Turn to God
It is better to go to the Lord for safety
than to trust in mere human beings. ~ Psalm 118:8 (NIRV)
So let us boldly approach God’s throne of grace. Then we will receive mercy. We will find grace to help us when we need it. ~ Hebrews 4:16 (NIRV)
Gracious God, I'm so thankful that you are my safe place. I don't always turn to you right away (and that is a mistake) but eventually I figure out where I need to go. You are so welcoming. You are so worthy of my trust. Please continue to have mercy on me and keep me safe. There is a lot going on right now that feels dangerous. But I'm not going to worry. 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)
