Freedom and protection
...the Lord protected me.
He helped me out of danger... ~ 2 Samuel 22:19b-20a (GNT)
...where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom. ~ 2 Corinthians 3:17b (GNT)
KEY IDEA:
The Lord sets us free from danger.
PRAYER:
Lord, thank you so much for looking out for me. Even though I participate in high-risk and unwise behaviors you are still looking out for me. But I should not be presumptuous. I need to stop doing unhealthy and sinful things. I think that I am my own worst enemy. I need your help to protect me from myself. I'm going to celebrate your protection and freedom by walking closer to 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 -- 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)
