God's message
LENT
The commands of the Lord are just and give understanding to the mind. ~ Psalm 19:8b (GNT)
Jesus says: The words I have spoken to you bring God's life-giving Spirit. ~ John 6:63b (GNT)
KEY IDEA:
God's messages to us give us what we need to live the Jesus-life.
PRAYER:
Lord, I am grateful that you have given us instructions for living the life. I do not always follow your instructions as closely as I should. I tend to take the easy path rather than the best path. Please continue to speak to me. Impress on me the importance of what you are saying and empower me to follow Jesus through you life-giving Spirit. I'm going to live. 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)
