Hey Steve, thank you for the note of encouragement. I've adjusted my daily average considerably and my new normal for the foreseeable future will be to maintain a 25 verse average per-day instead of a 55 verse per day average. I noticed a while ago that my motivation/intention was more about completing a task or getting a badge rather than truly laying up God's word in my heart. Nothing wrong with incentivizing learning, just need to examine ourselves every so often. Furthermore, I'm starting to doubt the algorithm a bit; so I want to slow things down and hopefully have a bit more repetition. I've even begun to reset a lot of my passages/questions back to '0,' so they'll be up for review more often. Granted, I haven't been on this site long enough to know if the standard algorithm really works; presently for me though, I feel like I need fewer new verses and more of a thorough saturation of select passages/questions. Ironic, that my last Verse Set is focused on Idolatry....:)
Hey Steve, I don't have a particular gift really; just disciplined to some degree. We all give time to the things we value. We can all say we value relationships, hobbies, studies or careers; truth be told though, the things we spend our time on most consistently truly reveals what we value most. I'm committed to this program for the foreseeable future and want to follow-through with that commitment; hopefully we can both stay the course.
I agree with the admonition which you made, in the description of this verse set. It is a constant tendency among people (and among Christians) to give glory to ourselves. But God is the Almighty. We are less than specks of dust by comparison. I knew a pastor once who said to me, "Start every day in humility."
Thank you for posting this verse list. And it's really great seeing your perseverance in learning more and more verses! You seem to have been given a gift for remembering Scripture quickly.
Hey Steve, I don't have a particular gift really; just disciplined to some degree. We all give time to the things we value. We can all say we value relationships, hobbies, studies or careers; truth be told though, the things we spend our time on most consistently truly reveals what we value most. I'm committed to this program for the foreseeable future and want to follow-through with that commitment; hopefully we can both stay the course.
Hey Steve, thank you for the note of encouragement. I've adjusted my daily average considerably and my new normal for the foreseeable future will be to maintain a 25 verse average per-day instead of a 55 verse per day average. I noticed a while ago that my motivation/intention was more about completing a task or getting a badge rather than truly laying up God's word in my heart. Nothing wrong with incentivizing learning, just need to examine ourselves every so often. Furthermore, I'm starting to doubt the algorithm a bit; so I want to slow things down and hopefully have a bit more repetition. I've even begun to reset a lot of my passages/questions back to '0,' so they'll be up for review more often. Granted, I haven't been on this site long enough to know if the standard algorithm really works; presently for me though, I feel like I need fewer new verses and more of a thorough saturation of select passages/questions. Ironic, that my last Verse Set is focused on Idolatry....:)
Hi Shidiro. I'm have the same question, but I'm going to just see how it goes. This site's automatic review scheduling is a big asset to me since I'm not good at doing that kind of thing myself.
I'm curious whether learning a lot of verses concurrently for a year will succeed for me, even if I don't get the earlier sense of making clear progress. I also am hoping that, though I so often distort a good thing, God would use the time focusing on His Word to restrain my sinfulness.
And I agree with you that since we're in it for the long haul, we need a sustainable level of daily time commitment.
Sweet bro, the ship is afloat and hull integrity is sound. Let’s keep our eyes on the Light-House that is Christ and never steer from the Bow.; 2,000,000 and counting, steady as she goes.
Hey Steve, keep up the good work; looks like we've adopted a similar strategy; hopefully we'll both be able to maintain it and if not, be able to make healthy adjustments.
Hello Steve, I'm glad I can be an encouragement. Hopefully we can both find a sustainable level of commitment to studying and internalizing God's Word; as it is His divine revelation of Himself to us: for our good and His glory.
Hello Steve, I'm glad I can be an encouragement. Hopefully we can both find a sustainable level of commitment to studying and internalizing God's Word; as it is His divine revelation of Himself to us: for our good and His glory.
Hello Steve, I'm glad I can be an encouragement. Hopefully we can both find a sustainable level of commitment to studying and internalizing God's Word; as it is His divine revelation of Himself to us: for our good and His glory.