Knock
But everyone who calls on the name of the Lord
will be saved... ~ Joel 2:32 (NLT)
Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. ~ Luke 11:9 (NLT)
KEY IDEA:
The Lord opens doors.
PRAYER:
Lord God, the power of your name astounds me. It opens so many doors, but how easily I forget.
Today I come knocking at your door, Lord. I welcome your invitation to ask you for anything I need for myself and for anyone else. Surprise me, Lord, so that salvation may abound for someone I meet today. Amen. (Mount Carmel MInistries edition of Daily Texts)
*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)
