All powerful
The 10th Sunday after Pentecost
The Lord overrules what the nations plan;
he frustrates what the peoples intend to do. ~ Psalm 33:10 (CEB)
When Christ was raised from the dead and was seated in the position of authority next to God the Father -- that was God’s power was at work. And there he sits high above all authorities and rulers -- even over angels. All powers -- whether present or future -- are subservient to Christ and his divine power. ~ Ephesians 1:20-21 (ABP)
All powerful God,
THANKS: You alone are worthy of all praise and recognition. All power-brokers within the creation are under your authority and will have to answer to Christ. That makes me feel better about the world.
REGRETS: But I still get annoyed when bad guys get away with things. I let their continued existence get to me when I should be trusting you to take care of it all.
INTERCESSION: But when I stop long enough to think about it, I know that you will. You will take care of it all. Reshape my mind and heart so that they line up with the reality of the resurrection.
PURPOSE: I'm going to live as a resurrection realist!
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)
