Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Truth!

Isaiah said: Then I cried out, “I’m doomed! Everything I say is sinful, and so are the words of everyone around me...” ~ Isaiah 6:5a (CEV)

We are part of the same body. Stop lying and start telling each other the truth. ~ Ephesians 4:25a (CEV)

KEY IDEA:
Tell the truth.
PRAYER:
Lord, we live in a world where it is really difficult to seperate the truth from lies. Our leaders lie to us without shame. Our neighbors stretch the truth to convince us that they are more important than they are. At least, Lord, you tell the truth -- always. Save me from being influnced by those who are casual about truth. I admit that sometimes words just slip out of my mouth before I realize that they are not completely true or accurate. I want to become a fanatic about truth telling. Amen.

DAILYTEXTS.ORG

*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)

EEB = EasyEnglish Bible (©2015, MissionAssist)

ERV = Easy-To-Read Version (©2006, World Bible Translation Center)

GNT = Good News Translation (©1992, American Bible Society)

MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)

NCB = New Catholic Bible (©2019 by Catholic Book Publishing Corp.)

NCV = New Century Version (©2005, Thomas Nelson Inc)

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.)

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