Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
Psalm 139:9-10 If I take the wings of the morning, and go to the farthest parts of the sea; Even there will I be guided by your hand, and your right hand will keep me.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.If I take the wings of the morning, and go to the farthest parts of the sea; Even there will I be guided by your hand, and your right hand will keep me.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.If I take ___ wings of the ______, and go to ___ farthest parts of ___ sea; Even there ____ I be guided ___ your hand, and ____ right hand will ____ me.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.If ___ ____ the _____ ___ the ______, ___ go ___ ___ farthest _____ ___ the ___; ____ there ____ ___ be ______ ___ your ____, ___ your _____ ____ will ____ ___.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.I I t t w o t m, a g t t f p o t s; E t w I b g b y h, a y r h w k m.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 139:9-10
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.