God delievers
THE 5th SUNDAY IN LENT
Show us how much you love us, God!
Give us the salvation we need! ~ Psalm 85:7 (MSG)
The Law was given by Moses, but Jesus Christ brought us undeserved kindness and truth. ~ John 1:17 (CEB)
KEY IDEA:
Through Christ God continues to deliever all that we need.
PRAYER:
Amazing Lord, your love and grace are incredible. When I start to focus on how much I fail (and I fail a lot!) remind me again of how you are on my side and how you are loving me and helping me to succeed in my relationship with you -- even though I don't deserve it. I'm going to revel in your salvation. 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)
