Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
Matthew 6:26 Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Look at the _____ of the air: ____ do not sow ___ reap or gather ____ barns, and yet ____ heavenly Father feeds ____. Are you not ____ more valuable than ____?
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Look ___ ___ birds ___ ___ air: ____ ___ not ___ ___ reap ___ ______ into _____, ___ yet ____ ______ Father _____ ____. Are ___ ___ much ____ ______ than ____?
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.L a t b o t a: T d n s o r o g i b, a y y h F f t. A y n m m v t t?
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Matthew 6:26
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.