Gods Word
Understanding your word
brings light
to the minds
of ordinary people. ~ Psalm 119:130 (CEV)
Everything that was written in the past was written to teach us. The Scriptures give us patience and encouragement so that we can have hope. ~ Romans 15:4 (NCV)
Lord,
THANKS: Thank you for your message to us -- your written word -- the Bible. I'm so grateful for the way that those words have already formed my life.
REGRETS: Yet, there is still much to be done and in spite of my love of the scriptures I don't read them consistently enough.
INTERCESSION: Renew my passion for your word so that I can continue to grow in your light and hope.
PURPOSE: I'm going to read and listen.
Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2015 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)
