Friday, December 4, 2015

Give thanks

"Now, Lord, I bring to you the best of the crops that you have given me." After you say these things, place the basket in front of the Lord’s altar and bow down to worship him. ~ Deuteronomy 26:10, 11 (CEV)

Give thanks in every situation because this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (CEB)
Lord, I confess that I tend to forget about you when things are going well. And I tend to get annoyed with you when things are not going well. But the reality is that you are a constant. Your love and care are with me regardless of the circumstances. So if things are going well, I will thank you for your love and care -- that which has brought me success. If things are not going well, I will thank you for your love and care -- that which has sustained me through the tough times. You deserve to be recognized in every situation. Amen.
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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)

EEB = EasyEnglish Bible (©2015, MissionAssist)

ERV = Easy-To-Read Version (©2006, World Bible Translation Center)

GNT = Good News Translation (©1992, American Bible Society)

MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)

NCB = New Catholic Bible (©2019 by Catholic Book Publishing Corp.)

NCV = New Century Version (©2005, Thomas Nelson Inc)

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)

NRSVUE = New Revised Standard Version (© 2021 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.)

NTE = New Testament for Everyone (©2011 Nicolas Thomas Wright.)

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