Trustworthy
The person whose help is the God of Jacob—
the person whose hope rests on the Lord their God—
is truly happy! ~ Psalm 146:5 (CEB)
I know the one in whom I trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until the day of his return. ~ 2 Timothy 1:12b (NLT)
KEY IDEA:
Put your trust in the Lord and enjoy confident living.
PRAYER:
Lord, I'm so thankful that you are worthy of my trust. You are trustworthy but that doesn't explain why I'm hell bent on doing things on my own. Help me relax and enjoy life, knowing that even though my situation is fragile you've got me covered. I'm going to live happily. 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)
