Love, honor, hope, and no shame
You who honor the Lord, trust in the Lord! ~ Psalm 115:11a (CEB)
This hope doesn’t put us to shame, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. ~ Romans 5:5 (CEB)
Lord,
THANKS: Thank you for loving me. Your love is more powerful than all the shame in my life. You give me hope.
REGRETS: I struggle, though, with disappointment. I'm not important enough to enhance the reputation of my family. I have not made enough of my life to help them. That's a struggle. But it is an unfounded struggle.
INTERCESSION: Free me from looking for approval in all the wrong places. Through the touch of your Holy Spirit help me to see that I am genuinely loved and am important to you.
PURPOSE: I'm not going to worry about how much honor and recognition I receive in life. Instead I will put my energy into honoring you. You deserve all honor and glory and praise!
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)
