Hang out with Jesus
One day in your temple
is better
than a thousand
anywhere else. ~ Psalm 84:10 (CEV)
I am the gate. All who come in through me will be saved. Through me they will come and go and find pasture. ~ John 10:9 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
Christ is inviting us to enjoy the benefits of spending our lives with him.
PRAYER:
Indeed, Lord Jesus, it is better to spend a day hanging out with you than a thousand years hanging out with anyone else -- no matter how special the other person is. I'm grateful that you invite me in through your gate. At times I might be slow to enter. There are way too many distractions which grab my eye. But I want to live with you. Help me to make that my priority. 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)
