Alpha and Omega
(God), you are always the same; you will live forever. ~ Psalm 102:27 (NLT)
“I am the Alpha and the Omega — the beginning and the end,”says the Lord God. “I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come — the Almighty One.” ~ Revelation 1:8 (NLT)
KEY IDEA:
The Lord is beyond the limits of time and way beyond our ability to understand.
PRAYER:
Lord, you are incredible. We pretend to understand you but in reality you are way beyond us. You are the only one with no beginning and no end. Unfortunately, we act as though our lives have no end. And we recklessly treat our planet as though it goes on without end -- no matter what we do to it. We need to humbly accept you and your ways. And we need your help to become good stewards of life and creation. We want to honor you -- the Alpha and Omega -- through our faithful management of what you have entrusted to our care. 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)
