God includes
THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT
... Restore your Temple, which has been destroyed; restore it so that everyone will know that you are God. ~ Daniel 9:17b (GNT)
My little group of disciples, don’t be afraid! Your Father wants to give you the kingdom. ~ Luke 12:32 (GNT)
KEY IDEA:
God wants to use us to bring honor to him.
PRAYER:
Lord, thank you for including us in your work. We don't deserve to be involved. We are broken and sinful people. Heal us so that we can serve you well, and so that all who see how you have healed us of our spiritual sicknesses will turn to you. They will honor you by trusting you as you restore all things. I'm excited to be a part of Jesus' kingdom. 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)
