Neighboring nations
Then the neighboring nations that have survived will know that I, the Lord, rebuild ruined cities and replant waste fields... ~ Ezekiel 36:36a (GNT)
Simeon prayed: "With my own eyes I have seen
what you have done
to save your people, and foreign nations
will also see this. Your mighty power is a light
for all nations,
and it will bring honor
to your people Israel." ~ Luke 2:30-32 (GNT)
KEY IDEA:
The Lord wants to get the good word out about his power and salvation to all the nations -- all people.
PRAYER:
Lord, your power and salvation are good news for all people. Thank you for calling me to be a messenger of this good news to the people around me. But I get distracted and sometimes I am afraid that your good news might not be received as good news. Please give me boldness and enough light to share. I'm going to draw everyone's attention to you. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2011 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)
