Ten Weeks to Go . . .

Thank you girls for "hangin' in there" as we've traveled along memorizing 52 verses this year! There are only TEN weeks/verses left!!!! Isn't it amazing how God has used your verses in your life this year?

If this challenge has been a blessing to you, I would like to encourage you to invite two other people to participate in 2013. Begin now by blogging about it and sharing it with your friends. Memorizing 52 verses seems like an immense task to some people who have never committed much of God's Word to memory, but it is an abundant blessing. Please encourage others to join us in this challenge next year.

SHARE OUR BUTTON :

<br /><a href="http://52weeks52verses.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" style="width: 125px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XDEomr4RlGitEFSOwxFvOtRXH9mX-PGyvrKwWCXgEi-SPSPpUz0TjfMGFCCNf67-ZRlytbLQZAAp2GWIO1LbH7wIFCZ3fYDTzjIK_BafWbg_6F06NAeRbLbNEFMmeNZp_CXN7hunEGI/s128/Button.jpg" /></a><br />

The Beginning of a New Year . . . The Beginning of a Challenge!

Tomorrow not only launches a new year in history, it also launches the first year of our special challenge of memorizing 52 verses!! I am thrilled for you who have come alongside us in this year-long commitment, and pray that God will help us all to be faithful in memorizing His Word!!

A few extra notes in beginning this challenge:

      1) If you notice, there is a page full of those who have agreed to pursue this challenge (see Join the Challenge). Please make it a goal to check the blogs of those who have committed to posting their journey on personal blogs. It will be wonderful for us to work together and encourage one another in this journey!

     2) Check back here occasionally. Lord willing, we will post every week to keep track of the verses – and some people have decided to follow the challenge by posting comments on here every week.

     3) Be willing to expound. Instead of simply listing your verses on your blog/here, share why you chose to memorize this verse or what it means to you.

I look forward to what God has in store for each of us!!

His Word in Our Hearts

A sister-site, Meditations of His Love, is issuing another memory challenge for next year: memorizing 1 Peter (His Word in Our Hearts challenge)!! Just like the 52-verse challenge it begins on January 1, 2012. If you're trying to do the math, it takes memorizing an average of two verses each week to complete memorizing the book of 1 Peter in a year.

What's more, is that they will wrap their blog's themes around 1 Peter all next year. Their goal in doing so is to help re-establish the meaning of the verses that are being memorized.

If you need verses to memorize for 2012, why don't you join their challenge as well? If not, then definitely check their blog throughout next year to see encouraging posts on 1 Peter.

Sharing the 52-verse Challenge

I have had a couple of girls offer to share about our 52-verse challenge on their blogs. You are certainly free to share about this challenge – even if you do not plan on participating. I would like to encourage as many people as possible to memorize Scripture next year, and would appreciate your help on spreading the word about this challenge!!

If you need ideas for what to write, check “The Challenge” page for certain details. If you do not wish to write a post about the 52-verse challenge but would like to include the button on your blog somewhere, we would appreciate that as well.

<br /><a href="http://52weeks52verses.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" style="width: 125px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XDEomr4RlGitEFSOwxFvOtRXH9mX-PGyvrKwWCXgEi-SPSPpUz0TjfMGFCCNf67-ZRlytbLQZAAp2GWIO1LbH7wIFCZ3fYDTzjIK_BafWbg_6F06NAeRbLbNEFMmeNZp_CXN7hunEGI/s128/Button.jpg" /></a><br />

Thank you for your interest in sharing this challenge with others!

New - Links

We have a new page dedicated to those who have joined this challenge: Links. If you plan on posting about your progress weekly, we would love to include a link to your blog here. Just comment with your name and blog address and you can be added!