Thursday, May 14, 2015

Heart-healthy

(The Lord said,) I wish their hearts would always respect me and that they would always obey my commands so that things would go well for them and their children forever! ~ Deuteronomy 5:29 (NCV)

Your hearts should be strengthened by God’s grace... ~ Hebrews 13:9 (NCV)
Gracious God, you are concerned about the well-being of our hearts. You want us to develop strong hearts. That is why you have given us your directions for life and filled us with your grace so that we can follow them. You have given us everything that we need. I confess, though, that sometimes I am so distracted by things I want, that I neglect what you have already given to me. Don't give up on me, please. Keep nudging me forward so that I can live a heart-healthy life. Amen.
Challenging Words
  • hearts -- In the Bible the heart is the internal organ which represents and controls the human will. It is the center of the soul, controlling the mind, affections, and body.
  • well-being -- good health
  • nudging -- gently pushing
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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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