Peacemaking
His rule is eternal—it will never end. His kingdom will never be destroyed. ~ Daniel 7:14b (NLT)
God was pleased for all of himself to live in Christ. And through Christ, God has brought all things back to himself again—things on earth and things in heaven. God made peace through the blood of Christ’s death on the cross. ~ Colossians 1:19-20 (NCV)
Eternal God,
THANKS: I really appreciate your peacemaking. And I'm looking forward to an eternal kingdom of peace.
REGRETS: I get caught up in conflict. It's like I get sucked into the problems and I stop living the kingdom way.
INTERCESSION: Help me to live peacefully in the midst of war and chaos.
PURPOSE: I intend to live according to what you have done rather than what the rest of the world is doing.
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)
