Faithful God
All Saints Day
For he stands beside the needy,
ready to save them from those who condemn them. ~ Psalm 109:31 (NLT)
Jesus is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters. ~ Hebrews 2:11
KEY IDEA: Jesus cares for us as loyal brothers and sisters advocate for each other.
Lord,
THANKS: Thank you for sticking closer than a faithful brother.
REGRETS: But I still panic when trouble comes. I feel like I have to work out solutions. And not all those solutions are healthy or consistent with your agenda or way of doing things.
INTERCESSION: Please continue to remind me of your faithfulness so I can be calm and make wise decisions.
PURPOSE: I'm going to rely on you to be there for 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)
