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 16:1-11. Verse 8 KJV, by what attitudes and actions in this coming year can I set the Lord always before me?
Deuteronomy 4:1-49. Verse 24, if our God is not only a loving Father and a mighty Savior, but also a consuming fire, how shall I conduct myself toward him today?
Luke 3:7-20. Verses 16 and 17, fire again. How does this tie in with any experience of God and Jesus that I’ve ever had as a Christian?
John 1:35-42. Simon is renamed Cephas (Peter, a stone). If I were to get a nickname from Jesus, signaling the change he intends to bring about in me, what might it be?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.