Guide for Weekly Scripture Reflection
Instructions for weekly Scripture Reflections
For each day of the week:
1. READ: Read the text. You may use the commentary and DT questions to help you understand the text or to engage it more deeply.
2. REMEMBER: Choose a verse or a passage and memorize/review it.
3. REFLECT: Write an entry in your journal. You may use the journaling questions below to provide guidance for this time.
- Write a reflection based on the passage you memorized. What does this verse say about God? About me? What lesson can I learn from this passage? How does it apply to my life today?
- In what way does the text this week provide perspective or clarity to an issue or situation I am going through?
- How does this passage provide hope regarding an anxiety or struggle I am facing?
- How does this passage alter my view on other people? What does this passage teach me about how to relate to others?
- What promise is there to claim? What does this passage show me about how I should approach God?
- Does this passage bring to light any unconfessed or unexposed sins in my life? If so, then write a prayer of confession.
- Write a prayer of adoration or gratitude to God based on the passage.
- How does this week’s text address proper Biblical value system regarding the people, possessions and purpose of my life?
- What does this passage say about how God views me?
4. PRAYER: Spend some time in prayer. (e.g., surrendering this new day to God, thanking Him for specific things, repenting of sins needing Christ's forgiveness & cleansing, committing to do what God would want specifically, etc.)
