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 65:1-13. Verse 11 KJV, God’s goodness crowns the year. Approaching Thanksgiving after all the storms of 2020, what am I specifically thanking God for?
Isaiah 28:1-29. Verses 14-18, by what evidence can the prevailing worldly mind of today be called a covenant with death and an agreement with hell? What is my church doing about it? My role?
Revelation 6:1-8. Four apocalyptic horses. How would I answer an unbeliever or wavering believer who says God is an impossibility amid all the violence, cruelty, suffering, and sorrow of the human condition?
Matthew 23:13-22. When have I been hypocritical as a Christian? What was the consequence? Where am I vulnerable to hypocrisy in my life at present? What’s the antidote?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.