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 121:1-8. God never sleeps, in order that I may sleep peacefully. Present application?
Jeremiah 6:1-30. Verse 14, how am I tempted to declare a false peace, both in my outward and inward life? What does God require of me instead? First step today?
Romans 8:26-39. Verses 26, 27, and 34, what do I need to be praying about, but feel blocked and baffled in doing so? How can the Son and the Spirit help bring my need before the Father today?
Matthew 13:36-43. How is God teaching me patience, restraint, and trust by having to associate with a mixed bag of godly and ungodly individuals not of my choosing? Action point today?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.