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 141:1-10. Verses 3 and 4, what have I been saying or thinking about the pandemic that displeases God? What resources do I have to put a stop to this and do better?
Ezekiel 18:1-32. God’s rule of individual responsibility, no hereditary punishments. How am I susceptible to making unfair blanket judgments according to ancestry or kinship?
I Corinthians 15:12-19. No resurrection, no hope. What difference can it make to how I cope with the pandemic, if I do or do not commit myself to Jesus Christ crucified and risen?
John 5:16-23. Related question, why is the worldly mind offended at Jesus claiming to be the Son of God? How does my confessing him to be so, change everything for the better?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.