Take-home slipsMatthew 11:29-30

How to learn a verseFBV

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

Matthew 11:29-30 Accept my yoke, and learn from me. For I am kind and have a humble heart, and in me you will find the rest you need. For my yoke is gentle, and my burden is light.”

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Accept my yoke, and learn from me. For I am kind and have a humble heart, and in me you will find the rest you need. For my yoke is gentle, and my burden is light.”
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Accept my yoke, ___ learn from me. ___ I am kind ___ have a humble _____, and in me ___ will find the ____ you need. For ___ yoke is gentle, ___ my burden is _____.”
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Accept ___ ____, and _____ ____ me. ___ ___ am ____ ___ have ___ ______ heart, ___ ___ me ___ ____ find ___ ____ you ____. ___ my ____ ___ gentle, ___ ___ burden ___ _____.”
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.A m y, a l f m. F I a k a h a h h, a i m y w f t r y n. F m y i g, a m b i l.”
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Matthew 11:29-30

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:

Matthew 11:29-30 Accept my yoke, and learn from me. For I am kind and have a humble heart, and in me you will find the rest you need. For my yoke is gentle, and my burden is light.”

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Accept my yoke, and learn from me. For I am kind and have a humble heart, and in me you will find the rest you need. For my yoke is gentle, and my burden is light.”
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Accept my yoke, ___ learn from me. ___ I am kind ___ have a humble _____, and in me ___ will find the ____ you need. For ___ yoke is gentle, ___ my burden is _____.”
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Accept ___ ____, and _____ ____ me. ___ ___ am ____ ___ have ___ ______ heart, ___ ___ me ___ ____ find ___ ____ you ____. ___ my ____ ___ gentle, ___ ___ burden ___ _____.”
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.A m y, a l f m. F I a k a h a h h, a i m y w f t r y n. F m y i g, a m b i l.”
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Matthew 11:29-30

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