Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
Matthew 17:20 “Because you don't trust enough,” Jesus told them. “I tell you, even if your trust was as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible for you.”
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.“Because you don't trust enough,” Jesus told them. “I tell you, even if your trust was as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible for you.”
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.“Because you don't _____ enough,” Jesus told ____. “I tell you, ____ if your trust ___ as small as ___ mustard seed, you _____ say to this ______, ‘Move from here ___ there,’ and it _____ move. Nothing would ___ impossible for you.”
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.“Because ___ _____ trust ______,” _____ told ____. “___ tell ___, ____ if ____ _____ was ___ _____ as ___ ______ seed, ___ _____ say ___ ____ mountain, ‘____ ____ here ___ _____,’ and ___ _____ move. ______ _____ be ______ ___ you.”
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.“B y d t e,” J t t. “I t y, e i y t w a s a a m s, y c s t t m, ‘M f h t t,’ a i w m. N w b i f y.”
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Matthew 17:20
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.