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 3-5, what is the biggest thing God has ever forgiven me for? How can I pay it forward today? How can I properly thank him?
Ezekiel 18:1-32. God makes clear that responsibility and guilt are individual to each person, not hereditary or collective. How would our country be different if all the laws embodied this principle?
I Corinthians 14:1-12. Verse 8, how well are my church and other churches in my community doing in sounding the trumpet call for the battle Christians now face? My role?
John 5:16-23. Verse 23, do I know some people who sincerely call themselves Christians but are unable to honor the Son—Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior—as much as they honor the Father? What’s to be done?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.