Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Shine!

You can hear the victory celebration in the homes of those who live right. The Lord has shown his great power again! The Lord’s arm is raised in victory. The Lord has shown his great power again. ~ Psalm 118:15-16 (ERV)

 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father’s Kingdom. Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand! ~ Matthew 13:43 (NLT)
Powerful Lord,

THANKS:  You have accomplished the greatest of victories on our behalf. You have defeated the devil and the army of death. Thank you!

 REGRETS: I'm sorry that I don't pay enough attention to your power and victory. I pretend that I'm some sort of super hero who can defeat evil with my own power. But that is a fantasy.

 INTERCESSION: I pray that I'd be among the righteous who shine like the sun -- casting light so that many will turn to you. Might they pay attention and understand what you're doing and why your victories are so important.

PURPOSE: I'm going to shine for you today.

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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