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 108:1-13. Verses 7-10, praying the whole map. Isn’t God equally as sovereign over Gaza and Jerusalem, Tehran and Washington, as he is over the cities named here? Prayer point for today?
I Chronicles 20:1-8. The race of Goliath, giant warriors of hate and death. What is my prayer today to protect the righteous from fear and fatalism in God’s cause?
Ephesians 4:17-24. By what specific thoughts and actions can I make this a day of putting off the old man (corrupt) and putting on the new man (holy through God)?
Luke 14:15-24. What excuses have I been making to Jesus lately? At what risk? Action point for today?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.