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 89:1-52. Verse 33 KJV, nevertheless. When has God showed me undeserved patience and kindness? How can I thank him for that today?
Jeremiah 51:1-64. Babylon, God’s instrument for bringing others low, is now to be brought low herself. Do I and my church have clarity that America, much as we love her, won’t last forever in God’s plan?
Philemon 1-25. Paul asks a fellow Christian for clemency toward an escaped slave. Do I and my church have clarity about slavery as a grave human sin but also a universal one, playing no favorites?
John 8:48-59. Jesus asserts that he pre-existed Abraham and calls himself “I am.” Who needs to hear from me today about the saving mission of this incarnate God-man?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.