Take-home slipsActs 1:8

How to learn a verseFBV

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

Acts 1:8 “But you will be given power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest places on earth.”

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.“But you will be given power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest places on earth.”
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.“But you will ___ given power when ___ Holy Spirit comes ____ you, and you ____ be my witnesses ___ Jerusalem, throughout Judea ___ Samaria, and to ___ farthest places on _____.”
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.“But ___ ____ be _____ _____ when ___ ____ Spirit _____ ____ you, ___ ___ will ___ ___ witnesses ___ ______, throughout _____ ___ Samaria, ___ ___ the ______ ______ on _____.”
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.“B y w b g p w t H S c u y, a y w b m w i J, t J a S, a t t f p o e.”
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Acts 1:8

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

How to learn a verseFBV

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

Acts 1:8 “But you will be given power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest places on earth.”

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.“But you will be given power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest places on earth.”
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.“But you will ___ given power when ___ Holy Spirit comes ____ you, and you ____ be my witnesses ___ Jerusalem, throughout Judea ___ Samaria, and to ___ farthest places on _____.”
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.“But ___ ____ be _____ _____ when ___ ____ Spirit _____ ____ you, ___ ___ will ___ ___ witnesses ___ ______, throughout _____ ___ Samaria, ___ ___ the ______ ______ on _____.”
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.“B y w b g p w t H S c u y, a y w b m w i J, t J a S, a t t f p o e.”
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Acts 1:8

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