Friday, May 6, 2016

Lord, Lord

You will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those serving God and those not serving him. ~ Malachi 3:18 (CEB)

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven. Only those who do what my Father in heaven wants will enter. ~ Matthew 7:21 (NIRV)
Lord, Lord,

 THANKS: Thank you for being a straight shooter. You tell it the way it is without waffling. And you don't put up with wickedness and phoniness.

 REGRETS: I'm not as straight of a shooter as you. I put up with phoniness and unrighteousness -- even in myself. I'm indifferent to the needs of many of the poor. I want that to change so that I become a part of your kingdom.

INTERCESSION: Help me to be honest with myself and you. Honesty is not always easy. It is going to require a lot of help.

PURPOSE: I'm going to be included among the obedient and honest citizens of your kingdom. With Jesus, I'm going to be concerned for the people who live on the margins.

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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