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.
just want to say ... God's Word is so very good ... it's truly an anchor for my life. Without coming here every day and meditating on His Word, I can't say exactly what my life would be, but it wouldn't be anything good at all. There are many ways to meditate on God's Word (old fashioned reading, listening to recordings, singing God's Word, and so on), this is simply one method, but I am very very grateful for it.
I'm also trying to restore in my life the habit of old-fashioned reading of the Bible. Working on that.
Thanks! I was trying to narrow my focus for a while, but then decided I should come back ... this particular group was I think the first group I joined back in 2015.
Thanks! I was trying to narrow my focus for a while, but then decided I should come back ... this particular group was I think the first group I joined back in 2015.
Thanks for all that valuable input, onfire247. And no problem, it's simply the system that works for me, and not necessarily intended for anyone else :)
Yes. Definitely time consuming at first, but goes much more smoothly once you get the hang of it.
I also started using Anki in this way so that I could review my weak verses in context. When I test myself on them out of context, as individual verses, I invariably do very poorly and it doesn't seem to help much.
To ChatCat, and also to onfire247, I've lately begun using Anki https://apps.ankiweb.net to strengthen my weak verses. I share this if in case it's helpful to someone.
An important thing to keep in mind, however, is that Anki does have a learning curve -- you have to spend some time learning how to USE Anki before it really begins to benefit you.
What I have been doing with Anki is this: I create a "cloze" card for each passage I'm learning. As I review a passage here on LS dot net, I take note of any words which ended up in "red". (Based on this website's parameters). Then, I create a cloze test in Anki for each of those words. (I have one Anki card for each passage -- but multiple cloze tests for each card).
As I review on Anki those weak verses, I also make a point of reading the verse in question aloud, and emphasizing in my mind that word which had been in red when reviewed here on learnscripture.
There's also a specific Anki addon which is very helpful in doing this. It's called "Fill in the blanks -- Multiple typecloze support".
But I want to repeat, this idea is of the most benefit for someone who already uses Anki and knows how to navigate your way through it. For others, I'd say, it's up to you if it seems worthwhile to invest some extra time learning how to use a new program, in order to benefit your scripture memorization :)
If anyone has questions about this, I'll try to answer them here.
I want to qualify a bit what I just wrote. Here on the internet, we don't have the benefit of knowing each other face to face. And so I don't want to be too quick with my words. Perhaps I'll qualify what I said, that looking at things from a distance, it seems like a wonderful and noble work you've undertaken. But on the other hand, you know your own life and circumstances far better than I do, and you will decided how it is best to move forward.
I want to comment, also, that if it's helpful, I've lately begun using Anki https://apps.ankiweb.net to strengthen my weak verses. I've been using Anki for a very long time, actually, for language study. (One caveat, however, is that Anki does have a learning curve -- you have to spend sometime learning how to USE Anki before it really begins to benefit you).
What I have been doing with Anki is this: I create a "cloze" card for each passage I'm learning. As I review a passage, I take note of any words which ended up in "red". (Based on this website's parameters). Then, I create a cloze test for each of those words. There's also a specific Anki addon which is very helpful in doing this. It may seem to be very time consuming, but once you know how to use Anki, it doesn't take that long, and I'm already noticing how it is paying off.
Since this thread is not actually the right place to discuss this, I'll post this also on the Website Help group.
I think there is great value to what you are doing, TheMoviegoer. I encourage you to stick to your plan and keep going forward, in spite of the disappointment you may feel.