Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
John 13:14-15 If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you should also do as I have done to you.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you should also do as I have done to you.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.If I then, ___ Lord and the ______, have washed your ____, you also ought ___ wash one another’s ____. For I have _____ you an example, ____ you should also ___ as I have ____ to you.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.If ___ ____, the ____ ___ the ______, ____ washed ____ ____, you ____ _____ to ____ ___ another’s ____. ___ I ____ _____ you ___ ______, that ___ ______ also ___ ___ I ____ ____ to ___.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.I I t, t L a t T, h w y f, y a o t w o a f. F I h g y a e, t y s a d a I h d t y.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.John 13:14-15
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.