Rescue
But the Lord God keeps me
from being disgraced. ~ Isaiah 50:7a (CEV)
He will rescue us again. We have placed our confidence in him, and he will continue to rescue us. And you are helping us by praying for us. ~ 2 Corinthians 1:10b-11a (NLT)
Lord,
THANKS: Thank you for caring enough about me to rescue me from danger and disgrace.
REGRETS: Sometimes, though, I try to rescue myself. I pretend that I have that kind of power and am smart enough to actual take on all the threats.
INTERCESSION: Rescue me from myself and my overconfidence. Send more people who will pray for me and my situation -- my needs. Recharge my hope and confidence in you.
PURPOSE: My hope is in Christ Jesus alone.
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)
