Here are some good posts for your weekend reading:

Renew Within Me a Spirit of Holiness – Ambrose of Milan (via Trevin Wax)
As you look upon the wretched creature that I am,
I ask that your eyes be filled with compassion and forgiveness.
And as I sit at your table,
I beg you to renew within me a spirit of holiness.

7 Directives for Meditating on Scripture – Joel Beeke and Terry Slachter (via Paul Tautges)
#5: Stir up affections such as love, desire, hope, zeal, and joy to glorify God. Preach the truth to your own soul (Ps 42:5; 103:1).

What Shames Us – Tim Challies
The challenge for each one of us who desires to be godly is not only to identify the sin in our lives, but to identify the better and holier trait. And this, this fruit of the Spirit, this evidence of God’s grace, is what we aim for in our desires, in our prayers, in our labors.

Waiting, Wasting, Wandering – Kevin DeYoung
Can you believe that God has something good in store for you? Will you trust that someday when you see your beginning and middle with the ending in view that it will all make sense? Can you hope against hope that God has not forgotten you, that his promises are true, and that he is up to something? He was for Abraham and Joseph and Moses. Why not you too?

Hope you have a great Lord’s Day with your local church!