Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
Jeremiah 1:5 Before you were formed in the body of your mother I had knowledge of you, and before your birth I made you holy; I have given you the work of being a prophet to the nations.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Before you were formed in the body of your mother I had knowledge of you, and before your birth I made you holy; I have given you the work of being a prophet to the nations.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Before you were ______ in the body ___ your mother I ___ knowledge of you, ___ before your birth ___ made you holy; ___ have given you ___ work of being ___ prophet to the ______.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Before ___ ____ formed ___ ___ body ___ ____ mother ___ ___ knowledge ___ ___, and ______ ____ birth ___ ____ you ____; ___ have _____ ___ the ____ ___ being ___ ______ to ___ ______.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.B y w f i t b o y m I h k o y, a b y b I m y h; I h g y t w o b a p t t n.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Jeremiah 1:5
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.