No fear!
I, I’m the One comforting you. ~
What are you afraid of—or who?
Some man or woman who’ll soon be dead? ~ Isaiah 51:12a (MSG)
Don’t give the opposition a second thought. Through thick and thin, keep your hearts at attention, in adoration before Christ, your Master. ~ 1 Peter 3:14b-15a (MSG)
KEY IDEA:
Christ is the antidote for fear, so honor him with your life and fear will not have a place in you.
PRAYER:
Gracious Christ, thank you for overcoming fear when you conquered death. There is nothing major left to fear. Yet, I struggle with fear. You understand that and accept me anyway. Help me to understand --
I mean really understand -- deep in my heart -- that there is no real cause for fear. Help me to focus on you no matter what is happening around me. I refuse to give the lingering opposition a second thought. 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)
