Hydration
Waters will spring up in the desert,
and streams in the wilderness. ~ Isaiah 35:6 (CEB)
If you are thirsty, come! If you want life-giving water, come and take it. It’s free! ~ Revelation 22:17 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
God wants to give you refreshment.
PRAYER:
Thank you, Lord, for sending the "water" that refreshes our souls. But even when I am thirsty sometimes I do not stop from my busyness long enough to receive your refreshments. Please help me to remember how important it is to stay hydrated. I'm going to continue to receive your living water so that I do not become dehydrated and get sick. 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)
