Everyone
The Lord says:
You are my people and nation!
So pay attention to me.
My teaching will cause justice
to shine like a light
for every nation. ~ Isaiah 51:4 (CEV)
God our Savior... wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth. ~ 1 Timothy 2:3b-4 (NLT)
Lord, you want everyone -- people from every island and every nation -- to know you and your truth. Thank you for being so eager to share with everyone. I confess that I'm not as eager as you are. There are some people whom I'd prefer that you'd forget about. But that's my problem. And I'm hoping that you'll forgive me and work with me so that my vision for the world starts to line up with your vision for the world. Teach me. I want to be a part of your salvation and justice plan. 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 -- 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)
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)
