Sunday, August 5, 2018

Compassion

Those who pay close attention to the poor are truly happy! The Lord rescues them during troubling times. ~ Psalm 41:1 (CEB)

Stoop down and reach out to those who are oppressed. Share their burdens, and so complete Christ’s law. ~ Galatians 6:2 (MSG)

KEY IDEA:
Those who act with compassion are in tune with Christ. Those who do not notice the poor are out of tune with Christ.
PRAYER:
Lord, I am so grateful for the way that you have rescued me -- even though I didn't deserve to be rescued. But you are merciful and compassionate. I'm so busy living my life -- the way I want to live it -- that I really don't do a very good job of noticing those who have been nudged to the margins -- those who have been hurt -- those who are poor. Stir again in me the compassion that comes from Christ. If there are things which are blocking me from noticing those in need help me to eliminate the blockages. I'm going to honor Christ -- and live a truly happy life -- by living out his compassion every day. Amen.
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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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