The Lord is there
You are the one who saves me.
Please hurry and help. ~ Psalm 38:22 (CEV)
(Paul wrote:) But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength. ~ 2 Timothy 4:17a (CEB)
Lord, I'm facing some big challenges in my life right now. I'm sorry that I let those challenges discourage me sometimes. But I do get a lot of strength from knowing that you are on my side. It's all going to workout so that your agenda for the world is completed -- and at the same time I'm going to enjoy your salvation. Those challenges don't feel as big anymore. 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)
