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 94:1-23. What secret thoughts or actions have I been assuming God won’t hear or see, or that he will overlook or excuse? What’s to be done?
I Chronicles 13:1-14. Uzza’s fatal presumption with the ark of the covenant. If I forget for a moment that God makes the rules for me, not I for Him, what’s the danger? Prayer point today?
Ephesians 1:1-14. Verse 7, how does the blood that Jesus shed on the cross make everything different for me today?
Luke 12:35-48. If Jesus returns today, what do I want him to find me doing?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.