God-added Value
The Lord remembers us and will bless us. ~ Psalm 115:12a (NLT)
Not what you do for God but what God does for you—that’s the agenda for rejoicing. ~ Luke 10:20b (MSG)
KEY IDEA:
Find your joy in the fact that God is the one who adds value to your life.
PRAYER:
God, there is no doubt in my mind that you have blessed me with way more than I deserve. Although, I'm prone to act as though I have to make it all happen. I know that doesn't make any sense but I still live that way too often. So, I ask that you would help my actions and attitudes to line up with what I believe. I'm going to rejoice in your generosity. 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)
