Guidance
The 4th Sunday after Pentecost
You are my God. Show me
what you want me to do,
and let your gentle Spirit
lead me in the right path. ~ Psalm 143:10 (CEV)
You have accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord. Now keep on following him. Plant your roots in Christ and let him be the foundation for your life. Be strong in your faith, just as you were taught. And be grateful. ~ Colossians 2:6-7 (CEV)
Lord:
THANKS: Thank you for leading us. I'm still impressed by the fact that you care. You could have just left us on our own to figure things out.
REGRETS: Of course, there are times when I try to figure things out on my own and I at least partially ignore your guidance. That's sad.
INTERCESSION: Heighten my awareness of what your Holy Spirit is doing in and around me.
PURPOSE: I want to be more sensitive so that my roots sink deeper into Christ Jesus himself and I begin to draw his life into mine.
Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own 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)
