Everyone
Many nations will be joined to the Lord on that day.
They will become my people... ~ Zechariah 2:11 (CEB)
There is only one Lord, and he is generous to everyone who asks for his help. ~ Romans 10:12 (CEV)
Lord, you generously welcome people from all nations, clans, and tribes. You embrace all who turn to you. I confess, though, that I'm partial to the people who are like me. I'm inclined to think that they should be first in your eyes. But that is not the way you see it. So I need to change and show more interest in people who are different from me -- who have cultures unlike mine. Even though Christ is living in me, I know that I can never be as generous as you -- but I am trusting you to transform me into a person who sees the world through your eyes. I need you to help me do that. 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)
