Healing
I have seen their ways, but I will heal them.
I will guide them,
and reward them with comfort. ~ Isaiah 57:18a (CEB)
The apostles left and started telling everyone to turn to God. They forced out many demons and healed a lot of sick people by putting olive oil on them. ~ Mark 6:12-13 (CEV)
Thank you, Lord, for healing us. We are sin-sick. We are emotionally sick. We are physically sick. There is a lot of sickness. Yet, you don't quit on us. You stick with us and comfort us through the healing process. You have more patience with the sickness than I have. I give up too easily and give in at weak moments -- wondering why I even bother. Help me with my attitude. Comfort, guide, and renew me so that I can trust you through the healing process. I'm trusting you for complete healing. 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 — 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)
