Dependents
Love us, God, with all you’ve got—
that’s what we’re depending on. ~ Psalm 33:22 (MSG)
Jesus says: "Rejoice because your names are registered in heaven.” ~ Luke 10:20b (NLT)
KEY IDEA:
Depend on what God has done and is doing through Christ Jesus, rather than trying to find joy in your successes.
PRAYER:
Loving Lord, it is so easy to get excited about you when we've been successful at something. We pretend that those are the times when you have really shown up. Of course, you've been there the whole time -- even when we're struggling. Help me to get beyond my faulty theology and to rejoice in what you are doing through your heavenly headquarters -- and that you have included me on your list of known heavenly associates. You do that even when I'm struggling. I guess that means all the glory goes to you. You are the one worthy of all recognition. 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)
