Teacher and Lord
I will honor those who honor me, and I will treat with contempt those who despise me. ~ 1 Samuel 2:30b (GNT)
Jesus says: You call me your teacher and Lord, and you should, because that is who I am. ~ John 13:13 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
Focus on honoring the Lord Jesus.
PRAYER:
You, Lord, are the one worthy of honor and recognition. Thank you for including me in your world and letting a little of your honor rub off on me. Help me to keep all of that in focus. I need to make sure that it is always just about you -- and not me. I need your help with this. You are my only teacher and Lord. 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)
