Thursday, February 12, 2015

The Lord rules!

Let heaven celebrate!
Let the earth rejoice!
Let the nations say, “The Lord rules!”
~ 1 Chronicles 16:31 (CEB)

For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. ~ Matthew 6:13 (NLT)

You, Lord, are the ruler over the heavens and the earth -- as well as everything and everyone in between. My purpose, then, is to give you the honor and respect to which you are entitled. I admit, though, that this is hard to do when I think so much about the honor and respect that is due to me. When I think a lot about what is rightfully mine, that takes up all my energy. This is true even when it is RIGHTFULLY mine. Please save me from thinking so much about myself and my situation. I need to be free to celebrate and rejoice in your kingdom and rule. Amen.
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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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