Overcoming suffering
THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN EASTERTIDE
I am yours—save me! ~ Psalm 119:94a (GNT)
The world will make you suffer. But be brave! I have defeated the world!” ~ John 16:33b (GNT)
KEY IDEA:
Jesus has first-hand knowledge of our suffering and has personally overcome it.
PRAYER:
Jesus, my Savior, thank you for words of hope reminding me of your great mission of love. Forgive me for turning my eyes and thoughts toward other promises of security and meaning. Thank you for suffering and understanding the temptations I also encounter, as you win the victory over evil. My life is in you forever. Amen. (Daily Texts, Mount Carmel Ministries edition)
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)
