Good God
I sing praises to the Lord
for his great victory! ~ Exodus 15:1 (CEV)
What marvelous love the Father has extended to us! Just look at it -- we’re called children of God! That’s who we really are... ~ I John 3:1 (MSG)
KEY IDEA:
God is really good to us.
PRAYER:
Gracious Father -- you really go to bat for your children. Forgive me when I fall into doubt and forget that you are on the side of your people. Help me to trust you as a child trusting a father -- for you really are our father. And as good as our biological father might have been you are even more of a father than him. You are the kind of father who is always advocating for his daughters and sons. And I'm going to live as your blessed child. 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)
