Glory
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord All-Powerful.
His glory fills the whole earth. ~ Isaiah 6:3b (NCV)
Yes, God made all things, and everything continues through him and for him. To him be the glory forever! Amen. ~ Romans 11:36 (NCV)
Holy Lord, All-Powerful, I want to join in the chorus of those singing your praise and giving you glory. You are unique and powerful -- and worthy of whatever honor we direct your way. Yet, even with your brilliant glory flooding my life with your light, I am easily distracted. Sometimes I get sucked into proclaiming my own glory. I'm pathetic in that way. But you let me remain in your praise choir anyway. And for that I'm grateful. As I sing of your glory I'm getting over my own need for glory. And that is a welcome relief. Amen.
Challenging Word
- pathetic -- -- troubling, something or someone to be pitied, poor, very bad, very weak
*ABOUT THE
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)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
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)
