Living the new life with confidence
You made me suffer a lot,
but you will bring me
back from this deep pit
and give me new life. ~ Psalm 71:20 (CEV)
Jesus said to his disciples, "Don’t be worried! Have faith in God and have faith in me." ~ John 14:1 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
Trust the Lord to raise you up to live a new and improved life.
PRAYER:
Lord, I am grateful for your faithfulness. I confess, though, that I get swallowed in worry when things are not going well. Help me to relax and trust you for the best outcome -- an outcome way better than I could ever imagine. I'm going to move forward with my life even when worry is trying to attack me. 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)
