God walks us
LENT
Remember how the Lord your God has blessed you in everything that you have done. He has taken care of you as you wandered through this vast desert... ~ Deuteronomy 2:7a (GNT)
Once again Jesus spoke to the people. This time he said, “I am the light for the world! Follow me, and you won’t be walking in the dark. You will have the light that gives life.” ~ John 8:12 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
God walks his people through the hard times.
PRAYER:
Lord, I don't know where I would be without you -- probably still out there wandering aimlessly in the middle of nowhere. Thank you for leading me through the difficult times that I have experienced in life. I should know by now that I don't need to panic when new problems arise. Somehow I just seem to forget and I go back to worrying. Please remind me again of your faithfulness and how you walk your people through the hard times. Because of you I am going to make it to the end of the journey. 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)
