Presence and confidence
The Lord replied, “I will personally go with you, Moses, and I will give you rest—everything will be fine for you.” ~ Exodus 33:14 (NLT)
Since this new way gives us such confidence, we can be very bold. ~ 2 Corinthians 3:12 (NLT)
Lord,
THANKS: Thank you for making the trip with me. I feel so much more confident knowing that you are with me along my journey.
REGRETS: Even with the confidence that you give me, sometimes I am shy. I don't want to make mistakes and I'm afraid that I could really mess things up if I were to be too forward about my faith in you.
INTERCESSION: Correct that. Please give me vision to see how close you are, and how you will use whatever I do for your glory.
PURPOSE: I'm going to rest and relax in the knowledge of your guiding presence.
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)
