Friday, August 10, 2018

All people

I will praise you, Lord, for everyone to hear, and I will sing hymns to you in every nation. ~ Psalm 57:9 (CEV)

 On the day of Pentecost people from many nations were gathered in Jerusalem. And as the Holy Spirit let himself loose the Apostles started to declare what God was doing. The people responded, saying, "We're hearing in our own languages about the wonderful and powerful things God is doing!" ~ Acts 2:11 (ABP)

 KEY IDEA:
The good news of Jesus is meant for all people everywhere -- regardless of where they live or where they are from.
PRAYER:
Lord, I want everyone, everywhere to hear the good news of Jesus. I confess, though, that my vision is way too limited. I'm too willing to settle for having my own personal experience of Jesus. Help me to see that if that experience doesn't include transmitting your message to the whole world than it is not really a genuine Jesus experience. Lord, I want to be a part of what you are doing for all people everywhere. Amen.
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*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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