Praying
Amos said: “Lord God, forgive us. How could Israel live through this? It is too small already!” So the Lord changed his mind about this. “It will not happen,” said the Lord. ~ Amos 7:2b-3 (NCV)
At all times, pray by the power of the Spirit. Pray all kinds of prayers. Be watchful, so that you can pray. Always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. ~ Ephesians 6:18 (NIRV)
Lord, thank you for being willing to change your mind in response to our repentance and prayer. I am way too casual about prayer. I don't take it seriously enough. Perhaps that's because I don't see so many answers and I give up too quickly. Grant me stamina in prayer. Help me to breathe prayers out with every breath I exhale. I want to become a living prayer machine. 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)
