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 130:1-8. Verses 3 and 4, with all the grievous sins God has forgiven me for, does he want me to forget those in my daily Christian walk, or to remember them?
Jeremiah 21:1-14. Jeremiah warns the king God won’t help him fight off the Chaldeans. Do I sometimes follow Jesus as a means to an end, not an end in itself? Do I “use” Jesus?
Romans 8:12-25. Verse 24, related, saved by hope. Is my hope headlong and unreserved as Jesus wants it to be, or hesitant and hedged?
Matthew 15:32-39. Jesus’ disciples seem to forget how he multiplied the loaves and fishes just one chapter ago. Amidst current troubles, have I been forgetting clear proofs of his love and power in times past?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.