His presence
Now I am deeply discouraged,
but I will remember you... ~ Psalm 42:6 (NLT)
Jesus says: No, I will not abandon you as orphans—I will come to you. ~ John 14:18 (NLT)
KEY IDEA:
Turn to the Lord Jesus when you are discouraged because he will be with you.
PRAYER:
Lord, thank you for responding to me in my time of need. I only wish that I would turn to you BEFORE I get discouraged. Maybe that would help prevent some of the discouragement. But I am so easily distracted. Stick with me in spite of my weaknesses. I want to be with you. 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)
