Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Testing...

My God! My God, why have you left me all alone?.. I cry out... but you don’t answer... ~ Psalm 22:1a, 2a (CEB)

 Since Christ himself has gone through suffering and testing, he is able to help us when we are being tested. ~ Hebrews 2:18 (NLT)

KEY IDEA:
Tough times happen but since Christ has gone through such himself, he can help us.
PRAYER:
Lord, I appreciate what you have gone through on our behalf. Well, I at least have some appreciation. I don't think that I can fully appreciate all that you have done and are doing for us. Sometimes, during the day as I'm getting annoyed with how hard things are, I even forget that you have suffered. I'm so caught up with myself and my situation that I don't leave room to see my salvation. But then you always manage in some way to break back into my life again. Please keep doing what you're doing. Eventually, I will start to get it -- that you are continually there to help -- even if I'm unaware of what you are up to. Amen.
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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)

EEB = EasyEnglish Bible (©2015, MissionAssist)

ERV = Easy-To-Read Version (©2006, World Bible Translation Center)

GNT = Good News Translation (©1992, American Bible Society)

MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)

NCB = New Catholic Bible (©2019 by Catholic Book Publishing Corp.)

NCV = New Century Version (©2005, Thomas Nelson Inc)

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.)

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