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 119:89-128. Verses 104 and 128 KJV, what are some false ways of living one’s life that God wants me to avoid and hate?
I Kings 20:1-43. Ahab, for all his wickedness, enjoys God’s favor against the Syrians. When have I experienced undeserved blessings from God? Is there a lesson in that for my present situation?
Acts 25:13-27. Verse 19, if I were brought before high authorities, as Paul was, to testify that Jesus is not dead but alive, what approach would I take?
Mark 14:53-65. Verse 65, the Jewish council sentences Jesus to death for blasphemy (not so different from the Salman Rushdie case in Islam at present). Why does Christianity have no such law?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.