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 94:1-23. Verse 6 KJV, murdering the fatherless. What more can I and my church do to protect the unborn? Or do Christians make too much of the abortion issue as some contend?
Habakkuk 1:1-17. Verse 6, what godless element or influence is God using in America right now to break up our self-absorption and draw us closer to him?
John 12:42-50. Verse 43, what test may I soon face as to whether I love the praise of men more than the praise of God?
Matthew 25:1-13. Verse 8, how do I sometimes try to borrow someone else’s closeness to God instead of cultivating my own?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.