Seek
In times of trouble I pray to the Lord;
all night long I lift my hands in prayer,
but I cannot find comfort. ~ Psalm 77:2 (GNT)
May the Lord lead your hearts to express God’s love and Christ’s endurance. ~ 2 Thessalonians 3:5 (CEB)
KEY IDEA:
Seek the Lord and he will lead you.
PRAYER:
Lord, thank you for your direction. It shows how much you love us. I need to be more consistent in turning to you. I need to be expressing your love without giving up when the hard times come. I'm going to trust you to develop those qualities within me. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own 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)
