How to learn a verse(NET)
Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
Ruth 1:16 But Ruth replied, “Stop urging me to abandon you! For wherever you go, I will go. Wherever you live, I will live. Your people will become my people, and your God will become my God.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.But Ruth replied, “Stop urging me to abandon you! For wherever you go, I will go. Wherever you live, I will live. Your people will become my people, and your God will become my God.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.But Ruth replied, “____ urging me to ______ you! For wherever ___ go, I will ___. Wherever you live, ___ will live. Your ______ will become my ______, and your God ____ become my God.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.But ____ ______, “Stop ______ ___ to ______ ___! For ______ ___ go, ___ ____ go. ______ ___ live, ___ ____ live. ____ ______ will ______ ___ people, ___ ____ God ____ ______ my ___.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.B R r, “S u m t a y! F w y g, I w g. W y l, I w l. Y p w b m p, a y G w b m G.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Ruth 1:16
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.