Jesus and broken people
THE 10th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
If your heart is broken, you’ll find God right there;
if you’re kicked in the gut, he’ll help you catch your breath. ~ Psalm 34:18 (MSG)
So Ananias went and found the house, placed his hands on blind Saul, and said, “Brother Saul, the Master sent me, the same Jesus you saw on your way here. He sent me so you could see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” ~ Acts 9:17 (MSG)
KEY IDEA:
The Lord helps broken people.
PRAYER:
Thank you, Lord Jesus, for coming into the world and into my life. I need you because there are parts of me that are extremely broken and dysfunctional. Some of the brokenness is my responsibility and some just happens. I need your healing touch so that I can be restored to health -- regardless of how I got this way. Teach me through this experience so that I might become a better servant. 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)
