Do everything in love.
The first letter of every word: D e i l.
Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
1 John 4:19 We love because He first loved us.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.We love because He first loved us.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.We love because ___ first loved us.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.We ____ ______ He _____ _____ us.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.W l b H f l u.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.1 John 4:19
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.
We love because He first loved us.
The first letter of every word: W l b H f l u.
Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
The first letter of every word: H s u d, b l c a t.
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
The first letter of every word: W d n l d n k G, b G i l.
Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
The first letter of every word: A a, l o a d, b l c o a m o s.
And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.
The first letter of every word: A o a t v p o l, w i t b o p u.
And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
The first letter of every word: A n t t r: f, h, a l; b t g o t i l.
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
The first letter of every word: G l h n o t t, t h l d h l f h f.
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
The first letter of every word: B G p H l f u i t: W w w s s, C d f u.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
The first letter of every word: F G s l t w t H g H o a o S, t e w b i H s n p b h e l.
A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.
The first letter of every word: A n c I g y: L o a. A I h l y, s y a m l o a. B t e w k t y a M d, i y l o a.
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
The first letter of every word: L t L y G w a y h a w a y s a w a y m a w a y s.’ T s i t: ‘L y n a y.’ N o c i g t t.”
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The first letter of every word: F I a c t n d n l, n a n p, n t p n t f, n a p, n h n d, n a e i a c, w b a t s u f t l o G t i i C J o L.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
The first letter of every word: L i p, l i k. I d n e, i d n b, i i n p. I i n r, i i n s-s, i i n e a, i k n a o w. L t n p i e, b r i t t. I b a t, b a t, h a t, e a t.