Jesus freak!
The first Sunday after Epiphany
I’ll raise up a prophet for them from among their fellow Israelites—one just like you. I’ll put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. ~ Deuteronomy 18:18 (CEB)
Philip went and found Nathanael and told him, “We’ve found the One Moses wrote of in the Law, the One preached by the prophets. It’s Jesus, Joseph’s son, the one from Nazareth!” ~ John 1:45 (MSG)
KEY IDEA:
Jesus is the one we've been expecting.
PRAYER:
Lord God, thank you for sending your Son Jesus into our world to speak and act-out your plan for us. I confess that I don't pay enough attention to Jesus. I've become an expert in religious matters that touch on Jesus but am not totally consumed with him. I need to become singularly focused on Jesus so that everything else will come into focus. I want to become a Jesus freak this year. 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)
