The grace of Christ
Divert my eyes from toys and trinkets... ~ Psalm 119:37 (MSG)
Don’t be lured away from him by the latest speculations about him. The grace of Christ is the only good ground for life. Products named after Christ don’t seem to do much for those who buy them. ~ Hebrews 13:9 (MSG)
KEY IDEA:
Don't get sucked in by anything but the grace of Christ.
PRAYER:
Lord, your grace is enough. But I still get distracted by the toys and trinkets which claim to be about you. Yet they really have nothing to do with you. I guess that I'm afraid that I might miss out on some bonus experience. Use your grace to flush that way of thinking from my life. I'm going to live an undistracted life. That's my goal and it is doable if I can keep things centered on Christ and his unending generosity. 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)
