Bible Thursday 10/31:

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 118:1-29. Verse 24, by what attitudes and actions can I express my gladness that this is God’s day, made for me by him?

Isaiah 5:1-30. Verse 20, what are some ways in which the worldly mind has inverted the standard of good and evil in our times? What is my church doing about it?

James 4:1-10. Related, verse 3, when have my prayers been off target, desiring of God the wrong things for the wrong reasons, asking amiss? Action point for today?

Luke 20:9-19. What does Jesus command me to do today in caring for his Father’s vineyard? What’s the consequence of getting it wrong?

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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.