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 7:7-8 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.“Ask and it ____ be given to ___; seek and you ____ find; knock and ___ door will be ______ for you. For ______ who asks receives, ___ the one who _____ finds, and to ___ one who knocks, ___ door will be ______.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.“Ask ___ ___ will ___ _____ to ___; ____ and ___ ____ find; _____ ___ the ____ ____ be ______ ___ you. ___ ______ who ____ ______, and ___ ___ who _____ _____, and ___ ___ one ___ ______, the ____ ____ be ______.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.“A a i w b g t y; s a y w f; k a t d w b o f y. F e w a r, a t o w s f, a t t o w k, t d w b o.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Matthew 7:7-8
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.