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 61:1-8. Verses 5 and 8 KJV, what unbreakable vows have I made to God? What’s involved in performing those vows today?
Deuteronomy 24:1-22. Verse 16, individual, not familial, responsibility for wrongdoing. Is my church clear that guilt cannot be racial, genetic, or collective? Are we teaching that? My role?
Hebrews 11:1-7. If God grants me a Noah-like faith, how then would I think and act in these stormy times?
Matthew 8:18-22. Related question, what excuses have I been making to Jesus? What have I been putting off doing for him?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.