Peace keeping
Jonathan went to find David and encouraged him to stay strong in his faith in God. ~ 1 Samuel 23:16 (NLT)
Make an effort to preserve the unity of the Spirit with the peace that ties you together. ~ Ephesians 4:3 (CEB)
KEY IDEA:
Use encouraging words to keep the peace.
PRAYER:
Jesus, you are the Prince of Peace. Jonathan did it right but you are the master of peace who is redefining what peacemaking looks like. I'm stuck in the whole might is right mode. Help me to transition into becoming a person of encouraging words rather than a person of force. I want to keep the peace using the Jesus method. 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)
