Note: Our daily Bible emails will be offline for the rest of June. Back with you on July 1.
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 119:49-88. Verses 67, 71, 75, how has God used affliction to sanctify me and bring me closer to him? Application for today?
I Samuel 13:1-23. Saul undertakes a priestly role, displeasing God. When have I rashly taken a “my will, not thy will” approach and paid dearly for it? Present application?
Acts 5:22-32. Verse 29, have some Christians in this country already come to the decision point of obeying divine authority or human authority? How close am I to that point? How should I prepare?
Mark 1:21-28. What is the present-day equivalent of the demons screaming at Jesus to go away? What is my church doing about it? My role?
To receive this in your inbox every day, sign up here.
To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.