Recent activity from Luli2016§↻

Well, you've reached the highest level, wow!

You may know that I already had to add another level, just for you - I'm not adding another one I'm afraid! Also, I forgot to add the points for level 10, so it crashed when it was supposed to give you the points+notification, which is why it didn't show up earlier today. I fixed that now.

God bless, and make sure you enjoy a break at some point!

Beyond amazing achievement. What a glorious testimony to love and dedication.

Praise the Lord! Thank you, Luli2016, for not only setting a good example of faithfulness, but also being a consistent gentle-hearted encourager to all on this site.

Wow! Good job!

Thank you joosep and mrsmoo for your kind words. ☺️
I have been greatly encouraged by everyone’s example.
Thank you Luke for all the hard work you put into keeping this site running and for the extra badge!
Beyond points and badges, although all pleasantly rewarding, I am grateful for the opportunity this tool/resource has given me to meditate on the Word and grow more in the knowledge of Him who is worthy of our worship and praise.
I’m not too sure if I will continue to add one verse every day, but even if I do, it is more of a personal challenge as I would like to learn the whole gospel of John.

Huge congratulations! Praise God for your dedication to His word.
Just out of interest do you think you will continue learning a new verse every day now?

Thank you MrsSpooner!
I would definitely like to continue learning a new verse every day for as long as I can.
The main reason for this is so that not only I can abide in the Word in way that guides and guards me in all aspects of life but also strengthens my faith when reason and sense leave me wondering.
I hope this makes sense.

You did it! I am so happy for you! When I first joined the site, I decided I was going to do three years because no one had ever done it before. I'll admit, I used to check everyone on the leader list hoping that each of you would miss a day so I could be the first. But then, as the days drug on, I realized how difficult it is to do it. And why no one has ever done it before. Then my attitude started to change. I began to feel bad when someone at the top would miss a day, because I knew how painful that must be. But all along, you just kept chugging toward the goal. And oddly enough, I found myself legitimately getting excited for my "competition" because it dawned on me that you guys aren't my competition. We're all on the same team. Needless to say, when I saw you got it this morning my heart leaped! I am a relative noob to this site at close to 6 months, but I know full well how hard it is with the pandemic, and the holidays, and the vacations (not to mention the days you just don't feel like logging in) to keep adding a verse every day. One day I almost forgot to login because I got busy and almost lost my streak for nothing, but i digress. I can't even imagine doing all that for three years! Well, I can now! I don't know if I'll ever meet you up there at the top, but at least now I know its possible! So happy! So proud!

nicely said, onf247

That is so very kind of you onfire247!
I have to admit that I felt a little more determined to reach this goal by the cheering support from you all, and at the same time I felt accountable for doing all I could.
Had I thought of the badge only I think I would have never gotten this far.
Initially, I hoped I would be as consistent as JDJDJD, joosep, Annette, and many others whose names I can’t remember, but then I thought, why stop now.
That’s how all happened!
However, the main goal remains the same!

Let me add my heartfelt congratulations to you, Luli2016! I’m so happy and thankful to God for enabling you to reach this amazing milestone. May you be richly blessed as you work on your goal to memorize the Gospel of John. 👏🏽 🥳

Congratulations! This is an awesome accomplishment!

Oh my! You did it! Amazing. I know that is so hard to do and shows such commitment. Well done and thanks for showing us it is possible. I definitely get so much more when I add a verse a day. Praying you will be blessed by all the scripture now tucked away in your heart. Stay blessed. You are an inspiration! And I’m so proud of you and happy for you. Not for the badge but for the fruit in your life. (Although the badge is great too 🥳😉)

Well done Luli and congratulations on being the first to achieve Consistent Learner level 10!

Out of all the scripture learning I do on this site, I must say that I mostly enjoy adding new verses and going over them in the initial days. BUT, as we all know, it does add length to the practice list - so you have done exceeding well to persevere daily without fail for a full three years!

A piece of advice to others who would like to achieve this level; do it BEFORE you already have a lot of verses to practice - otherwise you may eventually become overwhelmed by your practice list and neglect to log on.

Congratulations, Luli! May God bless you and may the Holy Spirit teach you and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever He has taught you in your study. :)

Congratulations indeed, Luli. Three years is an amazing achievement, and I’m very pleased you’ve been able to claim the badge that Luke added. But more than the badge, I think that the daily practice you’ve developed of memory and meditation will bring its own reward in your relationship with God. I pray that you will know his blessing as you walk with him, whether or not you continue to add a new verse each day.

amen, PeterP

Thank you T-rey, Symota, biblememorizerCamilaParker and rvfc2 for your kind thoughts!
Thank you Janet, AnnetteCN and PeterP for your example and encouraging support along the way, which has made the journey much more enjoyable and rewarding.
I totally agree with AnnetteCN in relation to the long list of reviewing which at times gets overwhelming.
My only advice would be select passages that you really enjoy and intend to memorise.
If you are thinking of memorising a whole book, e.g. the book of Ephesians, make sure you break it into section or chapter. Having to review the whole 155 verses, (if I’m not mistaken) in one go and trying to add a new verse can feel like mission impossible.
Thank you once again for all your encouragement and fellowship.

Thanks, yes there is a change I have made after being on this site for 5 years and being overwhelmed daily with long Review lists in which you need to practice all your verses for the sake of the one or two verses that may be due for review.

I now add sections (chapters) of the Bible and purposely keep them in the "Learn" section by not starting on the final verses until most of the verses are learned and finished. That way, only the verses that need practising come up for review - usually just a couple. Also, I have changed over to first letter typing. Hope this helps someone!

That is great advice AnnetteCN. I, too, have struggled with long chapters that require the entire chapter to be repeated constantly because of one or two verses that refuse to stick. John 6 comes to mind (71 verses). I inwardly groan every time that chapter comes up, and I've struggled not to have a bad attitude about it. I've tried breaking the chapters down into smaller chunks, but the same problem exists but on a smaller scale. Plus the chunks lose their connections to each other. I like the idea of not learning the last verse to avoid it kicking over into that mode. Better yet, I wish there was an option to disable that feature. I know you can do verse chunks instead of the whole chapter, but again, you are back to the chunking problems above.

REJOICING.... and dancing with praise.... What an inspiration.

awesome!

These points represent a large portion of God’s Word that you have tucked away in your heart. Your faithfulness and dedication is an inspiration to us all. Congratulations! 👏🏽

Woweee well done Luli. So proud of you for all that scripture memorisation. You are truly inspirational!

I see you will be overtaking me very soon 🎉 Go Luli! And you’ve only been here half the time I have😳 You’ve worked so hard. And it’s great to see you still adding a verse a day. There’s no stopping you! May you grow more like Christ every day. Ooh I’ve just realised that’s another reason I forgot to put which motivates me to learn scripture every day 🙂

I’m still managing to add a new verse but not so successful at keeping the review list small 😉! Not that I’m not enjoying it!
I’m getting a little frustrated with myself for not memorising the verses with the same pace but it’s a learning journey!

Still planning to comprise that verse set on forgiveness!

I’ll look forward to that. I’m just re reading Nancy Leigh DeMoss’s book “Choosing Forgiveness- your Journey to Freedom.” Its excellent! A verse set would be great 😊 👍

I'll look forward to it too Luli2016 :)

Checking out that book you recommended JDJDJD, I just downloaded the Amazon free sample :)

Hope you enjoy. It’s such a challenge to me.

Thank you JDJDJD. It's an issue I too struggle with. And I'm finding the book to be very helpful and good reading, so far.

Almost there! 🙈

Thank you so much everyone! A lot can happen in two weeks... however I must confess that the encouragement and the example of many in this site has made the journey enjoyable and rewarding.

It’s a lovely badge to get! 👏

Thank you Susan_Likes_Superbook for the invitation!

You're so close Luli! Two more weeks! We're all cheering for you!

what's going on? 2 weeks before Luli earns the badge for "3 years of learning a new verse"?

Yep! He'll be the first. Looks like around the 28th. So close!

GO LULI, GO LULI!!!

🎉🎉🎊🎆🎉🎉

OMGOODNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!

MRSMOO!!!!!!! GET. THOSE. FIRE. WORKS. READY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you so much everyone! A lot can happen in two weeks... however I must confess that the encouragement and the example of many in this site has made the journey enjoyable and rewarding.

Yes I’m excited for you. It will be an amazing achievement and I am already so proud of you💕🎉

I'm watching too, am praying for you and am excited for you, Luli2016!

You must get it! You've come too far to not get it now. You'll get it, and we'll join you on the list later.

Yeah!

So close! You got this!

Two more days!

Almost there! 🙈

Eagerly awaiting your victory...

Well done joosep!
Awesome achievement and a great encouragement to us all!

Outstanding achievement and inspiring example!!!
Congratulations! 👏🎉

That’s awesome! 👏

👏👏 well done!

Amazing! Well done 👏

It’s a wonderful accomplishment! Well done!!!🎉

Until He come!

It’s going to be challenging for sure, and will definitely be a while before any of these verses are memorised.

nice! the whole letter in one set :)

It’s going to be challenging for sure, and will definitely be a while before any of these verses are memorised.

It’s wonderful to see you taking up this daunting challenge, God will reward your efforts.

we're in for the long haul :)

Until He come!

amen. Even so come, Lord Jesus.

Amen to all the above!

You really are an inspiration!

Absolutely remarkable!!! Congratulations 👏

Well said!!!
It reminded me of this quote from Warren Wiersbe
“Outlook determines outcome; attitude determines action.”

Amazing!!! 👍🏻

Excellent! Congratulations!

Awesome! 🎉 That’s quite an achievement!!!

‘The only thing that keeps me stable and settled in these days of uncertainty, -yea, utter perplexity- is the absolute dependability of God’s Word’
-Elisabeth Elliot
And I thank the Lord for your example, your gentle invitation to sign up on learn scripture and the encouragement you have given me in so many ways.

Great choice, 👍🏻
One of my favourites, always very uplifting!

To onfire247, as joosep described, that’s precisely what’s happened. I had purposefully selected “review sooner” in an attempt to memorise each verse completely. I was hoping to be able to remember each of those verses accurately even after almost a year but not as easy as desired!
I’m not entirely sure what happens if I select “fully learnt” option; although I have began selecting it for some of the easy passages such as Psalm 1 and Psalm23.
I guess this might prove a lot more challenging if trying to recite/ memorise the whole book of James, which I would highly recommend!

Actually not that great of a job ☺️!
It’s the second time I’m getting to this milestone because some of the fully memorised verses are not actually fully memorised (or as I have discovered when reviewing fully learnt verses I seems like my memory is not that efficient) and so it’s been a back and forth journey.
Thank you for your kind words!

good job!

Actually not that great of a job ☺️!
It’s the second time I’m getting to this milestone because some of the fully memorised verses are not actually fully memorised (or as I have discovered when reviewing fully learnt verses I seems like my memory is not that efficient) and so it’s been a back and forth journey.
Thank you for your kind words!

Congrats! Are you saying that you can lose progress? I am confused on the whole finishing a verse process, honestly. I do not see any information about it. So far, I have seen verses go from individual bubbles to giant bubbles, which surprised me (ha). I am not sure what other changes await me as I progress into my verses. Can you clarify? I, too, have wondered if this site alone will be enough for me to retain the verses, but as I said, I am still new to the process. I think at some point I will add Anki (a spaced repetition flashcard program) decks into the mix, because I'm afraid that I'll forget what I've learned over time. But for now, I'll just trust the system. I appreciate any clarification that you or other veterans can give me.

I'll add this, if it helps. At one point a few years ago I reached 300 verses finished. But I believe there is an option, when you reach that point, to click "fully learnt" or to review them again in one year. I believe I chose to review them again, and so I had a similar back and forth as Luli described, where I reached 300, went backwards, then reached it again (several times). The rest of my story is that I at some point started using Memverse, then came back here and reset everything to zero :) At this moment I have a lot of verses in the 90 percent range, and hope they will be reaching "fully learnt" sometime soon :)

The thing I'm not clear on is this: isn't it possible to click "fully learnt", and then you won't be shown those verses for review, ever again? If anyone knows about this, it would be great if they could clue us in :)

To onfire247: when a verse gets to more than 25%, you no longer see the "bubbles" as individual words.

To onfire247, as joosep described, that’s precisely what’s happened. I had purposefully selected “review sooner” in an attempt to memorise each verse completely. I was hoping to be able to remember each of those verses accurately even after almost a year but not as easy as desired!
I’m not entirely sure what happens if I select “fully learnt” option; although I have began selecting it for some of the easy passages such as Psalm 1 and Psalm23.
I guess this might prove a lot more challenging if trying to recite/ memorise the whole book of James, which I would highly recommend!

Thanks Luli2016 and joosep, really helpful. I too was wondering to what extent learnscripture would cement them in my brain.

To onfire247, in general it takes at least a year for a verse to go from new to fully learnt. More than a year if at some point you have difficulty remembering it :)

Thanks for the comments guys. Its nice to have the advice of people upon who's shoulders I now stand.

Another reason why some people’s number of verses learnt dropped was because The system was rejigged a few months back. Previously if you’d learnt say John 3v16 and John 3v 17 and also the double verse of John3v16-17 it would have shown as 3 verses learnt. Luke changed that so that it would only show as 2 verses whichever way you learnt them. My total dropped by quite a lot as I used to do something similar a lot in the first year or so as I found I wasn’t getting enough review. I actually learnt verses singly then as blocks of 4 verses. As the site has improved the amount of review needed is better tailored to my need so I don’t need to do that.

Well done! That’s amazing!
I love your username!

I must confess that I got a little confused initially by Worm’s comment and struggled to understand why I was singled out as being ungrateful. (Apology accepted!)
It is only by God’s grace that I am able to enjoy peace, prosperity, quietness, private time, mental ability and freedom and am indeed very grateful to the Lord for all of the above; but above all I am grateful for:

That Man of Calvary
Has won my heart from me,
And died to set me free,
Blest Man of Calvary!

Granting the sinner life and peace,
Granting the captive sweet release,
Shedding His blood to make us free,
Merciful Man of Calvary!

Not many would know that my favourite book of the Bible is the book of Job.
I love the book of Job for many reasons but primarily because despite my luxuries, I have often prayed just like him: Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! ...
Job 10:18 &19
And again Job 19:25 says: “ For I know that my redeemer liveth”, as though to say no matter how deep the wound or how many the tears, I’m not Home yet.

I wished I had joined this site a lot sooner, it has been a blessing beyond words and I cannot recommend it enough. Not only has enabled me to meditate more on God’s Word and therefore draw strength from His promises but has also been a coping mechanism, therapeutic and neuroplasticity.

Last but not least, whether in person or via Zoom let us get together and praise the One who is worthy of our praise for all His goodness to us. “This is the day that the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24
Have a blessed day in the Lord.

Thank you everyone for your kind words, I don’t really deserve such praise ☺️!
I don’t think of it as my achievement but rather as a journey on the road to Emmaus.
It’s only by His grace and sustaining power that I have managed to get this far; the efforts have been all worthwhile and the desire to be more like Him deepened.
Thank you once again for your encouragement and inspiring example.

p.s. having come close to missing a day a few times, let’s see if I will make it to 3 years (this is more of a personal challenge 😉)!

Thank you Symota for your encouragement!

Congratulations, Luli2016! What a blessing to treasure up God’s Word in your heart. May you have many opportunities to share His Word with others. 👏🏽

Thank you Symota for your encouragement!

Wow well done Luli. I can see how the Lord is changing you. Into His likeness!

And you’ve just passed 2 and a half years of adding a new verse every day. That’s got to be a record! Pity there’s no badge for it.

Outstanding progress. May God bless you richly.

Two and a half years adding a verse every day .... praise the Lord :) Nice work, Luli2016.

Thank you everyone for your kind words, I don’t really deserve such praise ☺️!
I don’t think of it as my achievement but rather as a journey on the road to Emmaus.
It’s only by His grace and sustaining power that I have managed to get this far; the efforts have been all worthwhile and the desire to be more like Him deepened.
Thank you once again for your encouragement and inspiring example.

p.s. having come close to missing a day a few times, let’s see if I will make it to 3 years (this is more of a personal challenge 😉)!

There is so much more to be thankful for in this achievement Luli2016. You evidently don't live in a war zone, or a place where you would be constantly moved or interrupted, as by flooding waters, or hunger. Be thankful for peace. You can obviously afford to pay for your tech equipment and your connection. Be thankful for your level of wealth. Your can read, see and move your fingers, and have the mental capacity to remember these words. Be thankful for such health. You have the freedom to use a phone or computer, unlike our hidden sisters and brothers in say an oppressive false religion or political system. Be thankful for that freedom. You evidently have spare time and are probably not walking 10 miles to a well each day, or threshing your own wheat by hand, and taking your clothes to the river to wash, as well as looking after 6 or 8 children all at home or begging. Be thankful for that. You get my drift. This is a luxury we owe our lives for, as others have given their lives for this in the past.

?? Am I missing something? I’m sure Luli hasn’t said or done anything to deserve such words. Perhaps I’m reading the message the wrong way but it comes over as very judgemental to me. The irony is that if you knew Luli’s story you would not want to live through what she has lived through.
I love this site because as well as learning scripture which is a huge blessing, I get to enjoy some lovely company and some lovely encouragement. I’m just puzzled by this message and why Luli has been singled out as though she’s been ungrateful(untrue) or hasn’t had enough suffering (untrue). I’m a little hurt on her behalf.

My sincere apologies to Luli2016! I've just re-read this and it COULD sound as you say - rather judgmental. It was a not very good attempt at a sort of poetic prose, in the style of the Anglican collects, but I suppose it would have been better put "[so let us all] be thankful for x, y and z", rather than suggest that Luli2016 wasn't grateful. I was responding to Luli2016's own comment "I don’t really deserve such praise... I don’t think of it as my achievement." It suggested to me all the wonderful implications that I mentioned - that Luli2016 (and all of us who are daily logging into this) has been given by God sufficient peace, prosperity, quietness, private time, mental ability and freedom to learn a new verse each day. Halleluia!

We all follow God as best we can in the situation to which we find ourselves. Does the suffering of some invalidate this measure of hard work and dedication to the cross? Can Luli be faulted for making the most of the time and resources available? Luli is to be commended for this achievement, regardless, because it shows a level of dedication to the Word of God that few people possess today. So congratulations, Luli! I, for one, will be here to cheer you on as you push towards future achievements. Indeed, they provide encouragement to me as a new user to continue to login every day so that some day I, too, may cross these same thresholds and thus grow closer to God.

I'm not faulting Luli2016.
I'm praising God for giving Luli2016 (and me, and you, onfire247 and JDJDJD) all the environmental and social circumstances which have enabled such an achievement.
"What have we, that we have not received from God?"

So say we all.

I’m glad you clarified that Worm. I understand now the spirit of what you were saying and see that I did indeed read it the wrong way for which I very relieved.

Janet, I do know Luli's story and would never wish to offend her. In an effort to have some privacy on here I signed up anonymously. I would much prefer to have signed up with my own name, and keep my learning private, but that's not the deal on here, and I understand that. But I can see how anonymity can be problematic. Not only do other people not know who they're communicating with, but one's own persona can change. No more anonymous learning for me. I'm going to use a paper system from now on. Blessings on you all. Especially you and Luli. And blessings on your Lord's Day. X

I must confess that I got a little confused initially by Worm’s comment and struggled to understand why I was singled out as being ungrateful. (Apology accepted!)
It is only by God’s grace that I am able to enjoy peace, prosperity, quietness, private time, mental ability and freedom and am indeed very grateful to the Lord for all of the above; but above all I am grateful for:

That Man of Calvary
Has won my heart from me,
And died to set me free,
Blest Man of Calvary!

Granting the sinner life and peace,
Granting the captive sweet release,
Shedding His blood to make us free,
Merciful Man of Calvary!

Not many would know that my favourite book of the Bible is the book of Job.
I love the book of Job for many reasons but primarily because despite my luxuries, I have often prayed just like him: Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! ...
Job 10:18 &19
And again Job 19:25 says: “ For I know that my redeemer liveth”, as though to say no matter how deep the wound or how many the tears, I’m not Home yet.

I wished I had joined this site a lot sooner, it has been a blessing beyond words and I cannot recommend it enough. Not only has enabled me to meditate more on God’s Word and therefore draw strength from His promises but has also been a coping mechanism, therapeutic and neuroplasticity.

Last but not least, whether in person or via Zoom let us get together and praise the One who is worthy of our praise for all His goodness to us. “This is the day that the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24
Have a blessed day in the Lord.

To Luli2016, very well stated!

To Worm, you don't have to go. I'm sure all would agree you are welcome to stay :) I say that because you wrote, "I'm going to use a paper system from now on."

Worm please don’t go. We’re all here to learn scripture. I know how much this site has been a help to me. Please don’t feel you need to sacrifice that. We all owe everything we have to the Lord. None of us deserve anything but He graciously loves us and gives us our very breath. Anything that helps us become more like this wonderful Saviour is too good to give up. I’m not very good at putting words together hence I don’t feel good at sharing the gospel. But I have encouraged so many to join this site in the hopes it will help them to know the Lord better. I would really hate to see you leave.

Awesome achievement! Congratulations Wv 👍🏻

Thank you everyone for your encouragement and good wishes. I am sure there are many of you who have been on this site much longer than I have, whose perseverance and dedication has been an inspiring example to me. I can honestly say that it’s been an amazing journey in my daily walk with the Lord and for that I am grateful to Luke for facilitating this wonderful learning app and to JDJDJD for her persistent invitation.
Keep safe and stay blessed!

Great job, Luli2016! Points are not the most important thing, but on the other hand, they do reflect that you've spent a lot of time meditating on / memorizing God's Word. May His Word bless you and bear fruit!

Well done Luli2016 👍I hope all the scripture is a blessing to you.

Great work! That is so exciting.

Congratulations on reaching this milestone! May the storehouse of God’s Word in your heart nourish you and all those around you. 👏🏽

Well done Luli. So proud of you for all that time spent in God’s word. You are such an encouragement. 💕

Thank you everyone for your encouragement and good wishes. I am sure there are many of you who have been on this site much longer than I have, whose perseverance and dedication has been an inspiring example to me. I can honestly say that it’s been an amazing journey in my daily walk with the Lord and for that I am grateful to Luke for facilitating this wonderful learning app and to JDJDJD for her persistent invitation.
Keep safe and stay blessed!

amen

Great choice 👍🏻!
I’m sure you will enjoy learning this passage! 😊

Not bad at all! 👍🏻😉

Great choice 👍🏻!