Hi Traceyholding. Yes it is, and thank you for writing -- our fellowship with one another on this site over God's Word most certainly reinforces those truths that we are memorizing and thinking about. Have a pleasant day!
Hi Traceyholding. Yes it is, and thank you for writing -- our fellowship with one another on this site over God's Word most certainly reinforces those truths that we are memorizing and thinking about. Have a pleasant day!
Sorry to see you go from the Leader board group. Hope you don't mind but I've clicked your Follow button. You're an encouragement to me, and there's something very Christian about not being able to make ourselves invisible on this site, because we are, of course, never alone in the body of Christ. ☺
I don't wish to be invisible. I just want to meditate on and in some cases memorize large amounts of God's Word, and I am a bit weary of explaining it or hearing that I'm doing it the wrong way. It's what I feel that the Lord wants me to do. So I am just going to do it, whether on this site, or the old fashioned way with paper and pen, index cards, whatever.
So I don't want to be invisible, but on the other hand, I don't want my points totals or verses added or whatever to be so readily seen by being in a group. What we are doing here is so absolutely NOT about points. It is a life and death struggle.
What I wrote may have sounded rather terse. I just want to say, thank you for writing to me, I do really appreciate it. In the future I'll try my best to just talk about the Bible and not about whatever method I may be using for studying the Bible. Thank you again Tracy.
I also reset a number of my verses, so that I could review the entire chapter :) So I don't actually have 100 verses finished at the moment. My own goal in being here is more to review, read, study, and meditate on God's Word, rather than word-by-word memorization.
I also reset a number of my verses, so that I could review the entire chapter :) So I don't actually have 100 verses finished at the moment. My own goal in being here is more to review, read, study, and meditate on God's Word, rather than word-by-word memorization.
Hello GSHd. I hope you are doing well :) I just want to follow up on a comment that you made a few weeks ago, where you encouraged people to read the whole of the Book of Revelation. My observation is this, that Revelation is actually much shorter, for example, than the Gospel of John. (Based on the ESV) The Gospel of John has 18,889 words, but Revelation has significantly fewer, only 11,454.
I'm simply trying to say that reading all of Revelation is less daunting of a task than people might assume it to be :) I'm not saying it's easy -- I'm just advising believers in general, read it before the Lord, prayerfully, and allow Him to enlighten your understanding. Don't get stuck on the idea that you must understand all of it on the first reading. Be willing to put certain things to the side and let Him bless you with the things about which He does give you understanding.
Well, that's the spirit in which I hopefully have been reading it. It's on my queue to do in a few weeks, and each time I go through it, I feel that I understand a bit more.
Praise God that you are returning to His welcoming arms. In the story of the Prodigal Son, the father saw his son coming from a distance, and ran to meet him. I too have experienced backsliding. God is faithful, even when we are not.
I use a laptop computer. Sometimes I do it twice a day, early in the morning and before going to sleep. Sometimes, if I have time, I also do it at intervals during the day.
Tracey, my testimony is this. Up until a few years ago (I started with Memverse in December 2014) I (as a Christian) spent a lot of my free time surfing the internet, reading this and that, watching Hollywood films and TV shows. I'm not trying to prohibit those things to anyone by saying this. But for me those things became like a bottomless pit that sucked the life out of me, literally. Then I found Memverse (and a few months later this site) and began spending much more time meditating on God's Word. And God has helped me to be a different kind of person, as a result of that.
So, truthfully, I still spend time on the computer reading other things or watching "entertainment". But now I spend much more time thinking about God's Word and what it means to me, what He is saying to me and to all of us, through His word.
I'm also a relatively fast typist. Back in the late eighties, before the internet age when we still used typewriters (LOL) I tested at 65 wpm. That also helps me to do a lot of verses. I don't hunt and peck.
But my typing skills are irrevelant. Mainly, I'd say, Man does not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. At a certain point in my life, I finally took those words seriously. We must always be careful to give Him all the glory. We are nothing without Him.
I use a laptop computer. Sometimes I do it twice a day, early in the morning and before going to sleep. Sometimes, if I have time, I also do it at intervals during the day.
Tracey, my testimony is this. Up until a few years ago (I started with Memverse in December 2014) I (as a Christian) spent a lot of my free time surfing the internet, reading this and that, watching Hollywood films and TV shows. I'm not trying to prohibit those things to anyone by saying this. But for me those things became like a bottomless pit that sucked the life out of me, literally. Then I found Memverse (and a few months later this site) and began spending much more time meditating on God's Word. And God has helped me to be a different kind of person, as a result of that.
So, truthfully, I still spend time on the computer reading other things or watching "entertainment". But now I spend much more time thinking about God's Word and what it means to me, what He is saying to me and to all of us, through His word.
I'm also a relatively fast typist. Back in the late eighties, before the internet age when we still used typewriters (LOL) I tested at 65 wpm. That also helps me to do a lot of verses. I don't hunt and peck.
But my typing skills are irrevelant. Mainly, I'd say, Man does not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. At a certain point in my life, I finally took those words seriously. We must always be careful to give Him all the glory. We are nothing without Him.
Also - just a little practical hint - you can go into "settings" and change it so that you only have to type the first letter of each word. I find that speeds things up for me without memorizing any less. :-)
Hey Joosep, your testimony is very encouraging. Matt 4:4 is one of my favorite verses too. And, yes, time spent memorizing God's Word is far better than worldly entertainment. 1 John 2:15 comes to mind. The negative spiritual effect of such entertainment on us is subtle, but very significant, while quality time in God's Word is so valuable and God will bless you for it. Psalm 1 shows the contrast also.
Thank you all of you! Yes I've experienced the subtle effect of worldliness, but am obliged to spend a lot of time sitting in front of a telly keeping my Alzheimer's Dad company. Temptation is rife. I'll try the first letter method. And yes, I am also a 65wpm typist from the 80s, hence I thought you might be using a laptop, but I have to use a mobile. Anyway, you have all encouraged me with your witness and works. Thanks again.