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 145:1-21. Does my daily communion with God abound with thanking and praising him, like this psalm, or is it mostly taken up with telling him my needs and concerns?
Numbers 12:1-16. Verse 3, Moses the meekest of all men. What opportunities can I find today to excel in meekness? Why should I?
Acts 9:1-19. Who may need me right now to do for them as Ananias did for Saul, witnessing of Jesus and salvation? First step?
Matthew 16:13-19. How are the forces of hell coming against my church at present? How effectively are we responding? My role?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.