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 84:1-12. Verse 10, choosing to be more involved with the pursuits and persons that fear God and less involved with those that ignore him. How am I specifically faced with this choice today?
Song of Solomon 2:1-17. By what spiritual disciplines and practices shall I keep my relationship with Jesus balanced between the passion of love, expressed here, and the rigor of truth, expressed say in Romans?
I Peter 1:13-25. Verses 14, 22, and 23, obedient children, born again. What exactly is the obedience required of me? What are the former lusts, impurities, and corruptions I am to put off?
Matthew 28:1-15. Verses 7 and 10, Christ is risen, get busy, get going, get started. What is the resurrection response plan Jesus wants me to put into action now that he has conquered death?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.