I wrote that in a big hurry this morning. I will try to clarify: If one adds only one verse a day, or maybe 3 per week, it's quite doable that this site can help you attain solid scripture memory. If a person adds a lot more verses, then he or she will need to put some thought into how to manage everything :) That's what I meant when I said I partially agree, partially disagree All in all, I want to commend you for being here and putting in the time which enabled you to reach ten million. It shows your desire for God's Word and your desire to know Him better and walk in His paths. May we all do the same.
Retry, if I may comment, I partially agree with you and partially disagree. If one does not add many verses, then it can be very useful for solid scripture memory; for example, for any verse presenting a problem, you can use the practice option while reviewing, and keep repeating that verse until you have it down cold. You can also press the Back button on your browser and review the passage again. In that case you have to tick the check-box "Test instead of read". You can keep repeating the passage until you have it down cold. You can also use the "Progress" page to find the passage in question and practice it before it comes due. In my opinion, the problem comes in when people add a large number of verses and then find it difficult to manage them. Consider that scenario, I agree with you. This site has a learning curve, with respect to learning how to use it in the best way. But the most important thing, after all, is to draw near to God through His word, to love Him, to allow Him to teach us and change us through His Word. Thanks for listening, and I congratulate you on the ten million points!
I would like to add my congratulations! As has been said many times before, I continue to be blessed by how using this site causes me to notice the things written in God's Word more deeply than otherwise. I'm sure you are experiencing and have experienced the same, Luli2016. May the Lord bless You with greater knowledge of Him and closeness to Him and His ways!
I agree with you. I can at least read it again, and I'll be sure to do that. As to reviewing it here on LSN, I suppose I'll get to ch. 24 early next year, but then I'll also have the whole of Luke prior to that to work on. Unless Jesus returns first.
That's a wonderful passage, PeterP. I look forward to the day when I can work on it too :) But, since I've resolved to go through Luke in order, that day won't come, for me, for some time :) At the moment my "new" Luke passages are in chapter 13.
1 Peter 2:24. Thank you for reminding me about that verse also. Dying to sin -- a choice we are to make every morning, as we pray upon waking, but accompanying that is the joy of living to our God! and that verses is also beautiful in how Peter alludes to Isaiah 53. That verse contains the gospel in a nutshell -- "He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross" .... There are so many "gem verses"; verse 23 in the same chapter, "and while being reviled, He did not revile in return"; and on and on and on.
Thank you to jcosimi and to MarkAnthony. Yes, I too love John 14:27 :) As to the youtube link, I've already opened it and will listen to it :) That's probably just the "medicine" I need this morning :)
Thank you for asking, Saintman. I was grateful for what you shared yesterday from 1 Peter; those which you mentioned are special to me too. The verse you mentioned from 1 Peter 5 is a verse which an "older brother" (or so he seemed at the time; I was 17 and he was 21) but that older brother shared it with me not long after I got saved. Thank you for reminding me of that verse, Saintman.
It's hard for me to isolate a gem verse; but here's a couple of sequences of verses I've been thinking about lately.
Luke 12:2-5 2 But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known. 3 Accordingly, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed upon the housetops. 4 “I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do. 5 But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him!
John 15:9-11 9 Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. 11 These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.
To JDJDJD: I promised a while ago that I'd create a blog post explaining how I use my spreadsheet to manage my LS queue. Well, I've finally done it. I hope that it's helpful to you or to someone else. My spreadsheet is rather complicated, but much simpler versions could also be used. Here's the link: https://telegra.ph/Explanation-about-my-spreadsheet-08-29