Truthful
The Lord is truthful;
he can be trusted. ~ Psalm 33:4 (CEV)
Jesus says: "Don’t suppose that I came to do away with the Law and the Prophets. I did not come to do away with them, but to give them their full meaning." ~ Matthew 5:17 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
We can count on what Jesus says and does. He is reliable and truthful.
PRAYER:
Lord, you have been so faithful. You have never let your people down. We let you down. But you never let us down. You always keep your word. Help me to be more consistent about keeping my word and help me, too, so that my word is more about your word. I want to participate in the new creation that you are forming. And I know that the starting point for me is Jesus. 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)
