Turn!
So return to your God.
Patiently trust him,
and show love and justice. ~ Hosea 12:6 (CEV)
You must stop doing anything immoral or evil. Instead be humble and accept the message that is planted in you to save you. ~ James 1:21 (CEV)
KEY THOUGHT:
Turn away from everything that is wrong and turn toward God -- embracing his message of love and justice.
PRAYER:
Lord Jesus, you have planted your message in my life. For that, I'm eternally grateful. I have not turned away from all that is wrong as thoroughly or as quickly as I should. Help me to accelerate the pace of repentance so that I can be fully aligned with the message that you've implanted in me. 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)
