Remember
Remember his miracles
and all his wonders
and his fair decisions. ~ Psalm 105:5 (CEV)
Think how much the Father loves us. He loves us so much that he lets us be called his children, as we truly are. ~ 1 John 3:1a (CEV)
Heavenly Father, thank you for all that you have done for us -- the incredible acts that we experience as miracles -- your justice - your fatherly love that makes us your children. I regret that I take so much of that for granted. I don't think about your many gifts -- even though I think often of new things I'd like you to do for me. So, today the only thing I'm going to ask of you is that you remind me often of your love. I'm going to live as your well loved child. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2011 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)
