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That is awesome!!

Nice work, onfire! God bless your efforts as you store his word in your heart. :-)

Congratulations onfire247! What a beautiful milestone. If you’re willing, could you please share a little testimony about how God has used this daily time in His Word to impact your life? I always love to hear how God is working in the lives of others.

Congratulations indeed! It takes real consistent effort to reach 18 months. May God bless you every day as you learn his word.

Congrats, onfire247! I also grant you the consistent encouragement award. Double accomplishment!

Agree with all. Rejoicing with you on reaching this level and giving thanks to our Father for faithfulness! He has used you to be a blessing to many. Such JOY!

Wooohooooo So pleased for you. You are such a consistent Scripture Learner. Stay Blessed!

Level 9 Here you come!

Thanks for the kind words everyone! When I started this journey, I brazenly boasted that I would hit three years in a row. When I said that, I had no idea how hard it would be. Between all the birthdays, vacations, work deadlines, sick times, family emergencies, and just plain absentmindedness, it is so easy to lose your streak! I'm still amazed when people hit two or three years. Before I started trying to memorize the Bible, I knew maybe five verses word-for-word, and the rest I had to google. It boggles my mind that in a short year and a half I'm now over a thousand. This is no celebration of me, but of God and the gift of this website. This was the right tool at the right time to fulfill a desire that the Lord had placed in me to engage with him through his Word. And each of you are a part of that tool, because without your constant encouragement I would have given up by now for sure.

To answer your question, vader, it is hard to measure the impact that daily memorization has had on me, but I have noticed a few things. First, it has established a habit with me to be in God's presence daily. Before, my engagement with Scripture was sporadic at best. Now it is something I look forward to (most days ha!). Second, I've noticed that when I pray the scriptures that I've memorized pop up. This has always happened to some extent, but it seems different now, more targeted. Third, when my mind starts to eat itself with negative thoughts (doubt, condemnation, etc.), the Holy Spirit readily brings to my remembrance the scriptures I need to keep myself from self-deception. Fourth, when pastors quote passages (in John at least) in or out of context, I can recognize it. This is not always a good thing, ha! Finally, I find that I often have a Bible verse for someone who looking for direction in their life.

For example, we had a guy whose daughter was a believer flirting with atheism and was troubled by it. In the conversation, I was instantly reminded of John 10:27-29 where Jesus says that his sheep hear his voice and that no one is strong enough to snatch God's chosen out of his hand. I told him that whenever he thinks about his daughter's potential turning away, to quote these scriptures to God as both a thankfulness and a reminder to the Lord of what he said. This has been a source of comfort for him that I would not have been able to provide had I not put in the time to memorize John 10. We study to show ourselves approved not because we earn our salvation, but because other people need us to know God's Word so that we can be a comfort for them when they need it.

Wow!

Beautiful testimony onfire247. God is truly in the business of transforming lives for His glory. Thank you so much for sharing.

Massive congratulations for such an amazing achievement as well as heartfelt thanks for your testimony! Stay blessed

Such an encouragement onfire247. Thanks for sharing.

Congratulations, onfire247, on reaching this milestone! Thanks also for sharing your testimony about your journey in the Lord while using this site. Such a blessing, indeed. 👏🏽🙏🏽

You know, onfire247, you might have to change your name to onfire7365!

Congratulations! And thanks for this testimony!

Thanks again for the kind comments. I'm glad to be surrounded by such great men and women of God!