Keep depending on God
Depend on God and keep at it
because in the Lord God you have a sure thing. ~ Isaiah 26:4 (MSG)
Jesus said to his followers, “Where is your faith?” ~ Luke 8:25 (NCV)
KEY IDEA:
Persistent faith pays off.
PRAYER:
Lord, you are the solid rock -- the foundation worth trusting. It doesn't make sense that I'd put my ultimate trust in anything or anyone else. But it is so easy to slip into trusting in lesser foundations -- even when you're clearly present. I have no good explanation for that. Thank you for not giving up on me when I flake out.
Eventually, I will figure out that I need to trust you -- and you alone. 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)
