How to learn a verse(NET)
Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
John 13:34-35 “I give you a new commandment – to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples – if you have love for one another.”
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.“I give you a new commandment – to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples – if you have love for one another.”
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.“I give you ___ new commandment – to ____ one another. Just ___ I have loved ___, you also are ___ love one another. ______ will know by ____ that you are ___ disciples – if you ____ love for one ______.”
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.“I ____ ___ a ___ ______ – to ____ ___ another. ____ ___ I ____ _____ you, ___ ____ are ___ ____ one ______. ______ will ____ ___ this ____ ___ are ___ ______ – if ___ ____ love ___ ___ another.”
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.“I g y a n c – t l o a. J a I h l y, y a a t l o a. E w k b t t y a m d – i y h l f o a.”
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.John 13:34-35
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.