Grace and Hope
I’ll make a covenant with them that will last forever, a covenant to stick with them no matter what, and work for their good. ~ Jeremiah 32:40a (MSG)
Jesus treated us much better
than we deserve.
He made us acceptable to God
and gave us the hope
of eternal life. ~ Titus 3:7 (CEV)
Generous and kind Lord:
THANKS: Because of your kindness I am way better off than I deserve to be. Thank you for sticking with me -- even when I'm drifting from you.
REGRETS: I take your grace for granted. That might be good. But I sense that at times I'm too casual about your generosity.
INTERCESSION: I know that you will continue to work on behalf of all those whom you call to be your people.
Fill me with hope so that I am not afraid to take the kind of risks that lead to growth in practical righteousness.
PURPOSE: I'm going to let the hope that grows from your grace chart the path I'm walking today.
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)
