Scripture Meditation

Spend some time carefully reading the Scripture passage below, utilizing the simple three-step method of Receive, Reflect, and Respond. Record your responses in your journal. Download the Course Workbook (PDF) to your device to complete these activities digitally. You may also choose to write your responses in your own journal.

Read Psalm 116. Then read it again.

Receive | Retell in your own words what is happening in this text.
What is being described? Who are the characters and what are they saying or doing? Does the text tell us why they are doing or saying these things?

Read the passage again.

Reflect | Consider how this text contributes to your understanding of prayer.
What can we learn about God and His relationship to humans from this text? Does this text bring to mind other passages of Scripture?

Read the passage one last time.

Respond | Connect this text to your own experience.
What does this psalm teach you about why and how to pray?