Good Shepherd
The Lord was truly merciful,
so he rescued his people.
He took them in his arms
and carried them all those years. ~ Isaiah 63:9b (CEV)
You had wandered away
like sheep.
Now you have returned
to the one
who is your shepherd
and protector. ~ 1 Peter 2:25 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
It's time to turn to the Lord because he is your shepherd and protector.
PRAYER:
Lord, it is so easy for us to run away like naughty sheep. There are so many interesting things out there -- all of them in someway dangerous. But we like taking unhealthy risks. Please cure us of that bad habit. I am turning to you and trusting you to be the shepherd who will take care of me. I am counting on Jesus the Good Shepherd. Thank you for protecting me. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2011 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)
NRSV = New Revised Standard Version (© 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.) NTE = New Testament for Everyone (©2011 Nicolas Thomas Wright.)