How do I get iMessage/Facetime to work on my old Verizon iPhone 4?

I recently upgraded to the iPhone 5s and I'm keeping my iPhone 4 for music and other things. One of those things would be iMessage. Except iMessage keeps saying it's "Waiting for activation...' with no end.
I recently had the same problem with an AT&T iPhone 4s that belonged to a friend, which I was easily able to fix by simply removing the sim card. The problem is the Verizon iPhone 4 doesn't have a sim card to remove. I've tried signing out of iMessage and FaceTime, as well as retoring the phone several times.
The two images show where I believe the problem lies. This phone still somehow thinks that number belongs to it, and so it appears in the Phone settings and Messages>Send & Receive settings as an unchecked, light grey setting. Light grey, I believe, means a setting you cannot edit.
In the case of the AT&T iPhone, the same exact problem existed, but as soon as the sim card was removed, the Phone setting was unavailable and in the Messages>Send & Receive settings it reappeared as a black option with the additional option to start a new conversation with the same number.
My question is, since the Verizon iPhone 4 doesn't have a removable sim card, how do I remove or disassociate the number it was once associated with?
Just to clarify, in both cases (Verizon, AT&T), the same numbers were used after upgrading to the newer iPhone.
I tried to make as much sense as possible to this madness. Please if anyone has any suggestions or answers, help me. I thank you in advance.

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