Take-home slipsNehemiah 8:10

How to learn a verseWEB

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

Nehemiah 8:10 Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Then he said ___ them, “Go your ___. Eat the fat, _____ the sweet, and ____ portions to him ___ whom nothing is ______, for today is ____ to our Lord. _____ be grieved, for ___ joy of the ____ is your strength.”
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Then ___ ____ to ____, “___ your ___. ___ the ___, _____ the _____, ___ send ______ ___ him ___ ____ nothing ___ ______, for _____ ___ holy ___ ___ Lord. _____ ___ grieved, ___ ___ joy ___ ___ LORD ___ ____ strength.”
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.T h s t t, “G y w. E t f, d t s, a s p t h f w n i p, f t i h t o L. D b g, f t j o t L i y s.”
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Nehemiah 8:10

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

How to learn a verseWEB

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

Nehemiah 8:10 Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Then he said ___ them, “Go your ___. Eat the fat, _____ the sweet, and ____ portions to him ___ whom nothing is ______, for today is ____ to our Lord. _____ be grieved, for ___ joy of the ____ is your strength.”
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Then ___ ____ to ____, “___ your ___. ___ the ___, _____ the _____, ___ send ______ ___ him ___ ____ nothing ___ ______, for _____ ___ holy ___ ___ Lord. _____ ___ grieved, ___ ___ joy ___ ___ LORD ___ ____ strength.”
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.T h s t t, “G y w. E t f, d t s, a s p t h f w n i p, f t i h t o L. D b g, f t j o t L i y s.”
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Nehemiah 8:10

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