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 80:1-19. Verse 1, what are the sheeplike qualities in me, and the shepherding attributes of God, that make this a fitting prayer for my present situation?
Exodus 10:1-29. Pharaoh, ever weaker, tries to bargain with Moses. What disarming—but ultimately dishonest—compromises has the world suggested recently, aiming to lure me from Christ?
I Peter 1:13-25. Verse 23, what has been my experience with being born again? What opportunities and what obligations have I found to come with it?
John 21:15-25. Jesus presses on Peter with tough love. Thinking about the relationships that are the most important to me, where am I facing a test between love that merely talks, and love that acts?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.