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 105:1-45. Verses 17-22, what is one or more of Joseph’s godlike qualities that I can pray to express more fully today?
Leviticus 19:1-37. Verse 16, gossip and talebearing. Verse 18, love my neighbor as myself. How well does my activity on social media live up to what Jesus called the second greatest commandment?
Acts 7:1-16. Why does Stephen, in testifying of Jesus, start with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph? How does the whole span of salvation history create a setting for what God offers me and expects of me today?
Mark2:1-12. If asked to team up with three others to bring people to Jesus, whom would I turn to? What might we specifically undertake to do together?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.