Witnesses
Your own eyes witnessed each of these powerful acts the Lord performed. ~ Deuteronomy 11:7 (CEB)
We are telling you what we have seen and heard, so that you may share in this life with us. ~ 1 John 1:3a (CEV)
Lord Jesus, sometimes we say that "seeing is believing." Indeed, not only did your first followers see what you did, but I see, too. I see how you have changed my life. So I have two stories to share -- the story passed along to us by the first witnesses and my own story of your work in my life. I am easily distracted. So, please open my eyes to the people around me who need to hear from the witnesses. 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)
