Happy New Year! I am so excited to be on the cusp of 2021 and kick off the new year of our Scripture Memory Team!
Let’s just jump right in and start the year off right with memorizing Scripture! In case you are new here, welcome! I am so glad you are here and that you are a part of the team. Here are all the details:
I am following my BFF Beth Moore’s instructions to a T. The six points that I’m going to share, in bold, as our guidelines – all come from Beth Moore’s instruction post from back in 2010 when she introduced the SSMT to us. Why mess with a good thing? My words will follow Beth’s points. I am going to share her points here in bold:
1. On the 1st and 15th of every month of 2021, you will find a post by 8:00 in the morning where I will ask for your memory verse and give you mine.
We are starting today, January 1, 2021 to memorize Scripture together. It will make such a positive difference in our lives to learn the Word and have it on repeat in our hearts and minds.
2. You are to enter the verse you’ve chosen to memorize for that two-week period within twenty-four hours of the post going up.
Only to keep us committed to memorizing Scripture do I encourage this. I know how quickly the first can turn into the second, third, etc. If you are late to post your verse, it is ok, please do so.
3. When you clock in with your verse those two times a month, keep your comments limited to your name, city, verse and translation.
You all know I love good conversation; but, for this post only, we are going to list the details of our verses.
Example:
Lora from Morristown, TN
Ecclesiates 3:11 “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.” Berean Study Bible
4. As often as possible, choose a verse that means something to you in your present season or circumstance.
Since we are all going through different seasons, select a verse that encourages you in your present season. That way, we are all going to learn the verse that means the most to us and our circumstances. Now if you don’t have a verse, by all means, I am glad to share mine, or maybe one in the comments will encourage you.
5. I strongly recommend that you stick with only one verse to memorize each time.
If we bite off too much, we may be encouraged to quit. I want to finish the year well, so I am going to keep it simple.
6. Either shortly before or after making your entry each 1st and 15th in the blog comment, write the verse by hand in your own spiral.
This is such good advice from Mama Beth! Seeing my verse written out, helps me to memorize it! And you can add your spiral to your calendar, or bullet journal, or “stack” when you leave the house. There always seem to be extra minutes at appointments, visits, meetings, etc. where you can glance at your spiral and repeat the verse you are learning. Practice makes perfect.
So, welcome! I am so glad you are here! Let’s do this thing!
I am kicking off the year with my Dwell Differently verse, so here is my first entry for 2021:
Lora from Morristown, TN:
“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” I Thessalonians 5:11 NIV
In a day and time of division, what if we just made it our mission to encourage each other? What if we offered a word of encouragement, such as:
You are doing a great job!
I’m praying for you.
You are a blessing in my life.
Thank you for being a friend to me.
I am so thankful for you.
You are amazing!
Encouragement can certainly go a long way.
I am so excited about this new year and the new start to our Scripture Memory Team. I am so glad you are here. I look forward to reading your verses in the comments.
