Thursday, March 12, 2015

With us

(Moses said,) Lord, if you are pleased with me, please go with us. ~ Exodus 34:9 (ERV)

(Jesus says,) Where two or three people gather in my name, I am there with them. ~ Matthew 18:20 (NIRV)

Lord, the thing we most want in life is to be with you. Sometimes our friends and family members can be annoying. Sometimes they are not very reliable. You, Lord, in contrast, are a faithful and interesting friend. I am never bored when you are with us. And it does appear that your presence is a group activity. I most know that you are with me when I am with your followers. Even though sometimes I don't value being together with other Christians, I know that it is important. For when I'm with them -- as flawed as they are -- you are present with us. And the thing I most want in life is to be with you. So I am going to put new energy into making time to gather with other believers. 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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