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 119:73-96. Verse 84, how many are my days? What concerns about age and time, past and future, can I trustingly turn over to God today?
II Chronicles 13:1-22. Verses 8 and 12 KJV, today is God my one and only captain, or am I bowing down to some golden calves?
I Thessalonians 2:1-12. Verses 7 and 11, who took me through the nursery phase of my Christian life? Who is a father to me in Christ? How can I thank them, or pay it forward?
Luke 15:1-7. What’s my experience with the rescuing of lost sheep, either in being rescued or in assisting a rescue? Whose name comes to me as I ponder this parable? Action point?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.