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 31:1-24. Verse 24, what am I facing right now that demands Christian courage? What brave thing does God expect of me (and make possible for me) today?
II Chronicles 1:1-17. Verses 7-12, if God gave me a blank check today, to ask anything I want, what would it honestly be?
James 1:1-11. Verse 8, where does my behavior show me to be double-minded in following Jesus?
Luke 12:57-59. When have I indulged in the kind of stubborn self-sabotage the Lord describes here? Present application?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.