What is there a pattern in these verses or sets of verses that you've created? I ask because you number the sets like there is a pattern, but I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out what it is.
On the other hand, those early wins may motivate you to push up the number of verses you memorize each day. While it is natural to channel this excitement into adding more verses, you should instead temper that excitement by understanding that you are in this for the long haul. After all, the more verses you add, the more verses you will have to practice in the days ahead. If you are not careful, you can easily burn yourself out as the reviews start to pile up on you quickly. Instead, just be patient and trust the website’s system. Try to limit yourself to at most one to two verses a day as you begin so you can get comfortable with how the website does things. If you are looking for other things to maintain your excitement, you can practice your verses on your user progress page. Other tips will be provided here as they become available.
As you begin, find a verse or a set of verses to which you are drawn. Perhaps they can even be verses that you know reasonably well already. Try not to pick anything too long or too complex in the beginning. For example, some users may want to jump straight into the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), and if that is a selection that motivates you, I say go for it. But you may be better served by picking something smaller and more encouraging, such as Psalm 23. In the beginning, shorter, easily memorized passages are important because they will generate early wins that are self-motivating. Indeed, the first time you memorize a passage and retain it when you login the next day is an exhilarating experience.
It is likewise vital to be realistic about your Bible memorization goals. You will find out very quickly that anyone can memorize one verse a day with minimal effort as long as you are consistent at it. But to memorize the New Testament in five years (at five verses a day), for example, will require a commitment of two to four hours a day. Perhaps as you begin, you do not have a specific goal in mind. That is great too. All exposure to Scripture will reap great internal rewards. Indeed, the Word itself will draw you closer to God through spiritual inertia alone.
Before beginning, it is important to recognize the internal motivations that are pushing you to memorize the Bible. Indeed, there are many valid reasons for wanting to learn the Bible. Perhaps you are a pastor wanting to be able to add Scripture references to your sermons. Maybe you are a stay-at-home parent with older kids who now has extra time on your hands. Some may be struggling with addiction and hope to find relief in the words of Christ. Still others may want to impress their friends with their knowledge of the Bible during trivia contests. Regardless of your reason, it is important to identify them because they will influence the decisions that you make and how far you go in your Bible memorization journey.
Actually, I noticed it with several group verses. In fact, I deleted them and added them separately as new verses (since I had just started them yesterday) and my total went up. I guess my first clue should have been when I created a group with 100 verses, it only said that I was learning 68 verses when I started it. Up until now, I had just been learning whole chapters rather than individuals. Now that I know, I can work around it. Thanks for the response.
Would it be possible to make it so that we could delete groups that we have created that no one is learning? Or is there an option for that I am missing? I have some groups floating around that I made when I was new to the website that are no longer relevant.
I also noticed that if you edit a group you created and are learning, that the system will not register that change. For example, I found Isa. 55:10-11 to be too big of a chunk to learn together, so I edited the group to separate them. When it came time to learn them, however, they were still together.
I created a public verse set with Prov. 3:5-6 in it, and I just noticed that the system only counts those two verses as one instead of two on the daily total. Is that by design?