Sunday, April 17, 2016

Kingdom

The God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed or conquered. ~ Daniel 2:44 (NLT)

John, the Visionary, writes: Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, proclaiming, “Our God has shown his saving power, and his kingdom has come! God’s own Chosen One has shown his authority. ~ Revelation 12:10a (CEV)
Lord Jesus, you are the king over all kings. Your unconventional kingdom has come and is coming some more. I want to be a part of your kingdom but I have a memory problem. Because your kingdom is so different from all other kingdoms, sometimes I forget that you are the Chosen King. I get caught up in all the activity of the kingdom of the world. That busyness is a major distraction. Forgive me and help me to focus on serving you alone. That's my goal. Regardless of whatever else I have to do in the world, I want to be serving you and your kingdom, here and now -- as well as, there and later. Amen.
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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)

EEB = EasyEnglish Bible (©2015, MissionAssist)

ERV = Easy-To-Read Version (©2006, World Bible Translation Center)

GNT = Good News Translation (©1992, American Bible Society)

MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)

NCB = New Catholic Bible (©2019 by Catholic Book Publishing Corp.)

NCV = New Century Version (©2005, Thomas Nelson Inc)

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)

NRSV = New Revised Standard Version (© 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.)

NTE = New Testament for Everyone (©2011 Nicolas Thomas Wright.)

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