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 51:1-19. What’s at stake in failing to confess my sins honestly and humbly before God? Why do I tend to gloss over this fundamental duty of holiness?
Numbers 26:1-65. Nearing the Jordan and Jericho, Moses and Eleazar take a census of all the Israelites. By what signs of adoration and obedience to the Lord can I and my family make our names stand for 3000 years?
Acts 15:30-41. Paul and Silas part ways with Barnabas and John Mark. When have I differed sharply with a fellow believer? How did God use that for my spiritual growth? Application to present needs?
Mark 6:45-52. What storm is going on in my life, which I need Jesus to enter into and calm for me? What hardness of heart may be keeping me from trusting him and learning from him?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.