The message
I will make the message
of my prophets come true. ~ Isaiah 44:26a (CEV)
And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth. ~ Acts 17:11 (NLT)
Thank you, Lord, for speaking. Thank you that you are not always silent. I need to hear from you. I need your message to keep me on course. It's funny, even though I say that I want to hear from you, sometimes I tune-out what you are saying so that I can live the way that I want to live. But you kindly persistent in sending the message. Help me to attend more to the Bible so that I can more accurately decode your message about Jesus, who is the truth. 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)
