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 51:1-19. Verses 9-13, who is someone enslaved by sin, that I can tell about God’s offer of rescue based on his rescue of me? How and when?
Ezekiel 36:1-38. Verses 21-28, more about God’s work of rescue. What has the replacement of a stony heart with a fleshy heart looked like in my experience? What stony places in me still need making over?
I Corinthians 16:1-12. Verse 9, applying this to my own service in the body of Christ, what open door beckons me right now? Going into it, what adversaries must I overcome with God’s help?
John 9:1-12. More interested in lighting the darkness than in blaming the victim, Jesus heals a blind man. What’s the practical lesson here for me as his disciple in these darkening times?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.