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 16:1-11. Verses 4 and 5, what false gods may try to allure me as I go through this day? How shall I go about resisting them in thought and deed, staying close to the true and living God?
Jeremiah 33:1-26. Jeremiah in prison is told of God’s redemptive plan for Israel. When has God shown up for me, shining in strength, during a dark discouraging time?
Romans 13:11-14. Verse 14, make no provision for the flesh. Am I sometimes tempted to split the difference with God, bargain with him for easier terms? Doesn’t Jesus know my weaknesses, after all?
Matthew 18:21-35. What situation in my life seems to demand forgiveness to the power of 70 times seven? By what actions have I placed myself in God’s debt to the power of 70 thousand?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.