The Message
I write down countless teachings for the people, but they reject them as strange and foreign. ~ Hosea 8:12 (GNT)
I am surprised at you! In no time at all you are deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ, and are accepting another gospel. ~ Galatians 1:6 (GNT)
KEY IDEA:
Listen to and act on God's instructions. They contain the life-giving news of grace.
PRAYER:
Lord, I do appreciate having your teachings. But like so many of the books on my shelf your instructions remain untouched day after day. I need to become a person enthralled with your book because it is the message of Christ's grace. Keep that fire burning in my heart. I'm going to become consumed with the message of the grace of Christ. 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)
