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 133:1-3. How can an effort at unity among all who love the God of the Bible be a starting point to heal the disunity wracking our country right now? My role?
II Kings 8:1-29. Verses 10-13, Elisha weeps over the horrors awaiting Israel. Reversing the previous question, if under God’s severe mercy things get worse for America before they get better, what can my church do?
Job 3:1-26. Verses 1, 11, 21 KJV, Job curses his very being, mourns his birth, longs for death. What is the darkest state of mind I was ever in? How did God show up? Present application?
Lule 4:1-15. Verses 4, 8, 12, Jesus three times repels Satan with God’s word from Scripture. What Bible armor and Bible weapons shall I have ready for today’s hardest tests?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.