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 34:1-22. Verses 4-9, how God answers prayer. For me and mine today, and for a frightened world, stalked by contagion, what specific help shall I plead from Him?
Jeremiah 40:1-16. Death plots set the conquered Jews against each other. What accounts for God’s people being so divided among themselves in these times? What’s my church doing about it? My role?
Romans 16:17-27. Verse 19 KJV, wise toward good and simple toward evil. In what I allow to fill my head and occupy my attention, where do I have this backward at present? Action point for today?
Matthew 19:10-12. Verse 12, celibacy for the kingdom. Why do some Christians insist on this? What would Jesus have me learn from them, even though I’ve chosen a different path?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.