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 98:1-9. How is everything different for me today because God has gotten the victory? What’s expected of me as a result?
Haggai 1:1-15. Verse 13, I am with you, says the Lord. With this assurance, what attitudes and actions shall I undertake this day?
II Peter 3:1-18. Verses 8-12, if Jesus returns today, what do I want him to find me doing?
Mark 10:46-52. What do you want me to do for you? —asks Jesus of the blind man, his frequent inquiry just before doing a healing. What is my “big ask” to the Lord this day, a bold prayer not a timid one?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.