Grace
The Lord is compassionate and merciful,
very patient, and full of faithful love. ~ Psalm 103:8 (CEB)
The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people. ~ Titus 2:11 (CEB)
KEY IDEA:
Let God's love, kindness, grace, and mercy define how you relate to him.
PRAYER:
Lord, I'm grateful for your grace. I'm sure that's hard to believe sometimes. I tend to focus so much of my time, effort, and energy on being good by keeping all your rules and laws. And then when I don't keep them properly I try to appear like I do. I'm a fake. But even that does not stop your love. You are so patient with us that I want to live my life for you. Keep me mindful of your grace so that I can truly please you. 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)
