It seems I made a little mistake there -- she got 300,000 points for her new Recruiter Badge. But actually she hasn't been here for a while. Nevertheless, if you read this RoseMarie, we'd love to see you back here again!
Thank you for sharing that; I was blessed and encouraged as I read it. As to editing passages later on by adding or deleting verses, I've also had difficulty with that in the past. Often, I just end up creating an entirely new passage. I guess if anyone has some good insights on how to deal with that, it would be nice to hear.
But thank you for sharing your thoughts about Ephesians 2 and may our Lord bless you with His presence in your life.
Thank you, onfire! I hope to see you catching up to me (within 2-3 years) in the verses fully learnt category. In turn that (when it happens) will also spur me on.
I agree with you MrsSpooner. Verses 17-19 are especially difficult for me. I actually started this passage quite a while ago, but yesterday evening reviewed it early.
I mentioned a while ago that I've found remembering acronyms for the first 3-4 words of verses 17-19 is somewhat helpful. (Onfire247 has written extensively on using memory aids of course elsewhere on this site). So, I find this to be helpful. For the NASV 1995...
17 FIB -- For if by 18 STAT -- So then as through 19 FATT -- For as through the
I agree with you MrsSpooner. Verses 17-19 are especially difficult for me. I actually started this passage quite a while ago, but yesterday evening reviewed it early.
I mentioned a while ago that I've found remembering acronyms for the first 3-4 words of verses 17-19 is somewhat helpful. (Onfire247 has written extensively on using memory aids of course elsewhere on this site). So, I find this to be helpful. For the NASV 1995...
17 FIB -- For if by 18 STAT -- So then as through 19 FATT -- For as through the
Yes, I too find this chapter tricky. Too many phrases which are almost but not quite the same, eg one man’s sin, one man’s trespass, one man’s disobedience…
A good method for memorizing tricky parts is to start over when you make a mistake. So browse to the passage set (it helps to make a new one that is not public to avoid spamming the chat history) and click Learn. Start typing the first verse, and the first non-fat-finger mistake you make, finish the verse and then hit the back button. Click Learn again and repeat. Starting over will be painful and will start to make you angry, and that anger will reinforce the word pattern so you don't have to start over again in the future. Its frustrating to do this over and over, but it does work.
Another thing you can do is repeat the verse set every hour on the hour. Make all the mistakes you want, but repeat it every hour. Your mind will start to see the patterns in the verses because you are reviewing it in closer sequences. By the time you've done that eight times you'll have it down. The next day, repeat the process but do it every two hours. And so on for the week. By the time the week is over, you won't forget the pattern anymore.
Well done joosep such faithful scripture learning! You remain a great example and encouragement to us all. May God bless you in your commitment and with the verses of the bible learnt.
Thank you, onfire! I hope to see you catching up to me (within 2-3 years) in the verses fully learnt category. In turn that (when it happens) will also spur me on.
If I may, I'd like to add one more quick thought: lately I've been using more often this site's "Practice" feature. As you are reviewing, once you've been tested on each verse, you can then choose if you wish to practice it. You can do this as many times as you want before going on to the next verse. I've been doing this more often lately for my problem verses, and I have noticed later that it does indeed have an effect.
I'm talking about doing this *during* the course of a review of a passage, not as something separage from reviews.
Peace. When I'm faithful to do my morning routine in coming here, if I take each verse slowly and consider it before God as I go, I find that afterwards, as I go about my activities for the rest of the morning, I truly have a deep and profound peace that passes understanding. This is not a human thing -- John 14:27, 16:33, 20:19, 20:21, 20:26. It's not a human thing, it in no way comes about via human effort. See the verses I referenced.
As the day goes on, if I am not diligent to continue to seek God throughout the day, the cares of the world then come back upon me. We must steadfastly continue to go to Him as His servants, as His sons and daughters, humbling ourselves.
Here's a few other verses to consider: Luke 18:1, Luke 21:36, Ephesians 6:18.
That's my testimony of how using this site has affected me.
I'll just say, I agree with what's written above, and a change in my life is that I'm calmer, more patient than before -- my wife will attest to that. A far cry from what I ought to be, I'd quickly add. I also just feel that my knowledge of the Word is somehow deeper -- it's not easy to quantify that. It's just something I feel or know more deeply. Romans 10:17 applies here, methinks.
Thank you for sharing all that about Acts, Mark, and Daniel, TMG (it was a good read), and thank you OF for encouraging TMG. We are designed to need and be interdependent upon one another.