To the world
Everyone on this earth
will remember you, Lord.
People all over the world
will turn and worship you... ~ Psalm 22:27 (CEV)
The true light that shines on all people
was coming into the world. ~ John 1:9 (CEB)
KEY IDEA:
The light of Christ is not just for me -- but for all the people of the world.
PRAYER:
Lord, I'm so excited to be celebrating the birth of Jesus again. I love this part of the good news. Sometimes I love it too much because I end up focusing on what I can get from the holiday. But as we prepare to celebrate help me to see and live into the bigger picture -- the global picture. You're not just interested in me but all people. I want to help focus the light so that all people in all places will turn to you and remember you, Lord. 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 — 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)
