Room for all
MAUNDY THURSDAY
All lives are mine... ~ Ezekiel 18:4 (CEB)
There is plenty of room for you in my Father’s home. ~ John 14:2 (MSG)
KEY IDEA:
The Lord is responsible for all people -- and has made room in his presence for all.
PRAYER:
Gracious God, no one slips through the cracks because you have a place for everyone. Of course, some of us -- including me at times -- pushback against the way you do things. We're rebellious and would rather have homes where we're totally in control. It's not always that we don't like how you do things but that we'd like to be in charge ourselves. Don't give up on us. Don't let me slip away just because I'm stupid. I going to try to allow you much more access to my life so that I can experience the new life in Christ. 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)
