The temptation
Ezekiel, your people accuse me of being unfair. But they are the ones who are unfair. ~ Ezekiel 33:17 (CEV)
Keep us from being tempted. ~ Matthew 6:13 (CEV)
Lord, we fail to recognize how much you do for us. In our self-centered world we assume that when things are not going our way, that you are being unfair. I admit that even I get annoyed with you sometimes. Save me from that temptation and that shallow way of thinking. Increase my faith so that when trials or temptations do come my way, that I'm willing to accept that you are still busy doing the right thing for me -- and everyone else. 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)
