Savior
"I became very angry
and hid from you for a time,
but I will show you mercy with kindness forever,"says the Lord who saves you. ~ Isaiah 54:8 (NCV)
You are saved by God’s grace because of your faith. This salvation is God’s gift... ~ Ephesians 2:8 (CEB)
Gracious God, you are not only our Savior, but you are my Savior. There is no end to your mercy and grace. I am experiencing it right now. The very fact that we're talking is because you have welcomed me in spite of my sins and shortcomings. I'm so grateful for your gifts. They really pump up my faith. 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)
