Praying the Decalogue

MARTIN LUTHER ENCOURAGED CHRISTIANS
to pray through the Ten Commandments each day as a form of spiritual evaluation.
Christians are to look at each commandment both positively and negatively:
that is, the negative commandment not to steal leads to reflection on the positive virtue of giving; the positive commandment to honor our parents invites reflection on how we might have dishonored them. Using this framework, pray through each commandment [Deuteronomy 5:6-8, 11-12, 16-21].
Allow God time to speak to your heart about the positive and negative elements of each one.

This will be an evaluative prayer,
so have a pen handy in case God brings to mind someone with whom you need to set things right.
- Meeting God in Scripture: Entering the Old Testament
From p. 29 of Meeting God in Scripture: Entering the Old Testament ,
Participant’s workbook.
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