Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
Matthew 6:9-13 thus therefore pray ye: 'Our Father who [art] in the heavens! hallowed be Thy name. 'Thy reign come: Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on the earth. 'Our appointed bread give us to-day. 'And forgive us our debts, as also we forgive our debtors. 'And mayest Thou not lead us to temptation, but deliver us from the evil, because Thine is the reign, and the power, and the glory — to the ages. Amen.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.thus therefore pray ye: 'Our Father who [art] in the heavens! hallowed be Thy name. 'Thy reign come: Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on the earth. 'Our appointed bread give us to-day. 'And forgive us our debts, as also we forgive our debtors. 'And mayest Thou not lead us to temptation, but deliver us from the evil, because Thine is the reign, and the power, and the glory — to the ages. Amen.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.thus therefore pray ___: 'Our Father who [___] in the heavens! ______ be Thy name. '___ reign come: Thy ____ come to pass, ___ in heaven also ___ the earth. 'Our ______ bread give us ___-day. 'And forgive ___ our debts, as ____ we forgive our ______. 'And mayest Thou ___ lead us to ______, but deliver us ____ the evil, because _____ is the reign, ___ the power, and ___ glory — to the ____. Amen.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.thus ______ ____ ye: '___ ______ who [___] ___ the ______! ______ be ___ ____. 'Thy _____ ____: Thy ____ ____ to ____, ___ in ______ ____ on ___ _____. 'Our ______ _____ give ___ ___-day. '___ ______ us ___ _____, as ____ ___ forgive ___ ______. 'And ______ ____ not ____ ___ to ______, ___ deliver ___ ____ the ____, ______ Thine ___ ___ reign, ___ ___ power, ___ ___ glory — ___ ___ ages. ____.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.t t p y: 'O F w [a] i t h! h b T n. 'T r c: T w c t p, a i h a o t e. 'O a b g u t-d. 'A f u o d, a a w f o d. 'A m T n l u t t, b d u f t e, b T i t r, a t p, a t g — t t a. A.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Matthew 6:9-13
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.
