Water, fire, and storms
When you cross deep rivers,
I will be with you,
and you won’t drown.
When you walk through fire,
you won’t be burned
or scorched by the flames. ~ Isaiah 43:2 (CEV)
Jesus got up and ordered the wind to stop. He said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down. And it was completely calm. He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? ~ Mark 4:39-40a (NIRV)
Lord,
THANKS: I've been through a lot of scary things in my life. Yet, you have been there and have gotten me through them. Thank you.
REGRETS: I forget and start to worry. Sometimes I am afraid of the future. I get stressed out.
INTERCESSION: I'm not so much asking that you keep me out of the storms but that you calm ME down as I anticipate them.
PURPOSE: I'm going to walk through fire with you.
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)
