Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
Proverbs 30:8-9 Remove far from me vanity, and lying words. Give me neither beggary, nor riches: give me only the necessaries of life: Lest perhaps being filled, I should be tempted to deny, and say: Who is the Lord? or being compelled by poverty, I should steal, and forswear the name of my God.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Remove far from me vanity, and lying words. Give me neither beggary, nor riches: give me only the necessaries of life: Lest perhaps being filled, I should be tempted to deny, and say: Who is the Lord? or being compelled by poverty, I should steal, and forswear the name of my God.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Remove far from ___ vanity, and lying _____. Give me neither ______, nor riches: give ___ only the necessaries ___ life: Lest perhaps _____ filled, I should ___ tempted to deny, ___ say: Who is ___ Lord? or being ______ by poverty, I ______ steal, and forswear ___ name of my ___.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Remove ___ ____ me ______, ___ lying _____. ____ me ______ ______, nor ______: ____ me ____ ___ necessaries ___ ____: Lest ______ _____ filled, ___ ______ be ______ ___ deny, ___ ___: Who ___ ___ Lord? ___ _____ compelled ___ ______, I ______ _____, and ______ ___ name ___ ___ God.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.R f f m v, a l w. G m n b, n r: g m o t n o l: L p b f, I s b t t d, a s: W i t L? o b c b p, I s s, a f t n o m G.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Proverbs 30:8-9
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.
Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
Proverbs 30:8-9 Remove far from me vanity, and lying words. Give me neither beggary, nor riches: give me only the necessaries of life: Lest perhaps being filled, I should be tempted to deny, and say: Who is the Lord? or being compelled by poverty, I should steal, and forswear the name of my God.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Remove far from me vanity, and lying words. Give me neither beggary, nor riches: give me only the necessaries of life: Lest perhaps being filled, I should be tempted to deny, and say: Who is the Lord? or being compelled by poverty, I should steal, and forswear the name of my God.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Remove far from ___ vanity, and lying _____. Give me neither ______, nor riches: give ___ only the necessaries ___ life: Lest perhaps _____ filled, I should ___ tempted to deny, ___ say: Who is ___ Lord? or being ______ by poverty, I ______ steal, and forswear ___ name of my ___.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Remove ___ ____ me ______, ___ lying _____. ____ me ______ ______, nor ______: ____ me ____ ___ necessaries ___ ____: Lest ______ _____ filled, ___ ______ be ______ ___ deny, ___ ___: Who ___ ___ Lord? ___ _____ compelled ___ ______, I ______ _____, and ______ ___ name ___ ___ God.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.R f f m v, a l w. G m n b, n r: g m o t n o l: L p b f, I s b t t d, a s: W i t L? o b c b p, I s s, a f t n o m G.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Proverbs 30:8-9
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.