Integrity
Don’t plot with evil people to act as a lying witness. ~ Exodus 23:1 (CEB)
So stop telling lies. Let us tell our neighbors the truth... ~ Ephesians 4:25 (NLT)
Lord,
THANKS: Thank you for valuing integrity.
REGRETS: But it is so easy to tell people what they want to hear -- what won't hurt their feelings or shame them. And while my intentions are good they are not consistent with your way of doing things.
INTERCESSION: Please give me courage to speak the truth and the ability to do it in a wise and caring way.
PURPOSE: I want to be known for the kind of integrity that belongs to you and your people.
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)
