Powerful Jesus
The Spirit of the Lord will be with him to give him understanding, wisdom, and insight. He will be powerful, and he will know and honor the Lord. ~ Isaiah 11:2 (CEV)
Everyone was trying to touch Jesus, because power was going out from him and healing them all. ~ Luke 6:19 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
As God's chosen person his power flows through Jesus.
PRAYER:
Powerful God, thank you for Jesus. Your power rests in him because he is you. No one can match him. Yet, we, including me, are slow to tap into his power. Why do I dilly dally about and never get around to touching him. Is it because I'm afraid of his power? Or is it because I don't really want to be healed? Pull me closer so that I experience your power in a fresh and healing way. 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)
