God acts
The 19th Sunday after Pentecost
They sinned against me, but I will wash away that sin. They did evil and turned away from me, but I will forgive them. ~ Jeremiah 33:8 (NCV)
(Our Savior Jesus Christ) gave his life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us his very own people, totally committed to doing good deeds. ~ Titus 2:14 (NLT)
Lord:
THANKS: It seems that even though we don't attend to you or your plans, you still act on our behalf. You have forgiven us, saved us, and enlisted us to serve as partners in your work. I'm grateful.
REGRETS: But I'm not always consistent in my gratitude. And I'm not totally committed to the mission of doing good deeds -- unless I somehow get something more out of the deal. I'm still pretty self-focused.
INTERCESSION: Please don't give up on me.
PURPOSE: I want to live as a forgiven person dedicated to doing your good.
Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2011 I started posting these Bible verses for my spiritual formation students at Pacific Islands University. In the process of responding to the verses, I found the rhythm of looking for a common thread and writing a prayer based on that key idea to be helpful for my own soul. The prayers are more or less modeled on the TRIP method, which is what I ask my students to do in their journaling. ~ Brad Boydston
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase -- a freestyle biblical adaptation -- somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
