I've been meaning to reply to this for sometime now and I'm afraid I'm just now
getting to it!

Recording myself has been an invaluable tool in my Scripture memory efforts.  I
do it a little differently than what has been discussed here as I record myself
not to play it back to help me learn passages, but rather as a way to check
myself to make sure I'm reviewing passages correctly.  This is especially
helpful with longer passages as it's sometimes hard to remember if you missed a
word somewhere in the middle.
When I record myself and play it back while looking at the passage there's no
question about whether I missed a word or not!

On the technical side of the equation, I do all my recording on the computer.  I
use Goldwave (really an amazing piece of audio software for the price) to record
myself and then actually play back the passages at 1.5x the regular speed.
Although it took awhile to get used to listening to myself sounding like a
chipmunk(!), it is efficient and helps shave off a few minutes from my daily
review process.

David Baldwin

-----Original Message-----
From: Glenda Poulter [mailto:imtogferyahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 9:51 AM
To: biblememmemoryverses.org
Subject: RE: Biblemem discussion list

What a wonderful idea!  Thank you so much!  I don't own a walkman right now, but
I plan on buying one, soon now!  I will record myself quoting the Scriptures I'm
working on and listen to them.  Not only a good way to continue to memorize, but
also motivational!  Bless you for sharing!

Glenda

SongsofGraceaol.com wrote:

to the gal that is training for a marathon.. great time to listen to your own
voice reading scriptures that you want to memorize. it has been demonstrated
that we remember more if it is heard in our own voices

katie


In God's love,
Glenda

Hello,


Memorizing Scripture verses is a laudable ambition, but a beginner can find it
overwhelming. The free software, InVerse, simplifies this, containing 15,300+
verses preloaded in 2,800 of the best known Scripture passages from
11 Bible translations. As your proficiency on a passage improves from Just
Started to Good and then Mastered, you can categorize it for Less Frequent
recitation. Veterans at memorization benefit by being able to organize scores of
passages between Learning and Learned.

Inverse lets you choose whether to see just the reference (e.g. John 3:16
[Topic:Grace] NIV), a hint, the passage being memorized, or the context can be
shown with before/after verses.  Parallel passages from other Bible translations
can be viewed directly.

Inverse has a very simple, intuitive user interface. An extensive tutorial (100+
steps) is oriented to less experienced computer users. Detailed Help is
provided, including context sensitve help. There are interfaces to the Pocket-PC
and Palm pda devices that maintain sync with the passages you are memorizing. It
is a relatively small, self-contained download (less than 1
meg) that only takes 3 or 4 minutes to download, even with a slow modem.

And it really is free; there is no "Pro" version for sale. Neither are there
time limits, feature limits, nags, adware, or spyware. Just the offering of a
Christian who has been abundantly blessed and wants to "give something back."

While InVerse is helpful in getting people started, in my experience most
software programs for memorization aren't all that advantageous over a (very
small) shoebox for organizing a handful of verses. The Samaritan's Purse
organization makes available a very nice starter pack from Mrs. Ruth Bell Graham
with about 150 verses that comes in a convenient box. My impression is that it
is free.

However, once a person gets into the realm of dozens and dozens of verses, there
starts to be an issue with keeping track of the verses. At some point, you want
to decrease repetition of mastered verses to "make room" in your brain for a new
passage. Also, it is easy to neglect mastered passages, and then be "rusty".

There are four separate categories for "Daily/Most Frequent" recitation,
"Weekly/Less Frequent", "Monthly/Least Frequent", and "Not Started/Inactive". As
you master a passage, you can determine to recite it less frequently, but still
often enough to not get rusty. It is oriented to grown-ups, and leaves out
features such as a talking parrot :-)

I would acknowledge that InVerse wasn't particularly developed for memorizing an
entire book or chapter of the Bible. Instead, it has a set of about 750 "core"
preloaded passages from almost every book in the Bible (50+ from the Psalms, 39
from John, 37 from Romans, etc.) The Add-Passage is available to include your
own passages.

I would describe InVerse as stable, mature freeware. It was originally released
in early 2002, and has evolved through about 20 upgrades since then. Version
3.5h was released on Oct 3, 2003, and is available at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InVerse/files/InVerseSetup.exe
or
http://home.att.net/~bibleinverse/Download/InVerseSetup.exe

Here is the "change-log" of revisions for previous releases:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InVerse/files/ChangeLog.html

Here is the "road-map" of envisioned upgrades for future enhancements of
InVerse:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InVerse/files/RoadMap.html

For some of the above files, access may require joining the yahoo e-community.
You can go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InVerse

and click on the "Join this Group" link in the upper right. It is free to join.
This is a very "low traffic" group ... over the past 12 months there have been
less than 50 messages. It won't fill up your inbasket :-) Most people specify
the "Special Notices Only" option to just hear about updates.

For His glory and honor,
Lynn Allan aka paracletebibleinverse.org

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Simpson" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 4:30 PM
Subject: Review of available Scripture Memory Resources


> Hello,
>
> Several members of the list have spent time developing various
> products
and
> services to assist people in the task of memorizing scripture.  Some
> of
it
> is free, while others come at a small cost.  There are many new
> members
of
> this list and not all of them are aware of the wide assortment of
> products/services which have been made available.  I was wondering if
> everyone who has developed some product or service for Scripture
memorizers
> could post a paragraph or two describing their offering.  In this
> way, people could see if there is anything that could be of help to them.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stephen Simpson
> (Biblemem list moderator)
>
>
>
>
>

One of the members of this group wrote me personally to ask about some of the
software I used for presentation I recently shared regarding using Supermemo in
Scripture memory (http://66.34.129.48/SM/).  As this request touches at least
indirectly on an important topic I thought I would share my response with the
group.

I would like to join the Bible memorization list.  Our church hosted a revival
meeting through the Life Action Revival team recently and, through the messages
delivered nightly, God impressed upon me the need in my life for scripture
memorization.  One of the things the team suggested we do was to find a partner
with whom you could be held accountable.  Finding someone in my church who
actually wants to be held accountable has been a problem.  I believe it will
help me stand firm in my goals to memorize if I have a group of like minded
people with whom to discuss my difficulties and my successes.

Lee Ann Beyer

Hello,

It is fine to find this list; I try to memorize verses a lot of times.
But it is not easy to hold on; I hope this list will be helpful.

Dick van de Weerd
The Netherlands

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael W. Beyer [mailto:mwbeyervalornet.com]
Sent: maandag 17 november 2003 4:58
To: biblememmemoryverses.org
Subject: Joining the list

I would like to join the Bible memorization list.  Our church hosted a revival
meeting through the Life Action Revival team recently and, through the messages
delivered nightly, God impressed upon me the need in my life for scripture
memorization.  One of the things the team suggested we do was to find a partner
with whom you could be held accountable.  Finding someone in my church who
actually wants to be held accountable has been a problem.  I believe it will
help me stand firm in my goals to memorize if I have a group of like minded
people with whom to discuss my difficulties and my successes.

Lee Ann Beyer

Hi!Lee Ann,
Yes I wanna be your partner in Bible memorization,if you like me to be. I Just
would like to share to you that since I started to memorize those selected
verses from the Bible,it encourage me to share the words of God to my loveones,
friends and relatives.
Theres no need to bring my Bible because I was able to preach the the word of
God without it.I can preach God's plan of salvation without the Bible, but
during bibles studies it is not advisable not to bring our Bible. During Bible
studies there are many questions that needs to be answered, I must bring my
Bible.
The reasons why we need to memorize the Scriptures is because where ever you
are, you can share and preach the word of God.

In Christ
Sonny Agot

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