Trusting God and his power
Your reputation is at stake! Don’t quit on us!
Don’t walk out and abandon your glorious Temple! ~ Jeremiah 14:21a (MSG)
Paul writes: God chose you, and we keep praying that God will make you worthy of being his people. We pray for God’s power to help you do all the good things that you hope to do and that your faith makes you want to do. ~ 2 Thessalonians 1:11 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
God's power will help us do what he wants us to do.
PRAYER:
Lord, we are grateful for the way that you are reliable. You stand with us and you give us the power to do everything you want us to do. I admit that I have doubts about my ability to stay faithful to you and your mission. I am easily distracted. Use some of your power to help me overcome the doubts that bother me. I'm going to trust in you and your power. 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)
