All their hearts
Joyful are those who obey his laws
and search for him with all their hearts. ~ Psalm 119:2 (NLT)
God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they will be satisfied. ~ Matthew 5:6 (NLT)
God, you bless those who become passionate about obeying you -- those who desire the kind of justice that you desire. Ironically, I am among the blessed. But I don't feel like I have been as passionate about you and your agenda as I should be. You are merciful, and that mercy fuels the fire inside me for you. I love you and with all my heart I want to be your person -- every hour and every minute. 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)
