Studying this morning's 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 49:1-20. Who is a present-day example of how the wrong people seem to get wealth, power, and prestige? What attitude does God want me to have toward them?
Hebrews 8:1-13. How am I benefitted today by God having made, in Christ, a new and better covenant with mankind? What do I specifically need, this day, from Jesus as the mediator of that covenant?
Matthew 9:27-34. Related, what will the mercy Jesus is ready to give me right now, in God’s name, look like when it pours into my life?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.