How to learn a verse(NET)
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 in the sky: They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you more valuable than they are?
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Look at the birds in the sky: They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you more valuable than they are?
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Look at the _____ in the sky: ____ do not sow, ___ reap, or gather ____ barns, yet your ______ Father feeds them. ______ you more valuable ____ they are?
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Look ___ ___ birds ___ ___ sky: ____ ___ not ___, ___ reap, ___ ______ into _____, ___ your ______ ______ feeds ____. ______ you ____ ______ than ____ ___?
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.L a t b i t s: T d n s, o r, o g i b, y y h F f t. A y m v t t a?
- 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.