rvfc2, Lately I've tried to combine traditional Bible reading with my time spent here, in order to do exactly what you stated, to focus on the content more. But what I've been doing lately also is to choose a particular passage of six or seven verses, then add one at a time, one per day, but as I go along I choose to skip the earlier ones, so that they all "move forward" together. Of course, this method is not perfect for memorization --- but then what I try to do is to wait until the whole passage is due before reviewing it. In that way, I'm able to focus better on the actual content.
I've started adding one verse a day also, and have resolved to stick with it. Thanks PeterP, for being a faithful advocate of consistency :) You've consistently adhered to your line of consistency ;)
I contacted Luke regarding the way the review queue for passages now appears on the Dashboard. (It used to be in alphabetical order). He was kind enough to write back, and explained that the queue is now presented in terms of "urgency"; that is, the most urgent passages appear first in your queue with respect to the principles of memory retention and spaced repetition. I hope I've stated that in a somewhat clear manner :)
Basically, it means that the passages you need to study first in order to best remember them in the long run, are presented first.
Psalm 2 is a magnificent prophetic Psalm, speaking of our Lord Jesus Christ, and is quoted in the New Testament, by Peter in Acts 4:25-26 and by Paul in Acts 13:33; and in Hebrews 1:5-6 and 5:5. This Psalm is also alluded to in Daniel 7:13 and in Revelation 14:1 and 17:12-14. That's a very powerful study, for anyone who wishes to undertake it -- I recommend reading Psalm 2 and then looking up and considering the references I've mentioned :) When you can see how the New Testament apostles and writers relied so heavily on the Old Testament, it only increases one's conviction that all of it is the Word of God.
Whole Psalms: Psalm 32 and Psalm 139. Those are two that I was working on, here at this website, as whole psalms. But a while ago, I reset everything. At some point in the future I'll add those back into my learning queue. Those are two great Psalms, IMO.
Psalm 119:71 came up in my queue this morning. To me, this is a very important verse. It's important to remember, that God as our Father sometimes needs to discipline us. Compare Hebrews 12:7-11 :) We tend to think that being a Christian means our own personal blessing. But much greater than that, is God's goal, that we be conformed to the image of Christ.
I have a question concerning the Dashboard. The Review Queue used to be listed in alphabetical order. Recently, it has begun appearing in some other kind of order. Does anyone know, is this due to some kind of change which has been made?
One more thing, thank you RoseMarie for the book recommendation. It's an excellent thing and very wise to pray God's Word, I think. And Paul said so often to various people, I pray for you always ....
I'm not sure what I will do. I'm not studying all of them yet because at the moment I'm working more on Phillippians and also other older verses in my queue.
But I just thought it would be interesting to have a kind of a crowd-sourced list. But yes you're right RoseMarie, eventually it could get pretty big.