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 56:1-13. Verses 3 and 4, what fear besets me today? How can I claim God’s deliverance from that?
Ezekiel 38:1-23. Verse 21, every man’s sword against his brother. If the world situation is destined to get much worse before it gets better, what preparations must I, my family, and my church be making now?
Ephesians 1:1-14. Verses 3-5, in that my adoption as God’s child through Jesus Christ was a settled plan before time began, what negative factors in my own life or in current news can I stop worrying about for good?
John 9:24-41. Verse 39, as Jesus watched all my thoughts and actions over the past week, did he count me among the seeing or among the blind? If among the seeing, what opportunities and obligations does that confer on me?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.