Pray
The 11th Day of Christmas
Even before sunrise,
I pray for your help,
and I put my hope
in what you have said. ~ Psalm 119:147 (CEV)
Don’t worry about anything, but pray about everything. With thankful hearts offer up your prayers and requests to God. ~ Philippians 4:6 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
Pray that would God handle it.
PRAYER:
God, I am so grateful for the ways that you have responded to my requests in the past. Yet, even with that knowledge I'm slow to ask for help in the present -- at least until I'm desperate. So I am praying for your help to endure all the difficulties we will face in the coming year. Help me to be quick to turn to you. I'm putting my hope in you. Amen.
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)
