Provider
He can win a battle whether he has many warriors or only a few! ~ 1 Samuel 14:6 (NLT)
Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. ~ Matthew 6:33 (NLT)
Almighty God, when you favor something, nothing else is needed -- no extra soldiers, no extra resources, no more money, no ability to give persuasive speeches. You provide what is important for the moment. I confess that sometimes I act as though things are desperate and I need to come up with a solution of my own. That's not right. I need to trust you and your army. Maybe I don't need to know how you are going to accomplish your goals. All I need to do is trust Jesus and let his life in me change how I live. That's the plan. Amen.
*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)
