Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
Colossians 3:12-13 Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Put on therefore, ___ God’s elect, holy ___ beloved, a heart ___ compassion, kindness, lowliness, ______, longsuffering; forbearing one ______, and forgiving each _____, if any man ____ a complaint against ___; even as the ____ forgave you, so ____ do ye:
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Put ___ ______, as _____ _____, holy ___ ______, a _____ ___ compassion, ______, ______, meekness, ______; ______ one ______, ___ forgiving ____ _____, if ___ ___ have ___ ______ against ___; ____ as ___ ____ forgave ___, ___ also ___ ___:
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.P o t, a G e, h a b, a h o c, k, l, m, l; f o a, a f e o, i a m h a c a a; e a t L f y, s a d y:
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Colossians 3:12-13
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.