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 48:1-14. Verses 2, 3, 12, and 13, what are some key features describing Zion, the city of God? What difference does it make to me today?
Isaiah 23:1-17. How do these cities of worldly wickedness, Tyre and Zidon, mirror the ruling values of our own time? What occasions to accept or reject those values will I face today?
Revelation 2:18-29. Verse 26 KJV, by what attitudes and actions can I win approval in Jesus’ sight as an overcomer today?
Luke 20:20-26. At this stormy time in America, what must Christians do to render rightly between God and Caesar? My church’s role? My role?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.