I just added one new verse a moment ago, so I'm at 392. I think I probably did say at one point that John 8 is my favorite chapter of John. Now it's a little hard to say, there are many chapters which are my "favorites". Here are some phrases / sentences which (I pray, for the rest of my life) will stick in my mind from that chapter. Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more. I am the light of the world. You shall know the truth, and the truth will set you free. If anyone keeps my word he will never see death. Before Abraham was born, I am.
I'm on 363. I just added one for 8 September a few moments ago. I'm pretty sure, actually, that adding more than one verse in a day does not alter your days-added streak. So I don't think you need to concern yourself with it :) They are perhaps just extra verses the Lord wanted you to think about for some reason. I'm doing fine, I would say that I use this site as a kind of daily devotion, and better than that, the Word of God is something beautiful, as the people here already know. I'll check in with you again in another few weeks. May the Lord be with you!
I'm not up to this verse yet, but verse 6 is really noteworthy to me. Part of it reads "having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost". They were in a time of persecution but yet they received the Word with joy. Those sound like real, genuine conversions to me. Persecution was a very serious matter in those days -- yes, we seem to be in a time of increasing persecution, but we in the Western World haven't yet reached the level it was at in Roman times. And yet they received the Word with joy -- the very thing that was causing the persecution was what they received with joy.
Someone recently told me that she likes to read the Bible, but does not find it to be very practical. (I think she finds psychology to be more practical). Well, if the Word enables someone to have joy in the midst of persecution -- I find that to be very, very practical. Perhaps we (believers as a whole) are the ones who are not understanding the Word properly, or not applying it properly, or perhaps we are not serious enough about the Word.
I don't mean to be critical of anyone -- I can see in my own life where I have not properly allowed the Word of God to do its work. God's love and grace are the greatest things.
jcosimi, great job! that's 9 months. We give God the glory! I want to encourage you to keep going. May His Word be what we rely on every day. May we first go to Him when we have any difficulty.
Yes, I noticed you were using his set. But thank you anyway for bringing it to our attention by starting the learning. It was apropros for me this morning. Glory to God!
many, many, congratulations to you. As we often say here, those points amassed represent faithful repetition of and meditation on the Word over a period of years. May the Lord bring them back to you at crucial moments.