Studying this morning's four readings from the St. James Daily Devotional Guide (click to subscribe), I examined myself with these questions. Where is your self-examination leading today?
Psalms 103:1-22. Verse 5, if God renewed my youth, making me half my present age, what would I want to regain or redo? Isn’t that essentially the promise here, if I trust him enough?
Genesis 7:1-24. Noah given a week’s warning. When have I obeyed God in seeming disregard of common sense or others’ opinions? Present application?
I Peter 3:13-22. Baptism likened to Noah’s rescue. What relevance does this have to me?
Matthew 3:13-17. In what practical way can I imitate the self-emptying of Jesus, astounding even to his cousin John?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.