At peace
I sleep and wake up refreshed
because you, Lord,
protect me. ~ Psalm 3:5 (CEV)
Peace be with all of you who are in Christ. ~ 1 Peter 5:14 (NLT)
KEY IDEA:
There is a sense in which we live at peace because of the Lord's care.
PRAYER:
Caring God, thank you for watching over me -- even during the darkest hours of the day. I take so much of what you do for granted. And that casual attitude can eat into my sense of peace. Keep reminding me that you are right here with me. I know that I can get through anything because I'm connected to Christ Jesus. He is my protector -- my peacemaker. 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)
NRSV = New Revised Standard Version (© 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.) NTE = New Testament for Everyone (©2011 Nicolas Thomas Wright.)