Studying this morning's 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 9:1-20. Verse 7, what situation in my own life or in the world do I need to rebuke today with the emphatic command, “But the Lord”?
I Kings 25:1-30. After Babylon takes Jerusalem, King Zedekiah’s eyes are put out and Gedaliah, appointed as governor, is assassinated as a turncoat. Without foreign occupation (as yet), what are the signs that America has lost its way?
II Corinthians 9:1-15. Verses 6-11, does God consider me a cheerful giver, or something less? What’s his measuring stick?
Luke 6:12-19. What moral and spiritual qualities was Jesus looking for in the dozen men he chose as apostles? What would it look like today if, with God’s help, I began to grow in expressing one or more of them?
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