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!
Chelsea from Bossier City
Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You. Psalm 56:3 NKJV
Joanne Lim from Houston, Texas…Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things….Colossians 3:2 NIV
Pam Coleman, DeLeon Springs, Florida
“Good and upright is the Lord;
therefore He instructs sinners in his ways.
Psalm 25:8 (NIV)
Amy from Miamisburg, OH
“I will be the same until your old age, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will bear and save you.”
Isaiah 46:4 HCSB
Jennifer Caldwell from Cambridge, Ontario
For the joy of the Lord is your strength. Nehemiah 8:10 ESV
Barbi,Post Falls, Idaho. “You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13 ESV
Bonnie, Alexandria, LA
“Though you have not seen him, you love him.
Though you do not now see him, you believe in him
and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory. 1 Peter 1:8 ESV
Johan Wilkinson from Ajax, Ontario
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 NIV
Brenda Hendersonville TN
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
Candice Simpson in Bloomington, Indiana
James 2:6-10 HCSB
Yet you dishonored that poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts? Don’t they blaspheme the noble name that was pronounced over you at your baptism?Indeed, if you keep the royal law prescribed in the Scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well. But if you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. For whoever keeps the entire law, yet fails in one point, is guilty of breaking it all.
Becky Douglas, Houston,TX
“If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.”
Psalm 139:8 NIV
Connie, Chariton, Iowa. 2timothy 1:11 For this gospel I was appointed a herald, apostle, and teacher, 2 Timothy 1:11 HCS
Hello, I am Lori and I live in Medford Oregon.
“So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh- for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.”
Romans 8:12-13 NASB
Sherri from North Carolina. “My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.” Psalm 62:5
Hummelstown
Psalm 27:5
5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
Psalm 27:5
KJV
John 3:3. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily,verily, I say unto thee,Except a man be born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God. kJV
Conyers, GA 1 Peter 3:15 KJV
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that askers you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
Denise – Zachary, La.
Jeremiah 29:11
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 a hope and a future.
Judy from Lake Charles, LA
“In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he
loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”
1 John 4:10
Shiffra, Kalamazoo
2 Timothy 1:12 (NIV84) That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day.
Marilyn Davis from Kearney, Nebraska Psalm 91:8 NIV ” You Will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.” ” I COMMIT!”
I had mixed up two verses last time. Last time I wrote Ephesians 6:16 instead of 6:15 So here is Ephesians 6:15 KJV- “And your feet shod with preparation of the gospel of peace.”
Jamie from Brentwood, TN: “They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my stay!” (Psalm 18:18) HCSB
Sorry, I forgot to add where I live. It’s Gilbert, AZ
Olda from Huntsville, Al
“but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me earnestly and found me— may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that Day!—and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesus.” 2 Timothy 1:17, 18 ESV
And the one sitting on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new!” And then he said to me, “Write this down, for what I tell you is trustworthy and true.”
Revelation 21:5 NLT
Tammy, Humboldt, TN, USA
and you want to walk in these things when you were living in them. Colossians 3:7 CHSB
Darcy from Parker, CO
“Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;” Isaiah 40:30 (NIV)
Liz from Nashville, Tn: May the Lord show you His favor and give you His peace” (Numbers 6:25) NLT
Terri from Mechanicsville, VA
All this is from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.
2Corinthians 5:18 (NIV)
Kim Lee, Faison, NC: You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.
Isaiah 26:3 (NKJV)
Marie Franse, Albuquerque, NM: For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. (NIV).
Susan Turner, Shelby, NC
“But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.”
Isaiah 53:5 NIV
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Psalms 19:14 NLT
Latisha Davis, San Antonio, TX. “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.”
Hebrews 4:12 ESV
Desiree Walker – Stillwater OK -Psalm 18:3
I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
and I have been saved from my enemies.
Sandy E; Kansas City, Missouri; “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Mark 10:45 NIV
Sharon Lee, Riverside, Ca.
Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise
brings healing. Proverbs 12:18 NIV
Lisa Riley from Sussex, WI
7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
Psalms 139:7-8 (NIV)
Lisa Riley from Sussex, WI
7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
Psalms 139:7-8 (NIV)
Ellen Dimmitt from Hayden, Idaho: His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. NIV
Ellen Dimmitt from Hayden, Idaho: His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 2 Peter 1:3 NIV
Sue, Kingsport, Tennessee.
“He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.” 1John 2:2 NIV
Lee from Gaithersburg, MD “Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.” Isaiah 40:28 ESV
Susan from Slidell, LA
having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone,
Ephesians 2:20 NKJV
Sandra, Missouri, “who forgives all your sins, and heals all your diseases” Psalm 103:3 (NIV–I am memorizing Psalm 103 & it is AWESOME!)
Eleanor MacKay from Saskatoon,SK.
‘To Him be glory in the church by Jesus Christ throughout all ages, world without end.’
Eph. 3:21 NKJV
Tracy – Andice, TX
“Be hospitable to one another
without complaint.”
1 Peter 4:9 NASB
Misty Sanders, North Charleston, SC
My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Galatians 2:20 NLT
Jeanne, Keller TX
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. Psalms 91:1 NIV
April S, San Angelo, TX “Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.”
Romans 8:8 ESV