God is able
“Is there a limit to my power?” ~ Numbers 11:23 (GNT)
God is able to do whatever he promises. ~ Romans 4:21 (NLT)
KEY IDEA:
God is able to do whatever he says he will do.
PRAYER:
Powerful Lord, thank you for using your power to defeat death and sin. I benefit from the resurrection in ways that I do not yet know. Yet, I do not fully trust you. I'm still eager to make things happen on my own. Please give me the confidence to relax and trust in your power and your wisdom to use it in just the right way. Prompt me so that I can participate in what you are doing without getting in the way. I'm going to think and act differently because I know that you are able and willing to do all that you have promised. No doubt. 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)
