Call out to Jesus
Good Friday
Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant anymore.” ~ Ecclesiastes 12:1 (NLT)
Then one of the criminals being crucified next to Jesus said to him, “Remember me when your kingdom comes together and you are in power.” ~ Luke 23:42 (ABP)
KEY IDEA:
Call out to the Lord Jesus while you can.
PRAYER:
Lord, thank you for being with us in the good times and the bad times. I worry when I think that things will not get better for me --
maybe even worse. So I want to acknowledge you and serve you while I'm in good health and have a good mind. Your sacrifice shows me again of how worthy of honor and recognition you are. 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)
