To all nations
Report this with a loud shout, proclaim it;
broadcast it out to the end of the earth.
Say, “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!” ~ Isaiah 48:20 (CEB)
This gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world as a testimony to all the nations. Then the end will come. ~ Matthew 24:14 (CEB)
KEY IDEA:
The good news of Jesus' kingdom needs to be delivered to every place on the planet.
PRAYER:
Lord, you have given us the good news of a new kingdom filled with justice and right living.
Thank you for enlisting us to share that news far and wide. Forgive us for not taking that assignment seriously.
Give me a vision for the unreached people and places of the planet. Whether you call me to go directly or support those who go I'm going to be a part of your broadcast to the end of the earth. 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)
