God causes growth
Those who have been replanted in the Lord’s house
will spring up in the courtyards of our God. They will bear fruit even when old and gray;
they will remain lush and fresh. ~ Psalm 92:13-14 (CEB)
May the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow more and more... ~1 Thessalonians 3:12 (GNT)
KEY IDEA:
Those who are planted in the Lord will continue to grow indefinitely.
PRAYER:
Lord Jesus, thank you for transplanting me into your garden, where I can be near you and receive your care. I'm sorry that I sometimes think things are nicer outside your garden. There is no good reason for that. I'm not even unhappy with where you have planted me. But my eyes wander and my desires grow.
Keep me rooted and growing in you. I want to be lush and green -- bearing lots of love fruit for everyone. 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)
