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 149:1-9. Verse 2, if asked by a young nonbeliever why in this time of freedom and equality, self-expression and self-government, we should follow a God who calls himself King, what’s my answer?
II Chronicles 8:1-18. Verse 11, Solomon takes a heathen wife. What’s going on here spiritually? What’s the warning to me?
Colossians 1:1-8. Verse 5, if the hope of heaven is my keynote for this day, what will others notice about me? How is this different from mere positive thinking or pollyanna?
Luke 18:31-34. The disciples, told of Jesus’ passion, can’t comprehend it. In what way does the same incomprehension, though with far less excuse, tend to operate on me?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.