A Christ-honoring life
The First Sunday in Advent
Lord, ruler over all, every single person should respect and honor you. You alone deserve such recognition. ~ Jeremiah 10:7 (ABP)
Might God, who is the source of peace, bring you to maturity so that you are doing the things which please him. I pray that Jesus Christ would bring this about in your life. ~ Hebrews 13:20a,21a (ABP)
KEY THOUGHT:
We aim to do everything that pleases God -- and through Christ that can happen.
PRAYER:
Lord, ruler over all, I acknowledge that you are worthy of obedience -- even though I fail to live up to what I know is true. Continue to unpack the life of Christ into me so that I am living a Christ-honoring life. 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)
