Stick close to Jesus
LENT
The Sovereign Lord has spoken to me,
and I have listened.
I have not rebelled or turned away. ~ Isaiah 50:5 (NLT)
If any of you wants to serve me, then follow me. Then you’ll be where I am, ready to serve at a moment’s notice. ~ John 12:26a (MSG)
KEY IDEA:
Follow close to Jesus so you can eagerly serve the Lord.
PRAYER:
Lord, thank you for including me on your team of disciples. Forgive me when I'm more interested in being served than in serving. Blind me to the distractions which would keep me from serving only you. I'm going to stick close to Jesus. 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)
