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 122:1-9. Gladly going into God’s house. Do I and my family have the right balance of holy joy and earthly merriment at this busy season?
Isaiah 57:1-21. Related question, how can I keep my Christ-mass celebration untainted by the worldlings and idolaters whom God abhors?
Colossians 4:1-18. Verses 3 and 18, Paul asks the believers to remember his bonds. Around the world at this time so happy for most of us, where are Christians suffering and sacrificing, needing my prayers?
Matthew 24:36-44. Verse 37, what is the flash flood that Jesus is telling me to prepare for? What is the ark he wants me to build? First step today?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.