Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
John 16:32 “Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.“Look, an hour ___ coming and has ______ come when you ____ be scattered, each ___ his own home, ___ you will leave ___ all alone. Yet ___ am not alone, ______ the Father is ____ Me.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.“Look, ___ ____ is ______ ___ has ______ ____ when ___ ____ be ______, ____ to ___ ___ home, ___ ___ will _____ ___ all _____. ___ I ___ ___ alone, ______ ___ Father ___ ____ Me.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.“L, a h i c a h a c w y w b s, e t h o h, a y w l M a a. Y I a n a, b t F i w M.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.John 16:32
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.