESUS!). I’ve read them so many times, I could give you a great paraphrasing, but I decided it was time to commit them to memory.
Stay strong, Siestas!
Lindsay Cleveland, Ms
“He has saved us and called us to a holy life- not because of anything we have done, but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time. ” 2 Timothy 1:9 NIV
Teri in Houston
Psalm 37:23 (NIV)
23 The Lord makes firm the steps
of the one who delights in him;
Romans 12:8
if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.
Linda Ryan, Springfield, MO
How I dread being mocked for obeying, for Your laws are right and good.
Psalm 119:39 Living Bible
Abbey from Waco, TX.
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you.” Psalm 32:8 NIV
Kimberly Bignon- Orlando, Florida- “Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.”
Psalm 63:3-4 NIV
Elizabeth
Fort Smith, AR
“He will destroy death forever. The Lord God will wipe away the tears from every face and remove His people’s disgrace from the whole earth, for the Lord has spoken.”
Isaiah 25:8 HCSB
Janay Wilborn Dallas, TX
“You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.”
Psalm 63:1 NIV
1 John 3:8 Niv
The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.
Carrie from Christiansburg, VA.
Look at my hands and feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see. A ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have. Luke 24:39. NIV.
Laura Grassi, Denver, CO
But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For as by a man came death, by a Man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. I Corinthians 15:20-22 ESV
Carrie from Christiansburg, VA.
Look at my hands and feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see. A ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have. Luke 24:39.
Glenda Durano
Romans 15:13, NIV
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Rebecca From Birmingham, Alabama
“I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I receive news about you. I have no one else like him, who will show genuine concern for your welfare.”
Philippians 2:19-20 NIV
Sherry, Russellville, AR
For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time.
1 Timothy 2:5-6 NASB
Chris
Canton, NC
Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O LORD!
Psalm 25:7
ESV
Ashley, Marshalltown, IA
Psalm 25:8 NIV
Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
Stephanie Morris-Clark, Norman Ok
“Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries.” Jude 8 NKJ
Happy Easter! <3
“Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.”
Genesis 15:5-6 NKJV
Meggie JOY Burdzy – Calgary Alberta Canada
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not depend on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will show you which path to take.
Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV/NLT)
Cindy Cannon, Brighton, IL
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9 (NIV)
Punky Tolson, Dallas, TX- “For this reason, although I have great boldness in Christ to command you to do what is right,” Philemon 8, ESV
Linda O’Neill from Elk Grove, CA
“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”
Jeremiah 29:11 NLT
“Since you are precious in My sight,
Since you are honored and I love you,
I will give other men in your place and other peoples in exchange for your life.” Isaiah 43:4 NASB
Molly, Cypress, TX
…for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.
Acts 4:20 ESV
Cindy, Summerville, SC – “I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.””
John 16:33 NLT
Ali C., Pleasanton, CA- 15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. 16 O Lord , truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant ; you have freed me from my chains. Psalm 116:15-16 (NIV84)
Renae from Albuquerque, NM
“Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, perfect will of God.”
Rom 12:2 CSB
Lindsey Carelock from Brenham, TX: “I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.” John 10:9 ESV
Sharon, Little Rock. “God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.” (1 Corinthians 6:14)
Nancy Maddox, Crowley, TX 1
Thess 5:8 But since we are of the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.
Jan Witt, Rockwall, TX
Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blasphrme the glorious ones.
Jude 1:8
Chelsea from Lima, Ohio
James 2:8 (NIV)
If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,”[a] you are doing right.
Rhonda from Milton, WV
“Seek the LORD and His strength; seek His presence continually!” 1Chronicles 16:11 ESV
Barb Rowe, Naples
“I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me and I in him bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 NKJV
Debbie Hazard from Lancaster, Ca.
“Just as the Father has loved me,
I have loved you, abide in my love”
John 15:9 NASB
Alicia Zornes from Carl Junction, MO: “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.” Isaiah 26:3 (NIV)
Bobbie, Litchfield, MN
“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”
Ezekiel 36:26 (NIV)
Elsie from Scottsbluff, NE
Ephesians 6:16
In addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
Kay, Deer Park, TX
“The brother in humble circumstances ought to take pride in his high position.”
James 1:8 NIV ’84
Vicki
Murfreesboro,TN
Matthew 11:28 (HCSB)
“Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Jes, Columbia PA
And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the Lord.
Hosea 2:19-20 ESV
Leah From Lacey, WA
But Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.”
Gloria, Irving:
A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit. Proverbs 15:13 NIV
Vicky, from Phoenix, AZ:
And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
Luke 12:15 ESV
Holly Cox, Greenwood, SC.
“I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.””
Psalms 40:8 ESV
Shelley – Brigham City, UT
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
2 Corinthians 3:17, ESV
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:6 NKJV
Keri Lee, Las Vegas, NV. ““He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?”
Micah 6:8 NKJV
Shannon from Shelby, MT
“For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us, and the government will be on his shoulders. He will be named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.”
Isaiah 9:6 HCSB