God's generosity
THE 7th SUNDAY IN THE SEASON OF EASTER
May the Lord catch your eye with his all-consuming smile so that you can start to see his unrelenting mercy and generosity. ~ Numbers 6:25 (ABP)
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. ~ 2 Corinthians 13:13 (CEB)
KEY IDEA:
Christ's non-stop grace will empower us to live out the love of God in partnership with the Holy Spirit.
PRAYER:
Thank you God for the blessings which continue to come my way and encourage me daily. I am not yet tuned in enough to you and your ways to fully realize how generous you are. So I end up doing silly things to gain recognition and sense of purpose -- even though you have already given me everything I need. Renew my mind and continue to show me you smiling face so that I start to more perfectly reflect your love and grace to all around me. 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)
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.)