Blessed to bless
You make my life pleasant,
and my future is bright. ~ Psalm 16:6 (CEV)
God can bless you with everything you need, and you will always have more than enough to do all kinds of good things for others. ~ 2 Corinthians 9:8 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
God blesses us so that we can bless others.
PRAYER:
Lord, You make my life pleasant and give me a bright future. Thank you. I am so blessed. Help me to grow beyond just receiving the blessings. Nudge me so that I'm more into giving than receiving. That's why you bless me so that I can bless others. And I'm determined that with your help I'm going to live that way. Amen.
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)
