Verse 6

Good morning scripture memory sisters!

How are you all doing? Still going strong? We seem to have a lost a few of our comment posters, but I have hope that they are still memorizing scripture with us and just haven't found time to jump on the blog. Our lives are busy, aren't they? Hopefully they'll jump back in with verse 6. :)

Before we do the roll call for our sixth verse, I want to share a blog that so often speaks to me. I realize many of you may already check this one out daily, but in case you don't, here it is: A Holy Experience  Today's post is on loving through differences and striving for unity as the Body of Christ. The truth really stuck a chord inside me... may we LOVE more despite our differences and forgive despite our hurt. Easier said than done... but as followers of Christ, we have help and power from on High (Luke 24:49), with the Holy Spirit in us, to live to a higher standard: Christ's.

OK - let's share our sixth memory verse for the last part of March with each other. Keep up the great work! :)

Verse 5 - calling all Scripture Memory faithfuls!

Good morning:)

It's a beautiful sunny crisp winter day here... let's give our God thanks for this new day!

Have your memory verses been speaking to you these days? Mine have! Since running on a significant lack of sleep (a newborn does that to you!) sometimes finds me waking up in the morning on the "wrong side of the bed"... that's never a good start, but especially when you may be encountering little people who have also woke up a bit crabby. I found myself convicted yesterday when I was correcting my 20 month old son on his whininess and disobedience... my own attitude needed correcting! I was impatient and crabby myself, so I'm sure that didn't help with his attitude. The start of my current verse flooded my thoughts -- "Love is PATIENT... love is KIND..."  *gulp*  I wasn't being very patient. So...  we prayed and did a restart to the day. I'm so thankful to say that the day improved immensely! I love seeing the Word working out in my life... and it is becoming more and more clear to me that I have to let it. We can memorize all we want, but if we don't make a conscious effort to bring it into our every day, we likely won't find the Spirit working as obviously as we would like.  I'm praying each of us will allow Him to work in us -- in our every day situations, whatever they may be. Big and small.  I'm holding tight to my first couple of verses, knowing that God's Spirit can give me self-discipline/control, love...  and patience. :)

So it's March 1st... let's share our 5th verse of the year with each other! Keep up the good work ladies! :)

Verse 4!

I don't know about you, but it seems like the months are flying by faster as we focus on the 1st and 15th of each month for our verses... feels like I *just* wrote the post for Feb 1st!

How are you all doing? I must say, with my history of failed memorization attempts, I find myself excited that I can recite 2 Tim 1:7, Gal 5:22-25... small peanuts for many of you, but I'm thanking God for helping me with this! Baby steps.............  :-)

One of these days I'm going to put up a "fun post" here to help us get to know each other a bit. I realize some rather stay anonymous, and that's absolutely fine.  And if I'm the only one curious about getting to know our little community - I certainly won't be offended at the lack of comments/responses to that post! ;)

Praying you're all being blessed by burying God's Word deep inside...

Thanks for joining me in this challenge. Let's sign in with our 4th verse selection!

Verse 3 - Roll Call!

Can you believe January 2013 is now in the past? Time goes so quickly.  I hope you're all feeling positive about your memorization work... Isn't it great to be working on something we KNOW will benefit us long-term... ?!

It's been a bit of an eventful month on our house... We welcomed our little girl 4 days early on January 21st! So while I have continued to work on my chosen verse selection for the 2nd half of January, I must say my brain is a bit more like mush than usual and I didn't quite get it all down perfectly. If you're feeling like February 1st came a bit too quickly as well, you might want to do what I'm doing... instead of moving on to a new verse for the sake of typing in something new, I'm choosing to continue to work on the last half of my Jan 15th verse selection. I want to make sure it's cemented into this dense brain of mine! :)  See?? We're flexible around here...  ;)

My mom is here visiting for awhile (thanks to baby girl's arrival), and she's one of those non-blogger people participating in this challenge. With her here, I've had the benefit of having an in-house partner to practice my verse with every so often. There's definitely a difference in saying it OUT-LOUD than going over it in my head... I hope each of you have at least one person to partner up with in this challenge, but if not, don't forget to practice out-loud once in awhile...  for me, at least, it's a true test of how ingrained the verse is!

One other thought -- since we're spread out all over the globe yet working on this challenge together, let's remember to pray for each other. We have an enemy who would like to keep us busy and our brains occupied so we neglect getting God's Word planted deep in our hearts/minds... but with God's help, we can be diligent, disciplined and faithful in memorizing and meditating on His Word -- Truth and Life to each of us.

Alright, let's answer the roll-call and sign in with our February 1st verse! Remember -- first name, city/location, verse, reference and translation. :)

2013 Challenge - Verse 2!

How are you all doing?? January is quickly speeding by - it's the 15th already... and you know what that means? It's time to choose your second verse of 2013 to commit to memory! I hope you are all feeling confident that your first verses is cemented into your consciousness now... but don't forget to continue to review as you work on your new verse. :)

I found this great app for my phone that helps with scripture memory... but it's not just for your phone - you can use it online from your computer too! Check out Scripture Typer .  From their website description:  "It actively engages 3 separate cognitive areas: Audio (record verses audio and try to speak along with the playback), Visual (review verses using virtual flash cards & draw verse illustrations), and Touch (Type the first letter of each word in a verse to quickly memorize it)"

In case the link above doesn't work, here's the website -- http://scripturetyper.com

Have you looked at the comments for the Verse 1 Roll-Call? If not, you should... It's so encouraging to see those of you from ALL OVER who are committing to this 2013 challenge... WELCOME! I know there are others who have started as well, but will likely never make it to the blog. It's not too late if you are recruiting others - please let them know they are welcome to still join us! As someone wrote in a comment - "iron sharpening iron..." :)

Ok - time to check in and share your second memory verse in the comment area below.  Remember, first name, city/location, verse, reference/address and translation. 

Verse 1 Roll Call!

Hello Friends and Happy New Year! :)

I'm excited about this year's Scripture Memory Challenge and about how many of you have joined me from all over the world. A very warm welcome to you all - near and far! I pray focusing on two verses a month will truly impact our lives as we hide God's Word deep in our heart and let His Spirit work in us.

So, without further ado, it's time to sign in with your first verse of the challenge! You can still encourage others to join us - better late than never, right? 

Remember to sign in with your first name, city/location, verse, reference and translation. 

Let's do this! 


ps. Some people are having trouble commenting from their phones... I tested it and it didn't work for me either. Trying to figure out why... until then, you may have to sign in from a computer. Sorry!

Getting Ready??

This is exciting! We have a great team growing by the day!

Not everyone has been successful in having their comment published on the first post - not sure why... but to fill you all in, so far we have committed participants from:

- the UK
- New Zealand
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Connecticut
- British Columbia
- Mexico
- North Carolina
- New Brunswick
- Botswana
- Qatar

As I hoped, our "team" has such a variety - from young sisters to grandmothers, as well as a whole family committed to taking the challenge! It's not too late to recruit some friends or family members to join you... they don't even have to sign in here and comment, but... it IS more fun when we can "see" all who are participating! :)

So start preparing... if you're like me, choosing one verse to start with is a little overwhelming. Some people start the new year with a one word/phrase theme for the year... if that's you, that should help you narrow down your options. Looking forward to January 1st!


PS. If you're not an addicted blog reader like me, you may not want the hassle of checking the blog to see if there are any new posts. I've added a way for you to stay in-the-loop without having to check every day. At the top of the right column, there is a subscription box where you can type in your email address and have new posts delivered to your inbox automatically. Hope this helps some of you.