Acting like the Lord
I am the Lord who acts with kindness,
justice, and righteousness in the world... ~ Jeremiah 9:24 (part)(CEB)
Everyone who confesses the Lord’s name must avoid wickedness. ~ 2 Timothy 2:19b (CEB)
KEY IDEA: The Lord wants us to act like him.
Lord, it is obvious that you have your standards for your people. You want us to act like you. I do want to be kind, just, and righteous. But you know that I continually slip in one or more of those areas. And then I slide into "wickedness." Thank you for the forgiveness that Christ brings to my situation. When I fall help me to stand again so that I can continue to pursue kindness, justice, and righteousness. That's my goal in Jesus' name. 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)
