3 Apr 2021

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joosep 2021-04-03 22:52

praise the Lord, mrsmoo. It's wonderful that you've shown such perseverance. God is very good to us.

1 Apr 2021

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joosep 2021-04-01 15:00

been listening to Martyn Lloyd-Jones ... thanks for that recommendation

31 Mar 2021

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joosep 2021-03-31 06:54

Well done! You had to put in some good consistency for more than a year to reach that ... may God work in you and through you by His Spirit.

30 Mar 2021

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joosep 2021-03-30 22:40

amen-that's truly a special achievment.

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joosep 2021-03-30 02:37

Lamentations 3:22-23

The LORD’S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease,
For His compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness. (NASB)

One should bear in mind, that Jeremiah made that statement in the midst of great suffering.

29 Mar 2021

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joosep 2021-03-29 14:27

next stop, 90 :) God is good to us and merciful every day.

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joosep 2021-03-29 14:26

A belated congratulations! (Not just for the six million, but also for Ace Level 9.) It must have taken an intense amount of concentrations to type 256 verses in a row at 100 percent, especially since you're typing the verses fully and not using the first letter option. I pray you'll continue to be faithful to this site and grow every day in Jesus (a prayer that we all need).

28 Mar 2021

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joosep 2021-03-28 02:47

I like it! I love Proverbs. I'd like to go through them all on this site, but there are already so many other verses. I pray you will be blessed in Him as you learn them!

27 Mar 2021

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joosep 2021-03-27 04:18

nice!

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joosep 2021-03-27 02:43

That's a useful idea, Susan. Anyone learning your set would then get an overview of the entire book of Genesis.

25 Mar 2021

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joosep 2021-03-25 18:03

Glad that worked out well!

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joosep 2021-03-25 16:29

To Jacques: that was a very unkind thing to say. And also, I would repeat what onfire said.

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joosep 2021-03-25 09:20

I wish to apologize for the double postings! I'm really very sorry about that ... I click post, and then nothings seems to be happening, so I click post again, and a double post results. I will concentrate on waiting longer in the future. I write this because I know that sometimes everything on the newsfeed can be distracting.

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joosep 2021-03-25 09:20

I wish to apologize for the double postings! I'm really very sorry about that ... I click post, and then nothings seems to be happening, so I click post again, and a double post results. I will concentrate on waiting longer in the future. I write this because I know that sometimes everything on the newsfeed can be distracting.

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joosep 2021-03-25 09:14

You're welcome rvfc2. I'll just share one more thing, if it's helpful to anyone. For verses 17, 18, and 19 of Romans 5, I use acronyms to memorize the first four words of each verse -- especially because the first four words were at first the ones I was most often getting wrong.

17 FIBT (I remember "fib", a white lie).
18 STAT (I remember "stat", as used in a hospital)
19 FATT (I remember "fat", a condition which afflicts many of us) (smile)

Using these has helped me with these verses a lot. However, these acronyms are specifically for the NASV ... if you're using the ESV, perhaps you'l have to make your own acronyms :)

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joosep 2021-03-25 09:14

You're welcome rvfc2. I'll just share one more thing, if it's helpful to anyone. For verses 17, 18, and 19 of Romans 5, I use acronyms to memorize the first four words of each verse -- especially because the first four words were at first the ones I was most often getting wrong.

17 FIBT (I remember "fib", a white lie).
18 STAT (I remember "stat", as used in a hospital)
19 FATT (I remember "fat", a condition which afflicts many of us) (smile)

Using these has helped me with these verses a lot. However, these acronyms are specifically for the NASV ... if you're using the ESV, perhaps you'l have to make your own acronyms :)

24 Mar 2021

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joosep 2021-03-24 09:03

It's very helpful to have an open discussion about this ... it has certainly helped me to improve the learning/memorization process.

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joosep 2021-03-24 07:45

yes, good point, PeterP. In that scenario, if you score 100% on a verse, the progress might be only 4, 3, 2, or 1 percent, depending on that verse's proportional relationship with the weakest verse.

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joosep 2021-03-24 05:47

I've done that too, onfire ... at first unintentionally, but then several times also intentionally, I mean, trying to reduce 75% down to 25% or something like that ... yes, it would be awesome if we could control the intervals "at will".

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joosep 2021-03-24 05:01

I agree ... it is indeed effective. I'm going to make it my aim to do that more in the future, "prepping" the verses before adding them, by reading them aloud for several days.

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joosep 2021-03-24 05:01

I agree ... it is indeed effective. I'm going to make it my aim to do that more in the future, "prepping" the verses before adding them, by reading them aloud for several days.

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joosep 2021-03-24 03:14

Those five verses you've mentioned have also been problematic for me, rvfc2.

Thank you for that tip, as to reading commentaries on the verses themselves. Good idea!

One thing I tried was creating invididual verse sets, such as Romans 5:15-18, then perhaps Romans 5:16-19, Romans 5:17-20 (when you create "individual" verses for review, you can include up to four verses in that "individual" verse).

Using that method those five verses come up for my review more often.

The old fashioned method of simply reading them out loud every day for perhaps ten days in a row will also do the trick ... but do we have the patience to be so old fashioned these days? (I ask this pointing the finger squarely at myself)

I did this with Galatians 5. Before even adding them here at LS dot net, I read them aloud for ten days in a row. Then when I did add them, they just sailed along. Now that they are more mature, there are a few which are becoming a bit difficult, but I guess I'll just have to go back and read them aloud again, maybe for five days in a row this time ... I hope all this helps someone :)

23 Mar 2021

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joosep 2021-03-23 17:44

interesting reading :) I too have been working on Romans 4 and 5 for quite a while ...

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joosep 2021-03-23 01:48

a wonderful Psalm ... it's on my queue for learning ... someday :)

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joosep 2021-03-23 01:37

That's a wonderful set. Isaiah 30:18 especially spoke to me just now, as I looked through all the verses.

22 Mar 2021

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joosep 2021-03-22 15:41

yes, thanks for reminding me about that Moviegoer, about Mark 4 ...

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joosep 2021-03-22 04:53

Yes, there are moments when for me too it feels like a grind. At that point, I try if I can to slow myself down and take as medicine, as it were, one verse at a time ... as I do that, and hear from God the Holy Spirit, I'm encouraged again :) Some days I'm successful at that, others not.

We're engaged in a spiritual discipline, I believe. A discipline (of Bible reading, of prayer, of other "Christian" activities) doesn't necessarily bear fruit every single moment in which you engage in it, but if it is engaged in in a God-ward fashion, consistently, with perseverance, genuinely and from the heart, in the long run it will bear much, much fruit. It also bulds for the believer a very strong foundation in Jesus Christ.

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joosep 2021-03-22 03:17

It's meaningful to me to see how you continue to move forward with your stated plans. It encourages me to keep doing the same with mine. I praise and thank God for that.

21 Mar 2021

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joosep 2021-03-21 03:59

thank you JDJDJD

20 Mar 2021

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joosep 2021-03-20 19:26

Yes, thanks for sharing that Symota! I'm sure that you treasure that memento.

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joosep 2021-03-20 19:25

Thank you mrsmoo. And I'd like, if I may, to quote Ezra 7:10 referenced by janet23)

"For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel." (NASV)

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joosep 2021-03-20 12:33

very nice!

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joosep 2021-03-20 06:33

Thank you all! I'll be sure also to look up Ezra 7:10.

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joosep 2021-03-20 05:05

yes a lot of 99% verses came up at the same time LOL. Feast or famine, as they sometimes say.

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rvfc2 2021-03-20 04:50

Congrats! You're flying through those verses today. :)

joosep 2021-03-20 05:05

yes a lot of 99% verses came up at the same time LOL. Feast or famine, as they sometimes say.

Goodnews 2021-03-20 05:52

A hundredfold increase great sowing ! 😀😀😀

onfire247 2021-03-20 05:55

That's awesome!

janet23 2021-03-20 06:08

Congratulations fine effort.! Ezra 7:10📃📃📃📃📃📃📃📃

joosep 2021-03-20 06:33

Thank you all! I'll be sure also to look up Ezra 7:10.

mrsmoo 2021-03-20 11:38

Wonderful.

Symota 2021-03-20 18:26

Fabulous accomplishment, joosep! 👏🏽 As an aside, when I visited Israel two years ago, I got a ring with “Ezra 7:10” inscribed in Hebrew. It’s a wonderful verse.

joosep 2021-03-20 19:25

Thank you mrsmoo. And I'd like, if I may, to quote Ezra 7:10 referenced by janet23)

"For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel." (NASV)

joosep 2021-03-20 19:26

Yes, thanks for sharing that Symota! I'm sure that you treasure that memento.

JDJDJD 2021-03-20 22:53

Great verse. And well done Joosep.

joosep 2021-03-21 03:59

thank you JDJDJD

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