Asking
I celebrate and shout
because you are kind.
You saw all my suffering,
and you cared for me. ~ Psalm 31:7 (CEV)
You have not asked for anything in this way before, but now you must ask in my name. Then it will be given to you, so that you will be completely happy. ~ John 16:24 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
The Lord responds to our needs.
PRAYER:
Lord Jesus Christ, thank you for coming into the world to rescue me from the trouble caused by my sinfulness. Even though I do not follow you perfectly, you still care about me. You still rescue me. I pray in your name that you will set me free from my bad attitude and habits. I am expecting your intervention and will start living accordingly now. 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)
