Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
Psalm 31:14-15 But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah: I said, Thou art my God. My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah: I said, Thou art my God. My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.But I trusted ___ thee, O Jehovah: ___ said, Thou art ___ God. My times ___ in thy hand: ______ me from the ____ of mine enemies, ___ from them that ______ me.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.But ___ ______ in ____, ___ Jehovah: ___ ____, Thou ___ ___ God. ___ _____ are ___ ___ hand: ______ ___ from ___ ____ of ____ ______, and ____ ____ that ______ ___.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.B I t i t, O J: I s, T a m G. M t a i t h: D m f t h o m e, a f t t p m.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 31:14-15
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.