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!
Janet Melbourne, FL. Col. 3:13
Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember the Lord forgave you so you must forgive others.” Col. 3:13 NLT
Brenda, Ottawa, Canada
Seek the Lord and His strength;
Seek His face evermore!
1 Chronicles 16:11 NKJV
I commit
Dana, San Angelo
“Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life whoever believes in me will live, even though they die.” John 11:25-26 (CEB).
Mimi Foster from Chickasaw, Al
Good and upright is the Lord;
therefore he instructs sinners
in his ways. Psalm 25:8 NIV
Happy Easter 🙂
Carol King, Fort Worth, TX
With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints
Eph 6:18 NASB
Michele-Lubbock, TX Psalm 147:5 “Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.”
Elizabeth Mitchell- living in Haverhill, England- 1 Corinthians 13:7 (AMPC) “Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening].”
Faye from Calgary, Alberta, Canada
“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. 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. 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.”
Hebrews 4:14-16 NIV
Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. Isaiah 46:4 NIV
April Lopez, Bonneylake, Washington
Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 NIV
Steph Walters from Murrells Inlet SC “so that the servant of God[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Tim 3:17 NIV
Cora, Kennedale Texas. Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God. 2 Corinthians 7:1 NIV
Veronica-Nashville , Tn
Now faith is being sure of what we hope forand certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 (NIV)
Sheila from Mount Airy, NC- “Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.”
1 Corinthians 13:8 (NIV)
Candy from St Louis, MO
“and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,”
2 Timothy 1:10 ESV
Lori smith Little Rock Arkansas
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”
James 1:22 NIV
“Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
2 Corinthians 5:5
Susie mcneely Russellville Arkansas
“I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.””
Jeremiah 31:25 NIV
South Carolina
So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God, 2 Timothy 1:8 (NIV)
Dawn Lucy Steele, AL
“For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life.” Romans 5:10
Traci Williams, Santa Clarita, CA: “Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.” Psalm 25:8, NIV
Judy, Virginia
“Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”
Isaiah 43:19 ESV
Sarah, Montrose, CO
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
Colossians 3:8 (ESV)
Only with your eyes shall you look,
and see the reward of the wicked.
Psalm 91:8 NKJV
Psalm 51:10 ESV
Psalm 51:10 ESV
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Hallelujah every day…
Katrina Gagner from Wichita Falls, tx
It is in vain that you rise up early
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil;
for he gives to his beloved sleep.
Psalm 127:2 ESV
Jackie Noblesville, IN
Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.
Galatians 1:10 NLT
Cheryl, Austin, TX: My son, don’t forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commands; for they will bring you many days, a full life, and well-being. Proverbs 3:1-2 CSB
Mary Ellen in Laurel, MT
“…that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.” Eph. 1:8 NIV
He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding. Ephesians 1:8 NLT
Stephanie Volkmer, Tulsa OK;
*that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. (Eph 1:17, nkjv)
Linda Jewell
Tucson, AZ
John 1:4 NKJV
In Him was life,
and the life was the light of men.
Jane from Calgary, Alberta
By oppression and judgment he was taken away;
and as for his generation, who considered
that he was cut off out of the land of the living,
stricken for the transgression of my people?
~ Isaiah 53:8 (ESV)
Tracy Goldblum, San Diego, CA
Ephesians 6:14
Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness. NLT
Roseanne, Tacoma, Wa
Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph
in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of
His knowledge in every place.
For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those
who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
2 Corinthians 2:14-15 NKJV
Shelley from Fairfax, Virginia: “Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” NKJ
Deborah Flora
Sawyer KS
For he held fast to the Lord. He did not depart from following Him, but kept the commandments that the Lord commanded Moses. 2 Kings 18:6 ESV
Cindy from Franklin TN: “or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.”
Romans 12:7-8 NKJV
Robin Byrd, Columbia, SC
2 Corinthians 4:18
“So we don’t look at the troubles we
can see now; rather we fix our gaze
on things that cannot be seen. For
the things we see now will soon be
gone, but the things we cannot see
will last forever”. NLT
Pam from Apple Valley, MN: The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD thunders over the mighty waters. Psalm 29:3 NIV
Heather Gerard from Bellingham Wa
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 3:17 NIV
Bethany, clyde, TX
We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.
Psalm 33:20, NIV
Roni Long, Demopolis, Alabama- “Jotham became mighty because he ordered his ways after the Lord his God.” NASB
Sharon Mills
Henderson, Nv
Psalm 23:1-3 NIV
“The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters, He refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for His name’s sake.”
Emily from Fort Worth, TX:
Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear.
Isaiah 65:24
Susan, Houston, “For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” 1 Cor. 1:18 ESV
Andrea Sellers, Round Rock, TX Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we a have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1 NIV
Kris Braun, Shakopee, MN
The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and it itself set on fire by hell.
James 3: 6
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;”
Proverbs 3:5 NIV