One shepherd, one flock
Come save us and bless us. Be our shepherd and always carry us in your arms. ~ Psalm 28:9 (CEV)
I have other sheep that are not in this sheep pen. I must bring them together too, when they hear my voice. Then there will be one flock of sheep and one shepherd. ~ John 10:16 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
Jesus is the shepherd and we're in his flock.
PRAYER:
Good Shepherd, thank you for leading and protecting us. I confess, though, that I'm not eager to welcome new sheep into the flock. I say that I welcome other sheep but in reality, I make it hard for them to feel fully comfortable. Guide me toward embracing a new attitude so that there is truly one flock lead by one shepherd. 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)
