Trouble
St Patrick's Day
Don’t be far away from me.
Trouble is near,
and there is no one to help me. ~ Psalm 22:11 (NIRV)
Christ says: Don’t be troubled. Trust in God. Trust also in me. ~ John 14:1 (CEB)
Lord,
THANKS: Thank you for staying close by. You never abandon me. Others cause me trouble and desert me, but you are faithful.
REGRETS: Sometimes, when there is a lot of trouble in my life, I forget about you. I try to solve my problems on my own. I usually end up panicking and making more trouble.
INTERCESSION: Please keep reminding me that you are close by and that trouble has no lasting power over me.
PURPOSE: I'm going to read these verses several times today -- to remind myself -- and to listen for your message to me.
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)
