Journal

Please use one of the prompts below to get your journaling started.

• Explore your fears and what’s behind them.
• Write about a relational conflict you are experiencing.
• List out all that you are grateful for.
• Recall a significant reaction, conversation or event.

• Here are some tools to help you with the devotional journal:
  • A Guide to Journaling & Prayer
  • A Guide to Self-Reflection
  • A Chart to help articulate feelings

Romans 13 Commentary

Bible Text: Romans 13:11-14 (ESV)

¹¹ Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. ¹² The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. ¹³ Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. ¹⁴ But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

Reflection Questions

Romans 13:11-13

• Reflect on v. 11. Why is it important to “know the time?” Are there things causing me to “sleep”?
• What are the “works of darkness” that I need to “cast off?”

Romans 13:14

• What practical step is being urged in the words: “make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires?” How can I specifically carry out this advice regarding my thought life?
• What does it mean to “put on the Lord Jesus Christ,” and how can I specifically carry out this exhortation in my life?

Prayer