Trustworthy
You walk in the dark
instead of the light;
you don’t trust the name
of the Lord your God. ~ Isaiah 50:10 (CEV)
Right away Jesus called out to them, “Be brave! It is I. Don’t be afraid. ~ Matthew 14:27 (NIRV)
Lord Jesus, light of life, you are completely trustworthy. There are times when I don't trust you. But that is my problem -- not yours. I should trust you and I know it. My intention is to trust you from this point forward. Pour your Holy Spirit out on me so that I can be brave and trust you to overcome both my big and small fears. I'm not afraid because I am walking in your light. 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)
