Thursday, December 17, 2015

Hearing God's voice

Now if you really obey the Lord your God’s voice, then the Lord your God will set you high above all nations on earth. ~ Deuteronomy 28:1a,6 (CEB)

Abraham was certain that God could do what he had promised. ~ Romans 4:21 (CEV)
Lord, I am not in the least bit worried about your ability to keep your promises. Nor am I concerned about your faithfulness. You are totally faithful and all powerful. But I do worry over whether I am properly discerning what you are saying to me. I don't always hear so well. And when I do recognize your voice, my mind tends to twist things so that I'm mostly hearing what I want to hear. I need more practice in discernment. So, as I am still maturing, help me to relax in your grace. The point is that you've got things covered -- even when I get it all wrong. Thank you. Amen.
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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 -- a 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)

NRSV = New Revised Standard Version (© 1989 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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