To JDJDJD, I remember that a while ago (I don't remember exactly when) you asked prayer for your health. Would you like us to pray again -- is there some way we could pray for you today?
I was thinking about that today also. Not being any expert in brain science, but it seems each of these methoda (this website and recitation) comes from a different angle, perhaps each uses different brain paths, and so strengthens long term memory when both are employed.
One can also be tested using initial letters; for example if you take "For God so loved the world", you would be prompted with, "F G s l t w". That can be employed as a step toward recitation.
Here's an online link to a tool which can be used for that purpose. You copy and paste text into the tool and then you get a set of letter prompts: https://memorizer.me/
It seems the winner is JDJDJD. I did a search and found this comment from TheMoviegoer when he summarised the predictions:
"95,000,000 PeterP, and a hopeful joosep. 100,000,000 JDJDJD, and a hopeful Secundus 110,000,000 Secundus's actual prediction 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Cali2022"
Thanks PeterP, I pray that I will be faithful to my own words, and that's one reason I'm talking about it, to help myself to be persistent and faithful. Thank you for your encouragement.
Moviegoer, I haven't yet done any recitation, but I've had that in the back of my mind :) My wife will be an excellent candidate as the primary and sole audience member :) But honestly, thank you for reminding me about that, it's a very good idea.
Hello all, For those who are interested, this is my monthly progress report for the Gospel of Luke. Due to some demands on my time at the moment, I've simplified the reporting a little. I still may pursue doing this via a blog in the future, but haven't decided that yet. :)
Luke 1 The progress percentages for the verses in this chapter range between 87 and 100.
Luke 2: The range is between 75 and 100 percent.
Luke 3: The range is between 68 and 77, with one outlier at 94.
Luke 4: The range is between 72 and 79.
Luke 5: The range is between 66 and 77.
Luke 6: The range is between 58 and 70.
Luke 7: The range is between 51 and 65, with one outlier at 89.
Luke 8: The range is between 38 and 63, with one outlier at 88.
Luke 9:1-7: The range is between 23 and 25.
I'll make a prediction now: God willing, I hope to bring one chapter a month of Luke up to at least a 50% progress percentage. (As I'm doing that, of course, I will also be reviewing the previous verses of Luke as they come due). My goal for 5 August is to bring all of Luke 9 to at least 50%. If I can keep to that plan, all of Luke will be at at least 50% by 5 October 2024.
After that, to get most of them up to 100% might take, conservatively until 1 January 2026.
I say "most of them" ... there will be a percentage of so-called "crippled" verses, verses which go backwards due to a low review score, or verses whose progress is slow because I don't know them so well.
All to say, that my goal is to have 80% of Luke at "Fully Learned" by 1 January 2026.
When 100% will be Fully Learned ... I think that will take many years and I don't want to try to predict it.
We will see how it goes; we will see if we are still on the planet earth at that time :) God knows.
In the meantime, the journey is rich and worth the daily effort.
As I've mentioned, I'm also working on other portions of the Bible.
I hope this post blesses you, and I pray for you all that we all will draw near to Jesus in humility and allow Him to conform us to His image.
Moviegoer, I totally agree, a day off or even a few days off, there's nothing wrong with that. It all depends on how God has called you to use this tool we have, I mean, this website. Each of us uses in a different way according to our own personalities and so on :) As long as our end goal is to know our Lord better, then it's all to the good :)