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 11:1-7. Verse 3, what are the foundations of our way of life that God wants his people to preserve, protect, and rebuild? What is my church doing about it? My role?
Genesis 4:1-26. Verse 9, how is the idea of being my brother’s keeper rightly applied and wrongly applied in everyday matters of morality and ethics? Have I ever gotten it seriously wrong?
I John 3:10-15. The slippery slope from selfishness to hate to murder. When have I found myself at least on its top step during the past year?
Luke 3:1-6. God’s road-building project in my daily life. What immediate tasks, not external but internal to my own heart and habits, is he setting before me in January 2025?
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To go deeper, see interpretive notes by Bible scholar Patrick Reardon for many of this week's readings.