God sends
My God will send forth his unfailing love and faithfulness. ~ Psalm 57:3 (NLT)
God sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. We saw his Son and are now telling others about him. ~ 1 John 4:14 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
God, forever loving and trustworthy, sent Jesus to save us.
PRAYER:
Loving and true God, thank you for the gift of salvation which has come to us through your Son Jesus. I want to be free to tell others about what he has done. But it all sounds wild and crazy to many people so I'm a bit reluctant. I'm worried that people will not take me seriously. Free me from this preoccupation with what people might think so that others will meet Jesus through me. 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)
