Belong to Christ
Argue my case and redeem me.
Make me live again by your word. ~ Psalm 119:154 (CEB)
Follow what you heard from me as the pattern of true teaching. Follow it with faith and love because you belong to Christ Jesus. ~ 2 Timothy 1:12 (NIRV)
True and faithful Lord, you kindly give us your directions for life. But even though I belong to Christ Jesus I don't always follow our instructions. That's not right. That needs to change. And I am counting on you to change me so that I am living according to your word. I consider it a privilege to belong to Christ. Please fill my life with his faith and love. 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 — 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)
