Faithfulness
They turn their backs on me,
but in times of trouble they cry out to me,
‘Come and save us!’ ~ Jeremiah 2:27 (NLT)
So remain faithful to my love for you. ~ John 15:9 (CEV)
Lord, you are totally faithful to your word, yourself, and your people. There is no wavering in you. I, however, am a different story. Sometimes I'm on fire for you and at other times I'm on fire for the latest fad to catch my attention. I am a fickle Christian. Please fill me with your Holy Spirit so that I can remain faithful to your incredible love. There is no way that I can do this on my own. Fortunately, I know that I can count on you. And that is what I am doing. Amen.
Challenging Words
- wavering -- shaky, unsteady, not reliable
- fickle -- frequently changing -- especially loyalties, affections, or love interests, unstable, not to be counted on
*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)
