Looking
Let your eyes look toward this temple night and day. You said, ‘I will put my Name there.’ So please listen to the prayer I’m praying toward this place. ~ 1 Kings 8:29 (NIRV)
But Christ is faithful as a Son over God’s house. And we are God’s house if we confidently maintain our hope. ~ Hebrews 3:6 (NCV)
Lord Jesus Christ, you're building the house of God. Thank you for including us in the construction. Thank you for building in our village. Forgive me for thinking that it's all about me and my desire to build something important. Help me to build my hope only in you. For I am a board in your great house. That's who I am. Amen.
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)
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)
