Take-home slipsJames 4:8

How to learn a verseBBE

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

James 4:8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Come near to ___ and he will ____ near to you. ____ your hands clean, ___ evil-doers; put ____ deceit from your ______, you false in ____.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Come ____ ___ God ___ ___ will ____ ____ to ___. ____ your _____ _____, you ____-_____; put ____ ______ from ____ ______, you _____ ___ mind.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.C n t G a h w c n t y. M y h c, y e-d; p a d f y h, y f i m.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.James 4:8

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.

How to learn a verseBBE

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

James 4:8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Come near to ___ and he will ____ near to you. ____ your hands clean, ___ evil-doers; put ____ deceit from your ______, you false in ____.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Come ____ ___ God ___ ___ will ____ ____ to ___. ____ your _____ _____, you ____-_____; put ____ ______ from ____ ______, you _____ ___ mind.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.C n t G a h w c n t y. M y h c, y e-d; p a d f y h, y f i m.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.James 4:8

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.