Commandments
You must follow the Lord your God alone! Revere him! Follow his commandments! Obey his voice! Worship him! Cling to him—no other! ~ Deuteronomy 13:4 (CEB)
You are my friends if you do what I command you. ~ John 15:14 (CEB)
God, I want to be your friend. I want to do what you comand. I want to worship you and pay close attention to you. But I'm a failure at all those things. Thank you for continuing to invite us to you in spite of our failure. Heal me so that I can follow you without distraction and obey you without hesitation. I am turning to you -- and you alone. 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)
