God hears
ST PATRICK'S DAY
Lord, my God, I cried out to you for help,
and you healed me. ~ Psalm 30:2 (CEB)
While he lived on earth, anticipating death, Jesus cried out in pain and wept in sorrow as he offered up priestly prayers to God. Because he honored God, God answered him. ~ Hebrews 5:7 (MSG)
KEY IDEA:
God hears us when we cry out to him for help.
PRAYER:
Lord, you generously give us your attention. And you answer us -- even when we are not so good. Of course, you also use our moments of desperation to correct the sin problems in our lives. So, I guess you are giving us even deeper attention than we realize. I am asking that you would help me with some problems I am facing right now. I trust that you will hear me so I am going to worship you in anticipation. All honor and glory belong to you, faithful and merciful Savior. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2011 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)
