Every morning
Fill us full every morning with your faithful love
so we can rejoice and celebrate our whole life long. ~ Psalm 90:14 (CEB)
All the people rose early in the morning to hear him in the temple area. ~ Luke 21:38 (CEB)
Loving God,
THANKS: I'm grateful for your faithful love -- something worth waking up to every single morning. It's wonderful to be loved.
REGRETS: I apologize, because in spite of my initial enthusiasm, I get distracted by the things I have to do during the day. I don't give you the attention you deserve. It doesn't make sense to me that I'm this way. And I don't want to be this way.
INTERCESSION: Please help me to keep my focus on you, your love, and your message throughout the day.
PURPOSE: I look forward to learning something new from you -- not just this morning -- not just throughout the day -- but also throughout my whole life. Because of your love I'm on the right track.
Amen.
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)
