Defender
The 26th Sunday after Pentecost
The Lord said: I will defend this city and save it for my sake... ~ 2 Kings 19:34a (CEB)
God’s solid foundation is still standing with this sign: The Lord knows the people who belong to him... ~ 2 Timothy 2:19a (CEB)
KEY IDEA:
The Lord knows and defends his people.
PRAYER:
Lord,
THANKS: Thank you for being here for us -- for me.
REGRETS: Even though I know that you are here defending us, I easily cave into fear.
INTERCESSION: Help me to remain calm and trusting -- even when I and my values are under threat.
PURPOSE: I'm going to live boldly because I know that you are defending me.
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)
