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 68:1-35. Verses 5 and 6, our God turns loneliness into belonging and abandonment into adoption. Who is someone I know that particularly needs this right now?
Genesis 25:1-34. Isaac, Rebekah, and their rivalrous sons. How have family troubles brought me closer to God? Unresolved issues needing prayer today?
Hebrews 12:3-17. In what way is my Father working to chasten, correct, discipline, and teach me at present? Have I been fully cooperating?
Matthew 9:1-8. Thinking about various external problems I’ve been having, could it be that Jesus wants me to recognize them instead as internal problems—sin?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.