Sunday, January 18, 2015

Weakness

Lord, have mercy on me. I’m so weak. Lord, heal me. My body is full of pain. My soul is very troubled. ~ Psalm 6:2a–3a (NIRV)

(Paul wrote: The Lord) said to me, “My grace is all you need. My power is strongest when you are weak.” ~ 2 Corinthians 12:9a

Lord, this is good news. I am full of weakness, pain, and trouble. I do things that are incredibly sinful and painful. Who could better display your grace and mercy than me? I'm not excited or happy about my sinfulness. But I am thrilled when I remember that your grace is all I need. You came into the world as Jesus to fight the power of sin. And you won! Your grace won! Help me to live moment-by-moment fully aware of your ongoing grace. Amen.

Difficult Words
Mercy -- when you do not receive something that you deserve -- such as punishment.
Grace -- when you receive something that you do not deserve -- such as forgiveness.
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DAILY TEXTS

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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