Saturday, April 16, 2016

Protector

The 4th Sunday in the Easter Season

In the morning I will sing about your love. You are like a fort to me. You keep me safe in times of trouble. ~ Psalm 59:16b (NIRV)

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort. ~ 2 Corinthians 1:3 (NLT)
Merciful Father, you are the source of all comfort.

THANKS: Thank you for taking care of me -- protecting me and when necessary, comforting me.

REGRETS: But sometimes when I am hurting, tired, or afraid, I forget about your fort. And I go to unhealthy places for "protection" and "comfort." I know that I need to allow myself to be in your fort all the time -- even when I'm not sensing any danger.

INTERCESSION: I need to learn how to depend on you when there is trouble. Gently teach me dependence.

PURPOSE: I'm going to be your dependent and praise you without stopping.

Amen.
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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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