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 35:1-28. Verses 11 and 24, what false charges are being made against Christians (and Jews and many other Americans) in the present turmoil? How does our just God go about clearing us of those?
II Samuel 13:1-27. David’s double crime. What is the worst thing I’ve ever done? How did God show me his displeasure, verse 27? Present application?
Acts 13:26-41. Verses 37-39, has Jesus Christ crucified and risen been primary or secondary to me amid the troubles of 2020? Verse 41, what are the consequences of missing out on Jesus, devaluing or ignoring him?
Mark 8:11-21. Verse 15, related question, in what form these days are we presented with the misleading yeast of ungodly teachers and rulers? What’s the true yeast Jesus wants me to have instead?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.