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yes .... me too ... I feel precisely the same ...

I'm sure it must feel good! I know it felt good for me when I reached 50.

Yes, I too am sorry that I hijacked Goodnews' good accomplishment. I totally agree with what you wrote above, onfire. I guess I'd like to add that it's Satan, in my opinion, who disguises himself and tells us, or demands, that we must achieve all this right now! Whereas Jesus said,
28 Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light. (Matthew 11:28-30, NASV).

So we have to balance Jeremiah 9 against Matthew 11.

Thanks for your input, onfire.

I will also repeat, I stated it as a prayer (see my first comment). I stated it is a prayer for myself, first of all. And I also felt it important to affirm it as well as a prayer for all of us.

It wasn't at all my intention to say to you "Don't be proud of your Bible memorization badges". If you read through my two previous comments carefully, you will see that.

nice going, BeckyGoodman :)

nice going T-rey!

I would like to emphasize, I didn't mean to minimize or diminish anyone's accomplishments here with respect to badges, goals reached, etc. But I did feel moved to affirm that knowing God and giving all to Him, and serving Him as His son or daughter, is the true purpose and end-game of all the effort we put in on this site. The value of knowing God as described by Jeremiah is infintesimally greater than the value of any badge we might get.

I guess, as I get older, I get more and more serious about the fact that we will all die and stand before Him; for some of us it could be very soon. What will we say in that moment?

That was my motivation, in saying what I said.

Goodnews, I commend you for your accomplishment and for the great amount of time you've spent meditating on God's Word! And if I may, these are the verses which came to my mind just now; this is my prayer for myself, for all of us, from Jeremiah 9 (NASV) verses 23 and 24:

This is what the LORD says: “Let no wise man boast of his wisdom, nor let the mighty man boast of his might, nor a rich man boast of his riches; but let the one who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises mercy, justice, and righteousness on the earth; for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.

Thank you JDJDJD. It's an issue I too struggle with. And I'm finding the book to be very helpful and good reading, so far.

Checking out that book you recommended JDJDJD, I just downloaded the Amazon free sample :)

I'll look forward to it too Luli2016 :)

I've skipped around a bit too

I'm working on adding John 7 .... :)

yes amen!

Thank you mrsmoo so much! It's good to hear that my somewhat random comment had a good effect!

very nice!

that's right, keep up the good work krm :)

yes!

One thing to be careful about when using the "test instead of read" option; you have to somehow tick the box before the verse in question comes up. Otherwise you'll see the verse just before you test on it, and it won't be a true test. At least that is sometimes a problem for me, perhaps not for others :)

good work, Symota!! To answer your question, there's an option to "test instead of read". There's a box which you can tick.

very nicely done!

I thought that perhaps I knew it from memory, but I checked first to see if I remembered accurately. It wasn't precisely in my memory :)

Excellent point, JDJDJD. Psalm 103:7 -- He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. It's one thing to know His acts, but something much, much better to know His ways.

I felt really glad to see you back, Robinshe. We've obviously never met in person, but someday in heaven we will. May the fellowship here be a strong blessing to you.

that was from joosep actually

that sounds good to me, onfire

A widow gave two small copper coins. Luke 21:2. Jesus she said she had contributed more than anyone else. Your six months or someone else's two days could possibly mean more to the Lord than anyone of us mere mortals knows.

amen, PeterP

congratulations -- excellent achievment.

nicely said, onf247

awesome!

Praise the Lord! Thank you, Luli2016, for not only setting a good example of faithfulness, but also being a consistent gentle-hearted encourager to all on this site.

Yes. The Body of Christ, the Bride of Christ, is something very beautiful.

Thank you Symota! God is good.

I'm so glad you asked that question, Moviegoer. I feel I've benefited in some way from each answer stated above from each individual.

John 5:39-40. I feel the contrast of those two verses is quite important to take note of. Verse 39 .... you search the scriptures .... verse 40 ... you are unwilling to come to Me, so that you may have life.

We can endlessly memorize, quote, study, and read the Bible, and yet if we do not GO to Him, if we do not actually make Him Lord in our hearts and serve Him.... the whole endeavor is pointless.

So my motivation is to know Him through His Word (because indeed, we need to know His Word in order to know Him!), and simultaneously, to pray that I could never be satisfied with a mere head knowledge of the Bible, but that I will simultaneously every morning GO to Him as the answer to and for all of my needs.

At the end of Matthew 11, He also says, Come to Me .....

Thanks much janet23

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Thanks much janet23

Well done! 👏🏽

Thank you Symota! God is good.