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 77:1-20. Verses 2-6, when nights are restless, what is God trying to tell me? Where is the blessing in all this?
Job 29:1-25. Job sadly remembers better times. If I could turn back the clock, what year or chapter would I want to relive? But since I can’t, what does God want me to do instead, starting now?
II Corinthians 11:1-15. Verse 3, by what subtle lie might Satan try to corrupt me today from the simplicity that is in Christ? How does my life parallel Job’s—not in awful suffering but in the enemy’s mind games?
Luke 9:37-50. Verses 49 and 50, how can my church be more concerned about proclaiming the kingdom and less concerned with promoting a “brand”?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.