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 89:1-52. Verse 14, KJV, justice has been called the highest aim of all government. Where in my life, our country, or our world do I see God's justice most lacking right now? Prayer point?
Leviticus 21:1-24. Setting this rule for avoiding various women and men of fallen status, and the dead, against the record of Jesus' ministry, what do we learn about him?
Acts 6:8 - 7:8. What qualities of Stephen as a Christian evangelist and Bible believer shall I ask God to stir up in me today?
Mark 2:18-22. What is Jesus' self-description as the bridegroom supposed to mean for me as a man? What guidance for me and my church is found in his parable of the old garment and old bottles?
To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.