These were the first verses I started learning, when I joined the Navigators group at university. That was about 40 years ago, before the days of the internet. They came as a pack of printed cards!
Very good comments, OnFire. I too choose to split long chapters into separate verse sets - I find that any chapter longer than 30 verses is inconveniently long for reviewing, so I split it into two verse sets. And I also use ‘test instead of read’ most of the time, because it helps me reinforce the context. I stop using ‘test instead of read’ only when I have just a few verses left to complete in a given chapter. And like JDJD, I’m in awe of you having the self-discipline to re-review a passage 10-20 times in a row!
Yes, Eileen, you don’t need section breaks for that. Just start learning Psalm 1 as a passage, and you can choose when to learn each verse. Nowadays I usually select a full chapter to learn, but I actually learn one verse per day, or every other day. The only use of the section breaks that I can see is later, after you’ve added the whole chapter, if you don’t have time to review it all in one sitting, you can review it a section at a time. Personally, I don’t find the section breaks helpful. I’d be interested to hear any other views.
I’ve just finished reviewing John 12 this morning. John 12:35-36 would fit well in this verse set. “The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light…”
That’s exactly how I’d describe my experience of this site - a wonderful daily devotion! And I’m the same as you: ‘fully learnt’ means I’ve grown familiar enough with a verse through repetition, sometimes over many years before I get there! And joosep, I also want to commend you for being such an active encourager of others on this site. God bless you!
Good discussion. I’ve done most of John 10 through 17 now, and I’m finding it really helpful to have the more famous parts in the context of the narrative flow. But I hear what you’re saying about the translation, Onfire. The thing that gets me most is the apparently random mix between ‘the disciples’ and ‘his disciples’.