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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Expert restoration

Bring us back to you, and we will come back. You are the Lord our God. ~ Jeremiah 31:18b (NIRV)

(The other criminal who was hanged there, said,) “Jesus, remember me when you begin ruling as king!” ~ Luke 23:42 (ERV)

Jesus, if we've learned anything through all the difficulties of life it is this -- we can't fix things on our own. We cannot repair the damage we have done. We need you. You are the expert at restoring lives. Please remember me and my situation. Please pull me closer to you. I need to be near you -- even when I'm tugging the other direction. Erase the rebellion, the doubt, the shame, the guilt, and the pain so that people will clearly hear me when I acknowledge you as the king. Amen.

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TRANSLATIONS

ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own 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)

EXB = The Expanded Bible (©2011, Thomas Nelson Publishing)

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)

NRSVue = New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (© 2021 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.)

REB = Revised English Bible (© 1989 Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press)

TCEB = The Casual English Bible (© Stephen M. Miller)

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