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 116:1-19. Verse 15, whose recent death calls for me to join in God’s well-done to that person and in God’s consolation to their loved ones?
Leviticus 24:1-23. Verses 2-4, if my heart is to be a holy place for God to dwell, exactly how shall I keep an eternal flame burning for him there?
Acts 8:14-25. How are Christians today, me included, susceptible to the false idea that God’s gifts can be bought and sold?
Mark 3:7-19. Verses 13-15, if I were one of the twelve, reviewing with Jesus the events of this chapter so far, what would I ask him?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.