The Spirit
PENTECOST SUNDAY
Listen! The Lord’s arm is not too weak to save you,
nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call.
It’s your sins that have cut you off from God. ~ Isaiah 59:1-2a (NLT)
Jesus says: ...I will send the Spirit to you. The Spirit will come and show the people of this world the truth about sin and God’s justice and the judgment. ~ John 16:7b-8 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
God will make things right.
PRAYER:
Thank you, God, for sending your Holy Spirit to infiltrate your church. We desperately need him. I am way too comfortable with the way things are. I get caught up in the business as usual attitude. Help me to break free and recognize what the Spirit is saying. I want to be a part of Jesus' justice movement. 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)
