Justice and righteous living
I want to see a mighty flood of justice, an endless river of righteous living. ~ Amos 5:24 (NLT)
The one who supplies seed for planting and bread for eating will supply and multiply your seed and will increase your crop, which is righteousness. ~ 2 Corinthians 9:10 (CEB)
KEY IDEA:
The Lord desires a huge crop of right-living -- of justice.
PRAYER:
Lord, you are the source of all that is right and just. If there is any hope for an endless flow of justice and righteous living I know that it will have to come from you. I know, though, that I try to make these things happen on my own. And then I take pride in all my feeble successes. Stop me from drifting that direction. I want to have a full crop and I need the righteousness of Christ Jesus to fertilize the crop. 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)
