Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
Isaiah 25:8 He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for the LORD has spoken it.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for the LORD has spoken it.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.He has swallowed ___ death forever! The ____ GOD will wipe ____ tears from off ___ faces. He will ____ the reproach of ___ people away from ___ all the earth, ___ the LORD has ______ it.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.He ___ ______ up _____ ______! The ____ ___ will ____ ____ tears ____ ___ all _____. ___ will ____ ___ reproach ___ ___ people ____ ____ off ___ ___ earth, ___ ___ LORD ___ ______ it.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.H h s u d f! T L G w w a t f o a f. H w t t r o h p a f o a t e, f t L h s i.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Isaiah 25:8
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.