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. Verse 11, what is my specific assignment today in the great company of those who publish (proclaim, declare, testify) the word of God?
Leviticus 8:1-36. Is the consecration of persons as ministers of God taken as seriously in my church as the Bible takes it? Why does it matter?
Ruth 3:1-18. What spiritual qualities did God endow upon each actor in this story—Naomi, Ruth, Boaz—in order for his purposes to be fulfilled through them? Which of those qualities do I most need today?
John 16:25-33. Verse 30 KJV, now we are sure. When have adversity and struggle shown that i was not so sure of Jesus as I claimed to be? How sure am I today, come what may?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.