Words
Rain and snow fall from the sky.
But they don’t return
without watering the earth
that produces seeds to plant
and grain to eat. That’s how it is with my words.
They don’t return to me
without doing everything
I send them to do. ~ Isaiah 55:10-11 (CEV)
Jesus said: The seed scattered on good soil are those who hear the word and embrace it. They bear fruit... ~ Mark 4:20a
Dear Lord:
THANKS: I'm grateful that you communicate with us and expect us to respond. Thank you for trusting us with your words.
REGRETS: I've got too many of my own words that sometimes they get in the way of hearing your words.
INTERCESSION: Quiet my heart and my mouth so that I can hear your message and embrace it.
PURPOSE: More than anything, I desire that my life would be fruitful for you.
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)
