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 21:1—13. Verse 1, wanted: Rulers who fear God. What can Christians and our churches do to help raise up such public officials in a more and more godless America?
II Chronicles 15:1-19. King Asa’s noble zeal for the Lord—but with a death penalty for dissenters (verse 13). Why is religious freedom so highly valued in our times, though unknown in Bible times?
Colossians 4:12-18. Verse 17, what specific ministry has God given me at this time in my life? Am I fulfilling it in a way that pleases him?
Luke 20:27-40. Verse 38, how does it make my whole day different today, this simple teaching of Jesus that ours is not a God of the dead, but of the living?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.