Failures
...then let him do what he knows is best. ~ 2 Samuel 15:26b (CEV)
Peter replied (to Jesus), “you know I love you.”
“Then feed my lambs,” Jesus told him. ~ John 21:15b (NLT)
KEY IDEA:
Jesus continues to use people who have failed -- if they are willing to be of service.
PRAYER:
Lord Jesus, Peter was perhaps your biggest disappointment of all. Yet he was willing and you continued to give him a lot of responsibility. I, too, feel like a failure so much of the time. Even though I'm eager to serve you, nothing works out the way I think it should. It's such a let down and I know that I let you down, too. But I'm willing to go on serving you -- even though I'm a broken person. Restore my confidence so that I can serve you. Thank you for your grace. 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)
