But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.

I am freed from the burden of slavish attempt to obey a set of standards that are impossible to keep, into a life of freedom, equipped to live those standards as an expression of what the LORD, God, the Almighty has done for me.

Paul's joyful shout of manumission is shared with me in Romans 7:24-25 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh, I serve the law of sin.

And the result in Ephesians 2:8-10 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Today's readings in the Psalms:

Morning: Psalm 105

Mid-day: 119:97-104

Evening: Psalm 31

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