Search for the Lord
The 5th Sunday after Epiphany
From heaven the Lord
looks down to see
if anyone is wise enough
to search for him. ~ Psalm 14:2 (CEV)
Let the wonderful kindness and the understanding that come from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ help you to keep on growing. Praise Jesus now and forever! Amen. ~ 2 Peter 3:18 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
Keep on growing in the wisdom that Jesus gives.
PRAYER:
Lord, thank you for keeping an eye on us. And then, even when you see us make mistakes you are gracious with us. Help me to not take your grace for granted. Help me to continue to grow up and out of my sin. I'm going to pour my energy into keeping my eyes on you. 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 — my own 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)
