Monday, January 19, 2015

Healing word

As soon as the LORD spoke the world was created; at his command, the earth was formed. ~ Psalm 33:9 (CEV)

The centurion answered (Jesus), "…Just say the word and my servant will be healed." ~ Matthew 8:8b (CEB)

LORD, you are the being of ultimate authority. What you say happens just because you say it. I confess that I am too casual about your word. Sometimes I even listen to other voices instead of yours. Help me to respect what you say by trusting you so much that I act according to your word. That is my only hope, anyway. By your word you created the world and by your word you heal the world and everything in it. I'm going to be a part of your healing project by listening carefully to your word today. Amen.

Difficult Word
Ultimate -- the end, the greatest, beyond imagination, something or someone that cannot be improved upon
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The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2015 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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