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 144:1-15. Verse 12, God’s intention for the way his people should raise our children. What more could my church be doing about this? My role?
II Kings 12:1-21. Verses 2 and 3, in what way am I holding back from God a simple “yes” and saying to him instead, “but”?
Job 6:1-14. When have I made anything like this anguished appeal to God? What did I learn? Present application?
Mark 6:14-29. In these wicked times, what does God want me to learn from the life and death of John the Baptist?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.