Hebrews 10:24. I am very grateful for the encouragement shown by each of you and others on this website, to keep pressing on in Christ. Philippians 3:13-14.
Wow joosep, very well done! That’s a big milestone, but also a showing of your dedication. Thank you for the encouragement you always bring to each one of us!
Hebrews 10:24. I am very grateful for the encouragement shown by each of you and others on this website, to keep pressing on in Christ. Philippians 3:13-14.
Wow. That’s so impressive and inspiring. You’ve been so consistent with your scripture memorisation. And thanks for all your encouragement. Stay blessed. I too am so thankful to have found this site. Back in 2012 for me. 👍
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.
That's interesting Joosep. I have been reading John 14-16 lately. My favorite verse from there is this classic: 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Regarding 1 Peter 5:7, have you heard this song? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWcE2QNQE9s
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 :)
To JDJDJD, I remember that a while ago (I don't remember exactly when) you asked prayer for your health. Would you like us to pray again -- is there some way we could pray for you today?
I was thinking about that today also. Not being any expert in brain science, but it seems each of these methoda (this website and recitation) comes from a different angle, perhaps each uses different brain paths, and so strengthens long term memory when both are employed.
One can also be tested using initial letters; for example if you take "For God so loved the world", you would be prompted with, "F G s l t w". That can be employed as a step toward recitation.
Here's an online link to a tool which can be used for that purpose. You copy and paste text into the tool and then you get a set of letter prompts: https://memorizer.me/
It seems the winner is JDJDJD. I did a search and found this comment from TheMoviegoer when he summarised the predictions:
"95,000,000 PeterP, and a hopeful joosep. 100,000,000 JDJDJD, and a hopeful Secundus 110,000,000 Secundus's actual prediction 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Cali2022"
Thanks PeterP, I pray that I will be faithful to my own words, and that's one reason I'm talking about it, to help myself to be persistent and faithful. Thank you for your encouragement.
Moviegoer, I haven't yet done any recitation, but I've had that in the back of my mind :) My wife will be an excellent candidate as the primary and sole audience member :) But honestly, thank you for reminding me about that, it's a very good idea.
Hello all, For those who are interested, this is my monthly progress report for the Gospel of Luke. Due to some demands on my time at the moment, I've simplified the reporting a little. I still may pursue doing this via a blog in the future, but haven't decided that yet. :)
Luke 1 The progress percentages for the verses in this chapter range between 87 and 100.
Luke 2: The range is between 75 and 100 percent.
Luke 3: The range is between 68 and 77, with one outlier at 94.
Luke 4: The range is between 72 and 79.
Luke 5: The range is between 66 and 77.
Luke 6: The range is between 58 and 70.
Luke 7: The range is between 51 and 65, with one outlier at 89.
Luke 8: The range is between 38 and 63, with one outlier at 88.
Luke 9:1-7: The range is between 23 and 25.
I'll make a prediction now: God willing, I hope to bring one chapter a month of Luke up to at least a 50% progress percentage. (As I'm doing that, of course, I will also be reviewing the previous verses of Luke as they come due). My goal for 5 August is to bring all of Luke 9 to at least 50%. If I can keep to that plan, all of Luke will be at at least 50% by 5 October 2024.
After that, to get most of them up to 100% might take, conservatively until 1 January 2026.
I say "most of them" ... there will be a percentage of so-called "crippled" verses, verses which go backwards due to a low review score, or verses whose progress is slow because I don't know them so well.
All to say, that my goal is to have 80% of Luke at "Fully Learned" by 1 January 2026.
When 100% will be Fully Learned ... I think that will take many years and I don't want to try to predict it.
We will see how it goes; we will see if we are still on the planet earth at that time :) God knows.
In the meantime, the journey is rich and worth the daily effort.
As I've mentioned, I'm also working on other portions of the Bible.
I hope this post blesses you, and I pray for you all that we all will draw near to Jesus in humility and allow Him to conform us to His image.
Moviegoer, I totally agree, a day off or even a few days off, there's nothing wrong with that. It all depends on how God has called you to use this tool we have, I mean, this website. Each of us uses in a different way according to our own personalities and so on :) As long as our end goal is to know our Lord better, then it's all to the good :)