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?
Psalm 78:1-72. When have I tried to flatter God or lie to him (verses 36-38 KJV)? How did he show me compassion in return? What did I learn?
Leviticus 15:1-33. Considering how strictly the law quarantined a hemorrhaging woman, what do we learn of Jesus from his kindly material and spiritual contact with the woman in Mark 5:25?
Acts 5:1-11. Another case of lying to God, this time where his compassion is harder to see. What killed this man and his wife? Did they go to heaven or hell? Am I vigilant enough against Satan?
Mark 1:21-28. How did the demon know Jesus by name and in his divine identity? If demonic possession still occurs, what form does it now take? How does the Christian counter it?
To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.