Advocate
Please, Lord,
don’t punish me when you are angry;
don’t discipline me when you are furious. ~ Psalm 6:1 (CEB)
Who is going to convict them? It is Christ Jesus who died, even more, who was raised, and who also is at God’s right side. It is Christ Jesus who also pleads our case for us. ~ Romans 8:34 (CEB)
Lord Jesus,
THANKS: You are the best advocate that anyone could ever hope for. When we mess up you plead our case. And you never lose a case.
REGRETS: But I over work you. And I wish that I lived more consistently with the forgiveness that you have established.
INTERCESSION: Renew my energy for serving Jesus.
PURPOSE: You are the only one who is worthy of my undivided service.
Amen.
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)
