Take-home slipsPsalm 142:4-5

How to learn a verseFBV

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

Psalm 142:4-5 I look to my right for someone to support me—but no one pays me any attention. There's no safe place for me—no one cares about me at all. I cry out to you, Lord, for help, saying, “You are the one who keeps me safe; you are all I need in life.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.I look to my right for someone to support me—but no one pays me any attention. There's no safe place for me—no one cares about me at all. I cry out to you, Lord, for help, saying, “You are the one who keeps me safe; you are all I need in life.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.I look to ___ right for someone ___ support me—but ___ one pays me ___ attention. There's no ____ place for me—___ one cares about ___ at all. I ___ out to you, ____, for help, saying, “___ are the one ___ keeps me safe; ___ are all I ____ in life.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.I ____ ___ my _____ ___ someone ___ ______ me—___ ___ one ____ ___ any ______. ______ no ____ _____ for ___—___ one _____ _____ me ___ ___. I ___ ___ to ___, ____, for ____, ______, “You ___ ___ one ___ _____ me ____; ___ are ___ ___ need ___ ____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.I l t m r f s t s m—b n o p m a a. T n s p f m—n o c a m a a. I c o t y, L, f h, s, “Y a t o w k m s; y a a I n i l.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 142:4-5

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:

Psalm 142:4-5 I look to my right for someone to support me—but no one pays me any attention. There's no safe place for me—no one cares about me at all. I cry out to you, Lord, for help, saying, “You are the one who keeps me safe; you are all I need in life.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.I look to my right for someone to support me—but no one pays me any attention. There's no safe place for me—no one cares about me at all. I cry out to you, Lord, for help, saying, “You are the one who keeps me safe; you are all I need in life.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.I look to ___ right for someone ___ support me—but ___ one pays me ___ attention. There's no ____ place for me—___ one cares about ___ at all. I ___ out to you, ____, for help, saying, “___ are the one ___ keeps me safe; ___ are all I ____ in life.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.I ____ ___ my _____ ___ someone ___ ______ me—___ ___ one ____ ___ any ______. ______ no ____ _____ for ___—___ one _____ _____ me ___ ___. I ___ ___ to ___, ____, for ____, ______, “You ___ ___ one ___ _____ me ____; ___ are ___ ___ need ___ ____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.I l t m r f s t s m—b n o p m a a. T n s p f m—n o c a m a a. I c o t y, L, f h, s, “Y a t o w k m s; y a a I n i l.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 142:4-5

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