Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
John 13:14-15 If then I being your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that as I have done to you, so you do also.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.If then I being your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that as I have done to you, so you do also.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.If then I _____ your Lord and ______, have washed your ____; you also ought ___ wash one another’s ____. For I have _____ you an example, ____ as I have ____ to you, so ___ do also.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.If ____ ___ being ____ ____ and ______, ____ washed ____ ____; you ____ _____ to ____ ___ another’s ____. ___ I ____ _____ you ___ ______, that ___ ___ have ____ ___ you, ___ ___ do ____.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.I t I b y L a M, h w y f; y a o t w o a f. F I h g y a e, t a I h d t y, s y d a.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.John 13:14-15
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.